New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

Physics, Applied

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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)
Rank Journal TQCC
1 Nano-Micro Letters67
2 Nature Materials46
3 Nature Photonics45
4 Advanced Materials44
5 Nano Energy43
6 Advanced Energy Materials41
7 Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports31
- Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science31
9 Nano Convergence28
- Advanced Functional Materials28
11 PRX Quantum24
12 Nature Reviews Physics23
13 Applied Physics Reviews21
14 Nano Research20
15 npj 2D Materials and Applications18
- Applied Surface Science18
- Small18
- Nano Letters18
19 Journal of Materiomics16
20 Progress in Quantum Electronics15
- Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells15
- Surface & Coatings Technology15
- npj Quantum Information15
24 Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER14
- Materials Today Physics14
26 Nanomaterials13
- npj Quantum Materials13
- Laser & Photonics Reviews13
29 ACS Photonics12
30 Diamond and Related Materials11
- Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing11
- APL Photonics11
- Optics and Laser Technology11
34 Nanoscale10
- Physical Review Applied10
- Vacuum10
- Advanced Electronic Materials10
38 Quantitative Infrared Thermography Journal9
- IEEE Sensors Journal9
- Materials9
- Nano Futures9
- APL Materials9
- Journal of Materials Chemistry C9
44 IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices8
- Microelectronic Engineering8
- Micromachines8
- Organic Electronics8
- Coatings8
- Progress in Photovoltaics8
- Infrared Physics & Technology8
- Journal of Experimental Nanoscience8
- Applied Physics Letters8
53 Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing7
- Electronics7
- Granular Matter7
- IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics7
- IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics7
- IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology7
- Nanotechnology7
- Applied Physics Express7
- Current Applied Physics7
- Superconductor Science & Technology7
- IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation7
- Journal of Zhejiang University-Science A7
- Materials Letters7
- Applied Sciences-Basel7
- Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology7
68 Recent Patents on Nanotechnology6
- IEEE Photonics Journal6
- Thin Solid Films6
- Journal of Applied Physics6
- Journal of Crystal Growth6
- Journal of Electronic Materials6
- Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves6
- Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics6
- Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems6
- Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics6
- MRS Bulletin6
- Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing6
- International Journal of Modern Physics B6
- International Journal of Thermophysics6
- Microelectronics Reliability6
- Modern Physics Letters B6
84 European Physical Journal E5
- IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology5
- Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A5
- Philosophical Magazine Letters5
- ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology5
- Plasma Processes and Polymers5
- IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity5
- Surfaces and Interfaces5
- Journal of Laser Applications5
- Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering5
- Microsystem Technologies-Micro-And Nanosystems-Information Storage and Processing Systems5
- Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics5
- Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications5
- Cryogenics5
98 IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability4
- Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism4
- Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering4
- Review of Scientific Instruments4
- IEEE Photonics Technology Letters4
- Solid-State Electronics4
- IEEE Transactions on Magnetics4
- IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing4
- Journal of Computational Electronics4
- Journal of Low Temperature Physics4
- Journal of Photonics for Energy4
- Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology4
- AIP Advances4
111 Physica Status Solidi A-Applications and Materials Science3
- Japanese Journal of Applied Physics3
- Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials3
- Laser Physics3
- Physica C-Superconductivity and Its Applications3
- Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters3
- IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics3
- IEEE Magnetics Letters3
- Journal of Nano Research3
- Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B3
- Laser Physics Letters3
- MAPAN-Journal of Metrology Society of India3
- Metrologia3
- Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering3
- Philosophical Magazine3
126 Science of Advanced Materials2
- Spin2
- International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics2
- Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology2
- Low Temperature Physics2
- European Physical Journal-Applied Physics2
- Fluctuation and Noise Letters2
- High Temperature2
- Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics2
- Journal of Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics2
- Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications2
- Journal of the Society for Information disPlay2
- Nano2
139 Technical Physics1
- International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering1
- Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering1
- Journal of Magnetics1
- Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics1
- Laser and Particle Beams1
- Technical Physics Letters1
- Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science1
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