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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Advances in Optics and Photonics42.404
2 Nature Photonics35.402
3 Opto-Electronic Advances28.421
4 Light-Science & Applications27.024
5 Advanced Photonics16.132
6 Optica15.298
7 Progress in Quantum Electronics13.012
8 Photonics Research11.043
9 Laser & Photonics Reviews10.347
10 Advanced Optical Materials10.151
11 Ukrainian Journal of Physical Optics10.115
12 ACS Photonics9.588
13 Optical and Quantum Electronics9.543
14 Optics and Laser Technology9.265
15 International Journal of Photoenergy8.412
16 Nanophotonics8.326
17 Optik8.178
18 Optical Materials7.775
19 APL Photonics7.405
20 Journal of Optical Communications and Networking7.325
21 Journal of Lightwave Technology7.011
22 Optics and Lasers in Engineering6.935
23 Journal of Luminescence6.807
24 Displays6.709
25 Image and Vision Computing6.481
26 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics6.455
27 Infrared Physics & Technology6.409
28 Photonic Sensors6.341
29 Microelectronic Engineering6.144
30 Biomedical Optics Express6.122
31 Optical Materials Express6.070
32 High Power Laser Science and Engineering5.994
33 Optics Express5.899
34 Optical Switching and Networking5.766
35 Neurophotonics5.633
36 Optics Letters5.513
37 Optical Fiber Technology5.155
38 Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer5.112
39 Journal of Biomedical Optics5.053
40 IEEE Photonics Journal4.714
41 International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology4.644
42 Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications4.481
43 Photonic Network Communications4.442
44 Optics Communications4.405
45 Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves4.231
46 Journal of Optics4.213
47 Advanced Quantum Technologies4.128
48 IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology4.030
49 Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics3.679
50 Chinese Optics Letters3.669
51 Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics3.655
52 Journal of Photonics for Energy3.630
53 Leukos3.596
54 Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences3.539
55 Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials3.470
56 Photonics3.434
57 IEEE Photonics Technology Letters3.328
58 Journal of Laser Applications3.151
59 International Journal of Optics3.138
60 Journal of Biophotonics3.093
61 Applied Optics3.074
62 Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics2.937
63 Journal of the European Optical Society-Rapid Publications2.933
64 European Physical Journal D2.807
65 Journal of the Optical Society of America A-Optics Image Science and Vision2.713
66 Lighting Research & Technology2.654
67 Laser Physics Letters2.642
68 IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics2.619
69 Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems2.511
70 Color Research and Application2.434
71 Laser Physics2.086
72 Journal of the Society for Information disPlay2.083
73 Optical Engineering1.962
74 Fiber and Integrated Optics1.942
75 Microwave and Optical Technology Letters1.802
76 Journal of Nanophotonics1.733
77 Journal of Electronic Imaging1.718
78 Optical Review1.641
79 Journal of Modern Optics1.637
80 Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology1.480
81 Journal of Russian Laser Research1.438
82 Journal of Optical Technology0.773
83 Optics and Spectroscopy0.665
84 Light & Engineering0.565
85 Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering0.387
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