New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

Physics, Applied

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs that used to have more than one decimal point are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)
Rank Journal Impact Factor 2024
1 Nature Reviews Physics ca. 46.6
2 Nano-Micro Letters ca. 38.5
3 Nature Photonics ca. 38.1
4 Nature Materials ca. 38
5 Advanced Materials ca. 29.1
6 Advanced Energy Materials ca. 25.5
7 Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports ca. 21.1
8 Advanced Functional Materials ca. 19.9
9 Nano Energy ca. 16.7
10 Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science ca. 14.1
11 Nano Convergence ca. 13.8
12 PRX Quantum ca. 12.3
13 Small ca. 11.8
14 Applied Physics Reviews ca. 10.8
- Progress in Quantum Electronics ca. 10.8
16 Journal of Materiomics ca. 10.6
17 Progress in Photovoltaics ca. 10.2
18 Laser & Photonics Reviews ca. 9.7
19 Nano Research ca. 9.4
20 Materials Today Physics ca. 9.3
21 npj 2D Materials and Applications ca. 9.2
22 Nano Letters ca. 9.1
23 npj Quantum Information ca. 9
24 Surface & Coatings Technology ca. 6.9
25 Nanophotonics ca. 6.8
26 Applied Surface Science ca. 6.6
- Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells ca. 6.6
- npj Quantum Materials ca. 6.6
29 ACS Photonics ca. 6
- Surfaces and Interfaces ca. 6
31 Advanced Electronic Materials ca. 5.9
32 MRS Bulletin ca. 5.7
- APL Photonics ca. 5.7
34 Nano Futures ca. 5.2
- Optics and Laser Technology ca. 5.2
- Nanoscale ca. 5.2
- Diamond and Related Materials ca. 5.2
- Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing ca. 5.2
39 Journal of Materials Chemistry C ca. 5.1
40 Nanomaterials ca. 4.8
41 APL Materials ca. 4.5
- IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics ca. 4.5
- IEEE Sensors Journal ca. 4.5
44 Physical Review Applied ca. 4.4
- Quantitative Infrared Thermography Journal ca. 4.4
46 Vacuum ca. 4.3
47 Infrared Physics & Technology ca. 3.8
- Applied Physics Letters ca. 3.8
49 Materials ca. 3.7
- IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics ca. 3.7
51 IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices ca. 3.6
- IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology ca. 3.6
- International Journal of Thermophysics ca. 3.6
54 Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology ca. 3.5
- Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing ca. 3.5
- Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems ca. 3.5
- Micromachines ca. 3.5
- Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications ca. 3.5
59 Coatings ca. 3.4
- Superconductor Science & Technology ca. 3.4
61 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation ca. 3.3
- Microelectronic Engineering ca. 3.3
63 Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics ca. 3.2
- Plasma Processes and Polymers ca. 3.2
- Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics ca. 3.2
- Metrologia ca. 3.2
67 Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves ca. 3.1
68 Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing ca. 3
- Granular Matter ca. 3
- Modern Physics Letters B ca. 3
71 Organic Electronics ca. 2.9
- Nanotechnology ca. 2.9
- Applied Sciences-Basel ca. 2.9
- Electronics ca. 2.9
- Recent Patents on Nanotechnology ca. 2.9
- Journal of Experimental Nanoscience ca. 2.9
77 Journal of Electronic Materials ca. 2.8
- Current Applied Physics ca. 2.8
- Journal of Computational Electronics ca. 2.8
80 Journal of Applied Physics ca. 2.7
- IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability ca. 2.7
82 Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering ca. 2.6
- European Physical Journal E ca. 2.6
- IEEE Photonics Journal ca. 2.6
- Materials Letters ca. 2.6
86 Applied Physics Express ca. 2.5
- Cryogenics ca. 2.5
- IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing ca. 2.5
- Journal of Crystal Growth ca. 2.5
- Journal of Photonics for Energy ca. 2.5
- IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology ca. 2.5
- Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering ca. 2.5
- Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A ca. 2.5
- Microelectronics Reliability ca. 2.5
95 ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology ca. 2.4
- IEEE Photonics Technology Letters ca. 2.4
- Thin Solid Films ca. 2.4
98 Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering ca. 2.3
- Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology ca. 2.3
- International Journal of Modern Physics B ca. 2.3
101 Laser and Particle Beams ca. 2.1
- Journal of Laser Applications ca. 2.1
103 Physica Status Solidi A-Applications and Materials Science ca. 2
- Journal of the Society for Information disPlay ca. 2
- Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters ca. 2
106 Philosophical Magazine Letters ca. 1.9
- IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics ca. 1.9
- IEEE Transactions on Magnetics ca. 1.9
- Microsystem Technologies-Micro-And Nanosystems-Information Storage and Processing Systems ca. 1.9
110 IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity ca. 1.8
- Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics ca. 1.8
- Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism ca. 1.8
113 Japanese Journal of Applied Physics ca. 1.7
- AIP Advances ca. 1.7
115 Review of Scientific Instruments ca. 1.6
- IEEE Magnetics Letters ca. 1.6
- Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B ca. 1.6
- Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology ca. 1.6
119 Physica C-Superconductivity and Its Applications ca. 1.5
- Laser Physics Letters ca. 1.5
121 Solid-State Electronics ca. 1.4
- Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials ca. 1.4
- MAPAN-Journal of Metrology Society of India ca. 1.4
124 Philosophical Magazine ca. 1.3
- Nano ca. 1.3
126 International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering ca. 1.2
- Journal of Low Temperature Physics ca. 1.2
128 Laser Physics ca. 1.1
- Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications ca. 1.1
130 European Physical Journal-Applied Physics ca. 1
- Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering ca. 1
- Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science ca. 1
- Atomization and Sprays ca. 1
134 Fluctuation and Noise Letters ca. 0.9
- Low Temperature Physics ca. 0.9
- Opto-Electronics Review ca. 0.9
137 Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics ca. 0.8
- Spin ca. 0.8
- Technical Physics Letters ca. 0.8
- Integrated Ferroelectrics ca. 0.8
- Journal of Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics ca. 0.8
142 International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics ca. 0.7
143 Journal of Magnetics ca. 0.6
- Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics ca. 0.6
145 High Temperature ca. 0.4
- Technical Physics ca. 0.4
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