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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 Applied Sciences-Basel51807
2 Materials28649
3 Electronics19391
4 Advanced Functional Materials18384
5 Small16025
6 IEEE Sensors Journal14497
7 Advanced Materials13651
8 Applied Surface Science12312
9 Nanomaterials11545
10 Applied Physics Letters10056
11 Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics8978
12 Journal of Materials Chemistry C8236
13 Nanoscale8233
14 Materials Letters7972
15 Nano Letters7508
16 Micromachines7465
17 Coatings7210
18 Journal of Applied Physics7124
19 AIP Advances6531
20 Optics and Laser Technology6436
21 Surfaces and Interfaces6430
22 Advanced Energy Materials5089
23 IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices4808
24 Nano Energy4467
25 Surface & Coatings Technology4437
26 Nano Research4369
27 Diamond and Related Materials4194
28 Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing3975
29 Physical Review Applied3964
30 Vacuum3851
31 Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics3850
32 Review of Scientific Instruments3599
33 Japanese Journal of Applied Physics3541
34 IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity3421
35 Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing3417
36 Journal of Electronic Materials3250
37 Laser & Photonics Reviews3031
38 Nanotechnology2881
39 IEEE Transactions on Magnetics2477
40 ACS Photonics2415
41 Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells2185
42 Infrared Physics & Technology2132
43 IEEE Photonics Technology Letters2047
44 Advanced Electronic Materials1950
45 Physica Status Solidi A-Applications and Materials Science1901
46 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation1860
47 ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology1780
48 IEEE Photonics Journal1627
49 Modern Physics Letters B1571
50 International Journal of Modern Physics B1514
51 Journal of Crystal Growth1392
52 Thin Solid Films1380
53 Materials Today Physics1332
54 Nature Materials1271
55 Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A1227
56 Microelectronics Reliability1203
57 APL Materials1157
58 Nano-Micro Letters1131
59 Superconductor Science & Technology1064
60 Applied Physics Express1008
61 Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism1004
62 Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters998
63 PRX Quantum970
64 APL Photonics939
65 Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics878
- Nature Photonics878
67 Current Applied Physics838
68 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics821
69 Solid-State Electronics805
70 MRS Bulletin783
71 International Journal of Thermophysics756
72 IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics744
73 Applied Physics Reviews740
74 Microsystem Technologies-Micro-And Nanosystems-Information Storage and Processing Systems731
- Organic Electronics731
76 Technical Physics728
77 Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B721
78 Low Temperature Physics717
79 Journal of Low Temperature Physics703
80 Cryogenics672
81 Journal of Materiomics669
82 Metrologia666
83 Plasma Processes and Polymers657
84 Laser Physics Letters652
85 Journal of Computational Electronics647
86 Nano645
87 Journal of Laser Applications636
88 npj Quantum Information631
89 Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics625
90 IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology574
91 Integrated Ferroelectrics565
92 Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering559
93 Science of Advanced Materials555
94 Laser Physics546
95 Progress in Photovoltaics528
96 Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology523
97 Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications520
98 Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering518
99 Physica C-Superconductivity and Its Applications516
100 Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems501
101 Nature Reviews Physics493
102 IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing474
103 Microelectronic Engineering468
104 International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics466
105 IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability463
106 IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics462
107 Journal of the Society for Information disPlay441
108 Journal of Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics434
109 npj Quantum Materials427
110 IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology420
111 High Temperature414
112 Granular Matter405
113 Philosophical Magazine402
114 Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing394
115 European Physical Journal E386
116 npj 2D Materials and Applications374
117 Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports370
118 Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications368
119 Technical Physics Letters360
120 MAPAN-Journal of Metrology Society of India356
121 Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology348
122 Fluctuation and Noise Letters337
123 Journal of Zhejiang University-Science A311
124 Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics279
125 Journal of Magnetics277
126 Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves273
127 Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science263
128 Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials241
129 Nano Convergence239
130 European Physical Journal-Applied Physics226
131 Atomization and Sprays216
132 Journal of Nano Research202
133 Recent Patents on Nanotechnology195
134 Spin184
135 IEEE Magnetics Letters168
136 International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering150
137 Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science147
138 Nanophotonics140
139 Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering134
140 Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER118
141 Nano Futures105
142 Journal of Experimental Nanoscience102
143 Quantum Electronics95
144 Progress in Quantum Electronics89
- Quantitative Infrared Thermography Journal89
- Journal of Photonics for Energy89
147 Philosophical Magazine Letters69
148 Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology55
149 Laser and Particle Beams53
150 Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering48
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