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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Advanced Materials	207
2	Advanced Functional Materials	162
3	Advanced Energy Materials	142
4	Nano-Micro Letters	130
5	Nano Energy	120
6	Nature Materials	111
7	Small	110
8	Applied Sciences-Basel	109
9	Nature Photonics	102
10	Nano Letters	91
11	Electronics	89
12	Nanomaterials	86
13	Materials	85
14	Applied Surface Science	84
15	Nano Research	81
16	IEEE Sensors Journal	73
17	Laser & Photonics Reviews	67
18	Micromachines	66
19	Optics and Laser Technology	63
20	Nature Reviews Physics	62
21	Nanoscale	61
22	PRX Quantum	60
23	Coatings	59
24	Surface & Coatings Technology	57
25	Diamond and Related Materials	56
-	Applied Physics Letters	56
27	Journal of Materials Chemistry C	55
28	Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing	52
29	Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports	51
-	Applied Physics Reviews	51
31	ACS Photonics	50
-	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells	50
33	Physical Review Applied	49
34	Materials Today Physics	45
35	npj Quantum Information	44
-	Vacuum	44
37	IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices	43
38	Advanced Electronic Materials	42
39	Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics	40
-	Surfaces and Interfaces	40
41	Nano Convergence	39
-	International Journal of Modern Physics B	39
43	Materials Letters	38
44	Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics	37
-	Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing	37
46	Journal of Materiomics	36
47	APL Materials	35
-	npj 2D Materials and Applications	35
-	Modern Physics Letters B	35
-	Infrared Physics & Technology	35

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