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Best Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics journals

233 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 61 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Nature Nanotechnology 57.8 99th Q1 SCIE No
2 Nature Photonics 51.9 99th Q1 SCIE No
3 eLight 50.8 98th Q1 SCIE Yes
4 Advances in Optics and Photonics 49.6 98th Q1 SCIE No
5 Opto-Electronic Science 32 98th Q1 ESCI Yes
6 Opto-Electronic Advances 31.7 97th Q1 SCIE Yes
7 Light: Science and Applications 31.6 97th Q1 SCIE Yes
8 Advanced Photonics 25.2 96th Q1 SCIE Yes
9 PhotoniX 24.4 96th Q1 SCIE Yes
10 ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 21 96th Q1 SCIE No
11 Progress in Quantum Electronics 19.7 95th Q1 SCIE No
12 Nano Research 18.5 95th Q1 SCIE Yes
13 Optica 16.3 94th Q1 SCIE Yes
14 Ultrafast Science 15.2 94th Q1 ESCI Yes
15 Microsystems and Nanoengineering 14.2 94th Q1 SCIE Yes
16 Laser and Photonics Reviews 14.1 93th Q1 SCIE No
17 Photoacoustics 13.9 93th Q1 SCIE Yes
18 Nanophotonics 12.6 92th Q1 SCIE Yes
19 Photonics Research 12.4 92th Q1 SCIE No
20 SciPost Physics Lecture Notes 12.2 91th Q1 Yes
21 Advanced Optical Materials 12.1 91th Q1 SCIE No
22 Sensors and Actuators Reports 10.6 91th Q1 SCIE Yes
23 International Journal of Photoenergy 10.6 90th Q1 SCIE Yes
24 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 10.5 90th Q1 SCIE Yes
25 ACS Photonics 10.4 89th Q1 SCIE No
26 Journal of Molecular Liquids 10.3 89th Q1 No
27 ISPRS Open Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 9.9 89th Q1 ESCI Yes
28 Solar RRL 9.6 88th Q1 SCIE No
29 Ukrainian Journal of Physical Optics 9.6 88th Q1 SCIE No
30 Sensors 9.4 87th Q1 SCIE Yes
31 Nanoscale Advances 9.2 87th Q1 SCIE Yes
32 Frontiers in Nanotechnology 9.1 87th Q1 ESCI Yes
33 Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 9 86th Q1 SCIE No
34 Quantum 8.9 86th Q1 SCIE Yes
35 International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer 8.8 85th Q1 SCIE No
36 Optik 8.8 85th Q1 No
37 Applied Nanoscience (Switzerland) 8.8 84th Q1 No
38 Nano-Structures and Nano-Objects 8.5 84th Q1 No
39 Optics and Laser Technology 8.4 84th Q1 SCIE No
40 Chemical Physics Impact 8 83th Q1 ESCI Yes
41 Quantum Science and Technology 8 83th Q1 SCIE No
42 Optical Materials 7.9 82th Q1 SCIE No
43 NPJ Nanophotonics 7.8 82th Q1 Yes
44 High Power Laser Science and Engineering 7.7 82th Q1 SCIE Yes
45 Matter and Radiation at Extremes 7.7 81th Q1 SCIE Yes
46 APL Photonics 7.6 81th Q1 SCIE Yes
47 Journal of Luminescence 7.4 80th Q1 SCIE No
48 Microelectronic Engineering 7.4 80th Q1 SCIE No
49 JPhys Photonics 7.3 80th Q1 ESCI Yes
50 Photonic Sensors 7.3 79th Q1 SCIE Yes
51 Advanced Devices and Instrumentation 7.2 79th Q1 ESCI Yes
52 IEEE Transactions on Radiation and Plasma Medical Sciences 7.2 79th Q1 ESCI No
53 Optics and Lasers in Engineering 7.1 78th Q1 SCIE No
54 EPJ Quantum Technology 7.1 77th Q1 SCIE Yes
55 LEUKOS - Journal of Illuminating Engineering Society of North America 7.1 77th Q1 SCIE No
56 AVS Quantum Science 7 77th Q1 ESCI No
57 Nano Futures 6.9 76th Q1 SCIE No
58 IET Nanodielectrics 6.8 76th Q1 ESCI Yes
59 Micro and Nano Engineering 6.8 75th Q1 ESCI Yes
60 Infrared Physics and Technology 6.5 75th Q1 SCIE No
61 Physica E: Low-Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures 6.5 75th Q1 SCIE No
62 Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy 6.4 74th Q2 SCIE No
63 JPhys Materials 6.3 74th Q2 SCIE Yes
64 Biomedical Optics Express 6.3 73th Q2 SCIE Yes
65 Journal of Optical Communications 6.3 73th Q2 No
66 Optics Express 6.1 73th Q2 SCIE Yes
67 Smart Materials and Structures 6.1 72th Q2 SCIE No
68 Optical Materials: X 6 72th Q2 Yes
69 Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables 6 71th Q2 SCIE No
70 Methods and Applications in Fluorescence 6 71th Q2 SCIE No
71 Materials for Quantum Technology 5.9 70th Q2 ESCI Yes
72 Results in Optics 5.9 70th Q2 ESCI Yes
73 Journal of Biomedical Optics 5.9 69th Q2 SCIE Yes
74 Optics Letters 5.9 69th Q2 SCIE Yes
75 IEEE Photonics Journal 5.8 69th Q2 SCIE Yes
76 Advances in Nano Research 5.7 68th Q2 SCIE No
77 IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility 5.7 68th Q2 SCIE No
78 Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer 5.6 68th Q2 SCIE No
79 Frontiers in Environmental Chemistry 5.3 67th Q2 ESCI Yes
80 Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics 5.3 67th Q2 SCIE No
81 Optical Fiber Technology 5.3 66th Q2 SCIE No
82 Photonics and Nanostructures - Fundamentals and Applications 5.2 66th Q2 SCIE No
83 Quantum Frontiers 5.2 66th Q2 Yes
84 Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences 5.1 65th Q2 SCIE Yes
85 Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 5.1 65th Q2 SCIE No
86 Journal of Optics and Photonics Research 5.1 64th Q2 No
87 Physical Review A 4.9 64th Q2 SCIE No
88 Journal of Computational Electronics 4.9 63th Q2 SCIE No
89 Journal of Nanoparticle Research 4.9 63th Q2 SCIE No
90 Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics and Materials 4.9 63th Q2 SCIE No
91 Advanced Optical Technologies 4.8 62th Q2 ESCI Yes
92 IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 4.8 62th Q2 SCIE No
93 International Journal of Quantum Chemistry 4.7 61th Q2 SCIE No
94 Photonic Network Communications 4.7 61th Q2 SCIE No
95 SciPost Physics Core 4.7 61th Q2 ESCI Yes
96 Frontiers in Photonics 4.7 60th Q2 ESCI Yes
97 Ultramicroscopy 4.7 60th Q2 SCIE No
98 Optics Communications 4.7 59th Q2 SCIE No
99 Chinese Optics Letters 4.6 59th Q2 SCIE No
100 Interactions 4.5 59th Q2 No

Rank and percentile are within the Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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