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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Nature Photonics	102
2	Light-Science & Applications	85
3	Laser & Photonics Reviews	67
4	Optics and Laser Technology	63
5	Advanced Optical Materials	62
6	Optics Express	56
7	Optical and Quantum Electronics	52
-	Optica	52
-	Optical Materials	52
10	Journal of Lightwave Technology	51
11	ACS Photonics	50
12	Photonics Research	49
13	Opto-Electronic Advances	48
-	Optik	48
15	Optics Letters	42
16	Advanced Photonics	41
17	Optics and Lasers in Engineering	40
18	Journal of Luminescence	37
19	Optics Communications	36
20	Image and Vision Computing	35
-	Photonics	35
-	Infrared Physics & Technology	35
23	APL Photonics	33
24	Displays	32
25	Biomedical Optics Express	31
26	Advanced Quantum Technologies	30
27	Advances in Optics and Photonics	28
-	Optical Materials Express	28
29	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics	27
-	International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology	27
-	Journal of Optical Communications and Networking	27
-	IEEE Photonics Journal	27
33	Applied Optics	25
34	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters	24
-	Optical Fiber Technology	24
-	Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics	24
37	Journal of Biomedical Optics	23
38	Neurophotonics	22
-	Microelectronic Engineering	22
40	High Power Laser Science and Engineering	21
-	Journal of Optics	21
42	IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology	20
-	Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves	20
-	Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer	20
45	Chinese Optics Letters	19
-	Journal of Biophotonics	19
-	Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications	19
48	Journal of the Optical Society of America A-Optics Image Science and Vision	18
-	Progress in Quantum Electronics	18
-	Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics	18

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