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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Progress in Energy and Combustion Science	97
2	Reviews of Modern Physics	92
3	Electrochemical Energy Reviews	82
4	Advances in Optics and Photonics	72
5	Nano-Micro Letters	67
6	Nature Catalysis	60
7	Nature Reviews Materials	59
8	Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics	54
-	Applied Catalysis B-Environmental	54
-	Coordination Chemistry Reviews	54
11	Nature Nanotechnology	53
12	Joule	52
-	Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics	52
-	Nature Energy	52
15	Reviews of Geophysics	49
16	Energy & Environmental Science	48
17	Nature Photonics	45
18	Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews	44
19	Nano Energy	43
20	Advances in Colloid and Interface Science	42
21	Nature Materials	41
22	Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics	40
-	Advanced Materials	40
24	Energy Storage Materials	39
25	Advanced Energy Materials	38
26	Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials	37
-	ACS Energy Letters	37
-	Opto-Electronic Advances	37
-	Journal of Energy Chemistry	37
30	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews	35
31	Nature Electronics	34
32	Progress in Aerospace Sciences	33
-	International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture	33
-	Light-Science & Applications	33
35	Annual Review of Biophysics	32
-	npj Flexible Electronics	32
-	Carbon Energy	32
38	Applied Mechanics Reviews	30
-	Radiologia Medica	30
-	Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry	30
41	International Journal of Plasticity	29
-	Energy Conversion and Management	29
43	Bioresource Technology	28
-	Sustainable Cities and Society	28
-	European Radiology	28
-	ACS Nano	28
47	Biosensors & Bioelectronics	27
-	ACS Catalysis	27
-	Nano Convergence	27
-	Annual Review of Marine Science	27

-	Applied Energy	27
-	Physics Reports-Review Section of Physics Letters	27
-	eTransportation	27
54	Advanced Functional Materials	26
-	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science	26
56	Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy	25
-	Green Energy & Environment	25
-	IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications	25
-	PRX Quantum	25
-	Medical Image Analysis	25
61	IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid	24
-	Journal of Nanobiotechnology	24
-	Carbon	24
-	Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science	24
-	Energy Policy	24
66	IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence	23
-	Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering	23
-	Biotechnology for Biofuels	23
-	Reports on Progress in Physics	23
70	Applied Physics Reviews	22
-	Renewable Energy	22
-	npj Computational Materials	22
-	IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems	22
-	IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems	22
-	Nano Today	22
-	Fuel Processing Technology	22
-	Ultrasonics Sonochemistry	22
78	Nature Climate Change	21
-	Physical Review X	21
-	Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering	21
-	Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences	21
-	Energy	21
-	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	21
-	International Journal of Mechanical Sciences	21
-	Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical	21
-	Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems	21
-	Nano Research	21
88	Progress in Quantum Electronics	20
-	Nature Physics	20
-	Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports	20
-	Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing	20
-	IEEE Transactions on Image Processing	20
-	IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems	20
-	IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging	20
-	IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy	20
-	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	20
-	Fuel	20
-	Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering	20
99	IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics	19
-	ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces	19
-	Nature Reviews Physics	19
-	Composite Structures	19
-	Optica	19
-	Current Climate Change Reports	19
105	IEEE Transactions on Power Systems	18
-	Solar Energy	18
-	Pattern Recognition	18
-	Photoacoustics	18
-	IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology	18
-	Current Opinion in Chemical Biology	18
-	Energy Reports	18
-	Applied Surface Science	18
-	Advanced Photonics	18
-	Physical Review Letters	18
-	Journal of Materials Chemistry A	18
-	Journal of Energy Storage	18
-	European Physical Journal C	18
-	Expert Systems With Applications	18
119	Neuroimage	17
-	npj 2D Materials and Applications	17
-	Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing	17
-	Journal of Power Sources	17
-	Earth System Science Data	17
-	Astrophysical Journal Letters	17
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer	17
-	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy	17
-	ACS Sensors	17
-	Petroleum Exploration and Development	17
-	Microsystems & Nanoengineering	17
-	Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science	17
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	17
-	Energy and Buildings	17
-	Energy Strategy Reviews	17
134	Nano Letters	16
-	Small	16
-	npj Quantum Information	16
-	Mechanism and Machine Theory	16
-	IEEE Systems Journal	16
-	Advanced Science	16
-	International Journal of Fatigue	16
-	IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics	16
-	IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications	16
-	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells	16
-	Space Science Reviews	16
-	Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry	16
-	Journal of Ocean Engineering and Science	16
-	Tribology International	16
-	Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering	16
149	Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis	15
-	IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles	15
-	Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry	15
-	International Journal of Impact Engineering	15
-	IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering	15
-	Proceedings of the IEEE	15
-	Urban Climate	15
-	Colloid and Interface Science Communications	15
-	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	15
-	International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems	15
-	International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer	15
-	Scripta Materialia	15
-	NanoImpact	15
-	Surface & Coatings Technology	15
-	Journal of Catalysis	15
-	Thin-Walled Structures	15
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology	15
-	Chemistry of Materials	15
167	Applied Thermal Engineering	14
-	Applied Clay Science	14
-	Journal of Materiomics	14
-	Materials Today Physics	14
-	Catalysis Today	14
-	Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering	14
-	Electrochimica Acta	14
-	Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces	14
-	Combustion and Flame	14

-	Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence	14
-	Investigative Radiology	14
-	Agricultural and Forest Meteorology	14
-	International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control	14
-	Biosensors-Basel	14
-	ACS Applied Energy Materials	14
-	IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification	14
-	Photonics Research	14
-	Radiology	14
-	Surveys in Geophysics	14
-	npj Quantum Materials	14
-	Journal of Nuclear Medicine	14
-	IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion	14
-	IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics	14
-	Facta Universitatis-Series Mechanical Engineering	14
-	Earths Future	14
-	Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects	14
193	Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series	13
-	Advanced Healthcare Materials	13
-	Advanced Optical Materials	13
-	International Journal of Coal Geology	13
-	Biochip Journal	13
-	Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications	13
-	International Journal of Energy Research	13
-	Building Simulation	13

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