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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Advanced Materials	203
2	Advanced Functional Materials	155
3	Advanced Energy Materials	138
4	Nature Materials	110
-	Small	110
6	Nano Letters	93
7	Nature Photonics	88
8	Nano Research	84
9	Materials	82
-	Applied Surface Science	82
11	IEEE Sensors Journal	78
12	Optics and Laser Technology	63
13	Laser & Photonics Reviews	62
14	Nanoscale	56
15	Applied Physics Reviews	55
16	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells	52
-	Surface & Coatings Technology	52
-	Applied Physics Letters	52
19	Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing	49
20	Diamond and Related Materials	48
21	Journal of Applied Physics	45
22	Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports	43
23	Vacuum	41
-	Materials Letters	41
-	IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices	41
26	Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics	40
27	Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing	37
-	Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics	37
29	Nanotechnology	36
30	International Journal of Modern Physics B	34
-	Progress in Photovoltaics	34
32	Modern Physics Letters B	33
33	Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science	32
34	Superconductor Science & Technology	31
-	Infrared Physics & Technology	31
36	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics	30
37	IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation	29
-	Journal of Electronic Materials	29
39	MRS Bulletin	28
-	IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity	28
41	Applied Physics Express	26
-	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters	26
-	IEEE Transactions on Magnetics	26
-	IEEE Photonics Journal	26
45	Current Applied Physics	24
46	Organic Electronics	23
-	Review of Scientific Instruments	23
-	Japanese Journal of Applied Physics	23
-	Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism	23
50	Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A	22

51	Microelectronics Reliability	21
-	Journal of Computational Electronics	21
-	Microelectronic Engineering	21
-	Thin Solid Films	21
-	Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems	21
56	Progress in Quantum Electronics	20
-	Plasma Processes and Polymers	20
-	Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics	20
-	Journal of Crystal Growth	20
60	Physica Status Solidi A-Applications and Materials Science	19
-	Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters	19
-	Journal of Zhejiang University-Science A	19
63	Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing	18
-	IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing	18
-	International Journal of Thermophysics	18
-	Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering	18
67	Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications	17
-	Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER	17
-	European Physical Journal E	17
-	Granular Matter	17
-	Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves	17
72	Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering	16
-	Solid-State Electronics	16
-	IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability	16
75	Journal of Laser Applications	15
-	Laser Physics Letters	15
-	Cryogenics	15
-	IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology	15
79	Metrologia	14
80	Laser Physics	13
-	IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics	13
-	Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications	13
-	Journal of Low Temperature Physics	13
-	Microsystem Technologies-Micro-And Nanosystems-Information Storage and Processing Systems	13
-	Quantitative Infrared Thermography Journal	13
-	Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials	13
87	Philosophical Magazine	12
-	Recent Patents on Nanotechnology	12
-	Journal of Experimental Nanoscience	12
-	Journal of the Society for Information disPlay	12
-	MAPAN-Journal of Metrology Society of India	12
92	Nano	11
-	Physica C-Superconductivity and Its Applications	11
94	Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology	10
-	Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology	10
-	International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics	10
97	Quantum Electronics	9
-	Science of Advanced Materials	9
-	Integrated Ferroelectrics	9
-	Journal of Photonics for Energy	9
-	European Physical Journal-Applied Physics	9
-	Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics	9
103	Low Temperature Physics	8
-	Technical Physics Letters	8
-	Journal of Nano Research	8
-	Philosophical Magazine Letters	8
107	Laser and Particle Beams	7
-	Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering	7
-	Spin	7
-	IEEE Magnetics Letters	7
-	Fluctuation and Noise Letters	7
-	High Temperature	7
-	Journal of Magnetics	7
114	Atomization and Sprays	6
-	Journal of Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics	6
-	Technical Physics	6
117	Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science	5
-	Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics	5
119	International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering	4
120	Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering	2