Physics, Applied: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Nature Photonics	44
2	Advanced Materials	40
3	Nature Materials	39
4	Advanced Energy Materials	38
5	Advanced Functional Materials	25
6	Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science	24
7	Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports	23
8	Nano Research	21
-	Applied Physics Reviews	21
10	Progress in Quantum Electronics	19
11	Applied Surface Science	18
12	Nano Letters	17
13	Small	16
-	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells	16
15	Surface & Coatings Technology	15
16	Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER	13
17	Laser & Photonics Reviews	12
18	Optics and Laser Technology	11
19	Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing	10
-	Diamond and Related Materials	10
-	Vacuum	10
22	Nanoscale	9
-	Progress in Photovoltaics	9
-	Quantitative Infrared Thermography Journal	9
25	Microelectronic Engineering	8
-	Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology	8
-	Organic Electronics	8
-	Applied Physics Letters	8
-	IEEE Sensors Journal	8
-	Infrared Physics & Technology	8
-	Materials	8
32	Materials Letters	7
-	Nanotechnology	7
-	Superconductor Science & Technology	7
-	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics	7
-	IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices	7
-	Journal of Zhejiang University-Science A	7
-	IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation	7
-	Journal of Experimental Nanoscience	7
40	Thin Solid Films	6
-	IEEE Photonics Journal	6
-	Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics	6
-	MRS Bulletin	6
-	Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing	6
-	Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing	6
-	Applied Physics Express	6
-	Current Applied Physics	6
-	Granular Matter	6
49	Plasma Processes and Polymers	5
-	Cryogenics	5

-	IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology	5
-	Journal of Applied Physics	5
-	Journal of Crystal Growth	5
-	Journal of Electronic Materials	5
-	Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves	5
-	Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems	5
-	Microelectronics Reliability	5
-	Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering	5
-	Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications	5
-	Quantum Electronics	5
-	Recent Patents on Nanotechnology	5
-	European Physical Journal E	5
-	IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity	5
-	International Journal of Modern Physics B	5
-	International Journal of Thermophysics	5
-	Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics	5
-	Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering	5
-	Laser and Particle Beams	5
69	Microsystem Technologies-Micro-And Nanosystems-Information Storage and Processing Systems	4
-	Modern Physics Letters B	4
-	Philosophical Magazine Letters	4
-	Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters	4
-	Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics	4
-	Solid-State Electronics	4
-	IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability	4
-	Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials	4
-	Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism	4
-	Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A	4
-	Laser Physics Letters	4
-	Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering	4
-	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters	4
-	IEEE Transactions on Magnetics	4
-	Journal of Computational Electronics	4
-	Journal of Laser Applications	4
-	Journal of Photonics for Energy	4
86	Review of Scientific Instruments	3
-	Japanese Journal of Applied Physics	3
-	MAPAN-Journal of Metrology Society of India	3
-	Philosophical Magazine	3
-	Physica Status Solidi A-Applications and Materials Science	3
-	IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics	3
-	IEEE Magnetics Letters	3
-	IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing	3
-	Journal of Low Temperature Physics	3
-	Laser Physics	3
96	Nano	2
-	Physica C-Superconductivity and Its Applications	2
-	European Physical Journal-Applied Physics	2
-	Fluctuation and Noise Letters	2
-	High Temperature	2
-	Metrologia	2
-	Science of Advanced Materials	2
-	Integrated Ferroelectrics	2
-	Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications	2
-	Journal of Nano Research	2
-	Journal of the Society for Information disPlay	2
-	Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology	2
108	Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics	1
-	International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics	1
-	Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering	1
-	Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics	1
-	Atomization and Sprays	1
-	Spin	1
-	Technical Physics Letters	1
-	Journal of Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics	1
-	Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science	1
-	Low Temperature Physics	1
118	Technical Physics	0
-	International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering	0
-	Journal of Magnetics	0