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 2020-07-01 to 2024-07-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Reviews of Modern Physics	83
2	Nature Reviews Materials	79
3	Progress in Energy and Combustion Science	73
4	Electrochemical Energy Reviews	67
5	Joule	59
6	Nano-Micro Letters	58
7	Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports	57
8	Applied Catalysis B-Environmental	56
9	Nature Nanotechnology	55
10	Coordination Chemistry Reviews	50
-	Energy & Environmental Science	50
12	Nature Catalysis	49
-	Reviews of Geophysics	49
-	Advances in Optics and Photonics	49
15	Nature Materials	47
16	Nature Energy	46
17	Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics	45
18	Nano Energy	44
19	Energy Storage Materials	43
20	Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews	42
21	Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials	41
22	Nature Photonics	39
-	Reports on Progress in Physics	39
-	Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics	39
-	ACS Energy Letters	39
26	Current Climate Change Reports	38
-	Advanced Energy Materials	38
28	Advances in Colloid and Interface Science	37
29	Journal of Energy Chemistry	36
-	Advanced Materials	36
31	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews	33
-	Light-Science & Applications	33
33	Annual Review of Biophysics	31
34	Annual Review of Marine Science	30
-	ACS Nano	30
36	Nature Electronics	29
-	Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics	29
38	eTransportation	28
-	Opto-Electronic Advances	28
-	International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture	28
-	Advanced Functional Materials	28
42	Radiologia Medica	27
-	ACS Catalysis	27
-	Sustainable Cities and Society	27
-	Bioresource Technology	27
46	npj Flexible Electronics	26
-	Biosensors & Bioelectronics	26
-	Applied Energy	26
-	Medical Image Analysis	26
50	Carbon Energy	25

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

-	IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications	14
-	Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering	14
-	Electrochimica Acta	14
-	ACS Applied Energy Materials	14
-	Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics	14
181	NanoImpact	13
-	Engineering With Computers	13
-	Urban Climate	13
-	Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis	13
-	IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion	13
-	IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering	13
-	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	13
-	Earths Future	13
-	Colloid and Interface Science Communications	13
-	Small Methods	13
-	Applied Spectroscopy Reviews	13
-	Applied Thermal Engineering	13
-	Advanced Optical Materials	13
-	Journal of Nuclear Medicine	13
-	Nanomedicine-Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine	13
-	IEEE Systems Journal	13
-	Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta	13
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology	13
-	IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology	13
-	Current Opinion in Electrochemistry	13

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