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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Nature Photonics	96
2	Light-Science & Applications	92
3	Advanced Optical Materials	68
4	Laser & Photonics Reviews	64
5	Optics and Laser Technology	63
6	Optics Express	58
7	ACS Photonics	54
-	Optical and Quantum Electronics	54
9	Optical Materials	53
10	Optik	51
-	Optica	51
-	Journal of Lightwave Technology	51
13	Photonics Research	49
14	Opto-Electronic Advances	46
15	Optics Letters	45
16	Optics and Lasers in Engineering	39
17	Advanced Photonics	38
18	Journal of Luminescence	37
19	Optics Communications	35
-	Photonics	35
21	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics	33
-	Infrared Physics & Technology	33
-	Optical Materials Express	33
24	Image and Vision Computing	32
-	APL Photonics	32
26	IEEE Photonics Journal	30
27	Biomedical Optics Express	29
28	Advances in Optics and Photonics	28
-	Journal of Optical Communications and Networking	28
-	Advanced Quantum Technologies	28
31	Displays	27
32	International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology	26
-	Optical Fiber Technology	26
34	Applied Optics	25
-	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters	25
-	Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics	25
37	International Journal of Photoenergy	23
-	Journal of Optics	23
-	Nanophotonics	23
40	Journal of Biomedical Optics	22
-	Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer	22
-	Microelectronic Engineering	22
43	High Power Laser Science and Engineering	21
-	Progress in Quantum Electronics	21
-	Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics	21
-	Neurophotonics	21
47	Chinese Optics Letters	20
-	IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology	20
49	Journal of the Optical Society of America A-Optics Image Science and Vision	19
-	Journal of Biophotonics	19

51	Optical Engineering	18
52	Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications	17
-	Journal of Electronic Imaging	17
-	Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves	17
55	Ukrainian Journal of Physical Optics	16
-	European Physical Journal D	16
-	Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics	16
-	Microwave and Optical Technology Letters	16
59	Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems	15
-	Journal of Laser Applications	15
61	Journal of the Society for Information disPlay	14
-	Laser Physics Letters	14
-	Photonic Sensors	14
-	IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics	14
65	Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials	13
66	Color Research and Application	12
-	Optical Switching and Networking	12
68	Photonic Network Communications	11
-	Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences	11
-	Lighting Research & Technology	11
71	Journal of Modern Optics	10
-	Journal of Photonics for Energy	10
-	Journal of the European Optical Society-Rapid Publications	10
-	Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology	10
-	Laser Physics	10
76	Optical Review	9
-	Leukos	9
78	Journal of Nanophotonics	8
-	Journal of Russian Laser Research	8
80	Fiber and Integrated Optics	7
-	International Journal of Optics	7
-	Journal of Optical Technology	7
83	Optics and Spectroscopy	6
84	Light & Engineering	5
85	Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering	3