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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Nature Photonics	88
2	Optics and Laser Technology	63
3	Laser & Photonics Reviews	62
4	Optics Express	56
5	Optik	53
6	Journal of Lightwave Technology	51
-	Optical Materials	51
8	Optical and Quantum Electronics	49
9	Optics Letters	44
10	Journal of Luminescence	38
11	Optics and Lasers in Engineering	37
12	Optics Communications	33
13	Infrared Physics & Technology	31
14	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics	30
15	Image and Vision Computing	29
16	Advances in Optics and Photonics	28
17	Displays	27
-	Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics	27
19	Applied Optics	26
-	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters	26
-	Optical Fiber Technology	26
-	IEEE Photonics Journal	26
-	International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology	26
24	Journal of Optical Communications and Networking	25
25	International Journal of Photoenergy	24
26	Journal of Biomedical Optics	23
-	Journal of Optics	23
-	Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer	23
29	Microelectronic Engineering	21
30	Progress in Quantum Electronics	20
-	Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics	20
32	Chinese Optics Letters	18
-	Journal of the Optical Society of America A-Optics Image Science and Vision	18
-	Microwave and Optical Technology Letters	18
-	Journal of Biophotonics	18
-	Optical Engineering	18
37	Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications	17
-	European Physical Journal D	17
-	Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves	17
40	Journal of Electronic Imaging	16
-	Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics	16
-	Ukrainian Journal of Physical Optics	16
43	Laser Physics Letters	15
-	Journal of Laser Applications	15
45	Photonic Sensors	14
46	IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics	13
-	Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials	13
-	Laser Physics	13
49	Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences	12
-	Journal of the Society for Information disPlay	12

-	Lighting Research & Technology	12
-	Color Research and Application	12
-	Optical Switching and Networking	12
54	Photonic Network Communications	11
55	Optical Review	10
-	Journal of Modern Optics	10
-	Journal of the European Optical Society-Rapid Publications	10
-	Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology	10
59	Journal of Photonics for Energy	9
60	International Journal of Optics	8
-	Leukos	8
62	Fiber and Integrated Optics	7
-	Journal of Nanophotonics	7
-	Journal of Russian Laser Research	7
65	Optics and Spectroscopy	6
-	Journal of Optical Technology	6
67	Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering	2