Physics, Applied: 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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Applied Surface Science	84
2	Optics and Laser Technology	63
3	Surface & Coatings Technology	57
4	Applied Physics Letters	56
5	Vacuum	44
6	IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices	43
7	International Journal of Modern Physics B	39
8	Materials Letters	38
9	Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics	37
10	Modern Physics Letters B	35
11	Journal of Electronic Materials	33
12	Journal of Applied Physics	32
13	Microelectronics Reliability	26
14	IEEE Transactions on Magnetics	23
-	International Journal of Thermophysics	23
-	Review of Scientific Instruments	23
17	Journal of Crystal Growth	22
-	Microelectronic Engineering	22
-	Thin Solid Films	22
20	Japanese Journal of Applied Physics	21
21	Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing	20
22	Progress in Quantum Electronics	18
23	Cryogenics	17
24	Metrologia	16
25	Solid-State Electronics	15
26	IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics	14
-	Journal of Low Temperature Physics	14
28	Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials	11
29	Fluctuation and Noise Letters	8
-	High Temperature	8
31	Journal of Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics	7
-	Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics	7
33	Laser and Particle Beams	6