New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Physics, Applied

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 Applied Sciences-Basel52117
2 Materials29847
3 Electronics19034
4 Advanced Functional Materials17212
5 Small15431
6 IEEE Sensors Journal14375
7 Advanced Materials13101
8 Applied Surface Science12302
9 Nanomaterials12092
10 Applied Physics Letters9952
11 Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics8762
12 Materials Letters8010
13 Journal of Materials Chemistry C7764
14 Nanoscale7709
15 Micromachines7569
16 Nano Letters7354
17 Coatings7208
18 Journal of Applied Physics7076
19 AIP Advances6398
20 Surfaces and Interfaces6091
21 Optics and Laser Technology5404
22 Advanced Energy Materials5024
23 IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices4830
24 Nano Energy4597
25 Surface & Coatings Technology4308
26 Nano Research4233
27 Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing3967
28 Diamond and Related Materials3939
29 Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics3892
30 Physical Review Applied3782
31 Vacuum3745
32 IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity3655
33 Review of Scientific Instruments3633
34 Japanese Journal of Applied Physics3482
35 Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing3282
36 Journal of Electronic Materials3159
37 Nanotechnology3110
38 Laser & Photonics Reviews2737
39 IEEE Transactions on Magnetics2375
40 ACS Photonics2320
41 Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells2110
42 IEEE Photonics Technology Letters2030
43 Advanced Electronic Materials1981
44 Physica Status Solidi A-Applications and Materials Science1921
45 ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology1837
46 Infrared Physics & Technology1825
47 IEEE Photonics Journal1681
48 Modern Physics Letters B1612
49 International Journal of Modern Physics B1508
50 Journal of Crystal Growth1441
51 Thin Solid Films1440
52 Microelectronics Reliability1285
53 Materials Today Physics1284
54 Nature Materials1254
55 Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A1250
56 Nano-Micro Letters1165
57 APL Materials1160
58 Superconductor Science & Technology1069
59 Applied Physics Express1064
60 Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism1023
61 Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters1008
62 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation1000
63 PRX Quantum927
64 APL Photonics884
65 Nature Photonics878
66 Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics867
67 Current Applied Physics831
68 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics806
69 Solid-State Electronics795
70 MRS Bulletin789
71 Organic Electronics770
72 Technical Physics743
73 IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics741
74 Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B739
75 Applied Physics Reviews731
76 International Journal of Thermophysics727
77 Low Temperature Physics725
78 Microsystem Technologies-Micro-And Nanosystems-Information Storage and Processing Systems720
79 Journal of Low Temperature Physics707
80 Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics659
- Plasma Processes and Polymers659
82 Integrated Ferroelectrics656
83 Metrologia654
84 Journal of Laser Applications650
85 Journal of Computational Electronics647
86 Science of Advanced Materials639
87 Journal of Materiomics637
88 Laser Physics Letters636
89 Nano634
90 Cryogenics626
91 npj Quantum Information596
92 Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering583
93 Laser Physics570
94 IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology558
95 Progress in Photovoltaics542
96 Physica C-Superconductivity and Its Applications535
97 Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering525
98 Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems511
99 Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications509
100 Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology506
101 Nature Reviews Physics492
102 IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics488
103 International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics466
104 IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing462
105 IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability457
106 Journal of the Society for Information disPlay444
107 Journal of Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics434
108 npj Quantum Materials428
109 Microelectronic Engineering425
110 Philosophical Magazine417
111 Granular Matter415
112 High Temperature414
113 IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology410
114 European Physical Journal E394
115 Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing390
116 Technical Physics Letters374
117 Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications347
118 MAPAN-Journal of Metrology Society of India345
119 Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology344
120 npj 2D Materials and Applications341
121 Fluctuation and Noise Letters334
122 Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports313
123 Journal of Zhejiang University-Science A309
124 Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics278
125 Journal of Magnetics269
126 Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves264
127 Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science255
128 Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials236
129 European Physical Journal-Applied Physics235
130 Nano Convergence234
131 Nanophotonics218
132 Atomization and Sprays205
133 Journal of Nano Research192
134 Spin186
135 Recent Patents on Nanotechnology180
136 IEEE Magnetics Letters162
137 Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science150
138 International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering144
139 Quantum Electronics143
140 Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering137
141 Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER106
142 Journal of Experimental Nanoscience104
143 Nano Futures103
144 Journal of Photonics for Energy100
145 Quantitative Infrared Thermography Journal88
146 Progress in Quantum Electronics86
147 Philosophical Magazine Letters79
148 Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering50
149 Laser and Particle Beams47
150 Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology46
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