Physics: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Reviews of Modern Physics	83
2	Nature Reviews Materials	77
3	Progress in Energy and Combustion Science	68
4	Electrochemical Energy Reviews	64
5	Joule	60
-	Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports	60
7	Nature Nanotechnology	57
-	Applied Catalysis B-Environmental	57
9	Nano-Micro Letters	56
10	Reviews of Geophysics	51
11	Nature Catalysis	49
-	Coordination Chemistry Reviews	49
13	Energy & Environmental Science	47
-	Nature Energy	47
-	Advances in Optics and Photonics	47
16	Nature Materials	46
17	Nano Energy	44
18	Energy Storage Materials	43
-	Reports on Progress in Physics	43
20	Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics	41
-	Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews	41
22	ACS Energy Letters	40
23	Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials	39
24	Advanced Energy Materials	38
25	Nature Photonics	37
-	Advances in Colloid and Interface Science	37
27	Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics	36
-	Advanced Materials	36
29	Journal of Energy Chemistry	35
30	Annual Review of Biophysics	34
31	Nature Electronics	33
32	Light-Science & Applications	32
33	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews	31
-	ACS Nano	31
35	Current Climate Change Reports	30
36	Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics	29
-	Annual Review of Marine Science	29
38	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	28
-	Advanced Functional Materials	28
-	International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture	28
41	Physics Reports-Review Section of Physics Letters	27
-	ACS Catalysis	27
-	Opto-Electronic Advances	27
-	Radiologia Medica	27
45	Biosensors & Bioelectronics	26
-	Applied Physics Reviews	26
-	Sustainable Cities and Society	26
-	Bioresource Technology	26
49	npj Flexible Electronics	25
-	IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications	25

-	Medical Image Analysis	25
-	Nature Climate Change	25
-	Applied Energy	25
-	eTransportation	25
55	Nano Today	24
-	Energy Conversion and Management	24
-	Renewable Energy	24
-	Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry	24
-	Carbon Energy	24
60	Optica	23
-	Physical Review X	23
-	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science	23
-	Carbon	23
-	IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy	23
65	Ultrasonics Sonochemistry	22
-	Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering	22
-	Space Science Reviews	22
-	IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid	22
-	Biotechnology for Biofuels	22
70	ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces	21
-	International Journal of Plasticity	21
-	Journal of Nanobiotechnology	21
-	npj Computational Materials	21
-	Nano Convergence	21
-	Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science	21
-	Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science	21
-	Progress in Aerospace Sciences	21
-	Applied Mechanics Reviews	21
79	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	20
-	Energy	20
-	Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences	20
-	Nano Letters	20
-	Nanophotonics	20
-	Physical Review Letters	20
-	Energy Policy	20
-	Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical	20
-	PRX Quantum	20
-	IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems	20
-	Journal of Power Sources	20
90	Nano Research	19
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer	19
-	European Radiology	19
-	Surface Science Reports	19
-	Nature Reviews Physics	19
-	Journal of Materials Chemistry A	19
96	Current Opinion in Chemical Biology	18
-	Solar Energy	18
-	IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics	18
-	Green Energy & Environment	18
-	npj Quantum Information	18
-	Microsystems & Nanoengineering	18
-	Nature Physics	18
-	Neuroimage	18
-	Proceedings of the IEEE	18
-	Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy	18
-	IEEE Transactions on Image Processing	18
-	IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging	18
-	Advanced Science	18
-	Fuel Processing Technology	18
-	Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing	18
-	Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering	18
112	IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence	17
-	npj 2D Materials and Applications	17
-	Pattern Recognition	17
-	Petroleum Science	17
-	Photonics Research	17
-	Chemistry of Materials	17
-	ACS Sensors	17
-	Applied Surface Science	17
-	International Journal of Mechanical Sciences	17
-	IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics	17
-	International Journal of Nanomedicine	17
-	Fuel	17
124	Photoacoustics	16
-	Earth System Science Data	16
-	Astrophysical Journal Letters	16
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	16
-	Journal of Catalysis	16
-	Energy and Buildings	16
-	Composite Structures	16
-	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells	16
-	IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems	16
-	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy	16
-	Advanced Photonics	16
135	Small	15
-	International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer	15
-	ACS Photonics	15
-	IEEE Transactions on Power Systems	15
-	Environmental Research Letters	15
-	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing	15
-	Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces	15
-	Energy Strategy Reviews	15
-	Progress in Quantum Electronics	15
-	Investigative Radiology	15
-	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	15
-	International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems	15
-	IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems	15
-	Expert Systems With Applications	15
-	IEEE Internet of Things Journal	15
-	Friction	15
-	Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing	15
-	Materials Today Energy	15
-	Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering	15
154	npj Quantum Materials	14
-	Petroleum Exploration and Development	14
-	Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering	14
-	Catalysis Today	14
-	Current Opinion in Electrochemistry	14
-	Electrochimica Acta	14
-	Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry	14
-	IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics	14
-	Tribology International	14
-	Journal of Energy Storage	14
-	Microporous and Mesoporous Materials	14
-	Scripta Materialia	14
-	Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems	14
-	Biomass & Bioenergy	14
-	ACS Applied Energy Materials	14
-	International Journal of Fatigue	14
-	Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics	14
-	IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications	14
-	European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging	14
-	European Physical Journal C	14
-	Materials Today Physics	14
-	Mechanism and Machine Theory	14

176	NanoImpact	13
-	Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER	13
-	Applied Clay Science	13
-	Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis	13
-	Applied Spectroscopy Reviews	13
-	Applied Thermal Engineering	13
-	Advanced Optical Materials	13
-	IEEE Systems Journal	13
-	IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology	13
-	Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta	13
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology	13
-	Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids	13
-	Journal of Nuclear Medicine	13
-	Journal of Ocean Engineering and Science	13
-	Journal of Materiomics	13
-	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	13
-	Radiology	13
-	Surface & Coatings Technology	13
-	Small Methods	13
-	International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer	13
-	IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology	13
-	Aerospace Science and Technology	13
-	Engineering With Computers	13
-	Urban Climate	13
-	Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics	13

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