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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Progress in Energy and Combustion Science	114
2	Reviews of Modern Physics	94
3	Electrochemical Energy Reviews	83
4	Advances in Optics and Photonics	76
5	Nano-Micro Letters	73
6	Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics	63
7	Nature Catalysis	60
8	Energy & Environmental Science	57
-	Joule	57
10	Nature Reviews Materials	56
11	Nature Nanotechnology	53
-	Coordination Chemistry Reviews	53
13	Nature Energy	51
-	Applied Catalysis B-Environmental	51
15	Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics	50
16	Reviews of Geophysics	48
17	Nature Photonics	46
18	Nature Materials	44
19	Nano Energy	43
20	Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews	42
-	Opto-Electronic Advances	42
-	Advances in Colloid and Interface Science	42
23	Advanced Materials	41
24	Advanced Energy Materials	40
25	Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics	39
26	Light-Science & Applications	37
-	ACS Energy Letters	37
-	Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry	37
-	Journal of Energy Chemistry	37
30	Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials	36
-	International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture	36
32	Progress in Aerospace Sciences	35
-	Annual Review of Biophysics	35
-	Annual Review of Marine Science	35
35	npj Flexible Electronics	34
-	Energy Storage Materials	34
-	Carbon Energy	34
38	International Journal of Plasticity	32
39	Nano Convergence	31
40	Nature Electronics	30
-	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews	30
-	Physics Reports-Review Section of Physics Letters	30
43	Applied Mechanics Reviews	29
-	ACS Nano	29
-	Applied Energy	29
46	eTransportation	28
-	Sustainable Cities and Society	28
-	ACS Catalysis	28
-	Energy Conversion and Management	28
50	Green Energy & Environment	27

-	Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science	27
52	Bioresource Technology	26
-	Biosensors & Bioelectronics	26
-	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science	26
-	Advanced Functional Materials	26
-	Carbon	26
57	Medical Image Analysis	25
-	Journal of Nanobiotechnology	25
-	IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence	25
-	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	25
61	IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems	24
-	IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid	24
-	Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems	24
-	PRX Quantum	24
-	Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering	24
66	Nano Today	23
-	Reports on Progress in Physics	23
-	IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems	23
-	Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports	23
-	Nature Physics	23
-	IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications	23
-	Energy Policy	23
73	Fuel Processing Technology	22
-	IEEE Transactions on Image Processing	22
-	IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems	22
-	International Journal of Mechanical Sciences	22
-	Nature Climate Change	22
-	Nature Reviews Physics	22
-	npj Computational Materials	22
-	Ultrasonics Sonochemistry	22
-	Current Climate Change Reports	22
-	Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering	22
83	Nano Research	21
-	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	21
-	Progress in Quantum Electronics	21
-	IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy	21
-	Energy	21
-	Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing	21
-	Renewable Energy	21
90	Fuel	20
-	Optica	20
-	Proceedings of the IEEE	20
-	Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical	20
-	Applied Physics Reviews	20
-	IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging	20
-	Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry	20
-	Current Opinion in Chemical Biology	20
-	Journal of Energy Storage	20
-	Pattern Recognition	20
-	Nanophotonics	20
-	Physical Review X	20
-	Advanced Photonics	20
-	IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics	20
104	Petroleum Exploration and Development	19
-	European Physical Journal C	19
-	Expert Systems With Applications	19
-	ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces	19
-	IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications	19
-	Composite Structures	19
-	Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences	19
-	Journal of Materials Chemistry A	19
-	IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology	19
-	Photoacoustics	19
-	IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles	19
-	IEEE Transactions on Power Systems	19
116	Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy	18
-	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy	18
-	Microsystems & Nanoengineering	18
-	Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing	18
-	npj 2D Materials and Applications	18
-	Tribology International	18
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	18
-	ACS Sensors	18
-	Applied Surface Science	18
-	Energy Strategy Reviews	18
126	Physical Review Letters	17
-	Investigative Radiology	17
-	International Journal of Fatigue	17
-	Earth System Science Data	17
-	Energy Reports	17
-	Nano Letters	17
-	npj Quantum Information	17
-	European Radiology	17
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology	17
-	Small	17
-	Solar Energy	17
-	Astrophysical Journal Letters	17
-	Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering	17
-	Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science	17
140	NanoImpact	16
-	npj Quantum Materials	16
-	Urban Climate	16
-	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells	16
-	IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics	16
-	Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering	16
-	Mechanism and Machine Theory	16
-	Journal of Power Sources	16
-	IEEE Systems Journal	16
-	Neuroimage	16
-	Advanced Science	16
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer	16
-	Chemistry of Materials	16
-	Energy and Buildings	16
-	Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering	16
-	Journal of Digital Imaging	16
156	IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics	15
-	Scripta Materialia	15
-	Space Science Reviews	15
-	Internet of Things	15
-	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	15
-	International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer	15
-	IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering	15
-	Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics	15
-	Thin-Walled Structures	15
-	Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER	15
-	International Journal of Impact Engineering	15
-	IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering	15
-	Biosensors-Basel	15
-	Earths Future	15
-	Catalysis Communications	15
-	Journal of Materiomics	15
172	IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation	14
-	Photonics Research	14
-	Engineering Failure Analysis	14
-	IEEE Internet of Things Journal	14

-	IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters	14
-	Seminars in Nuclear Medicine	14
-	Radiology	14
-	Surface & Coatings Technology	14
-	Applied Thermal Engineering	14
-	Advanced Healthcare Materials	14
-	International Journal of Coal Geology	14
-	International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems	14
-	International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control	14
-	Biochip Journal	14
-	IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems	14
-	Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications	14
-	International Journal of Nanomedicine	14
-	IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification	14
-	IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology	14
-	Applied Clay Science	14
-	Colloid and Interface Science Communications	14
-	Combustion and Flame	14
-	Energy for Sustainable Development	14
-	Journal of Catalysis	14
-	Journal of Nanomaterials	14
-	Journal of Nuclear Medicine	14
-	Journal of Ocean Engineering and Science	14
-	Nature Astronomy	14
-	IEEE-ACM Transactions on Audio Speech and Language Processing	14

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