期刊影响因子（JIF），影响因子衡量的是某一期刊的文章在特定年份或时期被引用的频率。
期刊引文指标（JCI）是对Web of Science核心合集中的期刊领域归一化后计算出来的可用于跨学科衡量引文影响的一个度量。这里的关键词是归一化和跨学科。作为JIF的补充，JCI控制了研究主题、出版类型和出版年份等变量，为期刊上近三年发表的论文提供了一个领域归一化的，统一的引文影响指标。
换言之，JIF用于比较某个特定学科内期刊的引文影响，而JCI则提供了一个单一的数值来衡量相邻研究领域中期刊的引文影响。
Journal nameTotal Citations2023 JIF2023 JCIJIF QuartileNature Photonics54,82432.37.85Q1eLight1,07727.27.08Q1Advances in Optics and Photonics4,11025.22.98Q1Light-Science & Applications22,59520.65.22Q1Advanced Photonics2,61520.63.39Q1PhotoniX1,31715.73.72Q1Opto-Electronic Advances2,19715.33.41Q1Laser & Photonics Reviews15,4869.81.97Q1Optica17,4668.42.76Q1Advanced Optical Materials38,3528.01.75Q1PROGRESS IN QUANTUM ELECTRONICS1,7897.40.85Q1International Journal of Optomechatronics2786.71.29Q1Photonics Research10,5236.62.09Q1ACS Photonics22,3726.51.36Q1Nanophotonics12,9016.51.18Q1EPJ Quantum Technology7445.81.35Q1APL Photonics4,1855.41.47Q1High Power Laser Science and Engineering1,5695.21.35Q1Photonic Sensors1,2535.01.10Q1Neurophotonics2,1504.81.30Q1OPTICS AND LASER TECHNOLOGY25,6014.61.22Q1Journal of Physics-Photonics1,0624.60.85Q1Advanced Quantum Technologies2,0494.41.03Q1IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN QUANTUM ELECTRONICS11,0904.31.37Q1IMAGE AND VISION COMPUTING6,4904.21.12Q1JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY32,2044.11.21Q1Journal of Optical Communications and Networking3,1104.01.22Q1IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology3,4113.91.02Q1OPTICAL MATERIALS27,0603.81.01Q1DISPLAYS2,2703.70.94Q2Advanced Photonics Research1,8653.70.70Q2OPTICS AND LASERS IN ENGINEERING14,1113.51.22Q2Journal of Luminescence25,6093.31.09Q2Chinese Optics Letters3,7363.31.01Q2OPTICAL AND QUANTUM ELECTRONICS12,2973.30.90Q2OPTICS EXPRESS131,5503.21.10Q2OPTICS LETTERS70,7143.11.08Q2INFRARED PHYSICS & TECHNOLOGY9,8033.10.80Q2JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS13,4803.00.87Q2INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF IMAGING SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY2,2713.00.73Q2Biomedical Optics Express14,4362.90.96Q2JOURNAL OF NONLINEAR OPTICAL PHYSICS & MATERIALS7262.90.81Q2Optical Materials Express9,0242.80.76Q2Micro and Nano Engineering4622.80.53Q2PHYSICAL REVIEW A127,7862.60.83Q2OPTICAL FIBER TECHNOLOGY5,2532.60.72Q2Leukos6572.60.66Q2MICROELECTRONIC ENGINEERING7,6172.60.55Q2Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications1,3362.50.58Q2JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION7,6802.40.71Q2JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE SPECTROSCOPY & RADIATIVE TRANSFER12,2032.30.82Q2Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences1,0792.30.77Q2IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS14,9272.30.64Q2IET Optoelectronics6372.30.43Q2FIBER AND INTEGRATED OPTICS2502.30.39Q2Advanced Optical Technologies6042.30.37Q2OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS25,3552.20.73Q2IEEE JOURNAL OF QUANTUM ELECTRONICS8,0042.20.62Q2Photonics5,0772.10.61Q2IEEE Photonics Journal10,1682.10.53Q2INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHOTOENERGY3,5092.10.49Q2Lighting Research & Technology1,9752.10.47Q2Journal of Biophotonics5,3952.00.63Q3Journal of Optics6,5042.00.62Q3APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS AND OPTICS9,5802.00.58Q3Optical Switching and Networking4441.90.48Q3Journal of the European Optical Society-Rapid Publications6171.90.40Q3JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS13,6491.80.60Q3Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves2,2501.80.57Q3PHOTONIC NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS7111.80.46Q3International Journal of Optics4711.80.44Q3CHINESE JOURNAL OF LASERS-ZHONGGUO JIGUANG4,1451.80.42Q3Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems1,6411.70.69Q3Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology1,0431.70.59Q3APPLIED OPTICS49,5921.70.58Q3Journal of Optical Microsystems701.70.51Q3JOURNAL OF LASER APPLICATIONS2,8591.70.45Q3Journal of the Society for Information Display1,7041.70.44Q3OSA Continuum1,4391.60.52Q3Journal of Optics-India1,3491.60.50Q3ACTA OPTICA SINICA4,8991.60.40Q3EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL D5,0001.50.45Q3JOURNAL OF PHYSICS B-ATOMIC MOLECULAR AND OPTICAL PHYSICS11,3991.50.44Q3Journal of Micro-Nanopatterning Materials and Metrology-JM31801.50.35Q3Journal of Photonics for Energy6691.50.35Q3JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA A-OPTICS IMAGE SCIENCE AND VISION13,0801.40.55Q3LASER PHYSICS LETTERS3,7301.40.41Q3Chinese Optics7661.30.31Q3OPTO-ELECTRONICS REVIEW8961.30.28Q3