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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Reviews of Modern Physics	92
2	Progress in Energy and Combustion Science	91
3	Electrochemical Energy Reviews	69
4	Nano-Micro Letters	62
5	Advances in Optics and Photonics	60
6	Joule	58
7	Nature Catalysis	57
8	Nature Nanotechnology	54
-	Applied Catalysis B-Environmental	54
10	Nature Energy	51
-	Coordination Chemistry Reviews	51
12	Nature Reviews Materials	49
13	Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews	44
-	Reviews of Geophysics	44
15	Nano Energy	42
16	Energy Storage Materials	41
-	Advances in Colloid and Interface Science	41
-	Nature Materials	41
-	Nature Photonics	41
20	Energy & Environmental Science	40
21	Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics	39
22	Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials	38
-	Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics	38
24	Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics	37
-	ACS Energy Letters	37
-	Advanced Materials	37
27	Advanced Energy Materials	36
-	Journal of Energy Chemistry	36
-	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews	36
30	Annual Review of Biophysics	33
31	International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture	32
32	Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports	31
-	Light-Science & Applications	31
34	npj Flexible Electronics	30
35	Opto-Electronic Advances	29
-	Nature Electronics	29
37	Carbon Energy	28
-	Reports on Progress in Physics	28
-	Biotechnology for Biofuels	28
-	Applied Mechanics Reviews	28
41	Progress in Aerospace Sciences	27
-	ACS Catalysis	27
-	Radiologia Medica	27
-	Sustainable Cities and Society	27
-	eTransportation	27
-	International Journal of Plasticity	27
-	ACS Nano	27
48	Bioresource Technology	26
49	Energy Conversion and Management	25
-	Medical Image Analysis	25

-	Physics Reports-Review Section of Physics Letters	25
-	IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications	25
-	Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry	25
54	Carbon	24
-	Biosensors & Bioelectronics	24
-	PRX Quantum	24
-	Advanced Functional Materials	24
-	Applied Energy	24
-	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science	24
-	Green Energy & Environment	24
61	Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science	23
-	Applied Physics Reviews	23
-	Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences	23
-	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	23
-	Annual Review of Marine Science	23
66	IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid	22
-	Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy	22
-	npj Computational Materials	22
-	Nano Convergence	22
-	Ultrasonics Sonochemistry	22
-	Journal of Nanobiotechnology	22
72	Energy Policy	21
-	IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems	21
-	IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy	21
-	Physical Review X	21
-	Renewable Energy	21
-	Nano Today	21
78	Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical	20
-	Fuel Processing Technology	20
-	Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering	20
-	Energy	20
-	IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence	20
-	European Radiology	20
-	Nano Research	20
85	Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing	19
-	IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems	19
-	IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging	19
-	IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems	19
-	International Journal of Mechanical Sciences	19
-	ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces	19
-	Nature Reviews Physics	19
-	Nature Climate Change	19
-	Optica	19
94	Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science	18
-	Fuel	18
-	Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering	18
-	npj 2D Materials and Applications	18
-	IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics	18
-	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	18
-	Physical Review Letters	18
101	Composite Structures	17
-	Journal of Power Sources	17
-	Proceedings of the IEEE	17
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer	17
-	Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems	17
-	Nature Physics	17
-	npj Quantum Information	17
-	Nano Letters	17
-	Pattern Recognition	17
-	Photoacoustics	17
-	Applied Surface Science	17
112	Energy Strategy Reviews	16
-	Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering	16
-	Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing	16
-	IEEE Transactions on Image Processing	16
-	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy	16
-	Astrophysical Journal Letters	16
-	Progress in Quantum Electronics	16
-	Expert Systems With Applications	16
-	Neuroimage	16
-	Microsystems & Nanoengineering	16
-	Current Opinion in Chemical Biology	16
-	Earth System Science Data	16
-	IEEE Transactions on Power Systems	16
-	Solar Energy	16
-	ACS Sensors	16
-	Journal of Materials Chemistry A	16
-	IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology	16
-	Journal of Energy Storage	16
-	Petroleum Exploration and Development	16
131	Energy and Buildings	15
-	Chemistry of Materials	15
-	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	15
-	IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics	15
-	Space Science Reviews	15
-	European Physical Journal C	15
-	Journal of Materiomics	15
-	Energy Reports	15
-	Advanced Photonics	15
-	Advanced Science	15
-	Small	15
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	15
-	Photonics Research	15
144	Colloid and Interface Science Communications	14
-	Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces	14
-	Current Climate Change Reports	14
-	Investigative Radiology	14
-	Materials Today Physics	14
-	International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems	14
-	Mechanism and Machine Theory	14
-	International Journal of Fatigue	14
-	International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer	14
-	IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications	14
-	Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry	14
-	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells	14
-	Facta Universitatis-Series Mechanical Engineering	14
-	Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering	14
-	Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis	14
-	ACS Applied Energy Materials	14
-	Journal of Catalysis	14
-	IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics	14
-	IEEE Systems Journal	14
-	Journal of Ocean Engineering and Science	14
-	npj Quantum Materials	14
165	Combustion and Flame	13
-	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	13
-	Earths Future	13
-	International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control	13
-	IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems	13
-	Scripta Materialia	13
-	Bioelectrochemistry	13
-	Applied Clay Science	13
-	Applied Thermal Engineering	13
-	Surface & Coatings Technology	13
-	Urban Climate	13

-	IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics	13
-	IEEE Internet of Things Journal	13
-	Electrochimica Acta	13
-	Case Studies in Thermal Engineering	13
-	Catalysis Today	13
-	Current Opinion in Electrochemistry	13
-	Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering	13
-	IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion	13
-	IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering	13
-	Agricultural and Forest Meteorology	13
-	Biosensors-Basel	13
-	Thin-Walled Structures	13
-	Tribology International	13
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology	13
-	NanoImpact	13
191	International Journal of Thermal Sciences	12
-	Materials Today Energy	12
-	IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology	12
-	Advanced Healthcare Materials	12
-	Advanced Optical Materials	12
-	Automatica	12
-	ACS Photonics	12
-	Applied Spectroscopy Reviews	12
-	Radiology	12
-	Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics	12

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