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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Nano-Micro Letters47.170
2 Nature Materials37.476
3 Nature Photonics36.684
4 Advanced Materials32.793
5 Nano Energy31.783
6 Advanced Energy Materials29.330
7 Nature Reviews Physics28.929
8 Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports23.033
9 Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science21.730
10 Advanced Functional Materials20.867
11 Nano Convergence20.449
12 PRX Quantum18.015
13 Progress in Quantum Electronics16.151
14 Applied Physics Reviews15.837
15 Nano Research15.451
16 Nano Letters13.572
17 Small13.460
18 npj 2D Materials and Applications13.261
19 npj Quantum Information13.178
20 Progress in Photovoltaics13.177
21 Applied Surface Science12.911
22 Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells12.422
23 Journal of Materiomics11.997
24 Surface & Coatings Technology10.868
25 Nanomaterials10.601
26 Laser & Photonics Reviews10.321
27 Materials Today Physics10.310
28 npj Quantum Materials9.864
29 Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER9.678
30 ACS Photonics9.360
31 Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing8.915
32 Optics and Laser Technology8.670
33 Diamond and Related Materials8.648
34 APL Photonics8.106
35 APL Materials7.964
36 Advanced Electronic Materials7.898
37 Vacuum7.602
38 Physical Review Applied7.551
39 IEEE Sensors Journal7.324
40 Materials7.218
41 Nano Futures7.158
42 Micromachines7.116
43 Nanoscale7.002
44 Journal of Zhejiang University-Science A6.883
45 Quantitative Infrared Thermography Journal6.739
46 Journal of Materials Chemistry C6.601
47 Journal of Experimental Nanoscience6.580
48 Infrared Physics & Technology6.376
49 Coatings6.368
50 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics6.366
51 Electronics6.331
52 Microelectronic Engineering6.182
53 Organic Electronics6.136
54 IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices6.046
55 Applied Physics Letters5.966
56 Superconductor Science & Technology5.923
57 Applied Sciences-Basel5.858
58 Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology5.769
59 International Journal of Modern Physics B5.516
60 Current Applied Physics5.368
61 Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing5.349
62 MRS Bulletin5.283
63 Nanotechnology5.270
64 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation5.218
65 Modern Physics Letters B5.075
66 Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves5.056
67 Applied Physics Express5.033
68 Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing5.016
69 Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics4.998
70 Materials Letters4.984
71 IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics4.983
72 IEEE Photonics Journal4.926
73 International Journal of Thermophysics4.865
74 Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications4.848
75 Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems4.726
76 Granular Matter4.680
77 Journal of Electronic Materials4.622
78 Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering4.574
79 Journal of Applied Physics4.485
80 Thin Solid Films4.431
81 ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology4.397
82 Microelectronics Reliability4.316
83 IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology4.260
84 European Physical Journal E4.230
85 Recent Patents on Nanotechnology4.224
86 Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics4.220
87 Journal of Photonics for Energy4.169
88 Surfaces and Interfaces4.147
89 Plasma Processes and Polymers4.078
90 Journal of Crystal Growth4.076
91 IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology3.993
92 Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A3.935
93 Quantum Electronics3.929
94 Philosophical Magazine Letters3.869
95 Journal of Computational Electronics3.815
96 Microsystem Technologies-Micro-And Nanosystems-Information Storage and Processing Systems3.698
97 Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering3.654
98 IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing3.505
99 Cryogenics3.504
100 Journal of Laser Applications3.430
101 IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity3.394
102 Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering3.391
103 Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics3.356
104 IEEE Photonics Technology Letters3.237
105 Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism3.225
106 IEEE Transactions on Magnetics3.166
107 IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability3.160
108 Solid-State Electronics2.976
109 Review of Scientific Instruments2.973
110 AIP Advances2.845
111 Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials2.812
112 Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters2.726
113 Metrologia2.715
114 Japanese Journal of Applied Physics2.684
115 MAPAN-Journal of Metrology Society of India2.615
116 Laser Physics Letters2.584
117 Journal of Low Temperature Physics2.578
118 IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics2.538
119 Physica Status Solidi A-Applications and Materials Science2.497
120 Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B2.481
121 Physica C-Superconductivity and Its Applications2.345
122 Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology2.341
123 Philosophical Magazine2.256
124 Laser Physics2.128
125 Journal of the Society for Information disPlay2.060
126 IEEE Magnetics Letters1.884
127 Journal of Nano Research1.813
- Laser and Particle Beams1.813
129 Science of Advanced Materials1.792
130 High Temperature1.783
131 Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications1.749
132 Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology1.739
133 European Physical Journal-Applied Physics1.681
134 Nano1.626
135 Integrated Ferroelectrics1.512
136 Fluctuation and Noise Letters1.439
137 Spin1.404
138 Atomization and Sprays1.371
139 Low Temperature Physics1.356
140 Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics1.173
141 Journal of Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics1.170
142 International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics1.138
143 Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics1.101
144 Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science0.989
145 Technical Physics Letters0.938
146 International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering0.808
147 Journal of Magnetics0.664
148 Technical Physics0.624
149 Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering0.456
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