Physics, Applied: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Advanced Materials	208
2	Advanced Functional Materials	161
3	Advanced Energy Materials	141
4	Nano-Micro Letters	131
5	Nano Energy	117
6	Small	112
7	Nature Materials	110
-	Applied Sciences-Basel	110
9	Nature Photonics	102
10	Nano Letters	90
11	Electronics	89
12	Materials	86
13	Nanomaterials	84
14	Applied Surface Science	83
15	Nano Research	78
16	IEEE Sensors Journal	71
17	Micromachines	65
18	Laser & Photonics Reviews	64
19	Nature Reviews Physics	63
-	Optics and Laser Technology	63
-	Nanoscale	63
22	PRX Quantum	61
23	Coatings	59
24	Surface & Coatings Technology	58
25	Journal of Materials Chemistry C	57
-	Diamond and Related Materials	57
27	Applied Physics Letters	55
28	Applied Physics Reviews	53
29	Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing	52
-	Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports	52
31	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells	50
32	ACS Photonics	49
33	Physical Review Applied	48
34	Materials Today Physics	45
35	IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices	44
-	npj Quantum Information	44
-	Journal of Applied Physics	44
38	Vacuum	43
39	Advanced Electronic Materials	41
-	Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics	41
41	Surfaces and Interfaces	40
-	Nano Convergence	40
43	Materials Letters	39
44	International Journal of Modern Physics B	38
45	Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing	37
46	Journal of Materiomics	36
-	Infrared Physics & Technology	36
-	Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics	36
-	APL Materials	36
50	Modern Physics Letters B	35

-	IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation	35
-	npj 2D Materials and Applications	35
53	Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science	34
54	Journal of Electronic Materials	33
55	AIP Advances	32
-	APL Photonics	32
-	Progress in Photovoltaics	32
-	Nanotechnology	32
59	npj Quantum Materials	30
60	MRS Bulletin	29
61	IEEE Photonics Journal	28
-	ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology	28
63	Superconductor Science & Technology	27
64	Microelectronics Reliability	26
-	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics	26
66	IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity	25
67	Review of Scientific Instruments	24
-	International Journal of Thermophysics	24
-	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters	24
-	Japanese Journal of Applied Physics	24
-	Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A	24
-	Applied Physics Express	24
-	Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology	24
74	Journal of Zhejiang University-Science A	23
-	Current Applied Physics	23
-	IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics	23
-	IEEE Transactions on Magnetics	23
78	Thin Solid Films	22
-	Journal of Crystal Growth	22
-	Physica Status Solidi A-Applications and Materials Science	22
81	Journal of Computational Electronics	21
-	Plasma Processes and Polymers	21
-	Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems	21
-	Microelectronic Engineering	21
-	Organic Electronics	21
86	IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology	20
-	Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications	20
-	Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves	20
-	Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing	20
90	Microsystem Technologies-Micro-And Nanosystems-Information Storage and Processing Systems	19
-	Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism	19
-	Progress in Quantum Electronics	19
93	Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters	18
-	Cryogenics	18
-	Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER	18
96	Journal of Laser Applications	17
-	Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering	17
-	Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics	17
-	Granular Matter	17
-	Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering	17
101	IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability	16
-	IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology	16
-	Metrologia	16
-	European Physical Journal E	16
-	IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing	16
106	Solid-State Electronics	15
-	Journal of the Society for Information disPlay	15
-	IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics	15
109	Journal of Low Temperature Physics	14
-	Laser Physics Letters	14
111	Journal of Experimental Nanoscience	13
-	MAPAN-Journal of Metrology Society of India	13
-	Nano Futures	13
-	Quantitative Infrared Thermography Journal	13
-	Recent Patents on Nanotechnology	13
116	Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications	12
-	Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B	12
-	Nano	12
-	Philosophical Magazine	12
-	Physica C-Superconductivity and Its Applications	12
121	Science of Advanced Materials	11
-	Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics	11
-	Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials	11
-	Laser Physics	11
-	Low Temperature Physics	11
126	Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology	10
127	Journal of Photonics for Energy	9
-	Fluctuation and Noise Letters	9
129	Technical Physics Letters	8
-	Integrated Ferroelectrics	8
-	Journal of Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics	8
-	Journal of Nano Research	8
-	Philosophical Magazine Letters	8
-	European Physical Journal-Applied Physics	8
-	High Temperature	8
136	Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science	7
-	Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology	7
-	Atomization and Sprays	7
-	Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics	7
-	IEEE Magnetics Letters	7
-	Spin	7
-	Technical Physics	7
-	International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics	7
144	Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering	6
-	Laser and Particle Beams	6
146	International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering	5
-	Journal of Magnetics	5
148	Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering	3