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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Advanced Materials205
2 ACS Nano156
3 Advanced Functional Materials155
4 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews145
5 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental144
6 Advanced Energy Materials139
7 Energy & Environmental Science138
8 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence133
9 Coordination Chemistry Reviews131
10 IEEE Access127
- Nature Energy127
12 Advanced Science125
13 Renewable Energy123
- Nano Energy123
15 Energy122
- Energy Storage Materials122
17 Nano-Micro Letters121
18 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy120
- ACS Catalysis120
20 Expert Systems With Applications118
21 Sensors117
22 Journal of Energy Storage115
23 Journal of Colloid and Interface Science114
24 Applied Energy113
25 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems111
- IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems111
- Small111
- Nature Nanotechnology111
29 IEEE Internet of Things Journal110
- Nature Materials110
31 ACS Energy Letters108
- Nature Catalysis108
33 Bioresource Technology107
34 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing106
35 Physical Review Letters105
36 Joule104
- Journal of Energy Chemistry104
- ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces104
39 Fuel102
- Applied Sciences-Basel102
41 Energy Reports100
- Carbon100
43 IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications98
44 Sustainable Cities and Society97
45 Journal of Materials Chemistry A96
46 Energy Conversion and Management95
47 Nature Photonics94
48 Nano Letters93
49 Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing92
50 Energies91
- Nature Electronics91
52 Light-Science & Applications90
53 Journal of Alloys and Compounds89
- Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence89
55 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics87
56 Astrophysical Journal86
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics86
- IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology86
59 IEEE Transactions on Image Processing85
- Electronics85
- IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications85
- Nanomaterials85
- Nature Reviews Materials85
64 Applied Surface Science84
- Nature Physics84
- Journal of Nanobiotechnology84
- Nano Research84
68 Pattern Recognition83
- Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical83
- Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials83
- Materials83
72 IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering82
- Nature Climate Change82
74 Journal of Power Sources81
75 Journal of Molecular Liquids80
- Radiology80
- Medical Image Analysis80
- Astronomy & Astrophysics80
79 Advances in Colloid and Interface Science79
- IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems79
81 IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics78
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society78
- Applied Thermal Engineering78
84 Energy Policy77
85 IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology75
- Astrophysical Journal Letters75
87 IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control74
88 IEEE Sensors Journal73
89 IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging72
- International Journal of Mechanical Sciences72
- IEEE Transactions on Communications72
92 Composite Structures71
- Energy and Buildings71
94 IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid70
95 Case Studies in Thermal Engineering69
- Journal of Molecular Structure69
- Ocean Engineering69
98 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer68
- Neuroimage68
- Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering68
- Advanced Optical Materials68
- Nano Today68
103 Chaos Solitons & Fractals67
- Solar Energy67
- Chemistry of Materials67
- Multimedia Tools and Applications67
107 Nature Reviews Physics66
108 International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems65
- IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement65
- IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles65
- Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects65
- Ultrasonics Sonochemistry65
- Advanced Healthcare Materials65
114 Earth System Science Data64
- Proceedings of the IEEE64
- Journal of High Energy Physics64
- Biosensors-Basel64
- Laser & Photonics Reviews64
- International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer64
- Nonlinear Dynamics64
121 IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification63
- Journal of Materials Chemistry C63
- Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing63
- Optics and Laser Technology63
- IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation63
- Nanoscale63
- ACS Sensors63
- International Journal of Plasticity63
- Carbon Energy63
130 Inorganic Chemistry62
- IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics62
- IEEE Transactions on Power Systems62
- Energy & Fuels62
- Small Methods62
135 Automatica61
- ACS Applied Nano Materials61
- Micromachines61
138 Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters60
- IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security60
- Catalysts60
- PRX Quantum60
- Thin-Walled Structures60
143 Electrochimica Acta59
- Computers & Electrical Engineering59
- npj Computational Materials59
- Physics Reports-Review Section of Physics Letters59
- Tribology International59
148 IEEE Wireless Communications58
- Internet of Things58
- Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering58
151 IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy57
- Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics57
- Physical Review X57
- Engineering Failure Analysis57
- JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging57
- Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series57
- IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics57
- Optics Express57
159 Combustion and Flame56
- Reviews of Modern Physics56
- ACS Applied Energy Materials56
- Energy Strategy Reviews56
- Inorganic Chemistry Communications56
- IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing56
165 Electric Power Systems Research55
- Communications Earth & Environment55
- Computer Networks55
- Progress in Energy and Combustion Science55
- Fuel Processing Technology55
- Electrochemical Energy Reviews55
- ACS Photonics55
- Environmental Research Letters55
- Green Energy & Environment55
174 Sensors and Actuators A-Physical54
- Urban Climate54
- Nature Astronomy54
- International Journal of Energy Research54
- IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters54
- Applied Physics Reviews54
180 IEEE Communications Magazine53
- Optical and Quantum Electronics53
- Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation53
- Optical Materials53
184 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications52
- International Journal of Nanomedicine52
- Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers52
- Aerospace Science and Technology52
- Applied Physics Letters52
- Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics52
- Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells52
- Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy52
- Journal of Lightwave Technology52
- Optik52
- IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems52
- Nature Structural & Molecular Biology52
196 International Journal of Fatigue51
- Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces51
- Journal of Computational Physics51
- Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery51
- Langmuir51
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