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

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Advanced Materials	210
2	Advanced Functional Materials	159
3	Advanced Energy Materials	143
4	Nano-Micro Letters	122
5	Nano Energy	121
6	Nature Materials	114
7	Small	109
8	Applied Sciences-Basel	106
9	Nature Photonics	100
10	Nano Letters	95
11	Nanomaterials	88
12	Electronics	86
13	Materials	85
14	Nano Research	84
15	Applied Surface Science	82
16	IEEE Sensors Journal	73
17	Nanoscale	67
18	Micromachines	65
-	Journal of Materials Chemistry C	65
20	Nature Reviews Physics	64
-	Laser & Photonics Reviews	64
22	Optics and Laser Technology	63
23	PRX Quantum	58
24	ACS Photonics	56
-	Applied Physics Reviews	56
26	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells	54
27	Surface & Coatings Technology	53
-	Applied Physics Letters	53
-	Diamond and Related Materials	53
30	Coatings	52
-	Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing	52
32	Materials Today Physics	46
-	Physical Review Applied	46
-	Vacuum	46
35	Journal of Applied Physics	44
36	Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports	43
37	npj Quantum Information	42
-	IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices	42
-	Materials Letters	42
40	Advanced Electronic Materials	41
41	Surfaces and Interfaces	40
42	Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing	38
-	Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics	38
-	Journal of Materiomics	38
45	Nano Convergence	37
-	Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics	37
-	npj 2D Materials and Applications	37
-	International Journal of Modern Physics B	37
49	APL Materials	36
50	Infrared Physics & Technology	33

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