Nature Photonics
ISSN: 1749-4885
Impact factor38.1
JCR quartileQ1
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Journal shortlist
Records are sorted by impact factor. Topic inclusion comes from exact OpenAlex topic tags in the Journal Metrics dataset, not from a general keyword match.
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Impact factor
JCR quartile
Publisher
Advances in Optics and Photonics
ISSN: 1943-8206
Impact factor30.1
JCR quartileQ1
Optica Publishing Group
Light-Science & Applications
ISSN: 2095-5545Open access
Impact factor24.0
JCR quartileQ1
Springer Nature
PhotoniX
ISSN: 2662-1991Open access
Impact factor18.0
JCR quartileQ1
Springer Nature
PROGRESS IN QUANTUM ELECTRONICS
ISSN: 0079-6727
Impact factor10.8
JCR quartileQ1
Elsevier BV
Advances in Physics-X
ISSN: 2374-6149Open access
Impact factor9.9
JCR quartileQ1
Taylor & Francis
Laser & Photonics Reviews
ISSN: 1863-8880
Impact factor9.7
JCR quartileQ1
Wiley
Optica
ISSN: 2334-2536Open access
Impact factor8.8
JCR quartileQ1
Optica Publishing Group
Ultrafast Science
ISSN: 2097-0331Open access
Impact factor7.5
JCR quartileQ1
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Photonics Research
ISSN: 2327-9125
Impact factor7.1
JCR quartileQ1
Optica Publishing Group
Advanced Photonics Nexus
ISSN: 2791-1519Open access
Impact factor6.3
JCR quartileQ1
Publisher not listed
High Power Laser Science and Engineering
ISSN: 2095-4719Open access
Impact factor6.1
JCR quartileQ1
Cambridge University Press
APL Photonics
ISSN: 2378-0967Open access
Impact factor5.7
JCR quartileQ1
AIP Publishing
OPTICS AND LASER TECHNOLOGY
ISSN: 0030-3992
Impact factor5.2
JCR quartileQ1
Elsevier BV
CHINESE PHYSICS LETTERS
ISSN: 0256-307X
Impact factor4.7
JCR quartileQ1
Institute of Physics
Journal of Physics-Photonics
ISSN: 2515-7647Open access
Impact factor4.7
JCR quartileQ1
IOP Publishing
Photonic Sensors
ISSN: 1674-9251Open access
Impact factor4.6
JCR quartileQ1
Springer Nature
IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN QUANTUM ELECTRONICS
ISSN: 1077-260X
Impact factor4.5
JCR quartileQ1
IEEE Photonics Society
Frontiers of Optoelectronics
ISSN: 2095-2759Open access
Impact factor4.2
JCR quartileQ2
Higher Education Press
OPTICS EXPRESS
ISSN: 1094-4087Open access
Impact factor3.4
JCR quartileQ2
Optica Publishing Group
OPTICS LETTERS
ISSN: 0146-9592
Impact factor3.3
JCR quartileQ2
Optica Publishing Group
Results in Optics
ISSN: 2666-9501Open access
Impact factor3.3
JCR quartileQ2
Elsevier BV
OPTICAL FIBER TECHNOLOGY
ISSN: 1068-5200
Impact factor2.7
JCR quartileQ2
Elsevier BV
OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS
ISSN: 0030-4018
Impact factor2.7
JCR quartileQ2
Elsevier BV
Ukrainian Journal of Physical Optics
ISSN: 1609-1833Open access
Impact factor2.7
JCR quartileQ2
Publisher not listed
IEEE Photonics Journal
ISSN: 1943-0655Open access
Impact factor2.6
JCR quartileQ2
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Optical Materials Express
ISSN: 2159-3930Open access
Impact factor2.6
JCR quartileQ2
Optica Publishing Group
Chinese Optics Letters
ISSN: 1671-7694
Impact factor2.5
JCR quartileQ3
Optica Publishing Group
Frontiers in Physics
ISSN: 2296-424XOpen access
Impact factor2.2
JCR quartileQ2
Frontiers Media
Journal of Optics-India
ISSN: 0972-8821
Impact factor2.2
JCR quartileQ3
Springer Nature
Photonics
ISSN: 2304-6732Open access
Impact factor2.1
JCR quartileQ3
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Frontiers in Photonics
ISSN: 2673-6853Open access
Impact factor1.9
JCR quartileQ3
Frontiers Media
IEEE JOURNAL OF QUANTUM ELECTRONICS
ISSN: 0018-9197
Impact factor1.9
JCR quartileQ3
IEEE Photonics Society
JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS
ISSN: 0740-3224
Impact factor1.9
JCR quartileQ3
Optica Publishing Group
APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS AND OPTICS
ISSN: 0946-2171
Impact factor1.8
JCR quartileQ3
Springer Science+Business Media
APPLIED OPTICS
ISSN: 1559-128X
Impact factor1.7
JCR quartileQ3
Optica Publishing Group
International Journal of Optics
ISSN: 1687-9384Open access
Impact factor1.7
JCR quartileQ3
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Journal of the European Optical Society-Rapid Publications
ISSN: 1990-2573Open access
Impact factor1.7
JCR quartileQ3
Springer Nature
Chinese Physics B
ISSN: 1674-1056
Impact factor1.6
JCR quartileQ3
IOP Publishing
LASER PHYSICS LETTERS
ISSN: 1612-2011
Impact factor1.5
JCR quartileQ3
IOP Publishing
Optics Continuum
ISSN: 2770-0208Open access
Impact factor1.5
JCR quartileQ3
Publisher not listed
JOURNAL OF NONLINEAR OPTICAL PHYSICS & MATERIALS
ISSN: 0218-8635
Impact factor1.4
JCR quartileQ4
World Scientific
Optoelectronics Letters
ISSN: 1673-1905
Impact factor1.4
JCR quartileQ4
Springer Science+Business Media
Physics of Wave Phenomena
ISSN: 1541-308X
Impact factor1.1
JCR quartileQ3
Pleiades Publishing
LASER PHYSICS
ISSN: 1054-660X
Impact factor1.1
JCR quartileQ4
IOP Publishing
ACTA PHYSICA SINICA
ISSN: 1000-3290Open access
Impact factor1.0
JCR quartileQ3
Science Press
Lithuanian Journal of Physics
ISSN: 1648-8504Open access
Impact factor1.0
JCR quartileQ3
Lithuanian Academy of Sciences
Current Optics and Photonics
ISSN: 2508-7266Open access
Impact factor1.0
JCR quartileQ4
Optical Society of Korea
OPTICAL REVIEW
ISSN: 1340-6000
Impact factor1.0
JCR quartileQ4
Springer Science+Business Media
JOURNAL OF MODERN OPTICS
ISSN: 0950-0340
Impact factor0.9
JCR quartileQ4
Taylor & Francis
Photonics Letters of Poland
ISSN: 2080-2242Open access
Impact factor0.8
JCR quartileQ4
Photonics Society of Poland
Bulletin of the Lebedev Physics Institute
ISSN: 1068-3356
Impact factor0.6
JCR quartileQ4
Pleiades Publishing
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