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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Advanced Materials	203
2	Advanced Functional Materials	154
3	Advanced Energy Materials	135
4	Nano Energy	123
5	Nature Materials	115
6	Nano-Micro Letters	113
7	Small	108
8	Applied Sciences-Basel	96
9	Nano Letters	94
10	Nature Photonics	86
11	Nanomaterials	85
12	Nano Research	84
13	Materials	80
-	Applied Surface Science	80
15	Electronics	79
16	IEEE Sensors Journal	77
17	Nature Reviews Physics	66
18	Optics and Laser Technology	61
19	Laser & Photonics Reviews	60
-	PRX Quantum	60
21	Applied Physics Reviews	56
22	Micromachines	55
23	Nanoscale	54
-	ACS Photonics	54
25	Journal of Materials Chemistry C	53
-	Applied Physics Letters	53
-	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells	53
28	Journal of Applied Physics	50
29	Surface & Coatings Technology	49
30	Materials Today Physics	48
31	Diamond and Related Materials	47
32	Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing	46
-	Coatings	46
34	Physical Review Applied	45
35	Surfaces and Interfaces	43
36	Advanced Electronic Materials	42
-	Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics	42
-	Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports	42
39	Materials Letters	41
-	IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices	41
-	npj Quantum Information	41
42	Vacuum	40
43	Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics	38
44	Nanotechnology	37
-	APL Materials	37
46	Journal of Materiomics	35
-	Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing	35
48	APL Photonics	33
-	npj 2D Materials and Applications	33
-	International Journal of Modern Physics B	33

51	Nano Convergence	32
52	Modern Physics Letters B	31
-	Infrared Physics & Technology	31
54	AIP Advances	30
-	Superconductor Science & Technology	30
-	Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science	30
-	Progress in Photovoltaics	30
58	npj Quantum Materials	29
-	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics	29
-	Journal of Electronic Materials	29
61	IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation	28
62	MRS Bulletin	27
-	IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity	27
64	ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology	26
65	IEEE Photonics Journal	25
-	Applied Physics Express	25
-	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters	25
-	IEEE Transactions on Magnetics	25
69	Organic Electronics	23
-	IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics	23
-	Review of Scientific Instruments	23
72	Current Applied Physics	22
-	Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems	22
-	Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism	22
-	Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A	22
-	Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters	22
-	Japanese Journal of Applied Physics	22
78	Microelectronics Reliability	21
-	Nanophotonics	21
-	Thin Solid Films	21
81	Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics	20
-	Progress in Quantum Electronics	20
-	Journal of Computational Electronics	20
-	Microelectronic Engineering	20
-	Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology	20
-	Plasma Processes and Polymers	20
87	Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering	19
-	Journal of Zhejiang University-Science A	19
-	IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology	19
90	Physica Status Solidi A-Applications and Materials Science	18
-	International Journal of Thermophysics	18
-	Journal of Crystal Growth	18
93	European Physical Journal E	17
-	Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER	17
-	Granular Matter	17
-	Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications	17
-	IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing	17
98	Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing	16
-	Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves	16
-	Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering	16
101	Journal of Laser Applications	15
-	Laser Physics Letters	15
-	IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability	15
-	Solid-State Electronics	15
-	Cryogenics	15
106	Metrologia	14
-	IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology	14
-	IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics	14
109	Quantitative Infrared Thermography Journal	13
-	Laser Physics	13
111	Journal of Low Temperature Physics	12
-	Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B	12
-	MAPAN-Journal of Metrology Society of India	12
-	Microsystem Technologies-Micro-And Nanosystems-Information Storage and Processing Systems	12
-	Physica C-Superconductivity and Its Applications	12
-	Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications	12
-	Philosophical Magazine	12
118	Journal of Experimental Nanoscience	11
-	Journal of the Society for Information disPlay	11
-	Nano	11
-	Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials	11
-	Nano Futures	11
123	Integrated Ferroelectrics	10
-	Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology	10
-	Quantum Electronics	10
-	Recent Patents on Nanotechnology	10
-	International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics	10
128	Journal of Nano Research	9
-	Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology	9
-	Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics	9
-	European Physical Journal-Applied Physics	9
-	Science of Advanced Materials	9
133	Journal of Photonics for Energy	8
-	Philosophical Magazine Letters	8
-	Technical Physics Letters	8
-	Fluctuation and Noise Letters	8
137	Laser and Particle Beams	7
-	Low Temperature Physics	7
-	High Temperature	7
-	IEEE Magnetics Letters	7
-	Technical Physics	7
142	Journal of Magnetics	6
-	Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering	6
-	Spin	6
145	Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science	5
-	Atomization and Sprays	5
-	Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics	5
-	Journal of Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics	5
149	International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering	3
150	Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering	2