New: Think Tank Rankings 2026
Field of Research: Engineering » Category: Optics

Optics

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The 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 Papers
1 Optics Express14914
2 Optics Letters7304
3 Optics and Laser Technology6655
4 Applied Optics5347
5 Advanced Optical Materials5314
6 Optical Materials5167
7 Photonics5043
8 Journal of Lightwave Technology4801
9 Optics Communications3959
10 Laser & Photonics Reviews3682
11 Optik2692
12 Journal of Luminescence2680
13 ACS Photonics2554
14 Optics and Lasers in Engineering2403
15 Infrared Physics & Technology2257
16 Optical and Quantum Electronics2087
17 IEEE Photonics Technology Letters2070
18 Biomedical Optics Express1735
19 Microwave and Optical Technology Letters1721
20 Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics1701
21 Optical Engineering1540
22 IEEE Photonics Journal1490
23 Optical Fiber Technology1472
24 Light-Science & Applications1456
25 Photonics Research1443
26 Journal of Electronic Imaging1282
27 Journal of the Optical Society of America A-Optics Image Science and Vision1234
28 Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer1210
29 Advanced Quantum Technologies1191
30 Image and Vision Computing1183
31 Optical Materials Express1174
32 Journal of Biophotonics1106
33 Displays1084
34 Chinese Optics Letters1069
35 APL Photonics1017
36 Journal of Optics957
37 Optica955
38 Nature Photonics921
39 International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology880
40 European Physical Journal D757
41 Journal of Biomedical Optics747
42 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics746
43 Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics741
44 Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics708
45 Journal of Optical Communications and Networking705
46 Journal of Laser Applications653
47 IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology632
48 Laser Physics Letters628
49 Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems594
50 Laser Physics521
51 IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics476
52 Journal of the Society for Information disPlay465
53 Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications431
54 Journal of Optical Technology410
55 Journal of Modern Optics400
56 High Power Laser Science and Engineering395
57 Neurophotonics370
58 Microelectronic Engineering361
59 Advanced Photonics355
60 Light & Engineering350
61 Optical Review320
62 Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology317
63 Color Research and Application314
64 Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves300
65 Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences297
66 Optics and Spectroscopy274
67 Opto-Electronic Advances261
68 Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials258
69 Lighting Research & Technology255
70 Journal of Russian Laser Research240
71 Journal of the European Optical Society-Rapid Publications216
72 International Journal of Photoenergy161
73 Journal of Nanophotonics155
74 Ukrainian Journal of Physical Optics149
75 Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering140
76 Photonic Sensors124
77 Leukos120
78 Optical Switching and Networking94
79 Progress in Quantum Electronics84
80 Fiber and Integrated Optics78
81 Journal of Photonics for Energy77
82 International Journal of Optics68
83 Photonic Network Communications67
84 Advances in Optics and Photonics52
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