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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Reviews of Modern Physics71.538
2 Nature Reviews Materials64.248
3 Progress in Energy and Combustion Science63.993
4 Electrochemical Energy Reviews55.445
5 Nature Catalysis50.719
6 Nano-Micro Letters48.000
7 Nature Energy47.781
8 Joule46.231
9 Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics44.385
10 Nature Nanotechnology43.507
11 Coordination Chemistry Reviews41.324
12 Reviews of Geophysics41.123
13 Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics39.654
14 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental39.593
15 Advances in Optics and Photonics38.891
16 Nature Materials35.868
17 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews35.230
18 Energy & Environmental Science35.213
19 Nature Photonics33.583
20 Advanced Materials32.045
21 Advances in Colloid and Interface Science31.926
22 Nature Electronics31.817
23 Nano Energy30.874
24 Energy Storage Materials29.590
25 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence29.417
26 Journal of Energy Chemistry28.829
27 ACS Energy Letters28.456
28 Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials28.332
29 Advanced Energy Materials28.158
30 Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics27.872
31 Nature Reviews Physics27.812
32 Reports on Progress in Physics27.293
33 Light-Science & Applications27.197
34 Opto-Electronic Advances27.068
35 Physics Reports-Review Section of Physics Letters26.979
36 International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture26.185
37 eTransportation25.765
38 Radiologia Medica24.875
39 Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews24.552
40 Progress in Aerospace Sciences23.968
41 Annual Review of Biophysics23.913
42 ACS Nano23.640
43 Annual Review of Marine Science23.574
44 Medical Image Analysis23.372
45 Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports23.286
46 Carbon Energy23.250
47 Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science22.856
48 npj Flexible Electronics22.773
49 IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications22.710
50 Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry22.327
51 Earth System Science Data22.064
52 Sustainable Cities and Society21.661
53 Proceedings of the IEEE21.593
54 Nature Climate Change21.442
55 ACS Catalysis21.318
56 Energy Conversion and Management21.046
57 Bioresource Technology20.685
58 Applied Energy20.647
59 Biotechnology for Biofuels20.639
60 Advanced Functional Materials20.302
61 Applied Mechanics Reviews20.213
62 International Journal of Plasticity20.185
63 Energy Policy20.175
64 PRX Quantum19.463
65 IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems19.460
66 Biosensors & Bioelectronics19.290
67 Green Energy & Environment19.036
68 Journal of Colloid and Interface Science18.921
69 Carbon18.761
70 Applied Physics Reviews18.470
71 Nano Today18.469
72 Journal of Nanobiotechnology18.437
73 IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems18.337
- Renewable Energy18.337
75 Physical Review X18.284
76 IEEE Transactions on Image Processing18.257
77 European Radiology18.047
78 Nano Convergence17.565
79 Fuel Processing Technology17.390
80 Ultrasonics Sonochemistry17.317
81 IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid17.298
82 Nature Physics17.293
83 npj Computational Materials17.207
84 Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering17.199
85 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing17.154
86 Astrophysical Journal Letters17.139
87 Current Climate Change Reports16.964
88 Energy16.691
89 IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging16.675
90 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems16.486
91 Nano Research16.454
92 Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering16.221
93 IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering16.139
94 Computer Physics Communications16.116
95 Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing15.882
96 Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical15.719
97 Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems15.622
98 International Journal of Mechanical Sciences15.593
99 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer15.514
100 Optica15.446
101 Advanced Photonics15.429
102 Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences15.409
103 Pattern Recognition15.345
104 Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering15.344
105 Nature Structural & Molecular Biology15.326
106 Energy Strategy Reviews15.293
107 Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences15.248
108 IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy15.085
109 Fuel15.038
110 Energy Reports14.858
111 Journal of Energy Storage14.764
112 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine14.669
113 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change14.605
114 Expert Systems With Applications14.574
115 npj 2D Materials and Applications14.439
116 IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications14.431
117 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics14.418
118 Petroleum Exploration and Development14.412
119 Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science14.357
120 Progress in Quantum Electronics14.341
121 Composite Structures14.314
122 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology14.310
123 European Physical Journal C14.296
124 Microsystems & Nanoengineering14.186
125 Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series14.139
126 Advanced Science14.046
127 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces13.754
128 Solar Energy13.711
129 Physical Review Letters13.695
130 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy13.621
131 Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy13.610
132 Neuroimage13.600
133 IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering13.568
134 Applied Surface Science13.492
135 npj Quantum Information13.481
136 Current Opinion in Chemical Biology13.456
137 Photoacoustics13.399
138 Nano Letters13.337
139 IEEE Transactions on Power Systems13.303
140 Radiology13.254
141 Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering13.186
142 Energy and Buildings13.181
143 Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering13.156
144 Internet of Things13.003
145 Small12.965
146 Journal of Power Sources12.953
147 Journal of Materials Chemistry A12.878
148 ACS Sensors12.749
149 Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing12.514
150 Facta Universitatis-Series Mechanical Engineering12.485
151 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles12.391
152 International Journal of Fatigue12.310
153 IEEE Wireless Communications12.301
154 Tribology International12.277
155 IEEE Systems Journal12.201
156 Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence12.159
157 Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells12.147
158 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology12.052
159 IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems11.997
160 International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems11.986
161 IEEE Internet of Things Journal11.977
162 Journal of Ocean Engineering and Science11.947
163 Chemistry of Materials11.913
164 IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics11.867
165 Journal of Materiomics11.822
166 Progress in Photovoltaics11.803
167 Investigative Radiology11.734
168 Materials Today Physics11.703
169 Nature Astronomy11.632
170 Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis11.479
171 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing11.458
172 Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces11.434
173 Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica11.423
174 Mechanism and Machine Theory11.413
175 Earths Future11.406
176 NanoImpact11.396
177 Urban Climate11.343
178 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer11.338
179 Case Studies in Thermal Engineering11.335
180 Colloid and Interface Science Communications11.275
181 Photonics Research11.253
182 Biosensors-Basel11.220
183 Surface Science Reports11.184
184 IEEE Transactions on Communications11.161
185 Scripta Materialia11.157
186 Thin-Walled Structures11.120
187 Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry11.000
188 Agricultural and Forest Meteorology10.982
189 Space Science Reviews10.974
190 IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control10.940
191 IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics10.881
192 Journal of Catalysis10.874
193 Journal of Alloys and Compounds10.866
194 Applied Thermal Engineering10.844
195 Seminars in Nuclear Medicine10.813
196 Combustion and Flame10.783
197 JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging10.770
198 Surface & Coatings Technology10.752
199 IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification10.724
200 Propulsion and Power Research10.710
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