Physics: Journal Rankings

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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence	141
2	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy	136
3	Coordination Chemistry Reviews	128
4	Energy	125
5	Applied Energy	112
6	Fuel	108
7	Carbon	104
8	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science	101
9	Energy Conversion and Management	100
10	Astrophysical Journal	94
11	IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications	93
12	Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing	89
13	IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing	88
14	Applied Surface Science	84
15	Radiology	83
-	Pattern Recognition	83
17	Advances in Colloid and Interface Science	82
18	IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology	81
19	IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics	80
20	IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics	78
21	International Journal of Mechanical Sciences	77
22	Physical Review Letters	76
-	Journal of Molecular Liquids	76
24	IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control	75
-	IEEE Transactions on Communications	75
26	International Journal of Plasticity	73
27	IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging	72
-	Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering	72
29	Journal of Molecular Structure	71
30	Solar Energy	70
-	Energy & Fuels	70
-	Energy and Buildings	70
33	Proceedings of the IEEE	69
-	International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer	69
35	Thin-Walled Structures	68
-	Energy Policy	68
-	Composite Structures	68
38	IEEE Transactions on Power Systems	67
-	Journal of Power Sources	67
40	Tribology International	66
41	IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation	65
-	Astronomy & Astrophysics	65
43	Optics and Laser Technology	63
44	Electric Power Systems Research	62
-	Automatica	62
46	Physics Reports-Review Section of Physics Letters	61
-	IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement	61
48	International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems	60
-	Computers & Electrical Engineering	60
-	Electrochimica Acta	60

51	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society	59
-	International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer	59
53	Surface & Coatings Technology	57
54	IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems	56
-	Applied Physics Letters	56
56	Langmuir	55
57	Progress in Energy and Combustion Science	54
-	Reviews of Modern Physics	54
-	IEEE Network	54
-	Combustion and Flame	54
61	IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications	53
62	Optical and Quantum Electronics	52
-	Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids	52
-	Applied Mathematical Modelling	52
-	Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series	52
66	Engineering Fracture Mechanics	51
-	Journal of Lightwave Technology	51
-	Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis	51
-	Fuel Processing Technology	51
70	Physics Letters B	50
-	Journal of Computational Physics	50
72	IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques	49
-	IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering	49
-	Journal of Catalysis	49
-	Ocean Engineering	49
-	Journal of Sound and Vibration	49
-	Astronomical Journal	49
78	Optik	48
79	Journal of Nuclear Medicine	47
-	International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture	47
-	Physica Scripta	47
82	International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics	46
-	Journal of Chemical Physics	46
-	Agricultural and Forest Meteorology	46
85	Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids	45
-	Applied Clay Science	45
-	Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics	45
88	International Journal of Energy Research	44
-	IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits	44
-	Chinese Journal of Physics	44
-	Vacuum	44
92	Atmospheric Research	43
-	IEEE Electron Device Letters	43
-	IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices	43
-	Journal of Fluid Mechanics	43
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer	43
97	IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery	42
-	Applied Acoustics	42
-	Physica A-Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications	42
-	Radiotherapy and Oncology	42
-	Optics Letters	42
-	Water Air and Soil Pollution	42
-	International Journal of Impact Engineering	42
104	Progress in Aerospace Sciences	41
105	Mechanism and Machine Theory	40
-	Reports on Progress in Physics	40
-	IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion	40
-	Computer Physics Communications	40
-	Chemical Physics Letters	40
-	Optics and Lasers in Engineering	40
-	Journal of Solid State Chemistry	40
-	IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems	40
-	American Journal of Roentgenology	40
-	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	40
-	Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta	40
116	Advances in Space Research	39
-	IEEE Transactions on Reliability	39
-	International Journal of Modern Physics B	39
-	Journal of the Electrochemical Society	39
-	Applied Organometallic Chemistry	39
121	Materials Letters	38
-	IEEE Transactions on Computers	38
-	Acta Astronautica	38
-	European Journal of Radiology	38
125	Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials	37
-	Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics	37
-	Journal of the Franklin Institute-Engineering and Applied Mathematics	37
-	Journal of Luminescence	37
-	International Journal of Solids and Structures	37
130	Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics	36
-	Optics Communications	36
-	Physics in Medicine and Biology	36
-	Progress in Nuclear Energy	36
-	Wear	36
135	Physics Letters A	35
-	Signal Processing	35
-	Nuclear Fusion	35
-	Synthetic Metals	35
-	Classical and Quantum Gravity	35
-	Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics	35
-	Radiographics	35
-	Modern Physics Letters B	35
-	Ore Geology Reviews	35
-	Image and Vision Computing	35
-	Inorganica Chimica Acta	35
146	International Journal of Coal Geology	34
-	Medical Physics	34
-	Space Science Reviews	34
-	Chemical Engineering and Processing-Process Intensification	34
150	Journal of Electronic Materials	33
-	Ultrasonics	33
-	Annals of Nuclear Energy	33
153	Journal of Applied Physics	32
-	Applied Ocean Research	32
-	Biophysical Journal	32
-	British Journal of Radiology	32
-	International Journal of Multiphase Flow	32
-	International Journal of Refrigeration	32
-	Displays	32
-	Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics	32
-	Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society	32
162	IEEE Transactions on Information Theory	31
-	Global Biogeochemical Cycles	31
-	Coastal Engineering	31
-	Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific	31
-	Mechanics of Materials	31
-	Seminars in Nuclear Medicine	31
-	Nuclear Physics B	31
-	Journal of Nuclear Materials	31
-	International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow	31
-	Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics	31
-	FEBS Letters	31
-	Chinese Physics Letters	31
174	IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering	30
-	Chemical Geology	30

-	Icarus	30
-	IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control	30
-	International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing	30
-	Climatic Change	30
180	Theoretical and Applied Climatology	29
-	Journal of Geochemical Exploration	29
-	Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics	29
-	Journal of Biomechanics	29
-	AIAA Journal	29
-	Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics	29
-	Geology	29
-	Magnetic Resonance in Medicine	29
-	Microprocessors and Microsystems	29
-	Applied Artificial Intelligence	29
-	Geophysics	29
-	Geothermics	29
192	MRS Bulletin	28
-	Solid State Communications	28
-	International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping	28
-	Acta Mechanica	28
-	Applied Geochemistry	28
-	Applied Mathematics and Mechanics-English Edition	28
-	Communications in Theoretical Physics	28
-	American Journal of Neuroradiology	28
200	Physica D-Nonlinear Phenomena	27

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