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 2020-09-01 to 2024-09-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Reviews of Modern Physics	83
2	Progress in Energy and Combustion Science	74
3	Electrochemical Energy Reviews	69
-	Nature Reviews Materials	69
5	Nano-Micro Letters	59
6	Joule	58
7	Applied Catalysis B-Environmental	55
8	Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports	53
-	Advances in Optics and Photonics	53
10	Energy & Environmental Science	52
-	Coordination Chemistry Reviews	52
12	Nature Nanotechnology	51
-	Reviews of Geophysics	51
-	Nature Catalysis	51
15	Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics	47
16	Nature Energy	46
17	Energy Storage Materials	44
-	Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics	44
-	Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews	44
-	Nano Energy	44
-	Nature Materials	44
22	Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials	43
23	ACS Energy Letters	39
-	Advanced Energy Materials	39
-	Current Climate Change Reports	39
26	Advances in Colloid and Interface Science	38
-	Nature Photonics	38
28	Reports on Progress in Physics	37
29	Journal of Energy Chemistry	36
-	Advanced Materials	36
31	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews	34
32	Light-Science & Applications	33
33	Annual Review of Biophysics	31
-	Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics	31
-	Nature Electronics	31
36	Annual Review of Marine Science	30
37	Opto-Electronic Advances	29
-	ACS Nano	29
-	International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture	29
-	Radiologia Medica	29
-	Sustainable Cities and Society	29
42	Advanced Functional Materials	28
43	ACS Catalysis	27
-	Biosensors & Bioelectronics	27
-	Physics Reports-Review Section of Physics Letters	27
-	eTransportation	27
-	Medical Image Analysis	27
-	Bioresource Technology	27
-	npj Flexible Electronics	27
50	Applied Physics Reviews	26

-	Applied Energy	26
-	Applied Mechanics Reviews	26
-	IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications	26
54	Energy Conversion and Management	25
-	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science	25
-	Carbon Energy	25
-	Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry	25
58	Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences	24
-	International Journal of Plasticity	24
-	Biotechnology for Biofuels	24
-	Carbon	24
-	Progress in Aerospace Sciences	24
63	Renewable Energy	23
-	Nano Convergence	23
-	PRX Quantum	23
-	Ultrasonics Sonochemistry	23
-	Nano Today	23
68	Nature Climate Change	22
-	Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science	22
-	IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid	22
-	IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy	22
-	IEEE Transactions on Image Processing	22
-	Journal of Nanobiotechnology	22
-	Optica	22
75	Energy	21
-	Nature Reviews Physics	21
-	npj Computational Materials	21
-	Energy Policy	21
-	Journal of Materials Chemistry A	21
-	Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical	21
-	Green Energy & Environment	21
-	Physical Review X	21
83	Journal of Power Sources	20
-	ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces	20
-	Fuel Processing Technology	20
-	Physical Review Letters	20
-	Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering	20
-	Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science	20
-	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	20
-	IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems	20
91	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer	19
-	Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing	19
-	Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering	19
-	Nano Letters	19
-	Nanophotonics	19
-	npj Quantum Information	19
-	IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging	19
-	Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy	19
-	Space Science Reviews	19
-	Nano Research	19
-	European Radiology	19
102	IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics	18
-	IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence	18
-	Solar Energy	18
-	Fuel	18
-	Pattern Recognition	18
-	Neuroimage	18
-	npj 2D Materials and Applications	18
-	Applied Surface Science	18
-	Advanced Photonics	18
-	International Journal of Mechanical Sciences	18
112	Current Opinion in Chemical Biology	17
-	Astrophysical Journal Letters	17
-	Energy and Buildings	17
-	Composite Structures	17
-	ACS Sensors	17
-	Advanced Science	17
-	IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems	17
-	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy	17
-	IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics	17
-	Proceedings of the IEEE	17
-	Photoacoustics	17
-	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	17
124	Earth System Science Data	16
-	Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing	16
-	IEEE Transactions on Power Systems	16
-	Journal of Catalysis	16
-	Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering	16
-	Small	16
-	Microsystems & Nanoengineering	16
-	Petroleum Science	16
-	Nature Physics	16
-	Photonics Research	16
-	Expert Systems With Applications	16
-	Chemistry of Materials	16
-	Investigative Radiology	16
-	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	16
-	IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems	16
-	Progress in Quantum Electronics	16
-	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells	16
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	16
-	Surface Science Reports	16
143	Electrochimica Acta	15
-	Catalysis Today	15
-	Mechanism and Machine Theory	15
-	Materials Today Physics	15
-	Journal of Energy Storage	15
-	Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER	15
-	European Physical Journal C	15
-	IEEE Internet of Things Journal	15
-	Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces	15
-	Energy Strategy Reviews	15
-	ACS Applied Energy Materials	15
-	International Journal of Nanomedicine	15
-	International Journal of Fatigue	15
-	Journal of Ocean Engineering and Science	15
-	Scripta Materialia	15
-	Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems	15
-	IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology	15
-	Petroleum Exploration and Development	15
161	Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering	14
-	ACS Photonics	14
-	Applied Spectroscopy Reviews	14
-	Applied Thermal Engineering	14
-	Materials Today Energy	14
-	Applied Clay Science	14
-	IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering	14
-	International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer	14
-	Microporous and Mesoporous Materials	14
-	Friction	14
-	Urban Climate	14
-	Facta Universitatis-Series Mechanical Engineering	14
-	Aerospace Science and Technology	14
-	Biomass & Bioenergy	14
-	IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications	14

-	International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems	14
-	International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer	14
-	Radiology	14
-	Surface & Coatings Technology	14
-	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing	14
-	IEEE Systems Journal	14
-	Tribology International	14
-	NanoImpact	14
-	Environmental Research Letters	14
-	npj Quantum Materials	14
-	IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics	14
187	Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects	13
-	Energy Reports	13
-	Current Opinion in Electrochemistry	13
-	Advanced Optical Materials	13
-	Mass Spectrometry Reviews	13
-	Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry	13
-	Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis	13
-	IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion	13
-	International Journal of Energy Research	13
-	Journal of Materiomics	13
-	Journal of Molecular Liquids	13
-	IEEE Transactions on Communications	13
-	Nature Astronomy	13
-	Global Biogeochemical Cycles	13

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