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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Nature Photonics	92
2	Light-Science & Applications	91
3	Advanced Optical Materials	68
4	Optics and Laser Technology	64
5	Laser & Photonics Reviews	63
6	Optics Express	57
7	ACS Photonics	55
8	Optik	54
9	Optical and Quantum Electronics	52
10	Journal of Lightwave Technology	51
-	Optical Materials	51
12	Optica	49
13	Photonics Research	48
14	Optics Letters	45
15	Opto-Electronic Advances	43
16	Optics and Lasers in Engineering	38
17	Journal of Luminescence	37
18	Optics Communications	35
-	Advanced Photonics	35
20	Optical Materials Express	33
21	Infrared Physics & Technology	32
-	Photonics	32
-	APL Photonics	32
24	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics	31
25	Image and Vision Computing	30
26	Advanced Quantum Technologies	29
-	Advances in Optics and Photonics	29
-	Biomedical Optics Express	29
29	IEEE Photonics Journal	27
-	Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics	27
-	Displays	27
32	Optical Fiber Technology	26
-	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters	26
-	Journal of Optical Communications and Networking	26
35	International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology	25
-	Applied Optics	25
37	Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer	24
-	International Journal of Photoenergy	24
-	Journal of Optics	24
40	Microelectronic Engineering	22
-	Journal of Biomedical Optics	22
42	Nanophotonics	21
-	Progress in Quantum Electronics	21
44	Neurophotonics	20
-	Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics	20
46	IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology	19
-	Journal of Biophotonics	19
-	Chinese Optics Letters	19
-	High Power Laser Science and Engineering	19
50	Journal of the Optical Society of America A-Optics Image Science and Vision	18

51	Optical Engineering	17
-	Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications	17
53	Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves	16
-	Journal of Laser Applications	16
-	Journal of Electronic Imaging	16
-	Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics	16
-	Microwave and Optical Technology Letters	16
-	Ukrainian Journal of Physical Optics	16
-	European Physical Journal D	16
60	Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems	15
-	Laser Physics Letters	15
62	Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials	14
-	Optical Switching and Networking	14
-	Photonic Sensors	14
65	IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics	13
-	Laser Physics	13
67	Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences	12
-	Journal of the Society for Information disPlay	12
-	Color Research and Application	12
70	Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology	11
-	Photonic Network Communications	11
72	Journal of Modern Optics	10
-	Journal of the European Optical Society-Rapid Publications	10
-	Lighting Research & Technology	10
-	Optical Review	10
76	Journal of Photonics for Energy	9
77	Leukos	8
-	Journal of Nanophotonics	8
-	Journal of Russian Laser Research	8
80	International Journal of Optics	7
-	Fiber and Integrated Optics	7
82	Journal of Optical Technology	6
-	Optics and Spectroscopy	6
84	Light & Engineering	4
85	Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering	2