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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Progress in Energy and Combustion Science	103
2	Electrochemical Energy Reviews	102
3	Reviews of Modern Physics	95
4	Advances in Optics and Photonics	87
5	Nano-Micro Letters	67
6	Joule	58
7	Nature Catalysis	57
8	Energy & Environmental Science	56
9	Nature Nanotechnology	55
10	Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics	53
11	Nature Reviews Materials	52
12	Nature Energy	50
-	Coordination Chemistry Reviews	50
14	Applied Catalysis B-Environmental	48
15	Reviews of Geophysics	47
16	Nature Materials	46
17	Nature Photonics	45
18	Advanced Materials	44
-	Advances in Colloid and Interface Science	44
20	Nano Energy	43
21	Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews	42
22	Advanced Energy Materials	41
23	International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture	39
-	Applied Mechanics Reviews	39
-	Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics	39
26	Journal of Energy Chemistry	37
-	ACS Energy Letters	37
28	Progress in Aerospace Sciences	36
29	International Journal of Plasticity	35
30	Opto-Electronic Advances	34
31	Carbon Energy	33
-	Light-Science & Applications	33
33	eTransportation	32
-	ACS Nano	32
35	Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science	31
-	Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports	31
-	Applied Energy	31
38	Sustainable Cities and Society	30
-	Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems	30
40	Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry	29
-	Annual Review of Biophysics	29
-	Energy Storage Materials	29
-	ACS Catalysis	29
44	Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials	28
-	IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems	28
-	Green Energy & Environment	28
-	Energy Conversion and Management	28
-	Current Climate Change Reports	28
-	Nano Convergence	28
-	Advanced Functional Materials	28

-	npj Flexible Electronics	28
52	Annual Review of Marine Science	27
-	Physics Reports-Review Section of Physics Letters	27
-	Nature Electronics	27
55	Biosensors & Bioelectronics	26
-	IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid	26
-	Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics	26
58	Journal of Nanobiotechnology	25
-	Medical Image Analysis	25
-	IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems	25
-	IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence	25
-	IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications	25
-	Carbon	25
-	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science	25
65	Ultrasonics Sonochemistry	24
-	International Journal of Mechanical Sciences	24
-	IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems	24
-	PRX Quantum	24
69	Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering	23
-	Current Opinion in Chemical Biology	23
-	Bioresource Technology	23
-	Nature Physics	23
-	Nature Reviews Physics	23
-	Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering	23
-	IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles	23
-	Fuel Processing Technology	23
-	Nano Today	23
78	Energy Policy	22
-	IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging	22
-	Nature Climate Change	22
-	Reports on Progress in Physics	22
-	Energy	22
-	IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications	22
-	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	22
85	Journal of Energy Storage	21
-	IEEE Transactions on Power Systems	21
-	Applied Physics Reviews	21
-	Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical	21
-	Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing	21
-	IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy	21
-	Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry	21
-	Proceedings of the IEEE	21
-	Petroleum Exploration and Development	21
94	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology	20
-	npj Computational Materials	20
-	Renewable Energy	20
-	Energy Reports	20
-	Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering	20
-	Nano Research	20
-	Advanced Photonics	20
-	Fuel	20
-	Optica	20
103	Tribology International	19
-	Composite Structures	19
-	Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences	19
-	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy	19
-	Investigative Radiology	19
-	ACS Sensors	19
-	IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology	19
-	Physical Review X	19
-	Photoacoustics	19
-	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews	19
-	IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics	19
-	Expert Systems With Applications	19
115	Small	18
-	Solar Energy	18
-	Energy Strategy Reviews	18
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	18
-	Internet of Things	18
-	npj 2D Materials and Applications	18
-	Pattern Recognition	18
-	Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science	18
-	Nano Letters	18
-	Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing	18
-	Astrophysical Journal Letters	18
-	ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces	18
-	Applied Surface Science	18
-	Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica	18
-	Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy	18
130	Energy and Buildings	17
-	IEEE Transactions on Image Processing	17
-	IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering	17
-	Thin-Walled Structures	17
-	Urban Climate	17
-	Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering	17
-	Catalysis Communications	17
-	Earth System Science Data	17
-	Microsystems & Nanoengineering	17
-	IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics	17
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer	17
-	Biosensors-Basel	17
-	Physical Review Letters	17
-	Plasmonics	17
144	Engineering Failure Analysis	16
-	Earths Future	16
-	Advanced Healthcare Materials	16
-	International Journal of Nanomedicine	16
-	IEEE-ACM Transactions on Audio Speech and Language Processing	16
-	IEEE Systems Journal	16
-	Journal of Materiomics	16
-	Journal of Power Sources	16
-	Seminars in Nuclear Medicine	16
-	Space Science Reviews	16
-	International Journal of Impact Engineering	16
-	Advanced Science	16
-	IEEE-ACM Transactions on Networking	16
157	Journal of Materials Chemistry A	15
-	Radiology	15
-	Progress in Quantum Electronics	15
-	Propulsion and Power Research	15
-	Chemistry of Materials	15
-	International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control	15
-	International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer	15
-	Biochip Journal	15
-	IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering	15
-	International Journal of Coal Geology	15
-	Neuroimage	15
-	npj Quantum Information	15
-	Optical and Quantum Electronics	15
-	Surface & Coatings Technology	15
-	Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics	15
-	Scripta Materialia	15
-	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells	15
-	Energy for Sustainable Development	15
-	Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence	15

-	Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids	15
-	Mechanism and Machine Theory	15
-	IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification	15
-	Agricultural and Forest Meteorology	15
-	IEEE Wireless Communications	15
-	IEEE Internet of Things Journal	15
-	IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters	15
-	Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis	15
-	Frontiers in Energy	15
-	npj Climate and Atmospheric Science	15
186	Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces	14
-	Communications Earth & Environment	14
-	Case Studies in Thermal Engineering	14
-	Catalysis Today	14
-	Multimedia Tools and Applications	14
-	Heritage Science	14
-	Building Simulation	14
-	ACS Applied Nano Materials	14
-	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	14
-	Applied Thermal Engineering	14
-	International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems	14
-	Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER	14
-	Nature Astronomy	14
-	Journal of Digital Imaging	14
-	Journal of Nuclear Medicine	14

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