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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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 Optics Express15020
2 Optics Letters7070
3 Optical Materials5516
4 Applied Optics5493
5 Optics and Laser Technology5295
6 Optik4626
7 Journal of Lightwave Technology4622
8 Optics Communications3726
9 Optical and Quantum Electronics3097
10 Journal of Luminescence2889
11 Laser & Photonics Reviews2402
12 Optics and Lasers in Engineering2026
13 IEEE Photonics Technology Letters2023
14 Infrared Physics & Technology1911
15 IEEE Photonics Journal1799
16 Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics1784
17 Microwave and Optical Technology Letters1744
18 Optical Engineering1665
19 Optical Fiber Technology1447
20 Journal of Electronic Imaging1338
21 Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer1273
22 Journal of the Optical Society of America A-Optics Image Science and Vision1223
23 Journal of Biophotonics1114
24 Image and Vision Computing1003
25 Journal of Optics953
26 Chinese Optics Letters905
27 Nature Photonics857
28 Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics841
29 European Physical Journal D828
30 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics824
31 Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics794
32 Displays793
33 International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology766
34 Journal of Biomedical Optics740
35 Laser Physics Letters647
36 Journal of Laser Applications641
37 Journal of Optical Communications and Networking610
38 Laser Physics579
39 IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics469
40 Journal of the Society for Information disPlay446
41 Journal of Optical Technology441
42 Microelectronic Engineering440
43 Optics and Spectroscopy424
44 Journal of Modern Optics412
45 Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology355
46 Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications334
47 Color Research and Application319
48 Optical Review311
49 International Journal of Photoenergy283
50 Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences275
51 Journal of Russian Laser Research266
52 Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves258
53 Lighting Research & Technology243
54 Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials223
55 Journal of Nanophotonics192
56 Journal of the European Optical Society-Rapid Publications162
57 Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering125
58 Ukrainian Journal of Physical Optics123
59 Photonic Sensors120
60 Journal of Photonics for Energy107
- Leukos107
62 Optical Switching and Networking105
63 International Journal of Optics101
64 Photonic Network Communications99
65 Progress in Quantum Electronics83
66 Fiber and Integrated Optics58
67 Advances in Optics and Photonics56
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