APL Photonics is the 4th out of 103 Optics journals. This means the journal is among the top 4% in the sub-discipline of Optics. This Journal is the 7th out of 42 Photonics journals. This means the journal is among the top 17% in the sub-discipline of Photonics. This Journal is the 9th out of 71 Applied Physics journals. This means the journal is among the top 13% in the sub-discipline of Applied Physics. This Journal is the 129th out of 2,084 Physics journals. This means the journal is among the top 7% in the discipline of Physics. This Journal is the 714th out of 11,479 Physical Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 7% in the science branch of Physical Sciences.
How are inpact factors calculated?
The impact factor (IF) is calculated by counting citations from peer-reviewed journals only.
extended IF also counts citations from books and conference papers. However, no patent, abstract, working papers, online documents, etc., are covered.