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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 Applied Sciences-Basel51790
2 Materials30229
3 Electronics18694
4 Advanced Functional Materials16460
5 Small14837
6 IEEE Sensors Journal14202
7 Advanced Materials12712
8 Nanomaterials12371
9 Applied Surface Science12324
10 Applied Physics Letters9810
11 Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics8685
12 Materials Letters7974
13 Micromachines7581
14 Journal of Materials Chemistry C7409
15 Nanoscale7327
16 Coatings7236
17 Nano Letters7234
18 Journal of Applied Physics6949
19 AIP Advances6318
20 Surfaces and Interfaces5447
21 Optics and Laser Technology5323
22 Advanced Energy Materials4898
23 IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices4841
24 Surface & Coatings Technology4256
25 Nano Research4156
26 IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity4050
27 Nano Energy4000
28 Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing3958
29 Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics3925
30 Diamond and Related Materials3841
31 Physical Review Applied3797
32 Review of Scientific Instruments3646
33 Vacuum3623
34 Japanese Journal of Applied Physics3447
35 Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing3296
36 Nanotechnology3264
37 Journal of Electronic Materials3033
38 Laser & Photonics Reviews2556
39 IEEE Transactions on Magnetics2330
40 ACS Photonics2269
41 Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells2156
42 IEEE Photonics Technology Letters2028
43 Advanced Electronic Materials1999
44 Infrared Physics & Technology1918
45 Physica Status Solidi A-Applications and Materials Science1909
46 ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology1881
47 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation1764
48 IEEE Photonics Journal1746
49 Modern Physics Letters B1673
50 International Journal of Modern Physics B1549
51 Thin Solid Films1460
52 Journal of Crystal Growth1426
53 Microelectronics Reliability1287
54 Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A1260
55 Nature Materials1238
56 Materials Today Physics1227
57 APL Materials1155
58 Nano-Micro Letters1143
59 Applied Physics Express1110
60 Superconductor Science & Technology1067
61 Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism1060
62 Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters1013
63 PRX Quantum942
64 Nature Photonics876
65 Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics859
66 APL Photonics856
67 Current Applied Physics842
68 Solid-State Electronics811
69 MRS Bulletin796
70 Organic Electronics795
71 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics784
72 Technical Physics758
73 Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B741
74 IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics738
75 International Journal of Thermophysics715
76 Applied Physics Reviews706
77 Journal of Low Temperature Physics704
78 Science of Advanced Materials693
79 Low Temperature Physics692
80 Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics687
81 Integrated Ferroelectrics686
82 Microsystem Technologies-Micro-And Nanosystems-Information Storage and Processing Systems677
83 Plasma Processes and Polymers668
84 Journal of Laser Applications645
85 Metrologia643
86 Laser Physics Letters640
87 Nano639
- Journal of Computational Electronics639
89 Journal of Materiomics622
90 npj Quantum Information592
91 Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering579
92 Cryogenics576
93 Laser Physics571
94 Progress in Photovoltaics549
95 IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology542
96 Physica C-Superconductivity and Its Applications539
97 Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications521
98 Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering518
99 Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems517
100 Nature Reviews Physics499
101 Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology495
102 IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics487
103 International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics473
104 IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing472
105 IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability455
106 Journal of the Society for Information disPlay442
107 Journal of Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics436
108 npj Quantum Materials422
109 Granular Matter420
110 Microelectronic Engineering415
111 Philosophical Magazine414
112 Technical Physics Letters410
113 European Physical Journal E401
114 High Temperature397
115 IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology396
116 Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing383
117 Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology362
118 MAPAN-Journal of Metrology Society of India342
119 npj 2D Materials and Applications335
120 Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications334
121 Fluctuation and Noise Letters319
122 Journal of Zhejiang University-Science A309
123 Journal of Magnetics286
124 Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics278
125 Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports266
126 Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves262
127 Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science248
128 European Physical Journal-Applied Physics239
129 Nanophotonics233
130 Nano Convergence232
131 Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials231
132 Journal of Nano Research203
133 Recent Patents on Nanotechnology202
134 Atomization and Sprays201
135 Spin197
136 Quantum Electronics170
137 IEEE Magnetics Letters160
138 Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science153
139 International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering138
140 Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering125
141 Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER106
142 Journal of Photonics for Energy105
143 Journal of Experimental Nanoscience104
144 Nano Futures101
145 Progress in Quantum Electronics88
146 Quantitative Infrared Thermography Journal86
147 Philosophical Magazine Letters83
148 Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering50
149 Laser and Particle Beams46
- Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology46
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