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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01)
Rank Journal Median citations
1 Advances in Optics and Photonics42
2 Opto-Electronic Advances15
3 Light-Science & Applications12
4 Nanophotonics11
5 Nature Photonics9
6 Optica8
7 Optical and Quantum Electronics6
8 Journal of Luminescence5
- Journal of Optical Communications and Networking5
- Optical Materials5
- Photonics Research5
- Advanced Photonics5
- Advanced Optical Materials5
14 International Journal of Photoenergy4
- Optik4
- ACS Photonics4
- Biomedical Optics Express4
- Optics and Laser Technology4
- Photonic Sensors4
- APL Photonics4
21 High Power Laser Science and Engineering3
- Image and Vision Computing3
- Journal of Biomedical Optics3
- Laser & Photonics Reviews3
- Optics and Lasers in Engineering3
- Optics Express3
- IEEE Photonics Journal3
- Infrared Physics & Technology3
- Journal of Lightwave Technology3
- Microelectronic Engineering3
- Neurophotonics3
- Optical Fiber Technology3
- Optical Materials Express3
- Optics Letters3
- Progress in Quantum Electronics3
- Displays3
37 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics2
- Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences2
- Journal of the Optical Society of America A-Optics Image Science and Vision2
- Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications2
- Applied Optics2
- European Physical Journal D2
- Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves2
- Journal of Laser Applications2
- Journal of Photonics for Energy2
- Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer2
- Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics2
- Optical Switching and Networking2
- Optics Communications2
- Photonics2
- Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics2
- Chinese Optics Letters2
53 IEEE Photonics Technology Letters1
- International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology1
- Journal of Electronic Imaging1
- Journal of Nanophotonics1
- Journal of Optics1
- Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics1
- Journal of Russian Laser Research1
- Laser Physics Letters1
- Microwave and Optical Technology Letters1
- Optical Engineering1
- Optical Review1
- Photonic Network Communications1
- Ukrainian Journal of Physical Optics1
- IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology1
- International Journal of Optics1
- Journal of Biophotonics1
- Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials1
- Journal of the European Optical Society-Rapid Publications1
- Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology1
- Laser Physics1
- Leukos1
- Lighting Research & Technology1
- Advanced Quantum Technologies1
76 Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering0
- Journal of the Society for Information disPlay0
- Light & Engineering0
- Optics and Spectroscopy0
- Color Research and Application0
- Fiber and Integrated Optics0
- IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics0
- Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems0
- Journal of Modern Optics0
- Journal of Optical Technology0
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