Physics, Applied: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Advanced Materials	205
2	Advanced Functional Materials	155
3	Advanced Energy Materials	136
4	Nano Energy	119
5	Nano-Micro Letters	116
6	Small	111
7	Nature Materials	108
8	Applied Sciences-Basel	98
9	Nano Letters	92
-	Nature Photonics	92
11	Nanomaterials	86
12	Nano Research	83
-	Applied Surface Science	83
-	Materials	83
15	Electronics	82
16	IEEE Sensors Journal	76
17	Nature Reviews Physics	65
18	Optics and Laser Technology	64
19	Laser & Photonics Reviews	63
20	PRX Quantum	60
-	Nanoscale	60
22	Journal of Materials Chemistry C	59
23	Micromachines	58
24	ACS Photonics	55
-	Applied Physics Reviews	55
26	Surface & Coatings Technology	53
27	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells	52
28	Applied Physics Letters	51
29	Coatings	50
-	Diamond and Related Materials	50
31	Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing	49
32	Materials Today Physics	46
33	Physical Review Applied	45
-	Journal of Applied Physics	45
35	Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics	43
-	IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices	43
-	Vacuum	43
-	Materials Letters	43
39	npj Quantum Information	42
40	Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports	41
-	Advanced Electronic Materials	41
42	Surfaces and Interfaces	40
43	Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing	38
44	APL Materials	36
-	Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics	36
-	Nanotechnology	36
47	International Journal of Modern Physics B	35
-	Journal of Materiomics	35
49	Nano Convergence	33
-	Progress in Photovoltaics	33

-	npj 2D Materials and Applications	33
52	Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science	32
-	Infrared Physics & Technology	32
-	Modern Physics Letters B	32
-	APL Photonics	32
56	IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation	31
-	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics	31
-	Superconductor Science & Technology	31
59	Journal of Electronic Materials	30
60	IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity	29
-	npj Quantum Materials	29
62	MRS Bulletin	28
63	AIP Advances	27
-	IEEE Photonics Journal	27
65	ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology	26
-	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters	26
67	Applied Physics Express	25
-	IEEE Transactions on Magnetics	25
69	Organic Electronics	24
-	Current Applied Physics	24
-	IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics	24
72	Japanese Journal of Applied Physics	23
-	Review of Scientific Instruments	23
-	Microelectronics Reliability	23
75	Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology	22
-	Thin Solid Films	22
-	Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems	22
-	Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism	22
-	Microelectronic Engineering	22
80	Nanophotonics	21
-	Progress in Quantum Electronics	21
82	Plasma Processes and Polymers	20
-	Journal of Crystal Growth	20
-	Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A	20
-	Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics	20
-	Physica Status Solidi A-Applications and Materials Science	20
-	Journal of Computational Electronics	20
88	Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters	19
-	IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing	19
-	IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology	19
-	International Journal of Thermophysics	19
-	Journal of Zhejiang University-Science A	19
93	Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing	18
-	Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER	18
-	Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering	18
96	Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications	17
-	European Physical Journal E	17
-	Granular Matter	17
99	Cryogenics	16
-	Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves	16
-	Solid-State Electronics	16
-	IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology	16
-	Journal of Laser Applications	16
104	Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering	15
-	IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability	15
-	Laser Physics Letters	15
107	Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials	14
-	Microsystem Technologies-Micro-And Nanosystems-Information Storage and Processing Systems	14
-	Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications	14
-	Metrologia	14
111	Philosophical Magazine	13
-	IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics	13
-	Recent Patents on Nanotechnology	13
-	Laser Physics	13
-	Quantitative Infrared Thermography Journal	13
-	Journal of Experimental Nanoscience	13
-	Journal of Low Temperature Physics	13
118	Journal of the Society for Information disPlay	12
119	Nano Futures	11
-	Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology	11
-	Nano	11
-	Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology	11
-	Physica C-Superconductivity and Its Applications	11
-	Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B	11
-	MAPAN-Journal of Metrology Society of India	11
126	Science of Advanced Materials	10
-	International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics	10
128	Quantum Electronics	9
-	Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics	9
-	Low Temperature Physics	9
-	Integrated Ferroelectrics	9
-	Journal of Photonics for Energy	9
133	European Physical Journal-Applied Physics	8
-	Fluctuation and Noise Letters	8
-	IEEE Magnetics Letters	8
-	Technical Physics Letters	8
137	Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering	7
-	High Temperature	7
-	Spin	7
-	Laser and Particle Beams	7
-	Philosophical Magazine Letters	7
-	Journal of Nano Research	7
143	Technical Physics	6
-	Journal of Magnetics	6
-	Atomization and Sprays	6
-	Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics	6
-	Journal of Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics	6
-	Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science	6
149	International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering	4
150	Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering	2