New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 Applied Sciences-Basel51663
2 Materials26979
3 Advanced Functional Materials20251
4 Electronics20155
5 Small17230
6 IEEE Sensors Journal14872
7 Advanced Materials14449
8 Applied Surface Science12585
9 Applied Physics Letters10465
10 Nanomaterials10181
11 Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics9196
12 Nano Letters7855
13 Materials Letters7787
14 Nanoscale7555
15 Journal of Materials Chemistry C7311
16 Micromachines7204
17 Surfaces and Interfaces7085
18 Coatings7051
19 AIP Advances6629
20 Optics and Laser Technology6606
21 Advanced Energy Materials5240
22 IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices4838
23 Surface & Coatings Technology4412
24 Nano Research4362
25 Diamond and Related Materials4356
26 Nano Energy4320
27 Physical Review Applied4124
28 Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing4070
29 Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics3897
30 Vacuum3851
31 Laser & Photonics Reviews3555
32 Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing3523
33 IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity3494
34 Journal of Applied Physics3355
35 Journal of Electronic Materials3182
36 Review of Scientific Instruments3142
37 Nanotechnology2666
38 ACS Photonics2542
39 IEEE Transactions on Magnetics2427
40 Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells2182
41 Infrared Physics & Technology2179
42 IEEE Photonics Technology Letters2080
43 Japanese Journal of Applied Physics2000
44 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation1962
45 Advanced Electronic Materials1942
46 Physica Status Solidi A-Applications and Materials Science1885
47 ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology1641
48 Modern Physics Letters B1554
49 International Journal of Modern Physics B1528
50 IEEE Photonics Journal1449
51 Nano-Micro Letters1360
52 Materials Today Physics1358
53 Nature Materials1350
54 Thin Solid Films1322
55 Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A1311
56 Journal of Crystal Growth1304
57 Microelectronics Reliability1280
58 APL Materials1148
59 Superconductor Science & Technology1078
60 APL Photonics1003
61 Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters1002
62 PRX Quantum981
63 Nature Photonics924
64 Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism883
65 Applied Physics Express878
66 Current Applied Physics851
67 Solid-State Electronics791
68 Applied Physics Reviews790
69 MRS Bulletin774
70 Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics760
71 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics748
72 Microsystem Technologies-Micro-And Nanosystems-Information Storage and Processing Systems746
73 International Journal of Thermophysics744
74 Low Temperature Physics740
75 Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B727
76 npj Quantum Information692
77 Nano684
78 Cryogenics683
79 IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics680
80 Journal of Computational Electronics673
81 Plasma Processes and Polymers672
82 Journal of Materiomics656
83 Journal of Laser Applications652
84 Technical Physics645
85 Organic Electronics644
86 Laser Physics Letters640
87 IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology636
88 Journal of Low Temperature Physics601
89 Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics592
90 Metrologia589
91 Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering569
92 Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering547
93 Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology535
94 Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications534
95 Progress in Photovoltaics532
96 Laser Physics520
97 Physica C-Superconductivity and Its Applications506
98 IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability500
99 Nature Reviews Physics475
- IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing475
101 IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics455
102 Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems454
103 Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications439
104 International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics436
105 npj Quantum Materials431
106 Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing419
107 Science of Advanced Materials417
108 Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports411
- Granular Matter411
110 Journal of Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics409
111 npj 2D Materials and Applications399
112 Philosophical Magazine394
113 European Physical Journal E386
114 Microelectronic Engineering371
115 Technical Physics Letters370
116 MAPAN-Journal of Metrology Society of India366
117 High Temperature355
118 IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology345
119 Fluctuation and Noise Letters338
120 Journal of Zhejiang University-Science A337
121 Journal of Magnetics332
122 Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology315
123 Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves291
124 Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics283
125 Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science269
126 Journal of the Society for Information disPlay255
127 Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials254
128 Nano Convergence241
129 Journal of Nano Research192
130 Recent Patents on Nanotechnology186
131 Spin177
132 Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering149
133 European Physical Journal-Applied Physics145
134 Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science143
135 International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering133
136 IEEE Magnetics Letters126
137 Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER97
138 Nano Futures95
139 Quantitative Infrared Thermography Journal89
140 Progress in Quantum Electronics80
141 Journal of Experimental Nanoscience79
142 Journal of Photonics for Energy78
143 Laser and Particle Beams62
144 Philosophical Magazine Letters61
145 Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering47
146 Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology41
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