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Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Reviews of Modern Physics84.600
2 Progress in Energy and Combustion Science66.221
3 Nature Reviews Materials62.012
4 Nature Catalysis52.357
5 Advances in Optics and Photonics50.526
6 Electrochemical Energy Reviews48.568
7 Joule47.987
8 Nature Energy47.032
9 Nano-Micro Letters46.381
10 Nature Nanotechnology45.609
11 Coordination Chemistry Reviews40.393
12 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental40.284
13 Reviews of Geophysics40.212
14 Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics38.705
15 Nature Materials36.720
16 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews35.035
17 Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics34.526
18 Nature Reviews Physics33.086
19 Nature Photonics31.691
20 Energy & Environmental Science31.533
21 Advanced Materials31.436
22 Nano Energy31.106
23 Advances in Colloid and Interface Science30.878
24 Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports30.396
25 Nature Electronics30.034
26 Energy Storage Materials29.122
27 Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials28.547
28 Journal of Energy Chemistry28.437
29 ACS Energy Letters28.419
30 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence28.183
31 Reports on Progress in Physics27.955
32 Advanced Energy Materials27.549
33 Annual Review of Biophysics27.313
34 International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture26.601
35 Physics Reports-Review Section of Physics Letters26.151
36 Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics26.150
37 Proceedings of the IEEE26.111
38 Light-Science & Applications25.965
39 Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews25.176
40 Opto-Electronic Advances23.935
41 Radiologia Medica23.774
42 Biotechnology for Biofuels23.449
43 ACS Nano23.415
44 Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences23.232
45 Medical Image Analysis23.217
46 npj Flexible Electronics22.584
47 IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications22.524
48 eTransportation22.097
49 Progress in Aerospace Sciences22.057
50 Carbon Energy21.791
51 Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry21.768
52 ACS Catalysis21.511
53 Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science21.368
54 Nature Climate Change21.366
55 Annual Review of Marine Science21.245
56 Earth System Science Data21.239
57 Sustainable Cities and Society21.153
58 Physical Review X20.186
59 Advanced Functional Materials20.025
60 Energy Policy19.992
61 Applied Mechanics Reviews19.977
62 Bioresource Technology19.953
63 Energy Conversion and Management19.646
64 Applied Energy19.271
65 PRX Quantum19.249
66 Biosensors & Bioelectronics19.127
67 Carbon18.722
68 International Journal of Plasticity18.581
69 IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems18.303
70 Renewable Energy18.259
71 Applied Physics Reviews18.146
72 Nano Today18.110
73 Journal of Colloid and Interface Science18.091
74 IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems18.015
75 Green Energy & Environment17.991
76 Current Climate Change Reports17.808
77 IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid17.529
78 npj Computational Materials17.398
79 Journal of Nanobiotechnology17.368
80 Fuel Processing Technology17.235
81 Advanced Photonics17.047
82 Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences16.867
83 Astrophysical Journal Letters16.853
84 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing16.833
85 Ultrasonics Sonochemistry16.752
86 Nano Research16.504
87 IEEE Transactions on Image Processing16.381
88 Nature Physics16.338
89 Nano Convergence16.179
90 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems16.160
91 Energy16.118
92 Optica15.883
93 IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging15.877
94 Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering15.835
95 Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing15.604
96 Nature Structural & Molecular Biology15.363
- npj 2D Materials and Applications15.363
98 European Radiology15.346
99 Computer Physics Communications15.021
100 Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical14.902
101 Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering14.861
102 Pattern Recognition14.637
103 IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering14.622
104 Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series14.586
105 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change14.531
106 Physical Review Letters14.509
107 IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy14.467
108 Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science14.340
109 International Journal of Mechanical Sciences14.284
110 Fuel14.138
111 Progress in Quantum Electronics14.105
112 IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications14.008
113 Energy Strategy Reviews14.000
- ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces14.000
115 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics13.996
116 Advanced Science13.980
117 Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems13.975
118 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer13.959
119 Expert Systems With Applications13.930
120 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine13.860
121 Photoacoustics13.846
122 Petroleum Exploration and Development13.832
123 Energy Reports13.802
124 npj Quantum Information13.788
125 Composite Structures13.567
126 Microsystems & Nanoengineering13.544
127 Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering13.538
128 Nano Letters13.453
129 IEEE Transactions on Power Systems13.348
130 Journal of Energy Storage13.327
131 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy13.298
132 European Physical Journal C13.244
133 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology13.233
134 Current Opinion in Chemical Biology13.150
135 Journal of Power Sources13.138
136 ACS Sensors13.032
137 Solar Energy12.995
138 Neuroimage12.992
139 Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering12.801
140 Applied Surface Science12.758
141 Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy12.639
142 Small12.615
143 Journal of Materiomics12.607
144 IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems12.590
145 Radiology12.447
146 Energy and Buildings12.416
147 IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering12.239
148 IEEE Internet of Things Journal12.115
149 Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering12.069
150 Internet of Things12.052
151 Journal of Materials Chemistry A12.025
152 Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing11.989
153 Space Science Reviews11.985
154 Surface Science Reports11.974
155 Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells11.955
156 International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems11.944
157 Chemistry of Materials11.904
158 Progress in Photovoltaics11.875
159 IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics11.865
160 IEEE Transactions on Communications11.791
161 IEEE Wireless Communications11.720
162 IEEE Systems Journal11.651
163 Materials Today Physics11.641
164 Facta Universitatis-Series Mechanical Engineering11.583
165 International Journal of Fatigue11.544
166 Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry11.485
167 Photonics Research11.448
168 Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis11.441
169 Urban Climate11.428
170 Nature Astronomy11.367
171 Colloid and Interface Science Communications11.228
172 Journal of Ocean Engineering and Science11.168
173 Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces11.021
174 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing10.992
175 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology10.973
176 Tribology International10.964
177 Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence10.955
178 Journal of Alloys and Compounds10.913
179 NanoImpact10.827
180 Earths Future10.814
181 Mechanism and Machine Theory10.800
182 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer10.756
183 Automatica10.706
184 Case Studies in Thermal Engineering10.702
185 Propulsion and Power Research10.664
186 Scripta Materialia10.652
187 Combustion and Flame10.648
188 IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics10.613
189 Journal of Catalysis10.602
190 IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control10.580
191 Investigative Radiology10.578
192 Thin-Walled Structures10.574
193 Biosensors-Basel10.552
194 Catalysis Today10.522
195 Applied Thermal Engineering10.387
196 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles10.381
197 Journal of Molecular Liquids10.375
198 Advanced Healthcare Materials10.372
199 Tsinghua Science and Technology10.352
200 JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging10.347
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