New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Optics

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Advances in Optics and Photonics51.906
2 Nature Photonics36.684
3 Light-Science & Applications27.522
4 Opto-Electronic Advances23.660
5 Progress in Quantum Electronics16.151
6 Advanced Photonics16.126
7 Optica14.747
8 Optical and Quantum Electronics10.809
9 Photonics Research10.483
10 Laser & Photonics Reviews10.321
11 Advanced Optical Materials9.973
12 ACS Photonics9.360
13 Optics and Laser Technology8.670
14 Optical Materials8.354
15 Optik8.255
16 APL Photonics8.106
17 International Journal of Photoenergy7.753
18 Journal of Optical Communications and Networking7.703
19 Image and Vision Computing7.472
20 Journal of Lightwave Technology7.268
21 Journal of Luminescence7.218
22 Photonic Sensors7.194
23 Optics and Lasers in Engineering6.956
24 Displays6.585
25 Ukrainian Journal of Physical Optics6.560
26 Infrared Physics & Technology6.376
27 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics6.366
28 Microelectronic Engineering6.182
29 High Power Laser Science and Engineering6.161
30 Biomedical Optics Express6.146
31 Optical Switching and Networking5.990
32 Optics Express5.945
33 Neurophotonics5.839
34 Optical Materials Express5.674
35 Optics Letters5.625
36 Optical Fiber Technology5.184
37 Journal of Biomedical Optics5.075
38 Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves5.056
39 International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology4.939
40 IEEE Photonics Journal4.926
41 Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications4.848
42 Optics Communications4.773
43 Advanced Quantum Technologies4.429
44 Journal of Photonics for Energy4.169
45 IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology3.993
46 Photonics3.862
47 Photonic Network Communications3.811
48 Journal of Optics3.743
49 Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer3.710
50 Journal of Laser Applications3.430
51 Leukos3.407
52 Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics3.403
53 Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics3.356
54 Lighting Research & Technology3.327
55 Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences3.279
56 IEEE Photonics Technology Letters3.237
57 Chinese Optics Letters3.169
58 Journal of Biophotonics3.140
59 European Physical Journal D3.071
60 Applied Optics2.954
61 Journal of the Optical Society of America A-Optics Image Science and Vision2.950
62 Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials2.812
63 Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics2.801
64 Laser Physics Letters2.584
65 IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics2.538
66 Journal of the European Optical Society-Rapid Publications2.465
67 International Journal of Optics2.233
68 Color Research and Application2.160
69 Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems2.153
70 Laser Physics2.128
71 Journal of the Society for Information disPlay2.060
72 Optical Engineering2.048
73 Microwave and Optical Technology Letters1.961
74 Fiber and Integrated Optics1.959
75 Journal of Nanophotonics1.924
76 Journal of Electronic Imaging1.797
77 Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology1.739
78 Journal of Russian Laser Research1.709
79 Optical Review1.688
80 Journal of Modern Optics1.496
81 Journal of Optical Technology0.936
82 Optics and Spectroscopy0.745
83 Light & Engineering0.580
84 Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering0.456
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