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

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Reviews of Modern Physics	78
2	Progress in Energy and Combustion Science	70
3	Electrochemical Energy Reviews	65
4	Nano-Micro Letters	57
-	Nature Reviews Materials	57
6	Joule	56
7	Advances in Optics and Photonics	53
-	Applied Catalysis B-Environmental	53
9	Nature Catalysis	49
10	Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics	48
-	Coordination Chemistry Reviews	48
-	Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports	48
13	Reviews of Geophysics	46
14	Nature Energy	44
15	Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics	43
16	Nano Energy	42
17	Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials	41
-	Energy Storage Materials	41
19	Current Climate Change Reports	40
-	Nature Materials	40
21	ACS Energy Letters	36
22	Advanced Energy Materials	35
-	Journal of Energy Chemistry	35
-	Advances in Colloid and Interface Science	35
25	Reports on Progress in Physics	34
-	Advanced Materials	34
27	Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics	32
-	Annual Review of Biophysics	32
29	Light-Science & Applications	30
30	Opto-Electronic Advances	29
31	International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture	28
-	eTransportation	28
33	Radiologia Medica	27
-	ACS Nano	27
-	Sustainable Cities and Society	27
-	Annual Review of Marine Science	27
-	Applied Mechanics Reviews	27
38	Bioresource Technology	26
-	ACS Catalysis	26
40	Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry	25
-	Biosensors & Bioelectronics	25
-	IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications	25
-	Advanced Functional Materials	25
-	Applied Energy	25
-	Nature Electronics	25
-	npj Flexible Electronics	25
47	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science	24
-	Physics Reports-Review Section of Physics Letters	24
-	Energy Conversion and Management	24
-	Carbon Energy	24

-	Applied Physics Reviews	24
52	International Journal of Plasticity	23
-	Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences	23
-	Nano Convergence	23
55	Renewable Energy	22
-	Progress in Aerospace Sciences	22
-	PRX Quantum	22
-	Carbon	22
59	Physical Review X	21
-	IEEE Transactions on Image Processing	21
-	Green Energy & Environment	21
-	IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid	21
-	Journal of Nanobiotechnology	21
-	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	21
65	Energy Policy	20
-	npj Computational Materials	20
-	Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical	20
-	Journal of Materials Chemistry A	20
-	IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence	20
70	Space Science Reviews	19
-	Energy	19
-	Journal of Power Sources	19
-	IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging	19
-	IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy	19
-	Nano Research	19
-	npj Quantum Information	19
-	Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing	19
-	Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy	19
-	Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering	19
-	ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces	19
-	Fuel Processing Technology	19
-	Optica	19
83	European Radiology	18
-	Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering	18
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer	18
-	IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems	18
-	npj 2D Materials and Applications	18
-	International Journal of Mechanical Sciences	18
-	Physical Review Letters	18
90	Pattern Recognition	17
-	Photoacoustics	17
-	Composite Structures	17
-	Advanced Photonics	17
-	Applied Surface Science	17
-	IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics	17
-	Fuel	17
-	Nano Letters	17
-	Nature Reviews Physics	17
-	Neuroimage	17
100	Solar Energy	16
-	Astrophysical Journal Letters	16
-	Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering	16
-	ACS Sensors	16
-	IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems	16
-	IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems	16
-	IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics	16
-	Investigative Radiology	16
-	Progress in Quantum Electronics	16
-	Photonics Research	16
-	Proceedings of the IEEE	16
-	Surface Science Reports	16
-	Advanced Science	16
113	Journal of Catalysis	15
-	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy	15
-	Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER	15
-	Earth System Science Data	15
-	Petroleum Science	15
-	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	15
-	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	15
-	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells	15
-	Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems	15
-	Energy and Buildings	15
-	Chemistry of Materials	15
-	IEEE Transactions on Power Systems	15
-	Expert Systems With Applications	15
-	Nanophotonics	15
-	Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing	15
128	International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer	14
-	International Journal of Fatigue	14
-	Small	14
-	Energy Strategy Reviews	14
-	Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering	14
-	Electrochimica Acta	14
-	Journal of Ocean Engineering and Science	14
-	Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry	14
-	ACS Applied Energy Materials	14
-	IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications	14
-	IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics	14
-	IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology	14
-	Microsystems & Nanoengineering	14
-	Materials Today Energy	14
-	Materials Today Physics	14
-	Mechanism and Machine Theory	14
-	Journal of Energy Storage	14
-	Energy Reports	14
-	Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces	14
-	Catalysis Today	14
-	IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering	14
-	Friction	14
-	Petroleum Exploration and Development	14
151	International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems	13
-	Surface & Coatings Technology	13
-	Tribology International	13
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology	13
-	Biomass & Bioenergy	13
-	Applied Clay Science	13
-	Journal of Materiomics	13
-	Applied Spectroscopy Reviews	13
-	IEEE Systems Journal	13
-	International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer	13
-	Colloid and Interface Science Communications	13
-	Combustion and Flame	13
-	Urban Climate	13
-	Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics	13
-	ACS Photonics	13
-	IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion	13
-	IEEE Internet of Things Journal	13
-	npj Quantum Materials	13
169	Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics	12
-	Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis	12
-	International Journal of Energy Research	12
-	Radiology	12
-	Seminars in Nuclear Medicine	12
-	Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects	12
-	Corrosion Reviews	12

-	Journal of Nuclear Medicine	12
-	Advanced Optical Materials	12
-	Bioelectrochemistry	12
-	Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications	12
-	Agricultural and Forest Meteorology	12
-	Acoustics Australia	12
-	Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids	12
-	Journal of Molecular Liquids	12
-	IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems	12
-	IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology	12
-	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing	12
-	Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta	12
-	International Journal of Coal Geology	12
-	Small Methods	12
-	Engineering With Computers	12
-	European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging	12
-	Thin-Walled Structures	12
-	Current Opinion in Electrochemistry	12
-	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	12
-	Earths Future	12
-	Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering	12
-	Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series	12
-	Biochip Journal	12
-	Applied Mathematical Modelling	12
-	IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security	12

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