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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Light-Science & Applications	89
2	Nature Photonics	87
3	Advanced Optical Materials	68
4	Optics and Laser Technology	62
-	Laser & Photonics Reviews	62
6	Optics Express	56
7	ACS Photonics	54
8	Optik	53
9	Journal of Lightwave Technology	50
-	Optical Materials	50
11	Optica	49
-	Photonics Research	49
13	Optical and Quantum Electronics	47
14	Optics Letters	44
15	Optics and Lasers in Engineering	38
16	Opto-Electronic Advances	37
-	Journal of Luminescence	37
18	Advanced Photonics	36
19	APL Photonics	33
-	Optical Materials Express	33
-	Optics Communications	33
22	Infrared Physics & Technology	32
23	Photonics	31
24	Biomedical Optics Express	30
25	Advanced Quantum Technologies	29
-	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics	29
27	Advances in Optics and Photonics	28
-	Image and Vision Computing	28
29	Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics	27
-	Optical Fiber Technology	27
31	Displays	26
-	International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology	26
33	IEEE Photonics Journal	25
-	Applied Optics	25
-	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters	25
-	Journal of Optical Communications and Networking	25
37	Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer	24
-	International Journal of Photoenergy	24
-	Journal of Optics	24
40	Nanophotonics	22
-	Journal of Biomedical Optics	22
42	Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics	20
-	Microelectronic Engineering	20
-	Neurophotonics	20
-	Progress in Quantum Electronics	20
46	IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology	19
47	Chinese Optics Letters	18
-	Journal of Biophotonics	18
-	Microwave and Optical Technology Letters	18
-	Optical Engineering	18

-	Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications	18
52	Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves	17
-	European Physical Journal D	17
-	Journal of the Optical Society of America A-Optics Image Science and Vision	17
55	High Power Laser Science and Engineering	16
-	Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics	16
-	Ukrainian Journal of Physical Optics	16
58	Journal of Laser Applications	15
-	Journal of Electronic Imaging	15
-	Laser Physics Letters	15
61	Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems	14
62	IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics	13
-	Photonic Sensors	13
-	Journal of the Society for Information disPlay	13
65	Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials	12
-	Laser Physics	12
-	Lighting Research & Technology	12
-	Color Research and Application	12
-	Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences	12
70	Optical Switching and Networking	11
-	Photonic Network Communications	11
72	Journal of Modern Optics	10
-	Journal of the European Optical Society-Rapid Publications	10
-	Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology	10
-	Optical Review	10
76	Journal of Photonics for Energy	9
77	International Journal of Optics	7
-	Leukos	7
-	Journal of Nanophotonics	7
-	Journal of Russian Laser Research	7
81	Fiber and Integrated Optics	6
-	Journal of Optical Technology	6
-	Optics and Spectroscopy	6
84	Light & Engineering	5
85	Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering	2