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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Progress in Energy and Combustion Science	117
2	Reviews of Modern Physics	95
3	Electrochemical Energy Reviews	82
4	Nano-Micro Letters	73
5	Advances in Optics and Photonics	71
6	Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics	62
7	Nature Catalysis	59
8	Joule	56
9	Energy & Environmental Science	55
10	Nature Reviews Materials	54
11	Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics	53
-	Nature Nanotechnology	53
-	Coordination Chemistry Reviews	53
-	Applied Catalysis B-Environmental	53
15	Nature Energy	52
16	Nature Photonics	46
17	Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews	44
18	Nano Energy	43
-	Nature Materials	43
-	Reviews of Geophysics	43
21	Advances in Colloid and Interface Science	42
22	Opto-Electronic Advances	41
-	Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics	41
-	Advanced Materials	41
25	Advanced Energy Materials	40
26	ACS Energy Letters	37
27	Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials	36
-	Light-Science & Applications	36
-	Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry	36
-	Journal of Energy Chemistry	36
31	Energy Storage Materials	35
32	npj Flexible Electronics	34
-	Progress in Aerospace Sciences	34
-	Carbon Energy	34
-	Annual Review of Biophysics	34
-	Annual Review of Marine Science	34
-	International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture	34
38	Nature Electronics	32
39	International Journal of Plasticity	31
40	Nano Convergence	30
-	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews	30
-	ACS Nano	30
43	Physics Reports-Review Section of Physics Letters	29
-	Energy Conversion and Management	29
-	Sustainable Cities and Society	29
46	ACS Catalysis	28
-	Applied Energy	28
-	Applied Mechanics Reviews	28
49	eTransportation	27
-	Bioresource Technology	27

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

-	Photonics Research	14
-	Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER	14
-	Plasmonics	14
-	Colloid and Interface Science Communications	14
-	Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces	14
-	Combustion and Flame	14
-	Advanced Healthcare Materials	14
-	Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy	14
-	Biochip Journal	14
-	Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications	14
-	Applied Clay Science	14
-	Journal of Materiomics	14
-	Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis	14
-	International Journal of Coal Geology	14
-	IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems	14
-	Nature Astronomy	14
-	IEEE-ACM Transactions on Audio Speech and Language Processing	14
-	Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids	14
-	Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics	14
-	Seminars in Nuclear Medicine	14
-	Radiology	14
-	Catalysis Communications	14
-	Automatica	14
-	Journal of Nanomaterials	14
-	Aerospace Science and Technology	14

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