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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Progress in Energy and Combustion Science	98
2	Reviews of Modern Physics	97
3	Electrochemical Energy Reviews	76
4	Nano-Micro Letters	67
5	Advances in Optics and Photonics	66
6	Nature Catalysis	60
7	Nature Reviews Materials	55
8	Applied Catalysis B-Environmental	54
9	Coordination Chemistry Reviews	53
-	Nature Nanotechnology	53
-	Joule	53
12	Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics	52
13	Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics	51
14	Nature Energy	50
15	Reviews of Geophysics	47
-	Energy & Environmental Science	47
17	Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews	44
-	Nature Photonics	44
19	Advances in Colloid and Interface Science	43
20	Nano Energy	42
21	Advanced Materials	40
-	Energy Storage Materials	40
-	Nature Materials	40
-	Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics	40
25	Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials	38
-	Advanced Energy Materials	38
27	Journal of Energy Chemistry	37
-	ACS Energy Letters	37
29	Opto-Electronic Advances	36
30	Nature Electronics	34
31	Light-Science & Applications	33
-	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews	33
-	Radiologia Medica	33
-	npj Flexible Electronics	33
-	International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture	33
36	Carbon Energy	31
-	Progress in Aerospace Sciences	31
38	Annual Review of Biophysics	30
-	Annual Review of Marine Science	30
-	Applied Mechanics Reviews	30
41	ACS Nano	29
-	Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry	29
-	eTransportation	29
44	Sustainable Cities and Society	28
-	International Journal of Plasticity	28
-	Energy Conversion and Management	28
47	Applied Energy	27
-	Nano Convergence	27
-	European Radiology	27
-	Physics Reports-Review Section of Physics Letters	27

-	Bioresource Technology	27
-	ACS Catalysis	27
53	Biosensors & Bioelectronics	26
-	Advanced Functional Materials	26
55	Medical Image Analysis	25
-	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science	25
-	Green Energy & Environment	25
-	PRX Quantum	25
-	Carbon	25
60	Journal of Nanobiotechnology	24
-	Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science	24
-	Energy Policy	24
-	IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications	24
-	Reports on Progress in Physics	24
-	Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy	24
66	Ultrasonics Sonochemistry	23
-	IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid	23
68	Biotechnology for Biofuels	22
-	IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence	22
-	Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports	22
-	Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering	22
-	Energy	22
-	Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences	22
-	Nano Today	22
-	Fuel Processing Technology	22
-	IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems	22
-	Renewable Energy	22
78	npj Computational Materials	21
-	Nature Climate Change	21
-	Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical	21
-	Applied Physics Reviews	21
-	Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering	21
-	Nano Research	21
-	IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems	21
-	International Journal of Mechanical Sciences	21
86	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	20
-	Nature Physics	20
-	Physical Review X	20
-	Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems	20
-	Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing	20
-	Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering	20
-	IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems	20
-	IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging	20
-	IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy	20
-	Progress in Quantum Electronics	20
96	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer	19
-	Nature Reviews Physics	19
-	IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics	19
-	ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces	19
-	Composite Structures	19
-	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	19
-	Petroleum Exploration and Development	19
-	Fuel	19
-	IEEE Transactions on Image Processing	19
105	Applied Surface Science	18
-	Journal of Energy Storage	18
-	Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science	18
-	npj 2D Materials and Applications	18
-	Pattern Recognition	18
-	IEEE Transactions on Power Systems	18
-	Current Opinion in Chemical Biology	18
-	Optica	18
-	European Physical Journal C	18
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	18
-	Solar Energy	18
116	Journal of Materials Chemistry A	17
-	ACS Sensors	17
-	Astrophysical Journal Letters	17
-	Advanced Photonics	17
-	Current Climate Change Reports	17
-	Energy and Buildings	17
-	Energy Strategy Reviews	17
-	Neuroimage	17
-	npj Quantum Information	17
-	Nano Letters	17
-	Photoacoustics	17
-	IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology	17
-	Journal of Power Sources	17
-	Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing	17
-	Earth System Science Data	17
-	Energy Reports	17
-	Physical Review Letters	17
-	Expert Systems With Applications	17
-	Facta Universitatis-Series Mechanical Engineering	17
-	International Journal of Fatigue	17
-	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy	17
137	Journal of Ocean Engineering and Science	16
-	Advanced Science	16
-	Microsystems & Nanoengineering	16
-	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells	16
-	Space Science Reviews	16
-	Mechanism and Machine Theory	16
-	Tribology International	16
-	IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications	16
-	IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics	16
-	Small	16
147	Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry	15
-	Journal of Catalysis	15
-	Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering	15
-	IEEE Systems Journal	15
-	Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis	15
-	IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering	15
-	Surface & Coatings Technology	15
-	Surveys in Geophysics	15
-	Scripta Materialia	15
-	Materials Today Physics	15
-	Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry	15
-	Journal of Materiomics	15
-	Chemistry of Materials	15
-	Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces	15
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology	15
-	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	15
-	International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems	15
-	International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control	15
-	Proceedings of the IEEE	15
166	Microporous and Mesoporous Materials	14
-	ACS Applied Energy Materials	14
-	Bioelectrochemistry	14
-	Agricultural and Forest Meteorology	14
-	Case Studies in Thermal Engineering	14
-	Catalysis Today	14
-	Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering	14
-	Earths Future	14
-	Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects	14
-	IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics	14

-	Urban Climate	14
-	IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles	14
-	International Journal of Impact Engineering	14
-	Seminars in Nuclear Medicine	14
-	Radiology	14
-	Biosensors-Basel	14
-	Applied Clay Science	14
-	Applied Thermal Engineering	14
-	Current Opinion in Electrochemistry	14
-	Electrochimica Acta	14
-	Colloid and Interface Science Communications	14
-	Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence	14
-	Photonics Research	14
-	npj Quantum Materials	14
-	NanoImpact	14
-	IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics	14
-	IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion	14
-	Thin-Walled Structures	14
-	Investigative Radiology	14
-	International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer	14
196	Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids	13
-	Applied Mathematical Modelling	13
-	Journal of Nanomaterials	13
-	Journal of Nuclear Medicine	13
-	Automatica	13

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