Optics: 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Nature Photonics	80
-	Light-Science & Applications	80
3	Advanced Optical Materials	70
4	Optics Express	64
5	Optica	58
6	Laser & Photonics Reviews	56
-	Optics and Laser Technology	56
8	ACS Photonics	54
9	Optik	53
10	Optical Materials	50
11	Nanophotonics	49
12	Photonics Research	48
13	Journal of Lightwave Technology	46
14	Optics Letters	45
15	Optical and Quantum Electronics	43
16	Optics and Lasers in Engineering	42
17	Journal of Luminescence	38
18	Advanced Photonics	35
-	Optics Communications	35
20	Opto-Electronic Advances	34
21	Biomedical Optics Express	33
-	APL Photonics	33
23	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics	32
24	Optical Materials Express	31
-	Infrared Physics & Technology	31
26	Applied Optics	30
27	Image and Vision Computing	28
28	Advanced Quantum Technologies	27
-	Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics	27
30	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters	26
-	International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology	26
32	Journal of Optical Communications and Networking	25
-	Optical Fiber Technology	25
34	Journal of Biomedical Optics	24
-	IEEE Photonics Journal	24
-	Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer	24
37	Advances in Optics and Photonics	23
-	Journal of Optics	23
-	Photonics	23
40	Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics	22
-	Chinese Optics Letters	22
-	Journal of Biophotonics	22
43	International Journal of Photoenergy	21
-	Journal of the Optical Society of America A-Optics Image Science and Vision	21
-	Displays	21
-	IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology	21
47	Optical Engineering	20
48	Microwave and Optical Technology Letters	19
-	Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications	19
-	European Physical Journal D	19

51	Ukrainian Journal of Physical Optics	18
-	Neurophotonics	18
53	Laser Physics Letters	17
-	Photonic Sensors	17
-	Progress in Quantum Electronics	17
-	Journal of Laser Applications	17
57	High Power Laser Science and Engineering	16
-	Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics	16
-	Microelectronic Engineering	16
-	Laser Physics	16
61	Journal of the Society for Information disPlay	15
-	IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics	15
-	Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems	15
-	Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves	15
65	Color Research and Application	14
-	Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology	14
67	Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences	13
-	Journal of Modern Optics	13
69	Photonic Network Communications	12
-	Journal of Electronic Imaging	12
-	Lighting Research & Technology	12
72	Journal of Nanophotonics	11
-	Optical Switching and Networking	11
74	Optical Review	10
-	International Journal of Optics	10
-	Leukos	10
77	Optics and Spectroscopy	9
-	Journal of Russian Laser Research	9
-	Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials	9
-	Journal of the European Optical Society-Rapid Publications	9
81	Journal of Photonics for Energy	8
82	Light & Engineering	6
-	Fiber and Integrated Optics	6
84	Journal of Optical Technology	5
85	Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering	4