New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Physics

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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Reviews of Modern Physics77.440
2 Progress in Energy and Combustion Science69.159
3 Electrochemical Energy Reviews59.299
4 Nature Reviews Materials58.481
5 Nature Catalysis52.187
6 Nature Energy50.010
7 Nano-Micro Letters49.362
8 Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics46.406
9 Joule45.637
10 Reviews of Geophysics44.832
11 Nature Nanotechnology44.299
12 Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics43.321
13 Coordination Chemistry Reviews42.545
14 Advances in Optics and Photonics42.404
15 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental39.914
16 Energy & Environmental Science38.328
17 Nature Materials36.537
18 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews35.959
19 Nature Photonics35.402
20 Nature Electronics32.171
21 Advanced Materials31.926
22 Advances in Colloid and Interface Science31.545
23 Nano Energy31.289
24 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence31.001
25 Energy Storage Materials29.162
26 Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials28.954
27 Advanced Energy Materials28.744
28 Physics Reports-Review Section of Physics Letters28.464
29 Opto-Electronic Advances28.421
30 ACS Energy Letters28.301
31 Journal of Energy Chemistry28.150
32 International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture27.625
33 Light-Science & Applications27.024
34 Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics26.993
35 Annual Review of Biophysics26.283
36 eTransportation25.759
37 Reports on Progress in Physics25.372
38 Nature Reviews Physics25.266
39 Medical Image Analysis24.880
40 Radiologia Medica24.833
41 Progress in Aerospace Sciences24.530
42 Carbon Energy24.421
43 Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews24.202
44 Annual Review of Marine Science23.973
45 ACS Nano23.793
46 Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science23.393
47 IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications23.381
48 Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports23.291
49 Biotechnology for Biofuels23.161
50 npj Flexible Electronics22.778
51 Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry22.738
52 Proceedings of the IEEE22.387
53 Applied Mechanics Reviews22.136
54 Applied Energy21.824
55 Sustainable Cities and Society21.818
56 ACS Catalysis21.780
57 Energy Conversion and Management21.672
58 Nature Climate Change21.582
59 International Journal of Plasticity21.462
60 Bioresource Technology21.213
61 Energy Policy20.378
62 IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems20.342
63 Biosensors & Bioelectronics20.248
64 Advanced Functional Materials20.222
65 PRX Quantum19.969
66 Green Energy & Environment19.798
67 Journal of Nanobiotechnology19.634
68 IEEE Transactions on Image Processing19.514
69 Physical Review X18.979
70 Carbon18.925
71 European Radiology18.924
72 Journal of Colloid and Interface Science18.880
73 Renewable Energy18.655
74 IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems18.557
75 Nano Convergence18.534
76 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing18.403
77 Earth System Science Data18.331
78 Current Climate Change Reports18.172
79 Nano Today18.162
80 Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering18.158
81 Applied Physics Reviews18.129
82 npj Computational Materials18.061
83 Nature Physics17.876
84 Fuel Processing Technology17.768
85 IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging17.497
86 IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering17.425
87 Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences17.295
88 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems17.097
89 IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid17.094
90 Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering16.783
91 Ultrasonics Sonochemistry16.758
92 Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems16.738
93 Astrophysical Journal Letters16.648
94 Computer Physics Communications16.628
95 Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing16.588
96 Energy16.361
97 Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical16.143
98 Advanced Photonics16.132
99 Energy Reports16.094
100 Energy Strategy Reviews15.995
101 Pattern Recognition15.946
102 Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering15.944
103 International Journal of Mechanical Sciences15.922
104 Nano Research15.912
105 IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy15.750
106 Petroleum Exploration and Development15.472
107 Expert Systems With Applications15.367
108 Optica15.298
109 Fuel15.040
110 IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications15.025
111 Journal of Energy Storage15.010
112 European Physical Journal C14.900
113 Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy14.881
114 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology14.830
115 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine14.797
116 Composite Structures14.661
117 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics14.636
118 Microsystems & Nanoengineering14.607
119 Nature Structural & Molecular Biology14.535
120 Physical Review Letters14.472
121 Current Opinion in Chemical Biology14.291
122 Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series14.277
123 IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering14.122
124 Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science14.111
125 Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering14.089
126 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy14.053
127 Advanced Science14.007
128 Applied Surface Science13.953
129 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles13.907
130 Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering13.870
131 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces13.768
132 Radiology13.739
133 npj 2D Materials and Applications13.689
134 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change13.660
135 Internet of Things13.562
136 Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences13.560
137 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer13.516
138 Nano Letters13.482
139 Journal of Materials Chemistry A13.441
140 Photoacoustics13.417
141 IEEE Transactions on Power Systems13.412
142 Energy and Buildings13.389
143 Neuroimage13.309
144 npj Quantum Information13.273
145 Small13.124
146 Progress in Quantum Electronics13.012
147 ACS Sensors12.932
148 Tribology International12.920
149 Journal of Power Sources12.856
150 International Journal of Fatigue12.778
151 Progress in Photovoltaics12.616
152 Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence12.599
153 Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing12.573
154 IEEE Wireless Communications12.565
155 IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems12.539
156 Investigative Radiology12.521
157 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology12.200
158 NanoImpact12.151
159 IEEE Systems Journal12.070
160 Journal of Materiomics11.997
161 Chemistry of Materials11.987
162 IEEE Internet of Things Journal11.928
163 Propulsion and Power Research11.919
164 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer11.907
165 Earths Future11.897
166 Nature Astronomy11.889
167 International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems11.879
168 Solar Energy11.874
169 Colloid and Interface Science Communications11.842
170 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing11.827
171 Urban Climate11.824
172 IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics11.794
173 Journal of Ocean Engineering and Science11.753
174 Facta Universitatis-Series Mechanical Engineering11.643
175 Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells11.597
176 Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica11.550
177 Thin-Walled Structures11.468
178 Biosensors-Basel11.458
179 Scripta Materialia11.440
180 Materials Today Physics11.395
181 Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry11.359
182 IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control11.315
183 Mechanism and Machine Theory11.282
184 Applied Thermal Engineering11.247
185 Automatica11.206
186 IEEE Transactions on Communications11.197
187 Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis11.169
188 Combustion and Flame11.158
189 Photonics Research11.043
190 IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics11.027
191 Multimedia Tools and Applications11.015
192 Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces11.002
193 Space Science Reviews10.997
194 JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging10.957
195 IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification10.946
196 Journal of Alloys and Compounds10.898
197 International Journal of Impact Engineering10.880
198 Seminars in Nuclear Medicine10.876
199 Surface Science Reports10.722
200 Journal of Digital Imaging10.629
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