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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Advanced Materials	208
2	Advanced Functional Materials	161
3	Advanced Energy Materials	141
4	Nano-Micro Letters	131
5	Nano Energy	117
6	Small	112
7	Nature Materials	110
-	Applied Sciences-Basel	110
9	Nature Photonics	102
10	Nano Letters	90
11	Electronics	89
12	Materials	86
13	Nanomaterials	84
14	Applied Surface Science	83
15	Nano Research	78
16	IEEE Sensors Journal	71
17	Micromachines	65
18	Laser & Photonics Reviews	64
19	Nanoscale	63
-	Nature Reviews Physics	63
-	Optics and Laser Technology	63
22	PRX Quantum	61
23	Coatings	59
24	Surface & Coatings Technology	58
25	Diamond and Related Materials	57
-	Journal of Materials Chemistry C	57
27	Applied Physics Letters	55
28	Applied Physics Reviews	53
29	Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports	52
-	Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing	52
31	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells	50
32	ACS Photonics	49
33	Physical Review Applied	48
34	Materials Today Physics	45
35	Journal of Applied Physics	44
-	npj Quantum Information	44
-	IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices	44
38	Vacuum	43
39	Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics	41
-	Advanced Electronic Materials	41
41	Nano Convergence	40
-	Surfaces and Interfaces	40
43	Materials Letters	39
44	International Journal of Modern Physics B	38
45	Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing	37
46	APL Materials	36
-	Infrared Physics & Technology	36
-	Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics	36
-	Journal of Materiomics	36
50	npj 2D Materials and Applications	35

-	IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation	35
-	Modern Physics Letters B	35
53	Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science	34
54	Journal of Electronic Materials	33
55	Nanotechnology	32
-	AIP Advances	32
-	APL Photonics	32
-	Progress in Photovoltaics	32
59	npj Quantum Materials	30
60	MRS Bulletin	29
61	ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology	28
-	IEEE Photonics Journal	28
63	Superconductor Science & Technology	27
64	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics	26
-	Microelectronics Reliability	26
66	IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity	25
67	Applied Physics Express	24
-	Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology	24
-	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters	24
-	Japanese Journal of Applied Physics	24
-	Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A	24
-	Review of Scientific Instruments	24
-	International Journal of Thermophysics	24
74	IEEE Transactions on Magnetics	23
-	Current Applied Physics	23
-	IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics	23
-	Journal of Zhejiang University-Science A	23
78	Physica Status Solidi A-Applications and Materials Science	22
-	Thin Solid Films	22
-	Journal of Crystal Growth	22
81	Organic Electronics	21
-	Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems	21
-	Microelectronic Engineering	21
-	Plasma Processes and Polymers	21
-	Journal of Computational Electronics	21
86	Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing	20
-	Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves	20
-	Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications	20
-	IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology	20
90	Progress in Quantum Electronics	19
-	Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism	19
-	Microsystem Technologies-Micro-And Nanosystems-Information Storage and Processing Systems	19
93	Cryogenics	18
-	Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER	18
-	Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters	18
96	Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering	17
-	Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics	17
-	Granular Matter	17
-	Journal of Laser Applications	17
-	Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering	17
101	IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing	16
-	European Physical Journal E	16
-	IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability	16
-	IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology	16
-	Metrologia	16
106	IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics	15
-	Solid-State Electronics	15
-	Journal of the Society for Information disPlay	15
109	Journal of Low Temperature Physics	14
-	Laser Physics Letters	14
111	Nano Futures	13
-	Quantitative Infrared Thermography Journal	13
-	Recent Patents on Nanotechnology	13
-	Journal of Experimental Nanoscience	13
-	MAPAN-Journal of Metrology Society of India	13
116	Physica C-Superconductivity and Its Applications	12
-	Nano	12
-	Philosophical Magazine	12
-	Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications	12
-	Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B	12
121	Science of Advanced Materials	11
-	Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics	11
-	Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials	11
-	Laser Physics	11
-	Low Temperature Physics	11
126	Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology	10
127	Fluctuation and Noise Letters	9
-	Journal of Photonics for Energy	9
129	Philosophical Magazine Letters	8
-	European Physical Journal-Applied Physics	8
-	High Temperature	8
-	Technical Physics Letters	8
-	Integrated Ferroelectrics	8
-	Journal of Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics	8
-	Journal of Nano Research	8
136	IEEE Magnetics Letters	7
-	Spin	7
-	Technical Physics	7
-	International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics	7
-	Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology	7
-	Atomization and Sprays	7
-	Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics	7
-	Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science	7
144	Laser and Particle Beams	6
-	Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering	6
146	International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering	5
-	Journal of Magnetics	5
148	Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering	3