Optics: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Advances in Optics and Photonics	71
2	Nature Photonics	46
3	Opto-Electronic Advances	41
4	Light-Science & Applications	36
5	Progress in Quantum Electronics	21
6	Optica	20
7	Advanced Photonics	19
8	Photonics Research	14
9	Nanophotonics	13
-	Optical and Quantum Electronics	13
-	Advanced Optical Materials	13
12	Laser & Photonics Reviews	12
-	ACS Photonics	12
14	Optics and Laser Technology	10
-	APL Photonics	10
-	International Journal of Photoenergy	10
-	Journal of Luminescence	10
-	Journal of Optical Communications and Networking	10
-	Optical Materials	10
-	Optik	10
21	Journal of Lightwave Technology	9
-	Photonic Sensors	9
-	Biomedical Optics Express	9
-	High Power Laser Science and Engineering	9
-	Optics and Lasers in Engineering	9
26	Displays	8
-	Infrared Physics & Technology	8
-	Microelectronic Engineering	8
-	Optical Materials Express	8
-	Optics Express	8
31	Neurophotonics	7
-	Optical Fiber Technology	7
-	Optical Switching and Networking	7
-	Optics Letters	7
-	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics	7
-	Image and Vision Computing	7
37	IEEE Photonics Journal	6
-	Journal of Biomedical Optics	6
-	Ukrainian Journal of Physical Optics	6
40	Chinese Optics Letters	5
-	IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology	5
-	Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves	5
-	Journal of Laser Applications	5
-	Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer	5
-	Optics Communications	5
-	Photonics	5
-	Advanced Quantum Technologies	5
-	International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology	5
-	Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences	5
-	Journal of Optics	5

-	Photonic Network Communications	5
-	Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications	5
53	Journal of Biophotonics	4
-	Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials	4
-	Journal of Photonics for Energy	4
-	Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics	4
-	Leukos	4
-	Lighting Research & Technology	4
-	Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics	4
-	European Physical Journal D	4
-	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters	4
-	Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics	4
-	Journal of the Optical Society of America A-Optics Image Science and Vision	4
-	Laser Physics Letters	4
-	Applied Optics	4
66	IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics	3
-	International Journal of Optics	3
-	Journal of the European Optical Society-Rapid Publications	3
-	Laser Physics	3
-	Color Research and Application	3
-	Journal of Nanophotonics	3
-	Journal of Russian Laser Research	3
73	Fiber and Integrated Optics	2
-	Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems	2
-	Journal of Modern Optics	2
-	Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology	2
-	Journal of Electronic Imaging	2
-	Journal of the Society for Information disPlay	2
-	Microwave and Optical Technology Letters	2
-	Optical Engineering	2
-	Optical Review	2
82	Journal of Optical Technology	1
-	Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering	1
-	Light & Engineering	1
-	Optics and Spectroscopy	1