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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Light-Science & Applications	83
2	Nature Photonics	82
3	Advanced Optical Materials	69
4	Optics Express	64
5	Optica	58
6	Laser & Photonics Reviews	55
-	Optics and Laser Technology	55
8	Optik	54
9	ACS Photonics	53
10	Nanophotonics	51
11	Optical Materials	49
12	Photonics Research	48
13	Journal of Lightwave Technology	46
14	Optics Letters	45
15	Optics and Lasers in Engineering	43
16	Optical and Quantum Electronics	42
17	Journal of Luminescence	37
18	Advanced Photonics	36
19	Optics Communications	35
20	APL Photonics	34
-	Biomedical Optics Express	34
22	Opto-Electronic Advances	33
23	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics	31
24	Infrared Physics & Technology	30
-	Optical Materials Express	30
-	Applied Optics	30
27	Image and Vision Computing	28
28	Advanced Quantum Technologies	26
-	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters	26
-	International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology	26
-	Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics	26
32	IEEE Photonics Journal	25
-	Journal of Optical Communications and Networking	25
-	Advances in Optics and Photonics	25
-	Optical Fiber Technology	25
36	Journal of Biomedical Optics	24
37	Journal of Biophotonics	23
-	Journal of Optics	23
-	Photonics	23
-	Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer	23
41	Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics	22
42	Chinese Optics Letters	21
-	Displays	21
-	IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology	21
-	Journal of the Optical Society of America A-Optics Image Science and Vision	21
-	International Journal of Photoenergy	21
47	Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications	19
-	Microwave and Optical Technology Letters	19
-	Optical Engineering	19
-	European Physical Journal D	19

51	Neurophotonics	18
52	Ukrainian Journal of Physical Optics	17
-	Journal of the Society for Information disPlay	17
-	Photonic Sensors	17
55	Journal of Laser Applications	16
-	Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics	16
-	Laser Physics Letters	16
-	Progress in Quantum Electronics	16
-	High Power Laser Science and Engineering	16
-	Laser Physics	16
-	Microelectronic Engineering	16
62	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 Modern Optics	14
-	Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology	14
68	Journal of Electronic Imaging	13
-	Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences	13
70	Journal of Nanophotonics	12
-	Lighting Research & Technology	12
72	Photonic Network Communications	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
80	Journal of Photonics for Energy	8
-	Journal of the European Optical Society-Rapid Publications	8
82	Fiber and Integrated Optics	6
-	Light & Engineering	6
84	JM3: Journal of Micro-Nanopatterning Materials and Metrology	5
-	Journal of Optical Technology	5
86	Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering	4