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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Advanced Materials	204
2	Advanced Functional Materials	155
3	Advanced Energy Materials	140
4	Nano Energy	124
5	Nano-Micro Letters	123
6	Nature Materials	111
-	Small	111
8	Applied Sciences-Basel	105
9	Nature Photonics	96
10	Nano Letters	94
11	Nanomaterials	87
12	Electronics	86
13	Nano Research	85
14	Materials	84
15	Applied Surface Science	82
16	IEEE Sensors Journal	73
17	Nature Reviews Physics	65
18	Laser & Photonics Reviews	64
-	Nanoscale	64
20	Optics and Laser Technology	63
-	Journal of Materials Chemistry C	63
22	Micromachines	62
23	PRX Quantum	59
24	Applied Physics Reviews	55
25	ACS Photonics	54
26	Coatings	53
27	Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing	52
-	Applied Physics Letters	52
-	Diamond and Related Materials	52
30	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells	51
-	Surface & Coatings Technology	51
32	Materials Today Physics	48
33	Physical Review Applied	46
34	Vacuum	45
35	Journal of Applied Physics	43
-	Materials Letters	43
-	IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices	43
38	npj Quantum Information	42
-	Advanced Electronic Materials	42
40	Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics	41
41	Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports	40
42	Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing	39
-	Surfaces and Interfaces	39
44	Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics	38
45	Nano Convergence	37
-	Journal of Materiomics	37
47	npj 2D Materials and Applications	36
-	International Journal of Modern Physics B	36
49	APL Materials	35
50	Infrared Physics & Technology	33

-	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics	33
52	Journal of Electronic Materials	32
-	Modern Physics Letters B	32
-	APL Photonics	32
-	Nanotechnology	32
56	Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science	31
-	Progress in Photovoltaics	31
-	npj Quantum Materials	31
59	IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation	30
-	IEEE Photonics Journal	30
-	Superconductor Science & Technology	30
62	MRS Bulletin	29
-	AIP Advances	29
64	ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology	26
-	Current Applied Physics	26
66	Applied Physics Express	25
-	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters	25
-	IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity	25
-	IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics	25
70	IEEE Transactions on Magnetics	24
-	Japanese Journal of Applied Physics	24
-	Organic Electronics	24
-	Review of Scientific Instruments	24
74	Microelectronics Reliability	23
-	Nanophotonics	23
76	Microelectronic Engineering	22
-	Journal of Crystal Growth	22
78	Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A	21
-	Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems	21
-	Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics	21
-	Physica Status Solidi A-Applications and Materials Science	21
-	Progress in Quantum Electronics	21
-	Journal of Computational Electronics	21
84	Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism	20
-	Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology	20
-	IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology	20
-	International Journal of Thermophysics	20
88	Plasma Processes and Polymers	19
-	Thin Solid Films	19
-	Journal of Zhejiang University-Science A	19
91	IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing	18
-	Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER	18
-	IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology	18
-	Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering	18
95	Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications	17
-	Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters	17
-	Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves	17
-	Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing	17
-	European Physical Journal E	17
-	Granular Matter	17
-	Solid-State Electronics	17
102	Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering	16
-	Cryogenics	16
-	Microsystem Technologies-Micro-And Nanosystems-Information Storage and Processing Systems	16
-	IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability	16
106	Metrologia	15
-	Journal of Laser Applications	15
108	IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics	14
-	Journal of the Society for Information disPlay	14
-	Laser Physics Letters	14
-	Journal of Experimental Nanoscience	14
112	Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials	13
-	Philosophical Magazine	13
-	Recent Patents on Nanotechnology	13
-	MAPAN-Journal of Metrology Society of India	13
-	Quantitative Infrared Thermography Journal	13
-	Journal of Low Temperature Physics	13
118	Nano Futures	12
-	Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B	12
-	Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications	12
121	Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology	11
-	Physica C-Superconductivity and Its Applications	11
123	Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology	10
-	Laser Physics	10
-	Science of Advanced Materials	10
-	Journal of Photonics for Energy	10
-	Nano	10
128	Low Temperature Physics	9
-	Quantum Electronics	9
-	Integrated Ferroelectrics	9
131	Laser and Particle Beams	8
-	European Physical Journal-Applied Physics	8
-	IEEE Magnetics Letters	8
-	International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics	8
-	Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics	8
136	Fluctuation and Noise Letters	7
-	High Temperature	7
-	Spin	7
-	Journal of Nano Research	7
-	Atomization and Sprays	7
-	Philosophical Magazine Letters	7
-	Technical Physics Letters	7
-	Journal of Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics	7
144	Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering	6
-	Technical Physics	6
-	Journal of Magnetics	6
-	Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science	6
-	Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics	6
149	International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering	5
150	Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering	3