New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Physics

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Reviews of Modern Physics74.410
2 Progress in Energy and Combustion Science65.550
3 Nature Reviews Materials60.150
4 Electrochemical Energy Reviews58.087
5 Nature Catalysis50.780
6 Nature Energy49.164
7 Nano-Micro Letters47.566
8 Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics45.891
9 Joule45.834
10 Nature Nanotechnology44.471
11 Advances in Optics and Photonics42.623
12 Reviews of Geophysics42.237
13 Coordination Chemistry Reviews42.086
14 Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics41.385
15 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental39.780
16 Energy & Environmental Science36.517
17 Nature Materials35.775
18 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews35.690
19 Nature Photonics34.591
20 Advanced Materials31.925
21 Nature Electronics31.836
22 Advances in Colloid and Interface Science31.462
23 Nano Energy30.821
24 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence29.995
25 Energy Storage Materials29.066
26 Advanced Energy Materials28.468
27 Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics28.270
28 Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials28.210
29 ACS Energy Letters28.148
30 Journal of Energy Chemistry28.022
31 Physics Reports-Review Section of Physics Letters27.929
32 Opto-Electronic Advances27.370
33 Light-Science & Applications27.241
34 Reports on Progress in Physics27.064
35 International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture26.815
36 Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews25.151
37 Annual Review of Biophysics25.043
38 Nature Reviews Physics24.935
39 eTransportation24.357
40 Medical Image Analysis24.214
41 Carbon Energy23.997
42 Radiologia Medica23.735
43 ACS Nano23.494
44 Progress in Aerospace Sciences23.328
45 Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry22.925
46 IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications22.920
47 Annual Review of Marine Science22.685
48 Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science22.213
49 Proceedings of the IEEE22.189
50 npj Flexible Electronics22.017
51 Energy Conversion and Management21.751
52 Sustainable Cities and Society21.689
53 Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports21.489
54 ACS Catalysis21.413
55 Biotechnology for Biofuels21.356
56 Applied Energy21.181
57 Nature Climate Change21.106
58 Bioresource Technology20.830
59 International Journal of Plasticity20.762
60 Applied Mechanics Reviews20.543
61 Energy Policy20.507
62 Advanced Functional Materials20.187
63 Earth System Science Data20.087
64 PRX Quantum19.947
65 Biosensors & Bioelectronics19.801
66 IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems19.756
67 Journal of Colloid and Interface Science19.334
68 Green Energy & Environment19.330
69 IEEE Transactions on Image Processing19.008
70 Journal of Nanobiotechnology18.788
71 Carbon18.761
72 Applied Physics Reviews18.566
73 Physical Review X18.551
74 Renewable Energy18.402
75 European Radiology18.354
76 IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems18.345
77 Current Climate Change Reports17.929
78 Nano Convergence17.897
79 Fuel Processing Technology17.872
80 Nano Today17.708
81 Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering17.707
82 IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid17.576
83 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing17.570
84 Nature Physics17.482
85 npj Computational Materials17.398
86 Astrophysical Journal Letters17.075
87 IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging17.018
88 IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering16.964
89 Energy16.731
90 Computer Physics Communications16.657
91 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems16.608
92 Ultrasonics Sonochemistry16.543
93 Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering16.396
94 Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems16.145
95 Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing16.130
96 Nano Research16.098
97 Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences16.057
98 Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical15.921
99 International Journal of Mechanical Sciences15.749
100 Advanced Photonics15.743
101 Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering15.615
102 Pattern Recognition15.546
103 Optica15.539
104 Energy Reports15.420
105 Fuel15.414
106 Energy Strategy Reviews15.388
107 IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy15.330
108 Journal of Energy Storage14.878
109 Expert Systems With Applications14.831
110 Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences14.774
111 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine14.691
112 European Physical Journal C14.484
113 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics14.479
114 Physical Review Letters14.477
115 Composite Structures14.476
116 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology14.433
117 Petroleum Exploration and Development14.417
118 Microsystems & Nanoengineering14.398
119 Nature Structural & Molecular Biology14.343
120 IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications14.319
121 Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series14.128
122 Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy14.119
123 Photoacoustics14.064
124 npj 2D Materials and Applications14.023
125 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer13.867
126 IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering13.834
127 Advanced Science13.819
128 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy13.818
129 Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science13.744
- Current Opinion in Chemical Biology13.744
131 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces13.681
132 Applied Surface Science13.632
133 IEEE Transactions on Power Systems13.618
134 Solar Energy13.545
135 Energy and Buildings13.412
136 Radiology13.407
137 Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering13.402
138 Nano Letters13.329
139 Journal of Power Sources13.305
140 Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering13.268
141 Neuroimage13.236
142 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles13.219
143 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change13.138
144 Journal of Materials Chemistry A13.063
145 Small13.034
146 npj Quantum Information12.973
147 Internet of Things12.945
148 ACS Sensors12.735
149 IEEE Systems Journal12.592
150 Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing12.537
151 Progress in Quantum Electronics12.529
152 Tribology International12.467
153 International Journal of Fatigue12.429
154 Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence12.350
155 Progress in Photovoltaics12.283
156 IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems12.190
157 Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells12.155
158 Journal of Materiomics12.131
159 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology12.092
160 IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics12.047
161 Facta Universitatis-Series Mechanical Engineering11.971
162 International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems11.948
163 Investigative Radiology11.937
164 IEEE Wireless Communications11.912
- Journal of Ocean Engineering and Science11.912
166 Chemistry of Materials11.808
167 IEEE Internet of Things Journal11.754
168 Nature Astronomy11.718
169 Urban Climate11.717
170 NanoImpact11.714
171 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing11.659
172 Colloid and Interface Science Communications11.658
173 Materials Today Physics11.630
174 Earths Future11.536
175 Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis11.494
176 Mechanism and Machine Theory11.457
177 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer11.433
178 Thin-Walled Structures11.363
179 Biosensors-Basel11.325
180 Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica11.270
181 Scripta Materialia11.234
182 Propulsion and Power Research11.221
183 Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces11.174
184 IEEE Transactions on Communications11.121
185 Photonics Research11.106
186 IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification11.099
187 IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control11.055
188 Space Science Reviews11.029
189 Agricultural and Forest Meteorology10.938
190 Combustion and Flame10.928
191 Applied Thermal Engineering10.876
192 Journal of Catalysis10.843
193 Journal of Alloys and Compounds10.826
194 JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging10.812
195 Catalysis Today10.810
196 IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion10.741
197 Journal of Nanomaterials10.718
198 IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics10.715
199 Automatica10.683
200 Surface & Coatings Technology10.661
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