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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 Optics Express15037
2 Optics Letters7243
3 Optics and Laser Technology6564
4 Applied Optics5324
5 Advanced Optical Materials5318
6 Optical Materials5219
7 Photonics4974
8 Journal of Lightwave Technology4750
9 Optics Communications3862
10 Laser & Photonics Reviews3332
11 Optik3101
12 Journal of Luminescence2712
13 ACS Photonics2494
14 Optical and Quantum Electronics2343
15 Optics and Lasers in Engineering2298
16 Infrared Physics & Technology2211
17 IEEE Photonics Technology Letters2066
18 Microwave and Optical Technology Letters1730
19 Biomedical Optics Express1716
20 Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics1639
21 Optical Engineering1546
22 Optical Fiber Technology1507
23 IEEE Photonics Journal1506
24 Light-Science & Applications1459
25 Photonics Research1393
26 Journal of Electronic Imaging1358
27 Journal of the Optical Society of America A-Optics Image Science and Vision1211
28 Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer1209
29 Optical Materials Express1171
30 Image and Vision Computing1166
31 Advanced Quantum Technologies1118
32 Journal of Biophotonics1099
33 Displays1027
34 Chinese Optics Letters982
35 APL Photonics968
36 Journal of Optics927
37 Optica922
38 Nature Photonics902
39 International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology864
40 Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics797
41 Journal of Biomedical Optics769
42 European Physical Journal D750
43 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics745
44 Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics698
45 Journal of Optical Communications and Networking669
46 Journal of Laser Applications654
47 Laser Physics Letters646
48 IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology614
49 Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems583
50 Laser Physics539
51 Journal of the Society for Information disPlay467
52 IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics455
53 Journal of Modern Optics409
- Journal of Optical Technology409
55 Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications400
56 Microelectronic Engineering390
57 Neurophotonics379
58 High Power Laser Science and Engineering347
59 Advanced Photonics341
60 Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology318
61 Optical Review308
62 Color Research and Application306
63 Light & Engineering295
64 Optics and Spectroscopy294
65 Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences287
66 Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves284
67 Lighting Research & Technology260
68 Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials245
69 Journal of Russian Laser Research244
70 Opto-Electronic Advances238
71 Journal of the European Optical Society-Rapid Publications198
72 International Journal of Photoenergy194
73 Journal of Nanophotonics171
74 Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering149
75 Ukrainian Journal of Physical Optics134
76 Photonic Sensors124
77 Leukos118
78 Optical Switching and Networking101
79 Progress in Quantum Electronics86
80 Journal of Photonics for Energy83
81 Photonic Network Communications74
82 Fiber and Integrated Optics73
83 International Journal of Optics60
84 Advances in Optics and Photonics53
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