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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Progress in Energy and Combustion Science	106
2	Reviews of Modern Physics	94
3	Electrochemical Energy Reviews	80
4	Nano-Micro Letters	71
5	Advances in Optics and Photonics	70
6	Nature Catalysis	61
7	Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics	59
8	Nature Reviews Materials	58
9	Joule	55
10	Nature Nanotechnology	54
-	Applied Catalysis B-Environmental	54
12	Coordination Chemistry Reviews	53
-	Energy & Environmental Science	53
14	Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics	52
-	Nature Energy	52
16	Nature Photonics	46
17	Nano Energy	44
-	Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews	44
19	Advances in Colloid and Interface Science	42
20	Nature Materials	41
-	Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics	41
-	Opto-Electronic Advances	41
23	Reviews of Geophysics	40
-	Advanced Materials	40
25	Advanced Energy Materials	39
26	ACS Energy Letters	37
-	Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials	37
-	Energy Storage Materials	37
29	Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry	36
-	Journal of Energy Chemistry	36
-	International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture	36
32	npj Flexible Electronics	34
-	Progress in Aerospace Sciences	34
-	Carbon Energy	34
-	Light-Science & Applications	34
-	Annual Review of Marine Science	34
37	Nature Electronics	33
-	Annual Review of Biophysics	33
39	eTransportation	32
40	Radiologia Medica	31
41	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews	30
-	International Journal of Plasticity	30
43	European Radiology	29
-	Sustainable Cities and Society	29
-	Applied Energy	29
-	ACS Nano	29
47	Nano Convergence	28
-	Physics Reports-Review Section of Physics Letters	28
-	Energy Conversion and Management	28
50	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science	27

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

-	Earths Future	14
-	Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects	14
-	Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids	14
-	Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics	14
-	Internet of Things	14
-	Applied Thermal Engineering	14
-	International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control	14
-	Advanced Healthcare Materials	14
-	IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics	14
-	IEEE Internet of Things Journal	14
-	IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation	14
-	IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion	14
-	Nature Astronomy	14
-	Engineering Failure Analysis	14
-	Journal of Digital Imaging	14
-	Journal of Materiomics	14
-	Seminars in Nuclear Medicine	14
-	Radiology	14
-	Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence	14
-	Catalysis Today	14
-	Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces	14
-	Combustion and Flame	14
-	Automatica	14
-	IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification	14
-	Aerospace Science and Technology	14

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