New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

Physics, Applied

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The citation 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 Average citations
1 Nano-Micro Letters48.776
2 Nature Photonics36.395
3 Nature Materials35.583
4 Advanced Materials33.511
5 Nano Energy31.350
6 Advanced Energy Materials29.590
7 Nature Reviews Physics28.642
8 Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports24.674
9 Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science21.608
10 Advanced Functional Materials21.141
11 Nano Convergence20.564
12 PRX Quantum17.986
13 Applied Physics Reviews16.030
14 Nano Research14.740
15 Small13.664
16 Nano Letters13.631
17 npj 2D Materials and Applications13.629
18 Applied Surface Science13.072
19 npj Quantum Information12.876
20 Progress in Photovoltaics12.694
21 Journal of Materiomics12.349
22 Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells11.922
23 Progress in Quantum Electronics11.375
24 Surface & Coatings Technology11.088
25 Nanomaterials10.801
26 Materials Today Physics10.497
27 Laser & Photonics Reviews10.445
28 Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER9.825
29 npj Quantum Materials9.703
30 ACS Photonics9.094
31 Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing8.966
32 Diamond and Related Materials8.911
33 Optics and Laser Technology8.883
34 Advanced Electronic Materials8.146
35 APL Photonics8.127
36 APL Materials8.058
37 Vacuum7.783
38 Physical Review Applied7.653
39 Materials7.469
40 Nanoscale7.444
41 Micromachines7.338
42 Nano Futures7.316
43 IEEE Sensors Journal7.312
44 Journal of Materials Chemistry C6.974
45 Journal of Zhejiang University-Science A6.908
46 Coatings6.689
47 Quantitative Infrared Thermography Journal6.652
48 Journal of Experimental Nanoscience6.595
49 Electronics6.535
50 Microelectronic Engineering6.235
51 Organic Electronics6.182
52 Infrared Physics & Technology6.177
53 Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology6.097
54 IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices6.069
55 Applied Sciences-Basel6.060
56 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics5.968
57 Applied Physics Letters5.961
58 Superconductor Science & Technology5.727
59 International Journal of Modern Physics B5.664
60 Current Applied Physics5.489
61 Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing5.394
62 Modern Physics Letters B5.373
63 Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves5.368
64 Nanotechnology5.267
65 Applied Physics Express5.182
66 MRS Bulletin5.110
67 IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics5.096
68 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation5.048
69 International Journal of Thermophysics5.047
70 Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing4.993
71 Materials Letters4.975
72 Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics4.899
73 IEEE Photonics Journal4.849
74 Granular Matter4.788
75 Journal of Electronic Materials4.679
76 Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications4.674
77 IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology4.664
78 Thin Solid Films4.635
79 Microelectronics Reliability4.581
80 Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering4.553
81 ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology4.508
82 Journal of Applied Physics4.500
- Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems4.500
84 Recent Patents on Nanotechnology4.457
85 Journal of Photonics for Energy4.436
86 European Physical Journal E4.301
87 Surfaces and Interfaces4.268
88 Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics4.249
89 Journal of Crystal Growth4.219
90 Plasma Processes and Polymers4.153
91 Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A4.024
92 IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology3.932
93 Journal of Computational Electronics3.736
94 Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering3.664
95 Journal of Laser Applications3.655
96 Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics3.589
97 Microsystem Technologies-Micro-And Nanosystems-Information Storage and Processing Systems3.546
98 Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering3.472
99 IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity3.467
100 Cryogenics3.451
101 Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism3.387
102 Philosophical Magazine Letters3.279
103 IEEE Photonics Technology Letters3.273
104 Solid-State Electronics3.110
105 Review of Scientific Instruments3.064
106 IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability3.056
107 IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing3.042
108 AIP Advances2.947
109 Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology2.878
110 IEEE Transactions on Magnetics2.820
111 Journal of Low Temperature Physics2.819
112 Metrologia2.803
113 Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters2.740
114 Physica Status Solidi A-Applications and Materials Science2.639
115 IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics2.624
116 Japanese Journal of Applied Physics2.616
117 Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B2.545
118 Laser Physics Letters2.450
119 MAPAN-Journal of Metrology Society of India2.413
- Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials2.413
121 Physica C-Superconductivity and Its Applications2.372
122 Philosophical Magazine2.170
123 Laser Physics2.087
124 IEEE Magnetics Letters2.016
125 Science of Advanced Materials1.966
126 Journal of the Society for Information disPlay1.941
127 Journal of Nano Research1.896
128 High Temperature1.814
129 Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology1.803
130 European Physical Journal-Applied Physics1.779
131 Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications1.773
132 Nano1.664
133 Fluctuation and Noise Letters1.571
134 Laser and Particle Beams1.452
135 Low Temperature Physics1.411
136 Spin1.407
137 Journal of Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics1.254
138 Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics1.209
139 International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics1.204
140 Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics1.163
141 Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science1.059
142 Technical Physics Letters0.970
143 International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering0.857
144 Technical Physics0.691
145 Journal of Magnetics0.599
146 Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering0.510
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