Journal rankings · indicator year 2000
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Subfield ranking · 2000
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics journal rankings 2000
57 ranked journals · Subfield in Physics and Astronomy
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics has 57 ranked journals in 2000. The median journal has an OJR of 0.71, below the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 1.34. The top three are Reviews of Modern Physics, Reports on Progress in Physics, and Physical Review Letters.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2000. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 1997–1999, the window the 2000 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Physics and Astronomy (8)
57 ranked journals
Filters
Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 1999. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 1997–1999, the window the 2000 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 1997–1999 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2000 to 2000. | Compare |
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1Reviews of Modern PhysicsAmerican Physical Society · United States | 10.86Q1 | 12.13no 1999 value | 166 | 36% | — | — | |
2Reports on Progress in PhysicsIOP Publishing · United Kingdom | 6.62Q1 | 8.72no 1999 value | 88 | 66% | $4,680 | — | |
3Physical Review LettersAmerican Physical Society · United States | 4.39Q1 | 6.17no 1999 value | 8,554 | 50% | $3,750 | — | |
4International Reviews in Physical ChemistryTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 3.74Q1 | 4.48no 1999 value | 43 | 0% | — | — | |
5Progress in Surface ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.12Q1 | 3.00no 1999 value | 86 | 0% | $4,130 | — | |
6Color and Imaging ConferenceUnited States | 2.40Q1 | 0.46no 1999 value | 171 | 92% | — | — | |
7The Journal of Physical Chemistry AAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 1.73Q1 | 2.60no 1999 value | 4,515 | 5% | — | — | |
8The Journal of Chemical PhysicsAmerican Institute of Physics · United States | 1.72Q1 | 3.08no 1999 value | 7,396 | 14% | $3,500 | — | |
9Physical review. B, Condensed matterAmerican Physical Society · United States | 1.64Q1 | 2.83no 1999 value | 13,448 | 36% | — | — | |
10Europhysics Letters (EPL)Institute of Physics · France | 1.60Q1 | 2.05no 1999 value | 1,379 | 79% | $1,895 | — | |
11Applied Physics BSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.56Q1 | 1.71no 1999 value | 678 | 5% | $4,090 | — | |
12The European Physical Journal BSpringer Science+Business Media · France | 1.56Q1 | 1.72no 1999 value | 919 | 45% | $3,490 | — | |
13Journal of Computational ChemistryWiley · United States | 1.39Q1 | 1.96no 1999 value | 702 | 8% | $4,520 | — | |
14Annals of PhysicsElsevier BV · United States | 1.37Q1 | 1.72no 1999 value | 279 | 43% | $3,160 | — | |
15Physical Review AAmerican Physical Society · United States | 1.34Q1 | 2.51no 1999 value | 3,975 | 38% | $2,675 | — | |
16Journal of the Optical Society of America AOptica Publishing Group · United States | 1.32Q2 | 1.51no 1999 value | 988 | 10% | — | — | |
17Journal of the Optical Society of America BOptica Publishing Group · United States | 1.32Q2 | 1.77no 1999 value | 1,087 | 14% | — | — | |
18Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative TransferElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.31Q2 | 1.89no 1999 value | 462 | 6% | $2,870 | — | |
19Annual Review of Physical ChemistryAnnual Reviews · United States | 1.13Q2 | 8.15no 1999 value | 66 | 11% | — | — | |
20Atomic Data and Nuclear Data TablesElsevier BV · United States | 1.10Q2 | 0.98no 1999 value | 90 | 4% | $3,030 | — | |
21Journal of Optics B Quantum and Semiclassical OpticsIOP Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.05Q2 | 1.15no 1999 value | 116 | 68% | — | — | |
22The European Physical Journal DSpringer Science+Business Media · France | 0.94Q2 | 1.05no 1999 value | 528 | 19% | $3,790 | — | |
23Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern PhysicsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.85Q2 | 0.46no 1999 value | 63 | 8% | $2,700 | — | |
24Physics Letters AElsevier BV | 0.84Q2 | 1.08no 1999 value | 2,847 | 31% | $2,150 | — | |
25Journal of Physics A Mathematical and GeneralInstitute of Physics · United Kingdom | 0.84Q2 | 1.16no 1999 value | 2,431 | 81% | — | — | |
26Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical PhysicsIOP Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.83Q2 | 1.60no 1999 value | 1,690 | 62% | $3,325 | — | |
27Molecular PhysicsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.83Q2 | 1.01no 1999 value | 1,909 | 4% | — | — | |
28Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related PhenomenaElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.75Q2 | 0.83no 1999 value | 775 | 5% | $3,170 | — | |
29Physics-UspekhiInstitute of Physics · United Kingdom | 0.71Q2 | 0.84no 1999 value | 406 | 4% | — | — | |
30Annual Reports Section C (Physical Chemistry)Royal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 0.71Q3 | 0.83no 1999 value | 33 | 0% | — | — | |
31Journal of Optics A Pure and Applied OpticsSpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 0.68Q3 | 0.59no 1999 value | 157 | 43% | — | — | |
32Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics LettersPleiades Publishing · United States | 0.64Q3 | 0.78no 1999 value | 956 | 17% | — | — | |
33Waves in Random MediaTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.54Q3 | 0.68no 1999 value | 142 | 13% | — | — | |
34Journal of Molecular Structure THEOCHEMElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.54Q3 | 0.82no 1999 value | 1,560 | 4% | — | — | |
35Annalen der PhysikWiley · Germany | 0.44Q3 | 0.43no 1999 value | 353 | 21% | $3,840 | — | |
36Foundations of PhysicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.41Q3 | 0.50no 1999 value | 322 | 14% | $2,390 | — | |
37Contributions to Plasma PhysicsWiley · Germany | 0.40Q3 | 0.52no 1999 value | 220 | 5% | $2,930 | — | |
38Journal of Modern OpticsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.39Q3 | 0.43no 1999 value | 1,149 | 13% | — | — | |
39Journal of Experimental and Theoretical PhysicsPleiades Publishing · United States | 0.39Q3 | 0.49no 1999 value | 945 | 8% | — | — | |
40Journal of OpticsIOP Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.34Q3 | 0.38no 1999 value | 101 | — | $3,325 | — | |
41Foundations of Physics LettersSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.31Q3 | 0.54no 1999 value | 141 | 12% | — | — | |
42Zeitschrift für Naturforschung ADe Gruyter · Germany | 0.30Q3 | 0.30no 1999 value | 439 | 99% | $2,712 | — | |
43Physical Review BAmerican Physical Society · United States | 0.29Q3 | 0.22no 1999 value | 62 | 0% | $2,675 | — | |
44Brazilian Journal of PhysicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Brazil | 0.29Q4 | 0.51no 1999 value | 300 | 100% | $3,290 | — | |
45Acta Physica Polonica AOAPolish Academy of Sciences · Poland | 0.28Q4 | 0.37no 1999 value | 786 | 100% | — | — | |
46Laser ChemistryHindawi Publishing Corporation · Netherlands | 0.25Q4 | 0.29no 1999 value | 100 | 83% | — | — | |
47Color Research & ApplicationWiley · United States | 0.25Q4 | 0.44no 1999 value | 384 | 7% | $3,180 | — | |
48Canadian Journal of PhysicsNRC Research Press · Canada | 0.25Q4 | 0.28no 1999 value | 300 | 4% | — | — | |
49Chinese Physics LettersInstitute of Physics · United Kingdom | 0.22Q4 | 0.60no 1999 value | 931 | 60% | $2,500 | — | |
50Annales de PhysiqueEDP Sciences · France | 0.19Q4 | 0.50no 1999 value | 91 | 6% | — | — |
Subfields of Physics and Astronomy, with Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics highlighted.
- Astronomy and Astrophysics62
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics57
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics53
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics28
- Radiation15
- Condensed Matter Physics5
- Acoustics and Ultrasonics0
- Instrumentation0
Journals
Citations made in 2000. Corpus-wide, 66.2% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
18 additional Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 1997–1999, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2000. Publication window: 1997–1999. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 57
- Window papers (baseline)
- 84,695 Change unavailable from indicator year 1997
- Median OJR
- 0.710 Change unavailable from indicator year 1997
- Rising journals (2025)
- 5
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 1997–1999 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 57 | 64 | 62 | 65 | 65 | 66 | 68 | 70 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 71 | 78 | 81 | 85 | 87 | 89 | 91 | 92 | 97 | 105 | 103 | 103 | 108 | 107 | 105 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 84,695 | 86,753 | 86,412 | 89,035 | 91,151 | 95,706 | 100,546 | 106,715 | 110,735 | 112,436 | 112,382 | 112,245 | 113,539 | 114,815 | 116,212 | 117,514 | 117,344 | 117,182 | 115,527 | 113,962 | 112,377 | 111,323 | 110,326 | 106,860 | 103,126 | 100,852 | |
| Median OJR | 0.710 | 0.60 | 0.59 | 0.642 | 0.640 | 0.77 | 0.807 | 0.783 | 0.89 | 0.86 | 0.84 | 0.95 | 0.83 | 0.778 | 0.82 | 0.813 | 0.79 | 0.80 | 0.76 | 0.75 | 0.706 | 0.67 | 0.662 | 0.68 | 0.657 | 0.70 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.