New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 Optics Express14955
2 Optics Letters7288
3 Optics and Laser Technology6606
4 Applied Optics5333
5 Optical Materials5208
6 Journal of Lightwave Technology4757
7 Optics Communications3740
8 Laser & Photonics Reviews3555
9 Optik2773
10 Journal of Luminescence2696
11 Optics and Lasers in Engineering2380
12 Infrared Physics & Technology2179
13 Optical and Quantum Electronics2172
14 IEEE Photonics Technology Letters2080
15 Microwave and Optical Technology Letters1722
16 Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics1681
17 Optical Engineering1509
18 Light-Science & Applications1465
19 IEEE Photonics Journal1449
20 Journal of Electronic Imaging1316
21 Journal of the Optical Society of America A-Optics Image Science and Vision1232
22 Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer1207
23 Image and Vision Computing1175
24 Journal of Biophotonics1109
25 Displays1076
26 Chinese Optics Letters1059
27 Journal of Optics943
28 Nature Photonics924
29 International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology872
30 Optical Fiber Technology830
31 European Physical Journal D765
32 Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics760
33 Journal of Biomedical Optics749
34 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics748
35 Journal of Optical Communications and Networking700
36 Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics694
37 Journal of Laser Applications652
38 Laser Physics Letters640
39 Laser Physics520
40 IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics455
41 Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications439
42 Journal of Modern Optics399
43 Microelectronic Engineering371
44 Journal of Optical Technology353
45 Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology315
46 Optical Review310
47 Color Research and Application308
48 Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences298
49 Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves291
50 Lighting Research & Technology264
51 Journal of the Society for Information disPlay255
52 Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials254
53 Optics and Spectroscopy245
54 Journal of the European Optical Society-Rapid Publications208
55 International Journal of Photoenergy165
56 Journal of Russian Laser Research164
57 Journal of Nanophotonics160
58 Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering149
59 Ukrainian Journal of Physical Optics145
60 Photonic Sensors128
61 Leukos121
62 Optical Switching and Networking96
63 Progress in Quantum Electronics80
64 Fiber and Integrated Optics79
65 Journal of Photonics for Energy78
66 Photonic Network Communications68
67 International Journal of Optics65
68 Advances in Optics and Photonics53
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