Physics: Journal Rankings

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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01)

Rank	Journal	Papers
1	Applied Sciences-Basel	49991
2	IEEE Access	44387
3	Sensors	36620
4	Energies	32915
5	Materials	31001
6	ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces	23739
7	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	19736
8	Electronics	17184
9	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy	16476
10	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society	14764
11	Optics Express	14381
12	Radiotherapy and Oncology	14187
13	Energy	14166
14	Advanced Functional Materials	14019
15	International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics	13441
16	Fuel	13340
17	Nanomaterials	13289
18	IEEE Sensors Journal	13041
19	Astrophysical Journal	12760
20	Applied Surface Science	12675
21	Small	12144
22	Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics	11962
23	Physics of Fluids	11957
24	Biophysical Journal	11610
25	Journal of Energy Storage	11561
26	Journal of Molecular Liquids	11518
27	Advanced Materials	11106
28	Journal of High Energy Physics	10538
29	Journal of Physical Chemistry C	10419
30	Astronomy & Astrophysics	10323
31	Journal of Materials Chemistry A	10204
32	Ocean Engineering	10088
33	Journal of the Acoustical Society of America	9641
34	Applied Physics Letters	9612
35	Journal of Molecular Structure	9611
36	Physical Review Letters	9357
37	Expert Systems With Applications	9178
38	Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics	9073
39	Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects	9052
40	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science	9049
41	Inorganic Chemistry	9035
42	IEEE Internet of Things Journal	8932
43	IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing	8633
44	Advanced Science	8610
45	IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement	8477
46	ACS Nano	8411
47	Physica Scripta	8165
48	ACS Applied Nano Materials	8154
49	Dalton Transactions	8144
50	Materials Letters	8089

51	Journal of Marine Science and Engineering	8033
52	Journal of Chemical Physics	8006
53	Nanoscale	7757
54	Langmuir	7723
55	Journal of Materials Chemistry C	7657
56	Micromachines	7604
57	Renewable Energy	7582
58	Applied Thermal Engineering	7577
59	Coatings	7269
60	Atmosphere	7197
61	Journal of Applied Physics	7162
62	Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical	7075
63	Applied Energy	7003
64	Energy Reports	6961
65	Bioresource Technology	6833
66	Electrochimica Acta	6809
67	Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters	6764
68	Optics Letters	6749
69	Nano Letters	6406
70	Entropy	6368
71	AIP Advances	6324
72	Energy & Fuels	6323
73	Crystals	6278
74	Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing	6246
75	IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology	6193
76	IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics	6116
77	ACS Catalysis	6082
78	IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics	6024
79	Minerals	5919
80	IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems	5789
81	Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications	5762
82	Catalysts	5754
83	Optical Materials	5715
84	Multimedia Tools and Applications	5712
85	ACS Applied Energy Materials	5684
86	Optik	5575
87	Applied Optics	5553
88	Journal of Power Sources	5538
89	Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy	5500
90	Journal of the Electrochemical Society	5454
91	Frontiers in Energy Research	5161
92	Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery	5150
-	International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer	5150
94	Composite Structures	4999
95	Energy Conversion and Management	4995
96	Chaos Solitons & Fractals	4965
97	Journal of Physical Chemistry B	4957
98	Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology	4849
99	IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices	4846
100	Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing	4845
101	IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation	4814
-	European Physical Journal Plus	4814
103	Inorganic Chemistry Communications	4726
104	Case Studies in Thermal Engineering	4665
105	Advanced Energy Materials	4622
106	Acta Crystallographica A-Foundation and Advances	4611
107	IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems	4609
108	Journal of Lightwave Technology	4594
109	Applied Catalysis B-Environmental	4568
-	Nano Energy	4568
111	Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials	4564
112	Journal of Fluid Mechanics	4549
113	Surface & Coatings Technology	4507
114	Advanced Optical Materials	4503
115	Optics and Laser Technology	4463
116	IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters	4458
117	Journal of Physical Chemistry A	4444
118	Carbon	4440
119	Nonlinear Dynamics	4429
120	Surfaces and Interfaces	4393
121	Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence	4374
122	Chinese Physics B	4318
123	Chemistry of Materials	4227
124	IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems Ii-Express Briefs	4219
125	Soft Matter	4212
126	Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics	4156
127	Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing	4146
128	Physica Medica-European Journal of Medical Physics	4105
129	Results in Physics	4104
130	Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews	4084
131	Photonics	4054
132	Advanced Healthcare Materials	3933
133	Review of Scientific Instruments	3925
134	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing	3915
135	Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing	3897
136	Nanotechnology	3888
137	Nano Research	3852
138	Electric Power Systems Research	3845
-	Acta Physica Sinica	3845
140	Energy and Buildings	3809
141	International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems	3774
142	Frontiers in Physics	3766
143	Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology	3764
144	Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment	3759
145	Environmental Research Letters	3753
146	Thin-Walled Structures	3746
147	CrystEngComm	3719
148	Physical Review Applied	3645
149	Optics Communications	3633
150	IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications	3632
151	Engineering Failure Analysis	3622
152	Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics	3552
153	IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity	3547
154	Membranes	3544
-	Vacuum	3544
156	Biosensors & Bioelectronics	3521
157	Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry	3501
158	Machines	3500
159	Physica A-Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications	3494
160	Solar Energy	3489
161	Crystal Growth & Design	3477
162	Japanese Journal of Applied Physics	3424
163	Optical and Quantum Electronics	3414
164	IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control	3413
165	Sustainable Cities and Society	3400
166	Diamond and Related Materials	3374
167	Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering	3372
168	IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications	3359
169	Physics of Plasmas	3328
170	Biosensors-Basel	3327
171	International Journal of Energy Research	3325
172	Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry	3318
173	Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics	3315
174	Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres	3312
175	Neuroimage	3255

176	Tribology International	3249
177	Analytical Methods	3232
178	Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics	3215
179	Aerospace	3212
180	Advances in Space Research	3184
181	Physica B-Condensed Matter	3167
182	Chemical Physics Letters	3147
183	IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology	3131
184	Sensors and Actuators A-Physical	3129
185	Journal of Supercomputing	3092
186	Physics Letters B	3075
187	Aerospace Science and Technology	3074
188	International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction	3070
189	International Journal of Mechanical Sciences	3029
190	Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing	3026
191	Catalysis Science & Technology	3014
192	IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters	3005
193	Journal of Computational Physics	2997
194	European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Imaging	2989
195	Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter	2987
196	Molecular Catalysis	2979
197	Medical Physics	2956
198	Journal of Electronic Materials	2951
199	Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation	2938
200	Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments	2935

(This list is limited to max. 200 journals;