New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Physics

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(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 Papers
1 Applied Sciences-Basel52012
2 IEEE Access43549
3 Sensors36118
4 Energies32039
5 Materials30080
6 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces23750
7 Journal of Alloys and Compounds22782
8 Electronics18898
9 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy18376
10 Advanced Functional Materials16846
11 Energy16008
12 Physics of Fluids15384
13 Small15175
14 Optics Express15131
15 IEEE Sensors Journal14335
16 Astrophysical Journal13865
17 Journal of Energy Storage13740
18 Fuel13509
19 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society13428
20 Advanced Materials12938
21 Biophysical Journal12834
22 Radiotherapy and Oncology12709
23 Applied Surface Science12347
24 Nanomaterials12255
25 Advanced Science11936
26 Expert Systems With Applications11850
27 Astronomy & Astrophysics11693
28 Journal of Molecular Structure11097
29 Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics11096
30 Ocean Engineering11066
31 IEEE Internet of Things Journal10987
32 International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics10806
33 Journal of Molecular Liquids10738
34 Journal of Materials Chemistry A10518
35 Journal of High Energy Physics10460
36 Physica Scripta10313
37 Journal of Colloid and Interface Science10266
38 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing10149
39 IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement9942
40 Applied Physics Letters9871
41 Journal of Physical Chemistry C9845
42 ACS Nano9693
43 Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects9668
44 Physical Review Letters9627
45 Inorganic Chemistry9519
46 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America9235
47 ACS Applied Nano Materials9022
48 Journal of Marine Science and Engineering8995
49 Applied Thermal Engineering8837
50 Langmuir8824
51 Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics8736
52 Journal of Chemical Physics8116
53 Materials Letters8003
54 Applied Energy7772
55 Renewable Energy7767
56 Journal of Materials Chemistry C7602
57 Micromachines7581
58 Dalton Transactions7514
59 Nanoscale7504
60 Nano Letters7323
61 Coatings7244
62 Optics Letters7143
63 Atmosphere7137
64 Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical7091
65 Energy Reports7087
66 Journal of Applied Physics7002
67 Electrochimica Acta6849
68 Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters6809
69 IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology6739
70 Bioresource Technology6672
71 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems6610
72 ACS Catalysis6393
73 Energy & Fuels6352
74 Journal of Power Sources6351
75 AIP Advances6345
76 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics6305
77 IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics6128
78 Entropy6125
79 Crystals5975
80 Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing5931
81 Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence5914
82 Surfaces and Interfaces5909
83 Minerals5899
84 Inorganic Chemistry Communications5883
85 ACS Applied Energy Materials5866
86 Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications5825
87 Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy5733
88 Case Studies in Thermal Engineering5522
89 Optical Materials5503
90 Catalysts5458
91 Applied Optics5402
92 Optics and Laser Technology5361
93 Journal of the Electrochemical Society5178
94 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer5146
95 Chaos Solitons & Fractals5036
96 Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery4991
97 IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation4990
98 Frontiers in Energy Research4970
99 Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing4951
100 Energy Conversion and Management4950
101 Advanced Energy Materials4948
102 Advanced Optical Materials4944
103 Nonlinear Dynamics4874
104 IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices4857
105 European Physical Journal Plus4826
106 IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems4823
107 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters4796
108 Journal of Physical Chemistry B4792
109 Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology4768
110 Photonics4702
111 Journal of Fluid Mechanics4637
112 Nano Energy4626
113 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental4608
114 Advanced Healthcare Materials4605
115 Journal of Lightwave Technology4601
116 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing4470
117 Optik4449
118 Journal of Physical Chemistry A4431
119 Multimedia Tools and Applications4422
120 Surface & Coatings Technology4368
121 Composite Structures4358
122 Chinese Physics B4343
123 Carbon4302
124 Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials4249
125 Machines4245
126 Nano Research4205
127 Energy and Buildings4164
128 Chemistry of Materials4158
129 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews4056
130 IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications4024
131 Thin-Walled Structures3992
132 Physica Medica-European Journal of Medical Physics3989
133 Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing3963
134 Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics3906
135 Aerospace3886
136 Engineering Failure Analysis3877
137 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology3818
138 Diamond and Related Materials3808
139 Soft Matter3800
140 Electric Power Systems Research3776
141 Physical Review Applied3756
142 Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment3733
143 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications3727
144 Acta Crystallographica A-Foundation and Advances3725
145 Crystal Growth & Design3721
146 International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems3718
147 Optics Communications3700
148 Vacuum3697
149 Sustainable Cities and Society3667
150 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology3658
151 Review of Scientific Instruments3644
152 Biosensors-Basel3642
153 IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity3636
154 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems Ii-Express Briefs3631
155 Environmental Research Letters3629
156 Biosensors & Bioelectronics3573
157 Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry3565
158 International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer3551
159 Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing3523
160 IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control3517
161 Frontiers in Physics3496
162 Physica B-Condensed Matter3491
163 Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics3489
164 Japanese Journal of Applied Physics3449
165 Sensors and Actuators A-Physical3448
166 Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres3445
167 Advances in Space Research3442
168 Results in Physics3430
169 CrystEngComm3401
170 Acta Physica Sinica3373
171 ACS Applied Electronic Materials3362
172 IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters3355
173 Physics of Plasmas3350
174 Tribology International3312
175 Pattern Recognition3307
176 International Journal of Mechanical Sciences3295
177 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence3273
178 Analytical Methods3262
179 Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing3258
180 Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation3244
181 Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics3232
182 Solar Energy3223
183 IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems3219
184 Physica A-Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications3218
185 Aerospace Science and Technology3204
186 Nanotechnology3196
187 Physics Letters B3192
188 Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry3146
189 ChemCatChem3144
190 Molecular Catalysis3132
191 Journal of Electronic Materials3123
192 Water Air and Soil Pollution3118
193 International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction3076
194 Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering3059
195 Membranes3056
196 Journal of Computational Physics3050
197 Journal of Energy Chemistry3043
198 IEEE Transactions on Communications3009
199 Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers2987
200 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics2956
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