Optics: Journal Rankings

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 are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)

Rank	Journal	Impact Factor
1	Nature Photonics	ca. 35
2	Advances in Optics and Photonics	ca. 27.1
3	Light-Science & Applications	ca. 19.4
4	Advanced Photonics	ca. 17.3
5	Opto-Electronic Advances	ca. 14.1
6	Progress in Quantum Electronics	ca. 11.7
7	Laser & Photonics Reviews	ca. 11
8	Optica	ca. 10.4
9	Advanced Optical Materials	ca. 9
10	Photonics Research	ca. 7.6
11	Nanophotonics	ca. 7.5
12	ACS Photonics	ca. 7
13	APL Photonics	ca. 5.6
14	Neurophotonics	ca. 5.3
15	Journal of Optical Communications and Networking	ca. 5
-	Optics and Laser Technology	ca. 5
17	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics	ca. 4.9
18	High Power Laser Science and Engineering	ca. 4.8
19	Journal of Lightwave Technology	ca. 4.7
-	Image and Vision Computing	ca. 4.7
21	Optics and Lasers in Engineering	ca. 4.6
22	Advanced Quantum Technologies	ca. 4.4
-	Photonic Sensors	ca. 4.4
24	Displays	ca. 4.3
25	Ukrainian Journal of Physical Optics	ca. 3.9
-	Optical Materials	ca. 3.9
27	Optics Express	ca. 3.8
28	Journal of Luminescence	ca. 3.6
-	Leukos	ca. 3.6
-	Optics Letters	ca. 3.6
31	Journal of Biomedical Optics	ca. 3.5
-	Chinese Optics Letters	ca. 3.5
33	Biomedical Optics Express	ca. 3.4
34	Infrared Physics & Technology	ca. 3.3
-	International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology	ca. 3.3
36	International Journal of Photoenergy	ca. 3.2
-	IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology	ca. 3.2
38	Optik	ca. 3.1
39	Optical and Quantum Electronics	ca. 3
-	Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology	ca. 3
41	Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves	ca. 2.9
42	Journal of Biophotonics	ca. 2.8
-	Optical Materials Express	ca. 2.8
44	Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials	ca. 2.7
-	Optical Fiber Technology	ca. 2.7
-	Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications	ca. 2.7
47	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters	ca. 2.6
48	Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences	ca. 2.5
-	Lighting Research & Technology	ca. 2.5
-	IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics	ca. 2.5

51	Photonics	ca. 2.4
-	IEEE Photonics Journal	ca. 2.4
-	Optics Communications	ca. 2.4
54	Journal of the Society for Information disPlay	ca. 2.3
-	Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer	ca. 2.3
-	Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems	ca. 2.3
-	Microelectronic Engineering	ca. 2.3
58	Optical Switching and Networking	ca. 2.2
59	Journal of Optics	ca. 2.1
-	Journal of Laser Applications	ca. 2.1
-	Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics	ca. 2.1
62	JM3: Journal of Micro-Nanopatterning Materials and Metrology	ca. 2
63	Journal of the Optical Society of America A-Optics Image Science and Vision	ca. 1.9
-	Applied Optics	ca. 1.9
-	Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics	ca. 1.9
66	European Physical Journal D	ca. 1.8
67	Laser Physics Letters	ca. 1.7
-	International Journal of Optics	ca. 1.7
-	Fiber and Integrated Optics	ca. 1.7
-	Photonic Network Communications	ca. 1.7
-	Journal of Photonics for Energy	ca. 1.7
72	Opto-Electronics Review	ca. 1.6
-	Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics	ca. 1.6
74	Journal of the European Optical Society-Rapid Publications	ca. 1.5
-	Microwave and Optical Technology Letters	ca. 1.5
-	Journal of Nanophotonics	ca. 1.5
77	Color Research and Application	ca. 1.4
78	Optical Engineering	ca. 1.3
-	Journal of Modern Optics	ca. 1.3
80	Optical Review	ca. 1.2
-	Laser Physics	ca. 1.2
82	Journal of Electronic Imaging	ca. 1.1
-	Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering	ca. 1.1
84	Journal of Russian Laser Research	ca. 0.9
85	Optics and Spectroscopy	ca. 0.6
86	Journal of Optical Technology	ca. 0.4