New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Physics, Applied

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 Applied Sciences-Basel52059
2 Materials29446
3 Electronics19132
4 Advanced Functional Materials17616
5 Small15626
6 IEEE Sensors Journal14406
7 Advanced Materials13240
8 Applied Surface Science12319
9 Nanomaterials11924
10 Applied Physics Letters9985
11 Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics8743
12 Materials Letters8015
13 Journal of Materials Chemistry C7943
14 Nanoscale7919
15 Micromachines7528
16 Nano Letters7423
17 Coatings7200
18 Journal of Applied Physics7140
19 AIP Advances6455
20 Surfaces and Interfaces6162
21 Optics and Laser Technology5563
22 Advanced Energy Materials5060
23 IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices4829
24 Nano Energy4568
25 Surface & Coatings Technology4389
26 Nano Research4319
27 Diamond and Related Materials4117
28 Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing4010
29 Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics3851
30 Physical Review Applied3820
31 Vacuum3765
32 IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity3701
33 Review of Scientific Instruments3620
34 Japanese Journal of Applied Physics3512
35 Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing3380
36 Journal of Electronic Materials3176
37 Nanotechnology3040
38 Laser & Photonics Reviews2842
39 IEEE Transactions on Magnetics2408
40 ACS Photonics2354
41 IEEE Photonics Technology Letters2084
42 Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells2032
43 Advanced Electronic Materials1976
44 Infrared Physics & Technology1954
45 Physica Status Solidi A-Applications and Materials Science1904
46 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation1814
47 ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology1801
48 IEEE Photonics Journal1636
49 Modern Physics Letters B1610
50 International Journal of Modern Physics B1505
51 Journal of Crystal Growth1428
52 Thin Solid Films1397
53 Materials Today Physics1288
54 Microelectronics Reliability1283
55 Nature Materials1266
56 Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A1256
57 Nano-Micro Letters1157
- APL Materials1157
59 Superconductor Science & Technology1070
60 Applied Physics Express1053
61 Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism999
62 Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters993
63 PRX Quantum925
64 APL Photonics915
65 Nature Photonics880
66 Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics872
67 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics831
68 Solid-State Electronics830
69 Current Applied Physics827
70 MRS Bulletin784
71 Organic Electronics770
72 IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics757
73 Technical Physics745
74 International Journal of Thermophysics737
75 Applied Physics Reviews728
76 Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B727
77 Microsystem Technologies-Micro-And Nanosystems-Information Storage and Processing Systems726
78 Low Temperature Physics712
79 Journal of Low Temperature Physics695
80 Journal of Materiomics667
81 Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics665
82 Metrologia662
83 Plasma Processes and Polymers655
84 Journal of Computational Electronics643
- Journal of Laser Applications643
86 Nano642
87 Integrated Ferroelectrics640
88 Laser Physics Letters626
89 Cryogenics614
90 Science of Advanced Materials609
91 npj Quantum Information598
92 Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering576
93 IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology570
94 Laser Physics564
95 Physica C-Superconductivity and Its Applications529
96 Progress in Photovoltaics528
97 Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering525
98 Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology514
99 Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications508
100 Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems499
101 Nature Reviews Physics496
102 IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing479
103 IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics474
104 International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics469
105 IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability467
106 Journal of the Society for Information disPlay443
107 Microelectronic Engineering435
108 Journal of Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics434
109 Granular Matter425
110 npj Quantum Materials424
111 IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology415
112 High Temperature414
113 Philosophical Magazine410
114 Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing390
115 European Physical Journal E389
116 Technical Physics Letters370
117 Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications358
118 MAPAN-Journal of Metrology Society of India350
119 Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology346
- npj 2D Materials and Applications346
121 Fluctuation and Noise Letters331
122 Journal of Zhejiang University-Science A308
123 Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports299
124 Journal of Magnetics295
125 Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics277
126 Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves272
127 Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science264
128 Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials241
129 Nano Convergence236
130 European Physical Journal-Applied Physics229
131 Nanophotonics223
132 Atomization and Sprays208
133 Journal of Nano Research191
134 Spin187
135 Recent Patents on Nanotechnology173
136 IEEE Magnetics Letters164
137 Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science144
- International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering144
139 Quantum Electronics125
- Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering125
141 Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER107
142 Nano Futures105
- Journal of Experimental Nanoscience105
144 Journal of Photonics for Energy93
145 Progress in Quantum Electronics88
146 Quantitative Infrared Thermography Journal87
147 Philosophical Magazine Letters75
148 Laser and Particle Beams49
- Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology49
150 Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering48
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