Physics, Applied: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs that used to have more than one decimal point are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)

Rank	Journal	Impact Factor 2025
1	Nature Reviews Physics	ca. 46.6
2	Nano-Micro Letters	ca. 38.5
3	Nature Photonics	ca. 38.1
4	Nature Materials	ca. 38
5	Advanced Materials	ca. 29.1
6	Advanced Energy Materials	ca. 25.5
7	Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports	ca. 21.1
8	Advanced Functional Materials	ca. 19.9
9	Nano Energy	ca. 16.7
10	Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science	ca. 14.1
11	Nano Convergence	ca. 13.8
12	PRX Quantum	ca. 12.3
13	Small	ca. 11.8
14	Progress in Quantum Electronics	ca. 10.8
-	Applied Physics Reviews	ca. 10.8
16	Journal of Materiomics	ca. 10.6
17	Progress in Photovoltaics	ca. 10.2
18	Laser & Photonics Reviews	ca. 9.7
19	Nano Research	ca. 9.4
20	Materials Today Physics	ca. 9.3
21	npj 2D Materials and Applications	ca. 9.2
22	Nano Letters	ca. 9.1
23	npj Quantum Information	ca. 9
24	Surface & Coatings Technology	ca. 6.9
25	Nanophotonics	ca. 6.8
26	npj Quantum Materials	ca. 6.6
-	Applied Surface Science	ca. 6.6
-	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells	ca. 6.6
29	Surfaces and Interfaces	ca. 6
-	ACS Photonics	ca. 6
31	Advanced Electronic Materials	ca. 5.9
32	APL Photonics	ca. 5.7
-	MRS Bulletin	ca. 5.7
34	Nanoscale	ca. 5.2
-	Diamond and Related Materials	ca. 5.2
-	Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing	ca. 5.2
-	Optics and Laser Technology	ca. 5.2
-	Nano Futures	ca. 5.2
39	Journal of Materials Chemistry C	ca. 5.1
40	Nanomaterials	ca. 4.8
41	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics	ca. 4.5
-	IEEE Sensors Journal	ca. 4.5
-	APL Materials	ca. 4.5
44	Physical Review Applied	ca. 4.4
-	Quantitative Infrared Thermography Journal	ca. 4.4
46	Vacuum	ca. 4.3
47	Applied Physics Letters	ca. 3.8
-	Infrared Physics & Technology	ca. 3.8
49	IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics	ca. 3.7
-	Materials	ca. 3.7

51	IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices	ca. 3.6
-	IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology	ca. 3.6
-	International Journal of Thermophysics	ca. 3.6
54	Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications	ca. 3.5
-	Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology	ca. 3.5
-	Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing	ca. 3.5
-	Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems	ca. 3.5
-	Micromachines	ca. 3.5
59	Coatings	ca. 3.4
-	Superconductor Science & Technology	ca. 3.4
61	IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation	ca. 3.3
-	Microelectronic Engineering	ca. 3.3
63	Plasma Processes and Polymers	ca. 3.2
-	Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics	ca. 3.2
-	Metrologia	ca. 3.2
-	Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics	ca. 3.2
67	Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves	ca. 3.1
68	Granular Matter	ca. 3
-	Modern Physics Letters B	ca. 3
-	Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing	ca. 3
71	Nanotechnology	ca. 2.9
-	Applied Sciences-Basel	ca. 2.9
-	Electronics	ca. 2.9
-	Recent Patents on Nanotechnology	ca. 2.9
-	Journal of Experimental Nanoscience	ca. 2.9
-	Organic Electronics	ca. 2.9
77	Current Applied Physics	ca. 2.8
-	Journal of Computational Electronics	ca. 2.8
-	Journal of Electronic Materials	ca. 2.8
80	IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability	ca. 2.7
-	Journal of Applied Physics	ca. 2.7
82	European Physical Journal E	ca. 2.6
-	IEEE Photonics Journal	ca. 2.6
-	Materials Letters	ca. 2.6
-	Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering	ca. 2.6
86	IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology	ca. 2.5
-	Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering	ca. 2.5
-	Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A	ca. 2.5
-	Microelectronics Reliability	ca. 2.5
-	Applied Physics Express	ca. 2.5
-	Cryogenics	ca. 2.5
-	IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing	ca. 2.5
-	Journal of Crystal Growth	ca. 2.5
-	Journal of Photonics for Energy	ca. 2.5
95	ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology	ca. 2.4
-	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters	ca. 2.4
-	Thin Solid Films	ca. 2.4
98	Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology	ca. 2.3
-	International Journal of Modern Physics B	ca. 2.3
-	Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering	ca. 2.3
101	Journal of Laser Applications	ca. 2.1
-	Laser and Particle Beams	ca. 2.1
103	Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters	ca. 2
-	Physica Status Solidi A-Applications and Materials Science	ca. 2
-	Journal of the Society for Information disPlay	ca. 2
106	Microsystem Technologies-Micro-And Nanosystems-Information Storage and Processing Systems	ca. 1.9
-	Philosophical Magazine Letters	ca. 1.9
-	IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics	ca. 1.9
-	IEEE Transactions on Magnetics	ca. 1.9
110	Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics	ca. 1.8
-	Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism	ca. 1.8
-	IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity	ca. 1.8
113	AIP Advances	ca. 1.7
-	Japanese Journal of Applied Physics	ca. 1.7
115	Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology	ca. 1.6
-	Review of Scientific Instruments	ca. 1.6
-	IEEE Magnetics Letters	ca. 1.6
-	Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B	ca. 1.6
119	Laser Physics Letters	ca. 1.5
-	Physica C-Superconductivity and Its Applications	ca. 1.5
121	Solid-State Electronics	ca. 1.4
-	Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials	ca. 1.4
-	MAPAN-Journal of Metrology Society of India	ca. 1.4
124	Philosophical Magazine	ca. 1.3
-	Nano	ca. 1.3
126	Journal of Low Temperature Physics	ca. 1.2
-	International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering	ca. 1.2
128	Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications	ca. 1.1
-	Laser Physics	ca. 1.1
130	Atomization and Sprays	ca. 1
-	European Physical Journal-Applied Physics	ca. 1
-	Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering	ca. 1
-	Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science	ca. 1
134	Opto-Electronics Review	ca. 0.9
-	Fluctuation and Noise Letters	ca. 0.9
-	Low Temperature Physics	ca. 0.9
137	Technical Physics Letters	ca. 0.8
-	Integrated Ferroelectrics	ca. 0.8
-	Journal of Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics	ca. 0.8
-	Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics	ca. 0.8
-	Spin	ca. 0.8
142	International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics	ca. 0.7
143	Journal of Magnetics	ca. 0.6
-	Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics	ca. 0.6
145	High Temperature	ca. 0.4
-	Technical Physics	ca. 0.4