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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Advanced Materials	205
2	Advanced Functional Materials	155
3	Advanced Energy Materials	139
4	Nano Energy	123
5	Nano-Micro Letters	121
6	Small	111
7	Nature Materials	110
8	Applied Sciences-Basel	102
9	Nature Photonics	94
10	Nano Letters	93
11	Electronics	85
-	Nanomaterials	85
13	Nano Research	84
-	Applied Surface Science	84
15	Materials	83
16	IEEE Sensors Journal	73
17	Nature Reviews Physics	66
18	Laser & Photonics Reviews	64
19	Nanoscale	63
-	Journal of Materials Chemistry C	63
-	Optics and Laser Technology	63
22	Micromachines	61
23	PRX Quantum	60
24	ACS Photonics	55
25	Applied Physics Reviews	54
26	Applied Physics Letters	52
-	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells	52
28	Coatings	51
-	Diamond and Related Materials	51
-	Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing	51
31	Surface & Coatings Technology	50
32	Materials Today Physics	47
33	Vacuum	44
-	Physical Review Applied	44
35	IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices	43
-	Materials Letters	43
-	Journal of Applied Physics	43
-	Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports	43
39	npj Quantum Information	42
40	Advanced Electronic Materials	41
-	Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics	41
42	Surfaces and Interfaces	40
43	Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing	38
44	APL Materials	37
-	Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics	37
46	Journal of Materiomics	36
-	Nano Convergence	36
48	International Journal of Modern Physics B	35
49	Nanotechnology	34
-	npj 2D Materials and Applications	34

51	Progress in Photovoltaics	33
-	Infrared Physics & Technology	33
53	APL Photonics	32
-	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics	32
-	Modern Physics Letters B	32
-	Journal of Electronic Materials	32
57	npj Quantum Materials	31
-	Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science	31
59	Superconductor Science & Technology	29
-	MRS Bulletin	29
61	AIP Advances	28
-	IEEE Photonics Journal	28
63	ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology	27
64	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters	26
65	Current Applied Physics	25
-	Applied Physics Express	25
67	Organic Electronics	24
-	IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics	24
-	IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity	24
-	IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation	24
-	IEEE Transactions on Magnetics	24
-	Japanese Journal of Applied Physics	24
73	Review of Scientific Instruments	23
-	Microelectronics Reliability	23
75	Nanophotonics	22
-	Journal of Crystal Growth	22
-	Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems	22
78	Progress in Quantum Electronics	21
-	Journal of Computational Electronics	21
-	Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism	21
-	Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A	21
-	Microelectronic Engineering	21
83	Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics	20
-	Physica Status Solidi A-Applications and Materials Science	20
-	IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology	20
-	Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology	20
-	Plasma Processes and Polymers	20
88	International Journal of Thermophysics	19
-	Journal of Zhejiang University-Science A	19
-	Thin Solid Films	19
91	Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing	18
-	Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER	18
-	Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering	18
-	Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters	18
-	IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing	18
96	European Physical Journal E	17
-	Granular Matter	17
-	IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology	17
-	Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications	17
-	Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves	17
101	Cryogenics	16
102	IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability	15
-	Journal of Laser Applications	15
-	Microsystem Technologies-Micro-And Nanosystems-Information Storage and Processing Systems	15
-	Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering	15
106	Solid-State Electronics	14
-	Journal of the Society for Information disPlay	14
-	Laser Physics Letters	14
-	Metrologia	14
-	IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics	14
111	Quantitative Infrared Thermography Journal	13
-	Journal of Experimental Nanoscience	13
-	Journal of Low Temperature Physics	13
-	Philosophical Magazine	13
-	Recent Patents on Nanotechnology	13
-	Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials	13
117	Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications	12
-	MAPAN-Journal of Metrology Society of India	12
-	Nano Futures	12
120	Physica C-Superconductivity and Its Applications	11
-	Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B	11
-	Nano	11
-	Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology	11
-	Laser Physics	11
125	Journal of Photonics for Energy	10
-	Science of Advanced Materials	10
-	Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology	10
128	Integrated Ferroelectrics	9
-	Quantum Electronics	9
-	Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics	9
-	Low Temperature Physics	9
132	Technical Physics Letters	8
-	European Physical Journal-Applied Physics	8
-	Fluctuation and Noise Letters	8
-	IEEE Magnetics Letters	8
-	Laser and Particle Beams	8
137	Journal of Nano Research	7
-	Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering	7
-	High Temperature	7
-	Spin	7
-	International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics	7
142	Atomization and Sprays	6
-	Philosophical Magazine Letters	6
-	Journal of Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics	6
-	Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science	6
-	Technical Physics	6
-	Journal of Magnetics	6
148	Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics	5
-	International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering	5
150	Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering	3