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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Nature Photonics	102
2	Light-Science & Applications	84
3	Laser & Photonics Reviews	64
4	Optics and Laser Technology	63
5	Advanced Optical Materials	62
6	Optics Express	56
7	Optical Materials	53
8	Optical and Quantum Electronics	52
9	Journal of Lightwave Technology	51
-	Optica	51
-	Photonics Research	51
12	ACS Photonics	49
13	Opto-Electronic Advances	48
14	Optik	47
15	Optics Letters	43
16	Optics and Lasers in Engineering	41
17	Advanced Photonics	40
18	Optics Communications	37
19	Infrared Physics & Technology	36
-	Journal of Luminescence	36
-	Photonics	36
-	Image and Vision Computing	36
23	APL Photonics	32
24	Advanced Quantum Technologies	31
-	Biomedical Optics Express	31
26	Displays	30
27	IEEE Photonics Journal	28
-	Journal of Optical Communications and Networking	28
29	Optical Materials Express	27
-	Advances in Optics and Photonics	27
31	Optical Fiber Technology	26
-	Applied Optics	26
-	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics	26
-	International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology	26
35	Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics	25
36	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters	24
37	Journal of Biomedical Optics	23
38	High Power Laser Science and Engineering	22
39	Microelectronic Engineering	21
-	Neurophotonics	21
41	Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves	20
-	Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer	20
-	Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications	20
-	IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology	20
-	Journal of Optics	20
46	Chinese Optics Letters	19
-	Progress in Quantum Electronics	19
48	Journal of Biophotonics	18
49	Journal of Laser Applications	17
-	Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics	17

-	International Journal of Photoenergy	17
-	Journal of the Optical Society of America A-Optics Image Science and Vision	17
-	Microwave and Optical Technology Letters	17
-	Photonic Sensors	17
55	European Physical Journal D	16
56	Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems	15
-	Optical Engineering	15
-	Ukrainian Journal of Physical Optics	15
-	IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics	15
-	Journal of Electronic Imaging	15
-	Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics	15
-	Journal of the Society for Information disPlay	15
63	Laser Physics Letters	14
64	Lighting Research & Technology	13
-	Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences	13
66	Optical Switching and Networking	12
-	Color Research and Application	12
68	Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials	11
-	Laser Physics	11
70	Journal of the European Optical Society-Rapid Publications	10
-	Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology	10
-	Leukos	10
73	Journal of Photonics for Energy	9
-	Optical Review	9
75	Photonic Network Communications	8
-	Journal of Russian Laser Research	8
77	Journal of Modern Optics	7
-	Journal of Optical Technology	7
-	Journal of Nanophotonics	7
80	Fiber and Integrated Optics	6
-	International Journal of Optics	6
82	Light & Engineering	5
83	Optics and Spectroscopy	4
84	Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering	3