New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Physics, Applied

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 Average citations
1 Nano-Micro Letters52.999
2 Nature Photonics37.186
3 Nature Materials37.058
4 Advanced Materials32.541
5 Nano Energy30.814
6 Advanced Energy Materials29.301
7 Nature Reviews Physics25.941
8 Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science23.973
9 Advanced Functional Materials20.141
10 Nano Convergence19.310
11 Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports19.057
12 PRX Quantum18.525
13 Applied Physics Reviews17.501
14 Nano Research15.945
15 npj 2D Materials and Applications14.267
16 Nanophotonics14.200
17 Progress in Quantum Electronics13.843
18 Nano Letters13.558
19 Applied Surface Science13.448
20 npj Quantum Information13.361
21 Small13.109
22 Progress in Photovoltaics12.354
23 Journal of Materiomics12.130
24 Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells11.800
25 npj Quantum Materials11.049
26 Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER10.805
27 Materials Today Physics10.634
28 Surface & Coatings Technology10.537
29 Nanomaterials10.374
30 Laser & Photonics Reviews10.140
31 ACS Photonics9.994
32 Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing8.815
33 Nanoscale8.374
34 Journal of Materials Chemistry C8.355
35 Diamond and Related Materials8.312
36 Optics and Laser Technology8.183
37 Advanced Electronic Materials7.851
38 APL Materials7.656
39 APL Photonics7.597
40 Vacuum7.410
41 Physical Review Applied7.403
42 IEEE Sensors Journal7.181
43 Materials6.979
44 Nano Futures6.867
45 Micromachines6.828
46 Journal of Zhejiang University-Science A6.781
47 Journal of Experimental Nanoscience6.647
48 Quantitative Infrared Thermography Journal6.640
49 Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology6.545
50 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics6.440
51 Microelectronic Engineering6.205
52 Organic Electronics6.167
- Electronics6.167
54 Superconductor Science & Technology6.156
55 Coatings5.988
56 IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices5.985
57 Applied Physics Letters5.924
58 Infrared Physics & Technology5.809
59 Applied Sciences-Basel5.592
60 MRS Bulletin5.542
61 Materials Letters5.395
62 Nanotechnology5.381
63 International Journal of Modern Physics B5.378
64 IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics5.345
65 Current Applied Physics5.267
66 Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing5.246
67 Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing5.188
68 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation5.155
69 Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology5.134
70 IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology5.117
71 Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics5.116
72 IEEE Photonics Journal5.013
73 Applied Physics Express4.923
74 Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications4.791
75 Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves4.777
76 International Journal of Thermophysics4.697
77 Granular Matter4.647
78 Modern Physics Letters B4.628
79 Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems4.623
80 Journal of Applied Physics4.473
81 Journal of Electronic Materials4.471
82 IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology4.418
83 ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology4.293
84 Recent Patents on Nanotechnology4.277
85 Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering4.250
86 Thin Solid Films4.245
87 Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics4.191
88 Journal of Computational Electronics4.148
89 Journal of Crystal Growth4.087
90 Plasma Processes and Polymers4.058
91 European Physical Journal E4.028
92 Surfaces and Interfaces4.024
93 Microelectronics Reliability4.007
94 Quantum Electronics3.958
95 Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering3.803
96 Journal of Photonics for Energy3.775
97 Laser and Particle Beams3.698
98 Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics3.672
99 Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A3.668
100 Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials3.494
101 Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism3.454
102 Microsystem Technologies-Micro-And Nanosystems-Information Storage and Processing Systems3.425
103 Cryogenics3.375
104 Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering3.371
105 Philosophical Magazine Letters3.333
106 IEEE Transactions on Magnetics3.322
107 IEEE Photonics Technology Letters3.256
108 IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing3.124
109 Journal of Laser Applications3.080
110 IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity2.979
111 IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability2.957
112 Review of Scientific Instruments2.841
113 Japanese Journal of Applied Physics2.834
114 MAPAN-Journal of Metrology Society of India2.801
115 Laser Physics Letters2.770
116 AIP Advances2.724
117 Solid-State Electronics2.719
118 Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters2.696
119 IEEE Magnetics Letters2.690
120 IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics2.677
121 Physica Status Solidi A-Applications and Materials Science2.539
122 Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B2.424
123 Journal of the Society for Information disPlay2.383
124 Metrologia2.378
125 Philosophical Magazine2.321
126 Journal of Low Temperature Physics2.303
127 Laser Physics2.104
128 Physica C-Superconductivity and Its Applications2.072
129 European Physical Journal-Applied Physics2.071
130 Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications1.835
131 Science of Advanced Materials1.764
132 Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology1.733
133 Journal of Nano Research1.713
134 Nano1.631
135 High Temperature1.577
136 Atomization and Sprays1.495
137 Fluctuation and Noise Letters1.493
138 Integrated Ferroelectrics1.441
139 Spin1.397
140 Low Temperature Physics1.222
141 Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics1.165
142 Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics1.139
143 International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics1.107
144 Journal of Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics1.028
145 Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science1.004
146 International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering0.860
147 Technical Physics Letters0.778
148 Journal of Magnetics0.722
149 Technical Physics0.477
150 Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering0.388
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