New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Physics, Applied

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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 Applied Sciences-Basel51475
2 Materials27338
3 Electronics19745
4 Advanced Functional Materials19531
5 Small16771
6 IEEE Sensors Journal14691
7 Advanced Materials14092
8 Applied Surface Science12588
9 Nanomaterials10617
10 Applied Physics Letters10278
11 Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics9044
12 Materials Letters7821
13 Nano Letters7779
14 Micromachines7254
15 Journal of Applied Physics7180
16 Nanoscale7143
17 Coatings7117
18 Surfaces and Interfaces6984
19 Journal of Materials Chemistry C6943
20 AIP Advances6617
21 Optics and Laser Technology6564
22 Advanced Energy Materials5186
23 IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices4849
24 Nano Research4451
25 Surface & Coatings Technology4433
26 Diamond and Related Materials4400
27 Nano Energy4398
28 Physical Review Applied4065
29 Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing4014
30 Vacuum3893
31 Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics3870
32 IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity3669
33 Review of Scientific Instruments3604
34 Japanese Journal of Applied Physics3570
35 Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing3490
36 Laser & Photonics Reviews3332
37 Journal of Electronic Materials3193
38 Nanotechnology2714
39 ACS Photonics2494
40 IEEE Transactions on Magnetics2257
41 Infrared Physics & Technology2211
42 Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells2177
43 IEEE Photonics Technology Letters2066
44 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation1979
45 Advanced Electronic Materials1949
46 Physica Status Solidi A-Applications and Materials Science1901
47 ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology1699
48 Modern Physics Letters B1579
49 International Journal of Modern Physics B1545
50 IEEE Photonics Journal1506
51 Materials Today Physics1366
52 Thin Solid Films1353
53 Nature Materials1350
54 Journal of Crystal Growth1336
55 Nano-Micro Letters1308
56 Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A1298
57 Microelectronics Reliability1249
58 APL Materials1153
59 Superconductor Science & Technology1071
60 Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters1000
61 PRX Quantum981
62 APL Photonics968
63 Applied Physics Express936
64 Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism926
65 Nature Photonics902
66 Current Applied Physics832
67 Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics797
- Solid-State Electronics797
69 Applied Physics Reviews767
70 MRS Bulletin752
71 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics745
72 Low Temperature Physics742
73 International Journal of Thermophysics740
74 Technical Physics736
75 Microsystem Technologies-Micro-And Nanosystems-Information Storage and Processing Systems735
76 Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B718
77 IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics696
78 Nano679
79 Cryogenics674
80 Journal of Materiomics667
81 npj Quantum Information663
82 Journal of Computational Electronics661
83 Plasma Processes and Polymers657
84 Journal of Laser Applications654
- Organic Electronics654
86 Laser Physics Letters646
87 Journal of Low Temperature Physics637
88 IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology614
89 Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics595
90 Metrologia594
91 Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering578
92 Integrated Ferroelectrics549
93 Laser Physics539
94 Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering534
95 Progress in Photovoltaics531
96 Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology527
97 Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications526
98 Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems504
99 IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability499
100 Physica C-Superconductivity and Its Applications498
101 Nature Reviews Physics481
- IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing481
103 Journal of the Society for Information disPlay467
104 Journal of Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics460
105 Science of Advanced Materials457
106 IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics455
107 International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics442
108 npj Quantum Materials419
109 Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing413
110 Granular Matter406
111 Philosophical Magazine403
112 Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications400
113 Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports397
114 npj 2D Materials and Applications395
115 Microelectronic Engineering390
116 European Physical Journal E383
117 High Temperature374
118 MAPAN-Journal of Metrology Society of India371
119 Fluctuation and Noise Letters362
120 IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology334
121 Journal of Magnetics330
122 Journal of Zhejiang University-Science A325
123 Technical Physics Letters324
124 Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology318
125 Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics297
126 Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves284
127 Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science270
128 Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials245
129 Nano Convergence236
130 Journal of Nano Research203
131 Recent Patents on Nanotechnology192
132 Spin178
133 Atomization and Sprays167
134 Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering149
135 Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science141
136 European Physical Journal-Applied Physics138
137 International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering130
138 IEEE Magnetics Letters121
139 Nano Futures101
140 Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER90
141 Journal of Experimental Nanoscience88
- Quantitative Infrared Thermography Journal88
143 Progress in Quantum Electronics86
144 Journal of Photonics for Energy83
145 Philosophical Magazine Letters61
146 Laser and Particle Beams48
147 Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering47
148 Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology41
149 Quantum Electronics28
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