Physics: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs that used to have more than one decimal point are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)

Rank	Journal	Impact Factor 2024
1	Nature Reviews Materials	ca. 86.2
2	Nature Energy	ca. 60.1
3	Reviews of Modern Physics	ca. 44.8
4	Nature Catalysis	ca. 44.6
5	Nature Electronics	ca. 40.9
6	Nature Reviews Physics	ca. 39.5
7	Nature Materials	ca. 38.5
8	Reviews of Geophysics	ca. 37.3
9	Progress in Energy and Combustion Science	ca. 37
10	Nano-Micro Letters	ca. 36.3
-	Electrochemical Energy Reviews	ca. 36.3
12	Joule	ca. 35.4
13	Nature Nanotechnology	ca. 34.9
14	Nature Photonics	ca. 32.9
15	Energy & Environmental Science	ca. 30.8
16	Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics	ca. 30.7
17	Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics	ca. 30.2
18	Physics Reports-Review Section of Physics Letters	ca. 29.5
19	Nature Climate Change	ca. 27.1
20	Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports	ca. 26.8
-	Advanced Materials	ca. 26.8
22	Advanced Energy Materials	ca. 26
23	Proceedings of the IEEE	ca. 25.9
24	Carbon Energy	ca. 24.2
25	Advances in Optics and Photonics	ca. 23.8
26	Coordination Chemistry Reviews	ca. 23.5
27	Opto-Electronic Advances	ca. 22.4
28	Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials	ca. 21.8
29	Applied Catalysis B-Environmental	ca. 21.1
30	Reports on Progress in Physics	ca. 20.7
31	Energy Storage Materials	ca. 20.2
32	Advances in Colloid and Interface Science	ca. 19.3
33	Advanced Functional Materials	ca. 19
34	Annual Review of Marine Science	ca. 18.9
35	Advanced Photonics	ca. 18.8
-	International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture	ca. 18.8
37	IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence	ca. 18.6
38	Nature Physics	ca. 18.4
39	ACS Energy Letters	ca. 18.2
40	Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics	ca. 17.9
41	IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications	ca. 17.2
42	Nano Energy	ca. 17.1
43	eTransportation	ca. 17
44	IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine	ca. 16.4
45	Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews	ca. 16.3
46	Progress in Aerospace Sciences	ca. 16.2
47	Applied Mechanics Reviews	ca. 16.1
48	ACS Nano	ca. 16
49	Physical Review X	ca. 15.7
50	npj Flexible Electronics	ca. 15.5

51	Radiology	ca. 15.2
-	JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging	ca. 15.2
53	Journal of Energy Chemistry	ca. 14.9
54	IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles	ca. 14.3
-	Nature Astronomy	ca. 14.3
-	Physics of Life Reviews	ca. 14.3
57	Advanced Science	ca. 14.1
58	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing	ca. 13.7
-	IEEE Transactions on Image Processing	ca. 13.7
-	Annual Review of Biophysics	ca. 13.7
61	Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica	ca. 13.5
62	Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science	ca. 13.4
63	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews	ca. 13.1
-	ACS Catalysis	ca. 13.1
65	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	ca. 13
66	International Journal of Plasticity	ca. 12.8
67	Journal of Nanobiotechnology	ca. 12.6
68	Progress in Quantum Electronics	ca. 12.5
69	Small	ca. 12.1
70	Sustainable Cities and Society	ca. 12
71	Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems	ca. 11.9
-	npj Computational Materials	ca. 11.9
-	IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems	ca. 11.9
74	Journal of Ocean Engineering and Science	ca. 11.8
-	Medical Image Analysis	ca. 11.8
-	Facta Universitatis-Series Mechanical Engineering	ca. 11.8
77	Astrophysical Journal Letters	ca. 11.7
78	Applied Physics Reviews	ca. 11.6
-	Carbon	ca. 11.6
80	IEEE Wireless Communications	ca. 11.5
81	IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology	ca. 11.1
82	PRX Quantum	ca. 11
-	Nano Convergence	ca. 11
-	Applied Energy	ca. 11
85	Energy Conversion and Management	ca. 10.9
-	Nano Today	ca. 10.9
-	IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics	ca. 10.9
88	Advances in Physics-X	ca. 10.8
89	IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications	ca. 10.7
90	Journal of High Energy Astrophysics	ca. 10.5
-	Biosensors & Bioelectronics	ca. 10.5
92	IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering	ca. 10.4
93	Current Climate Change Reports	ca. 10.3
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	ca. 10.3
95	Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering	ca. 10.1
-	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	ca. 10.1
97	Laser & Photonics Reviews	ca. 10
-	IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy	ca. 10
99	Microsystems & Nanoengineering	ca. 9.9
-	Energy Strategy Reviews	ca. 9.9
101	IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging	ca. 9.8
-	IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid	ca. 9.8
-	Journal of Energy Storage	ca. 9.8
104	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science	ca. 9.7
-	Materials Today Physics	ca. 9.7
-	Ultrasonics Sonochemistry	ca. 9.7
107	Clinical Nuclear Medicine	ca. 9.6
-	Advanced Healthcare Materials	ca. 9.6
-	Journal of Materiomics	ca. 9.6
-	IEEE Signal Processing Magazine	ca. 9.6
111	Journal of Materials Chemistry A	ca. 9.5
112	International Journal of Mechanical Sciences	ca. 9.4
-	Energy	ca. 9.4
114	Sustainable Materials and Technologies	ca. 9.2
-	Energy Policy	ca. 9.2
116	Small Methods	ca. 9.1
-	Journal of Nuclear Medicine	ca. 9.1
-	Renewable Energy	ca. 9.1
-	Nano Letters	ca. 9.1
-	ACS Sensors	ca. 9.1
121	Physical Review Letters	ca. 9
-	Bioresource Technology	ca. 9
-	Nano Research	ca. 9
124	Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences	ca. 8.9
-	IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems	ca. 8.9
-	Communications Earth & Environment	ca. 8.9
-	IEEE Internet of Things Journal	ca. 8.9
-	Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing	ca. 8.9
129	npj 2D Materials and Applications	ca. 8.8
130	Surface Science Reports	ca. 8.7
131	IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing	ca. 8.6
-	Ukrainian Journal of Physical Optics	ca. 8.6
-	Materials Today Energy	ca. 8.6
134	Optica	ca. 8.5
-	Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series	ca. 8.5
136	IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems	ca. 8.4
-	npj Climate and Atmospheric Science	ca. 8.4
138	Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics	ca. 8.3
-	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy	ca. 8.3
-	IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification	ca. 8.3
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer	ca. 8.3
-	npj Quantum Information	ca. 8.3
-	IEEE Transactions on Communications	ca. 8.3
144	ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces	ca. 8.2
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology	ca. 8.2
-	Friction	ca. 8.2
-	Materials Today Nano	ca. 8.2
-	Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy	ca. 8.2
-	IEEE Communications Magazine	ca. 8.2
-	Earths Future	ca. 8.2
151	Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging	ca. 8.1
152	IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security	ca. 8
-	Investigative Radiology	ca. 8
-	Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence	ca. 8
155	Journal of Power Sources	ca. 7.9
156	Fortschritte der Physik-Progress of Physics	ca. 7.8
157	Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical	ca. 7.7
-	Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific	ca. 7.7
-	Fuel Processing Technology	ca. 7.7
160	European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging	ca. 7.6
-	Pattern Recognition	ca. 7.6
-	Progress in Photovoltaics	ca. 7.6
-	Science China-Information Sciences	ca. 7.6
164	Science China-Physics Mechanics & Astronomy	ca. 7.5
-	Expert Systems With Applications	ca. 7.5
-	Fuel	ca. 7.5
-	Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry	ca. 7.5
168	Space Science Reviews	ca. 7.4
169	Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering	ca. 7.3
-	IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics	ca. 7.3
171	Advanced Optical Materials	ca. 7.2
-	IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine	ca. 7.2
-	Photonics Research	ca. 7.2
-	Progress in Surface Science	ca. 7.2
-	IEEE Transactions on Power Systems	ca. 7.2

-	IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics	ca. 7.2
177	Energy and Buildings	ca. 7.1
-	Composite Structures	ca. 7.1
-	IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology	ca. 7.1
-	Surveys in Geophysics	ca. 7.1
181	Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing	ca. 7
-	Chemistry of Materials	ca. 7
-	Circulation-Cardiovascular Imaging	ca. 7
-	IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control	ca. 7
-	Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments	ca. 7
-	Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science	ca. 7
187	Applied Thermal Engineering	ca. 6.9
-	Applied Surface Science	ca. 6.9
-	Weather and Climate Extremes	ca. 6.9
-	Tribology International	ca. 6.9
-	Current Opinion in Electrochemistry	ca. 6.9
-	Urban Climate	ca. 6.9
193	Photoacoustics	ca. 6.8
-	International Journal of Fatigue	ca. 6.8
195	ACS Photonics	ca. 6.7
196	Nanophotonics	ca. 6.6
-	Thin-Walled Structures	ca. 6.6
-	Nanoscale Horizons	ca. 6.6
-	Mass Spectrometry Reviews	ca. 6.6
-	Solar Energy	ca. 6.6

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