Physics, Applied: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Nano-Micro Letters	62
2	Nano Energy	43
3	Nature Photonics	41
4	Nature Materials	40
5	Advanced Materials	38
6	Advanced Energy Materials	37
7	Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports	28
8	PRX Quantum	25
-	Advanced Functional Materials	25
10	Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science	24
11	Nano Convergence	23
12	Applied Physics Reviews	22
13	Nano Research	21
14	Nature Reviews Physics	19
-	Progress in Quantum Electronics	19
16	npj Quantum Information	18
17	Applied Surface Science	17
-	Nano Letters	17
-	npj 2D Materials and Applications	17
20	Small	16
21	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells	15
-	Journal of Materiomics	15
23	Surface & Coatings Technology	14
-	Materials Today Physics	14
-	npj Quantum Materials	14
26	ACS Photonics	12
-	Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER	12
28	Nanomaterials	11
-	Optics and Laser Technology	11
-	Laser & Photonics Reviews	11
31	Advanced Electronic Materials	10
-	Nanophotonics	10
-	APL Photonics	10
-	Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing	10
35	Physical Review Applied	9
-	Progress in Photovoltaics	9
-	Diamond and Related Materials	9
-	Vacuum	9
-	Journal of Materials Chemistry C	9
40	Nano Futures	8
-	APL Materials	8
-	Materials	8
-	Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology	8
-	Nanoscale	8
-	Organic Electronics	8
-	Quantitative Infrared Thermography Journal	8
-	IEEE Sensors Journal	8
48	Infrared Physics & Technology	7
-	Microelectronic Engineering	7
-	Micromachines	7

-	Nanotechnology	7
-	Applied Physics Letters	7
-	Coatings	7
-	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics	7
-	IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices	7
-	Superconductor Science & Technology	7
-	Journal of Zhejiang University-Science A	7
-	Materials Letters	7
59	Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing	6
-	Applied Physics Express	6
-	IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation	6
-	Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics	6
-	Applied Sciences-Basel	6
-	Current Applied Physics	6
-	Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing	6
-	Granular Matter	6
-	IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics	6
-	IEEE Photonics Journal	6
-	Journal of Experimental Nanoscience	6
70	MRS Bulletin	5
-	Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology	5
-	Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications	5
-	Plasma Processes and Polymers	5
-	Thin Solid Films	5
-	Journal of Applied Physics	5
-	Journal of Crystal Growth	5
-	Journal of Electronic Materials	5
-	Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics	5
-	Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems	5
-	Electronics	5
-	European Physical Journal E	5
-	IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology	5
-	Surfaces and Interfaces	5
-	International Journal of Thermophysics	5
-	Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering	5
-	Microelectronics Reliability	5
87	Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering	4
-	Cryogenics	4
-	ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology	4
-	Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters	4
-	IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics	4
-	Quantum Electronics	4
-	Recent Patents on Nanotechnology	4
-	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters	4
-	IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity	4
-	IEEE Transactions on Magnetics	4
-	Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves	4
-	Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials	4
-	Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism	4
-	Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A	4
-	Laser and Particle Beams	4
-	Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics	4
-	Philosophical Magazine Letters	4
-	IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability	4
-	Solid-State Electronics	4
-	IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology	4
-	International Journal of Modern Physics B	4
-	Journal of Computational Electronics	4
-	Journal of Laser Applications	4
-	Laser Physics Letters	4
111	Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering	3
-	Philosophical Magazine	3
-	IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing	3
-	Japanese Journal of Applied Physics	3
-	Laser Physics	3
-	Microsystem Technologies-Micro-And Nanosystems-Information Storage and Processing Systems	3
-	Modern Physics Letters B	3
-	AIP Advances	3
-	Physica Status Solidi A-Applications and Materials Science	3
-	Review of Scientific Instruments	3
-	Journal of Low Temperature Physics	3
-	Journal of Photonics for Energy	3
-	Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B	3
124	European Physical Journal-Applied Physics	2
-	IEEE Magnetics Letters	2
-	Science of Advanced Materials	2
-	Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology	2
-	Nano	2
-	Physica C-Superconductivity and Its Applications	2
-	Integrated Ferroelectrics	2
-	Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications	2
-	Journal of Nano Research	2
-	Journal of the Society for Information disPlay	2
-	MAPAN-Journal of Metrology Society of India	2
-	Metrologia	2
136	Fluctuation and Noise Letters	1
-	High Temperature	1
-	Spin	1
-	International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics	1
-	Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering	1
-	Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics	1
-	Low Temperature Physics	1
-	Atomization and Sprays	1
-	Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics	1
-	Technical Physics Letters	1
-	Journal of Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics	1
-	Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science	1
148	Technical Physics	0
-	International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering	0
-	Journal of Magnetics	0