New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Optics

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The citation 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 Average citations
1 Nature Photonics33.126
2 Progress in Quantum Electronics14.034
3 Laser & Photonics Reviews10.174
4 Ukrainian Journal of Physical Optics10.056
5 Optics and Laser Technology8.995
6 Optical and Quantum Electronics8.759
7 International Journal of Photoenergy8.402
8 Optik8.102
9 Optical Materials7.485
10 Journal of Luminescence7.324
11 Journal of Lightwave Technology6.861
12 Optics and Lasers in Engineering6.514
13 Displays6.511
14 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics6.377
15 Optical Switching and Networking6.087
16 Image and Vision Computing6.034
17 Infrared Physics & Technology6.005
18 Optics Express5.896
19 Microelectronic Engineering5.608
20 Optics Letters5.513
21 Photonic Sensors5.341
22 Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer5.284
23 Optical Fiber Technology5.235
24 Journal of Biomedical Optics5.121
25 International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology4.811
26 Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves4.326
27 Optics Communications4.308
28 Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications4.225
29 Photonic Network Communications4.126
30 International Journal of Optics3.760
31 Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics3.728
32 Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics3.483
33 Chinese Optics Letters3.403
34 Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences3.336
35 IEEE Photonics Technology Letters3.324
36 Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials3.282
37 Leukos3.219
38 Applied Optics3.134
39 Lighting Research & Technology3.049
40 Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics3.005
41 Journal of Biophotonics2.987
42 Journal of Laser Applications2.972
43 European Physical Journal D2.919
44 Laser Physics Letters2.819
45 Journal of the Optical Society of America A-Optics Image Science and Vision2.665
46 IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics2.569
47 Color Research and Application2.481
48 Laser Physics2.019
49 Journal of Modern Optics1.973
50 Optical Engineering1.918
51 Optical Review1.890
52 Microwave and Optical Technology Letters1.881
53 Fiber and Integrated Optics1.850
54 Journal of the Society for Information disPlay1.847
55 Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology1.669
56 Journal of Electronic Imaging1.631
57 Journal of Russian Laser Research1.444
58 Journal of Optical Technology0.715
59 Optics and Spectroscopy0.672
60 Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering0.368
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