New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Physics

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation 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 H4-Index
1 Advanced Materials204
2 ACS Nano160
3 Advanced Functional Materials155
4 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental144
5 Energy & Environmental Science140
- Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews140
- Advanced Energy Materials140
8 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence133
9 Nature Energy131
- IEEE Access131
11 Coordination Chemistry Reviews130
12 Renewable Energy125
- Advanced Science125
14 Energy124
- Nano Energy124
16 Nano-Micro Letters123
17 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy122
- ACS Catalysis122
19 Energy Storage Materials121
20 Expert Systems With Applications120
21 Sensors119
- Journal of Energy Storage119
23 Journal of Colloid and Interface Science114
- IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems114
- IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems114
26 Nature Nanotechnology112
- IEEE Internet of Things Journal112
- Applied Energy112
29 Nature Materials111
- Small111
31 ACS Energy Letters109
32 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing108
- Nature Catalysis108
34 Bioresource Technology107
35 Joule106
36 Journal of Energy Chemistry105
- Applied Sciences-Basel105
38 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces104
- Physical Review Letters104
40 Fuel103
41 Energy Reports102
42 Journal of Materials Chemistry A99
- Carbon99
44 Sustainable Cities and Society98
45 IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications97
46 Nature Photonics96
47 Energy Conversion and Management95
48 Nano Letters94
- Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing94
50 Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence92
- Energies92
- Light-Science & Applications92
53 Nature Electronics91
54 Journal of Alloys and Compounds90
55 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics88
- Astrophysical Journal88
57 Nanomaterials87
58 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology86
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics86
- IEEE Transactions on Image Processing86
- Electronics86
62 Pattern Recognition85
- Journal of Nanobiotechnology85
- Nano Research85
65 Nature Physics84
- IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications84
- Nature Reviews Materials84
- Materials84
69 Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials82
- IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering82
- Applied Surface Science82
- Advances in Colloid and Interface Science82
73 Nature Climate Change81
- Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical81
- Astronomy & Astrophysics81
- Journal of Power Sources81
77 Radiology80
- Applied Thermal Engineering80
- Journal of Molecular Liquids80
80 IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems79
81 IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics78
- Medical Image Analysis78
83 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society77
- Energy Policy77
- Astrophysical Journal Letters77
86 IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology76
87 IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control75
88 International Journal of Mechanical Sciences73
- IEEE Sensors Journal73
- Energy and Buildings73
91 IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid72
- IEEE Transactions on Communications72
93 Ocean Engineering71
- IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging71
95 Composite Structures69
- Multimedia Tools and Applications69
- Journal of Molecular Structure69
98 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer68
- Neuroimage68
- Advanced Optical Materials68
- Chemistry of Materials68
- Solar Energy68
103 IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement67
- IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles67
- Chaos Solitons & Fractals67
- Advanced Healthcare Materials67
- Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering67
108 International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems66
- Case Studies in Thermal Engineering66
- Biosensors-Basel66
111 Nature Reviews Physics65
- Nano Today65
- Carbon Energy65
- Journal of High Energy Physics65
- ACS Sensors65
- Ultrasonics Sonochemistry65
117 International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer64
- Earth System Science Data64
- Nanoscale64
- Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing64
- Laser & Photonics Reviews64
- IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification64
- International Journal of Plasticity64
- Nonlinear Dynamics64
- Proceedings of the IEEE64
- IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation64
127 IEEE Transactions on Power Systems63
- Optics and Laser Technology63
- Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects63
- Energy & Fuels63
- Journal of Materials Chemistry C63
- Automatica63
133 Inorganic Chemistry62
- IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics62
- Thin-Walled Structures62
- Micromachines62
137 IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security61
- Physics Reports-Review Section of Physics Letters61
- Small Methods61
- ACS Applied Nano Materials61
- Tribology International61
142 npj Computational Materials60
- Catalysts60
- Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters60
145 Internet of Things59
- Electrochimica Acta59
- Computers & Electrical Engineering59
- PRX Quantum59
- IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing59
150 Inorganic Chemistry Communications58
- Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series58
- Optics Express58
- Energy Strategy Reviews58
- Engineering Failure Analysis58
155 IEEE Wireless Communications57
- JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging57
- Reviews of Modern Physics57
- Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics57
- Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering57
160 Nature Astronomy56
- Communications Earth & Environment56
- Physical Review X56
- Environmental Research Letters56
- Progress in Energy and Combustion Science56
- ACS Applied Energy Materials56
166 Electric Power Systems Research55
- Combustion and Flame55
- IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters55
- IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics55
- Applied Physics Reviews55
- Urban Climate55
- Electrochemical Energy Reviews55
173 Optical and Quantum Electronics54
- Computer Networks54
- Physics of Fluids54
- Green Energy & Environment54
- ACS Photonics54
- Fuel Processing Technology54
179 Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics53
- Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation53
- IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications53
- IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy53
- Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers53
- International Journal of Energy Research53
- Optical Materials53
- Coatings53
- Nature Structural & Molecular Biology53
- IEEE Communications Magazine53
189 International Journal of Nanomedicine52
- Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces52
- Scripta Materialia52
- Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy52
- Langmuir52
- Diamond and Related Materials52
- Sensors and Actuators A-Physical52
- Applied Physics Letters52
- Aerospace Science and Technology52
- Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery52
- Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing52
200 International Journal of Fatigue51
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