Physics, Applied: 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	Nano-Micro Letters	73
2	Nature Photonics	46
3	Nature Materials	43
-	Nano Energy	43
5	Advanced Materials	41
6	Advanced Energy Materials	40
7	Nano Convergence	30
8	Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science	27
9	Advanced Functional Materials	26
10	PRX Quantum	25
11	Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports	24
12	Nano Research	21
-	Nature Reviews Physics	21
-	Applied Physics Reviews	21
-	Progress in Quantum Electronics	21
16	Applied Surface Science	18
-	npj 2D Materials and Applications	18
18	npj Quantum Information	17
-	Nano Letters	17
-	Small	17
21	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells	16
-	npj Quantum Materials	16
23	Surface & Coatings Technology	15
24	Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER	14
-	Journal of Materiomics	14
26	Materials Today Physics	13
-	Nanophotonics	13
28	Nanomaterials	12
-	ACS Photonics	12
-	Laser & Photonics Reviews	12
31	Diamond and Related Materials	11
-	Journal of Materials Chemistry C	11
-	Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing	11
34	Optics and Laser Technology	10
-	Physical Review Applied	10
-	Advanced Electronic Materials	10
-	Nanoscale	10
-	APL Photonics	10
-	Vacuum	10
40	Progress in Photovoltaics	9
-	Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology	9
-	Quantitative Infrared Thermography Journal	9
-	IEEE Sensors Journal	9
-	Journal of Experimental Nanoscience	9
45	APL Materials	8
-	Infrared Physics & Technology	8
-	Materials	8
-	Microelectronic Engineering	8
-	Micromachines	8
-	Nano Futures	8

-	Applied Physics Letters	8
-	Organic Electronics	8
-	IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices	8
-	Journal of Zhejiang University-Science A	8
55	Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing	7
-	IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation	7
-	Nanotechnology	7
-	Coatings	7
-	Current Applied Physics	7
-	Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing	7
-	Granular Matter	7
-	IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics	7
-	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics	7
-	Superconductor Science & Technology	7
-	IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology	7
-	Materials Letters	7
67	Applied Physics Express	6
-	Thin Solid Films	6
-	Journal of Crystal Growth	6
-	Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics	6
-	MRS Bulletin	6
-	Applied Sciences-Basel	6
-	Electronics	6
-	IEEE Photonics Journal	6
-	International Journal of Modern Physics B	6
-	International Journal of Thermophysics	6
-	Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering	6
78	Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology	5
-	Cryogenics	5
-	Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications	5
-	ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology	5
-	Plasma Processes and Polymers	5
-	Quantum Electronics	5
-	Recent Patents on Nanotechnology	5
-	Journal of Applied Physics	5
-	Journal of Electronic Materials	5
-	Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves	5
-	Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics	5
-	Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems	5
-	Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A	5
-	Laser and Particle Beams	5
-	European Physical Journal E	5
-	Surfaces and Interfaces	5
-	IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology	5
-	Journal of Laser Applications	5
-	Microelectronics Reliability	5
-	Modern Physics Letters B	5
98	Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering	4
-	Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters	4
-	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters	4
-	IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity	4
-	IEEE Transactions on Magnetics	4
-	Japanese Journal of Applied Physics	4
-	Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials	4
-	Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism	4
-	Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering	4
-	Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics	4
-	Philosophical Magazine Letters	4
-	Review of Scientific Instruments	4
-	IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability	4
-	Solid-State Electronics	4
-	Journal of Computational Electronics	4
-	Journal of Photonics for Energy	4
-	Laser Physics Letters	4
-	Microsystem Technologies-Micro-And Nanosystems-Information Storage and Processing Systems	4
116	Philosophical Magazine	3
-	European Physical Journal-Applied Physics	3
-	IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics	3
-	IEEE Magnetics Letters	3
-	IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing	3
-	Laser Physics	3
-	AIP Advances	3
-	Physica C-Superconductivity and Its Applications	3
-	Physica Status Solidi A-Applications and Materials Science	3
-	Journal of Low Temperature Physics	3
-	Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B	3
-	MAPAN-Journal of Metrology Society of India	3
128	Fluctuation and Noise Letters	2
-	High Temperature	2
-	Science of Advanced Materials	2
-	Spin	2
-	Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology	2
-	Atomization and Sprays	2
-	Integrated Ferroelectrics	2
-	Journal of Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics	2
-	Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications	2
-	Journal of Nano Research	2
-	Journal of the Society for Information disPlay	2
-	Metrologia	2
-	Nano	2
141	International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics	1
-	International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering	1
-	Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering	1
-	Journal of Magnetics	1
-	Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics	1
-	Low Temperature Physics	1
-	Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics	1
-	Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science	1
149	Technical Physics	0
-	Technical Physics Letters	0