New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 Optics Express15143
2 Optics Letters7147
3 Optical Materials5551
4 Optics and Laser Technology5404
5 Applied Optics5388
6 Advanced Optical Materials5060
7 Photonics4745
8 Journal of Lightwave Technology4635
9 Optik4106
10 Optics Communications3830
11 Optical and Quantum Electronics2790
12 Journal of Luminescence2746
13 Laser & Photonics Reviews2737
14 ACS Photonics2320
15 Optics and Lasers in Engineering2075
16 IEEE Photonics Technology Letters2030
17 Infrared Physics & Technology1825
18 Biomedical Optics Express1774
19 Microwave and Optical Technology Letters1769
20 Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics1709
21 IEEE Photonics Journal1681
22 Optical Engineering1642
23 Optical Fiber Technology1454
24 Journal of Electronic Imaging1363
25 Light-Science & Applications1359
26 Photonics Research1339
27 Optical Materials Express1249
28 Journal of the Optical Society of America A-Optics Image Science and Vision1225
29 Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer1162
30 Journal of Biophotonics1121
31 Image and Vision Computing1079
32 Chinese Optics Letters1034
33 Advanced Quantum Technologies958
34 Journal of Optics952
35 Optica900
36 APL Photonics884
37 Nature Photonics878
38 Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics867
39 Displays820
40 International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology807
41 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics806
42 European Physical Journal D791
43 Journal of Biomedical Optics737
44 Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics715
45 Journal of Laser Applications650
46 Laser Physics Letters636
47 Journal of Optical Communications and Networking634
48 Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems571
49 Laser Physics570
50 IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology558
51 IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics488
52 Journal of the Society for Information disPlay444
53 Journal of Optical Technology427
54 Microelectronic Engineering425
55 Journal of Modern Optics411
56 Optics and Spectroscopy373
57 Light & Engineering361
58 Neurophotonics360
59 Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications347
60 Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology344
61 High Power Laser Science and Engineering329
62 Advanced Photonics304
63 Optical Review301
64 Color Research and Application297
65 Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences267
66 Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves264
67 Journal of Russian Laser Research249
68 Lighting Research & Technology246
69 International Journal of Photoenergy245
70 Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials236
71 Opto-Electronic Advances233
72 Nanophotonics218
73 Journal of Nanophotonics187
74 Journal of the European Optical Society-Rapid Publications165
75 Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering137
76 Ukrainian Journal of Physical Optics130
77 Photonic Sensors123
78 Leukos109
79 Optical Switching and Networking107
80 Journal of Photonics for Energy100
81 International Journal of Optics87
82 Progress in Quantum Electronics86
- Photonic Network Communications86
84 Fiber and Integrated Optics69
85 Advances in Optics and Photonics52
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