New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Optics

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 Optics Express15150
2 Optics Letters7165
3 Optical Materials5615
4 Optics and Laser Technology5563
5 Applied Optics5381
6 Advanced Optical Materials5121
7 Photonics4786
8 Journal of Lightwave Technology4701
9 Optik3909
10 Optics Communications3890
11 Laser & Photonics Reviews2842
12 Journal of Luminescence2761
13 Optical and Quantum Electronics2724
14 ACS Photonics2354
15 Optics and Lasers in Engineering2175
16 IEEE Photonics Technology Letters2084
17 Infrared Physics & Technology1954
18 Microwave and Optical Technology Letters1780
19 Biomedical Optics Express1773
20 Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics1706
21 IEEE Photonics Journal1636
22 Optical Engineering1635
23 Optical Fiber Technology1501
24 Journal of Electronic Imaging1373
25 Light-Science & Applications1368
26 Photonics Research1357
27 Optical Materials Express1245
28 Journal of the Optical Society of America A-Optics Image Science and Vision1226
29 Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer1188
30 Journal of Biophotonics1124
31 Image and Vision Computing1112
32 Chinese Optics Letters1064
33 Advanced Quantum Technologies987
34 Journal of Optics943
35 APL Photonics915
36 Optica904
37 Nature Photonics880
38 Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics872
39 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics831
40 International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology828
41 Displays819
42 European Physical Journal D787
43 Journal of Biomedical Optics749
44 Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics706
45 Journal of Laser Applications643
46 Journal of Optical Communications and Networking640
47 Laser Physics Letters626
48 Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems583
49 IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology570
50 Laser Physics564
51 IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics474
52 Journal of the Society for Information disPlay443
53 Microelectronic Engineering435
54 Journal of Optical Technology427
55 Journal of Modern Optics413
56 Neurophotonics367
57 Optics and Spectroscopy358
- Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications358
59 Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology346
60 Light & Engineering338
61 High Power Laser Science and Engineering337
62 Advanced Photonics310
63 Optical Review302
64 Color Research and Application295
65 Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves272
66 Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences266
67 Journal of Russian Laser Research252
- Lighting Research & Technology252
69 Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials241
70 Opto-Electronic Advances238
71 International Journal of Photoenergy234
72 Nanophotonics223
73 Journal of Nanophotonics185
74 Journal of the European Optical Society-Rapid Publications165
75 Ukrainian Journal of Physical Optics133
76 Photonic Sensors126
77 Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering125
78 Leukos110
79 Optical Switching and Networking105
80 Journal of Photonics for Energy93
81 Progress in Quantum Electronics88
82 International Journal of Optics86
83 Photonic Network Communications82
84 Fiber and Integrated Optics73
85 Advances in Optics and Photonics52
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