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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Advanced Materials	206
2	Advanced Functional Materials	160
3	Advanced Energy Materials	140
4	Nano-Micro Letters	125
5	Nano Energy	122
6	Nature Materials	115
7	Small	110
8	Applied Sciences-Basel	106
9	Nature Photonics	103
10	Nano Letters	90
11	Electronics	87
12	Nanomaterials	85
-	Nano Research	85
14	Materials	84
15	Applied Surface Science	82
16	IEEE Sensors Journal	73
17	Laser & Photonics Reviews	65
18	Micromachines	63
-	Nature Reviews Physics	63
-	Optics and Laser Technology	63
21	PRX Quantum	60
22	Nanoscale	57
23	Coatings	56
24	Applied Physics Letters	55
-	Surface & Coatings Technology	55
26	Diamond and Related Materials	54
-	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells	54
28	Journal of Materials Chemistry C	52
-	Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing	52
30	ACS Photonics	51
-	Applied Physics Reviews	51
32	Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports	49
-	Physical Review Applied	49
34	Vacuum	45
35	Journal of Applied Physics	44
-	Materials Today Physics	44
-	npj Quantum Information	44
38	IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices	43
39	Advanced Electronic Materials	41
40	Surfaces and Interfaces	40
41	Nano Convergence	39
-	Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics	39
-	International Journal of Modern Physics B	39
-	Materials Letters	39
45	Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics	38
46	Journal of Materiomics	37
47	APL Materials	36
-	Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing	36
-	npj 2D Materials and Applications	36
-	Infrared Physics & Technology	36

51	Modern Physics Letters B	35
52	IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation	34
53	APL Photonics	33
54	Journal of Electronic Materials	32
-	Progress in Photovoltaics	32
56	Nanotechnology	31
-	Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science	31
-	AIP Advances	31
59	npj Quantum Materials	30
60	Superconductor Science & Technology	29
-	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics	29
62	IEEE Photonics Journal	28
63	ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology	27
-	MRS Bulletin	27
65	Microelectronics Reliability	25
66	Review of Scientific Instruments	24
-	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters	24
-	IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity	24
-	Japanese Journal of Applied Physics	24
-	Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A	24
-	IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics	24
72	Applied Physics Express	23
-	Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology	23
-	IEEE Transactions on Magnetics	23
-	Current Applied Physics	23
-	International Journal of Thermophysics	23
77	Organic Electronics	22
-	Progress in Quantum Electronics	22
-	Journal of Crystal Growth	22
-	Microelectronic Engineering	22
81	Physica Status Solidi A-Applications and Materials Science	21
-	Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems	21
-	IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology	21
-	Thin Solid Films	21
-	Journal of Zhejiang University-Science A	21
86	Journal of Computational Electronics	20
87	Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing	19
-	Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves	19
-	Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism	19
-	Plasma Processes and Polymers	19
-	Microsystem Technologies-Micro-And Nanosystems-Information Storage and Processing Systems	19
92	Cryogenics	18
-	IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing	18
-	Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics	18
-	Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications	18
-	Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters	18
-	Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering	18
98	Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER	17
-	IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability	17
100	Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering	16
-	European Physical Journal E	16
-	Granular Matter	16
-	Journal of Laser Applications	16
-	Metrologia	16
105	Solid-State Electronics	15
-	Journal of Experimental Nanoscience	15
-	Laser Physics Letters	15
108	IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics	14
-	IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology	14
-	Journal of the Society for Information disPlay	14
111	Nano Futures	13
-	Quantitative Infrared Thermography Journal	13
-	Recent Patents on Nanotechnology	13
-	Journal of Low Temperature Physics	13
-	MAPAN-Journal of Metrology Society of India	13
116	Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials	12
-	Philosophical Magazine	12
118	Physica C-Superconductivity and Its Applications	11
-	Laser Physics	11
-	Science of Advanced Materials	11
-	Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications	11
-	Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B	11
-	Nano	11
124	Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics	10
-	Low Temperature Physics	10
-	Journal of Photonics for Energy	10
127	Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology	9
-	Integrated Ferroelectrics	9
129	Philosophical Magazine Letters	8
-	Fluctuation and Noise Letters	8
-	High Temperature	8
-	Journal of Nano Research	8
133	European Physical Journal-Applied Physics	7
-	Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics	7
-	International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics	7
-	Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering	7
-	Spin	7
-	Journal of Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics	7
-	Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science	7
140	IEEE Magnetics Letters	6
-	Technical Physics Letters	6
-	Journal of Magnetics	6
-	Laser and Particle Beams	6
-	Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology	6
-	Atomization and Sprays	6
-	Quantum Electronics	6
-	Technical Physics	6
148	International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering	5
149	Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering	3