New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Physics

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. 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 H4-Index
1 Advanced Materials204
2 ACS Nano154
- Advanced Functional Materials154
4 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental144
- Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews144
6 Advanced Energy Materials138
7 Energy & Environmental Science134
8 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence130
- Coordination Chemistry Reviews130
10 Nature Energy124
11 Nano Energy123
12 Advanced Science122
13 IEEE Access121
- Energy121
15 Energy Storage Materials120
16 Nano-Micro Letters119
- ACS Catalysis119
- Renewable Energy119
19 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy118
20 Expert Systems With Applications116
21 Sensors114
- Journal of Energy Storage114
23 Small112
- Journal of Colloid and Interface Science112
25 Applied Energy111
26 Nature Materials110
- IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems110
28 Nature Nanotechnology109
29 IEEE Internet of Things Journal107
- IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems107
31 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing106
- Nature Catalysis106
- ACS Energy Letters106
34 Bioresource Technology105
35 Joule104
- Physical Review Letters104
37 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces103
- Journal of Energy Chemistry103
39 Applied Sciences-Basel100
40 Fuel99
- Carbon99
42 Energy Reports98
43 Energy Conversion and Management97
- Sustainable Cities and Society97
45 IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications96
46 Journal of Materials Chemistry A94
47 Nature Photonics93
48 Nano Letters92
49 Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing91
50 Energies90
- Light-Science & Applications90
52 Nature Electronics89
53 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics88
- Journal of Alloys and Compounds88
55 Nature Reviews Materials87
56 Nanomaterials86
- Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence86
58 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology85
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics85
60 Nature Physics84
- Applied Surface Science84
- Astrophysical Journal84
63 Electronics83
- Materials83
- Nano Research83
66 Pattern Recognition82
- Journal of Molecular Liquids82
- IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems82
- Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials82
70 Nature Climate Change81
- Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical81
- IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications81
- IEEE Transactions on Image Processing81
- Journal of Nanobiotechnology81
75 Journal of Power Sources80
- Energy Policy80
- Astronomy & Astrophysics80
78 Advances in Colloid and Interface Science79
- Radiology79
- IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering79
- IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics79
82 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society78
- Medical Image Analysis78
- Applied Thermal Engineering78
85 Astrophysical Journal Letters77
86 IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology76
87 IEEE Sensors Journal74
88 IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control73
89 IEEE Transactions on Communications72
- Energy and Buildings72
- IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid72
- International Journal of Mechanical Sciences72
93 IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging71
94 Ocean Engineering69
- Composite Structures69
96 Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering68
- Journal of Molecular Structure68
- Advanced Optical Materials68
- Case Studies in Thermal Engineering68
100 Neuroimage67
- Chaos Solitons & Fractals67
- Solar Energy67
103 Chemistry of Materials66
- Nano Today66
- Multimedia Tools and Applications66
- Advanced Healthcare Materials66
- International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer66
108 Nature Reviews Physics65
- Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects65
- Journal of High Energy Physics65
- IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification65
112 ACS Sensors64
- International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer64
- IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles64
- Ultrasonics Sonochemistry64
- Nonlinear Dynamics64
- International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems64
118 Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing63
- IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation63
- IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement63
- IEEE Transactions on Power Systems63
- Carbon Energy63
123 Laser & Photonics Reviews62
- Nanoscale62
- Biosensors-Basel62
- Optics and Laser Technology62
- Energy & Fuels62
- Small Methods62
- Proceedings of the IEEE62
130 ACS Applied Nano Materials61
- International Journal of Plasticity61
- Journal of Materials Chemistry C61
- Thin-Walled Structures61
- Earth System Science Data61
135 Automatica60
- Catalysts60
- PRX Quantum60
- Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters60
- Micromachines60
- Inorganic Chemistry60
- Computers & Electrical Engineering60
142 IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics59
- Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering59
- Physics Reports-Review Section of Physics Letters59
145 IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security58
- Tribology International58
- Optics Express58
- Internet of Things58
- Electrochimica Acta58
150 npj Computational Materials57
151 Physical Review X56
- JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging56
- Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics56
- IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics56
- Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series56
- IEEE Wireless Communications56
- Reviews of Modern Physics56
- Progress in Energy and Combustion Science56
159 ACS Applied Energy Materials55
- Inorganic Chemistry Communications55
- Energy Strategy Reviews55
- Engineering Failure Analysis55
- Environmental Research Letters55
- ACS Photonics55
- Applied Physics Reviews55
- IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy55
- Communications Earth & Environment55
168 Fuel Processing Technology54
- Urban Climate54
- Electrochemical Energy Reviews54
- IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing54
- Green Energy & Environment54
- Electric Power Systems Research54
- Combustion and Flame54
- Computer Networks54
176 Nature Astronomy53
- Physics of Fluids53
- Optical and Quantum Electronics53
- International Journal of Energy Research53
- Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells53
- Surface & Coatings Technology53
- IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters53
- Optik53
- Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces53
- Results in Physics53
- Sensors and Actuators A-Physical53
187 Aerospace Science and Technology52
- IEEE Systems Journal52
- Nature Structural & Molecular Biology52
- Optical Materials52
- Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers52
- Journal of Lightwave Technology52
- Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation52
194 IEEE Communications Magazine51
- Langmuir51
- Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics51
- Applied Physics Letters51
- Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy51
- IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems51
- Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics51
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