Infrared Physics and Technology

Aims & Scope

The Journal covers the entire field of infrared physics and technology: theory, experiment, application, devices and instrumentation.

Infrared' is defined as covering the near, mid and far infrared (terahertz) regions from 0.75um (750nm) to 1mm (300GHz.) Submissions in the 300GHz to 100GHz region may be accepted at the editors discretion if their content is relevant to shorter wavelengths.

Submissions must be primarily concerned with and directly relevant to this spectral region.

Its core topics can be summarized as the generation, propagation and detection, of infrared radiation; the associated optics, materials and devices; and its use in all fields of science, industry, engineering and medicine.

Infrared techniques occur in many different fields, notably spectroscopy and interferometry; material characterization and processing; atmospheric physics, astronomy and space research.

Scientific aspects include lasers, quantum optics, quantum electronics, image processing and semiconductor physics.

Some important applications are medical diagnostics and treatment, industrial inspection and environmental monitoring.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.4

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	9762

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	4830

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.595

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	92

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Materials Science and Physics and Astronomy, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Medical applications of infrared thermography: A review

  Citation: 976

  Authors: B.B., S., T., John

• The Free-Electron-Laser user facility FELIX

  Citation: 769

  Authors: D., A.F.G., P.W.

• Infrared thermography for condition monitoring – A review

  Citation: 757

  Authors: S., B.B., T., John, T.

• General relation between refractive index and energy gap in semiconductors

  Citation: 743

  Authors: P., L.K.J.

• Infrared detectors: an overview

  Citation: 688

  Authors: Antoni

• Infrared and visible image fusion based on visual saliency map and weighted least square optimization

  Citation: 661

  Authors: Jinlei, Zhiqiang, Bo, Hua

• Energy gap–refractive index relations in semiconductors – An overview

  Citation: 486

  Authors: N.M., Preethi, Jinsoo

• Recent progress in infrared detector technologies

  Citation: 476

  Authors: A.

• Classification of factors influencing the use of infrared thermography in humans: A review

  Citation: 438

  Authors: Ismael, Joao Carlos, Javier, Pedro María, Sergio, Miguel Ángel, Manuel

• Two-scale image fusion of visible and infrared images using saliency detection

  Citation: 390

  Authors: Durga Prasad, Ravindra

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