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 2021-03-01 to 2025-03-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Reviews of Modern Physics	91
2	Progress in Energy and Combustion Science	79
3	Electrochemical Energy Reviews	69
4	Advances in Optics and Photonics	58
5	Nano-Micro Letters	56
6	Nature Catalysis	53
7	Joule	52
8	Applied Catalysis B-Environmental	51
9	Nature Reviews Materials	50
-	Nature Energy	50
-	Nature Nanotechnology	50
12	Coordination Chemistry Reviews	45
13	Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews	41
14	Nature Materials	40
15	Nano Energy	39
-	Nature Photonics	39
17	Energy Storage Materials	38
-	Reviews of Geophysics	38
19	Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics	37
-	ACS Energy Letters	37
-	Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials	37
-	Energy & Environmental Science	37
-	Advances in Colloid and Interface Science	37
24	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews	36
25	Journal of Energy Chemistry	35
26	Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports	33
27	Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics	32
28	Light-Science & Applications	30
-	Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics	30
-	Advanced Materials	30
31	npj Flexible Electronics	29
-	Advanced Energy Materials	29
-	International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture	29
34	Nature Electronics	28
-	Annual Review of Biophysics	28
36	Biotechnology for Biofuels	27
-	Applied Mechanics Reviews	27
-	ACS Nano	27
-	Carbon Energy	27
-	Reports on Progress in Physics	27
41	ACS Catalysis	26
-	Radiologia Medica	26
43	Sustainable Cities and Society	25
-	Current Climate Change Reports	25
-	Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry	25
46	IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications	24
-	Bioresource Technology	24
-	eTransportation	24
-	PRX Quantum	24
50	Medical Image Analysis	23

-	Biosensors & Bioelectronics	23
-	Applied Physics Reviews	23
-	Energy Conversion and Management	23
-	International Journal of Plasticity	23
-	Progress in Aerospace Sciences	23
56	Green Energy & Environment	22
-	Physics Reports-Review Section of Physics Letters	22
-	Annual Review of Marine Science	22
-	Carbon	22
-	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science	22
61	npj Computational Materials	21
-	Nano Convergence	21
-	Opto-Electronic Advances	21
-	Applied Energy	21
-	Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science	21
-	Journal of Nanobiotechnology	21
-	IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid	21
68	Nano Today	20
-	Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences	20
-	Renewable Energy	20
-	Physical Review X	20
-	Advanced Functional Materials	20
-	IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy	20
-	Ultrasonics Sonochemistry	20
-	IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems	20
76	Optica	19
-	ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces	19
-	Energy	19
-	European Radiology	19
-	IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence	19
-	Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering	19
-	Nature Climate Change	19
-	Energy Policy	19
-	Fuel Processing Technology	19
-	Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy	19
86	Physical Review Letters	18
-	Nano Research	18
-	Surface Science Reports	18
-	Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing	18
-	Nature Reviews Physics	18
-	IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems	18
-	IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging	18
-	IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems	18
-	Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical	18
95	IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics	17
-	npj 2D Materials and Applications	17
-	Nano Letters	17
-	Fuel	17
-	International Journal of Mechanical Sciences	17
100	Photonics Research	16
-	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	16
-	Astrophysical Journal Letters	16
-	Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering	16
-	npj Quantum Information	16
-	Pattern Recognition	16
-	Photoacoustics	16
-	Nature Physics	16
-	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	16
-	Applied Surface Science	16
-	Composite Structures	16
-	Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science	16
-	Proceedings of the IEEE	16
-	Progress in Quantum Electronics	16
-	Space Science Reviews	16
115	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer	15
-	IEEE Systems Journal	15
-	Current Opinion in Chemical Biology	15
-	IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology	15
-	Earth System Science Data	15
-	IEEE Transactions on Power Systems	15
-	Solar Energy	15
-	Neuroimage	15
-	Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing	15
-	Microsystems & Nanoengineering	15
-	Journal of Power Sources	15
-	ACS Sensors	15
-	European Physical Journal C	15
-	Journal of Materials Chemistry A	15
-	IEEE Transactions on Image Processing	15
-	IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics	15
-	Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems	15
132	npj Quantum Materials	14
-	Journal of Materiomics	14
-	ACS Applied Energy Materials	14
-	Advanced Photonics	14
-	Energy and Buildings	14
-	Expert Systems With Applications	14
-	Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering	14
-	Chemistry of Materials	14
-	Journal of Energy Storage	14
-	IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications	14
-	Journal of Ocean Engineering and Science	14
-	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	14
-	International Journal of Fatigue	14
-	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy	14
-	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells	14
147	Petroleum Exploration and Development	13
-	Energy Reports	13
-	IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics	13
-	Catalysis Today	13
-	Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering	13
-	IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering	13
-	Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis	13
-	IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion	13
-	Materials Today Energy	13
-	Materials Today Physics	13
-	Mechanism and Machine Theory	13
-	Colloid and Interface Science Communications	13
-	Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces	13
-	IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics	13
-	Energy Strategy Reviews	13
-	IEEE Internet of Things Journal	13
-	Journal of Catalysis	13
-	Tribology International	13
-	International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems	13
-	IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems	13
-	Scripta Materialia	13
168	NanoImpact	12
-	Bioelectrochemistry	12
-	Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry	12
-	Applied Clay Science	12
-	ACS Photonics	12
-	Environmental Research Letters	12
-	Electrochimica Acta	12
-	Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering	12

-	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing	12
-	Case Studies in Thermal Engineering	12
-	Current Opinion in Electrochemistry	12
-	International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery	12
-	Urban Climate	12
-	Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics	12
-	International Journal of Impact Engineering	12
-	Small	12
-	Microporous and Mesoporous Materials	12
-	Aerospace Science and Technology	12
-	Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications	12
-	Biosensors-Basel	12
-	Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series	12
-	Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics	12
-	Advanced Science	12
-	Combustion and Flame	12
-	Facta Universitatis-Series Mechanical Engineering	12
-	IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation	12
-	IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology	12
-	Investigative Radiology	12
-	Thin-Walled Structures	12
-	International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control	12
-	International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer	12
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	12
-	Surface & Coatings Technology	12

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