Optics: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Light-Science & Applications	80
2	Advanced Optical Materials	70
3	Laser & Photonics Reviews	60
4	Optics and Laser Technology	59
5	Optik	54
6	ACS Photonics	53
7	Optica	51
8	Optical Materials	50
-	Photonics Research	50
10	Optics Letters	47
-	Journal of Lightwave Technology	47
12	Optical and Quantum Electronics	44
13	Optics and Lasers in Engineering	41
14	Opto-Electronic Advances	38
15	Journal of Luminescence	37
16	Advanced Photonics	36
17	Nanophotonics	34
-	Optics Communications	34
19	APL Photonics	33
20	Optical Materials Express	32
21	Applied Optics	30
-	Biomedical Optics Express	30
23	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics	28
-	Image and Vision Computing	28
25	Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics	27
-	Photonics	27
-	Advanced Quantum Technologies	27
-	International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology	27
29	Advances in Optics and Photonics	26
30	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters	25
-	Journal of Optical Communications and Networking	25
32	Journal of Optics	24
-	Optical Fiber Technology	24
-	IEEE Photonics Journal	24
35	Chinese Optics Letters	23
-	Displays	23
-	Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer	23
38	Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics	20
-	IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology	20
40	Journal of Biophotonics	19
-	Neurophotonics	19
-	Ukrainian Journal of Physical Optics	19
43	Microwave and Optical Technology Letters	18
44	Microelectronic Engineering	17
-	Progress in Quantum Electronics	17
-	High Power Laser Science and Engineering	17
-	Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications	17
48	Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics	16
-	Optical Engineering	16
-	Photonic Sensors	16

51	Laser Physics	15
-	Laser Physics Letters	15
-	IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics	15
-	Journal of Laser Applications	15
55	Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves	14
-	Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems	14
57	Lighting Research & Technology	13
-	Journal of Electronic Imaging	13
59	Journal of the Society for Information disPlay	12
-	Journal of Modern Optics	12
61	Optical Switching and Networking	11
-	Journal of the European Optical Society-Rapid Publications	11
-	Color Research and Application	11
-	Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials	11
65	Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology	10
-	Journal of Nanophotonics	10
67	Journal of Russian Laser Research	9
68	International Journal of Optics	8
-	Journal of Photonics for Energy	8
-	Optics and Spectroscopy	8
71	Leukos	7
72	Fiber and Integrated Optics	6
-	Journal of Optical Technology	6
74	Light & Engineering	5
75	Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering	3