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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Advanced Materials204
2 Advanced Functional Materials154
- ACS Nano154
4 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental144
- Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews144
6 Advanced Energy Materials138
7 Energy & Environmental Science134
8 Coordination Chemistry Reviews130
- IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence130
10 Nature Energy124
11 Nano Energy123
12 Advanced Science122
13 Energy121
- IEEE Access121
15 Energy Storage Materials120
16 Nano-Micro Letters119
- ACS Catalysis119
- Renewable Energy119
19 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy118
20 Expert Systems With Applications116
21 Sensors114
- Journal of Energy Storage114
23 Journal of Colloid and Interface Science112
- Small112
25 Applied Energy111
26 IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems110
- Nature Materials110
28 Nature Nanotechnology109
29 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems107
- IEEE Internet of Things Journal107
31 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing106
- Nature Catalysis106
- ACS Energy Letters106
34 Bioresource Technology105
35 Joule104
- Physical Review Letters104
37 Journal of Energy Chemistry103
- ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces103
39 Applied Sciences-Basel100
40 Fuel99
- Carbon99
42 Energy Reports98
43 Energy Conversion and Management97
- Sustainable Cities and Society97
45 IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications96
46 Journal of Materials Chemistry A94
47 Nature Photonics93
48 Nano Letters92
49 Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing91
50 Light-Science & Applications90
- Energies90
52 Nature Electronics89
53 Journal of Alloys and Compounds88
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics88
55 Nature Reviews Materials87
56 Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence86
- Nanomaterials86
58 Biosensors & Bioelectronics85
- IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology85
60 Nature Physics84
- Applied Surface Science84
- Astrophysical Journal84
63 Materials83
- Electronics83
- Nano Research83
66 Pattern Recognition82
- Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials82
- IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems82
- Journal of Molecular Liquids82
70 IEEE Transactions on Image Processing81
- Nature Climate Change81
- Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical81
- Journal of Nanobiotechnology81
- IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications81
75 Energy Policy80
- Astronomy & Astrophysics80
- Journal of Power Sources80
78 IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering79
- IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics79
- Advances in Colloid and Interface Science79
- Radiology79
82 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society78
- Medical Image Analysis78
- Applied Thermal Engineering78
85 Astrophysical Journal Letters77
86 IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology76
87 IEEE Sensors Journal74
88 IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control73
89 International Journal of Mechanical Sciences72
- IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid72
- IEEE Transactions on Communications72
- Energy and Buildings72
93 IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging71
94 Composite Structures69
- Ocean Engineering69
96 Case Studies in Thermal Engineering68
- Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering68
- Advanced Optical Materials68
- Journal of Molecular Structure68
100 Chaos Solitons & Fractals67
- Neuroimage67
- Solar Energy67
103 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer66
- Chemistry of Materials66
- Multimedia Tools and Applications66
- Nano Today66
- Advanced Healthcare Materials66
108 IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification65
- Nature Reviews Physics65
- Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects65
- Journal of High Energy Physics65
112 International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems64
- ACS Sensors64
- International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer64
- IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles64
- Nonlinear Dynamics64
- Ultrasonics Sonochemistry64
118 IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation63
- Carbon Energy63
- IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement63
- IEEE Transactions on Power Systems63
- Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing63
123 Optics and Laser Technology62
- Nanoscale62
- Biosensors-Basel62
- Small Methods62
- Energy & Fuels62
- Laser & Photonics Reviews62
- Proceedings of the IEEE62
130 Earth System Science Data61
- ACS Applied Nano Materials61
- International Journal of Plasticity61
- Thin-Walled Structures61
- Journal of Materials Chemistry C61
135 Inorganic Chemistry60
- Computers & Electrical Engineering60
- Automatica60
- Micromachines60
- PRX Quantum60
- Catalysts60
- Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters60
142 IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics59
- Physics Reports-Review Section of Physics Letters59
- Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering59
145 Internet of Things58
- Electrochimica Acta58
- IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security58
- Optics Express58
- Tribology International58
150 npj Computational Materials57
151 IEEE Wireless Communications56
- Physical Review X56
- JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging56
- Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series56
- IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics56
- Progress in Energy and Combustion Science56
- Reviews of Modern Physics56
- Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics56
159 Communications Earth & Environment55
- IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy55
- ACS Applied Energy Materials55
- Inorganic Chemistry Communications55
- Energy Strategy Reviews55
- Engineering Failure Analysis55
- ACS Photonics55
- Applied Physics Reviews55
- Environmental Research Letters55
168 Combustion and Flame54
- Computer Networks54
- Electric Power Systems Research54
- Urban Climate54
- Fuel Processing Technology54
- Electrochemical Energy Reviews54
- Green Energy & Environment54
- IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing54
176 Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces53
- Physics of Fluids53
- Optical and Quantum Electronics53
- Nature Astronomy53
- Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells53
- Surface & Coatings Technology53
- International Journal of Energy Research53
- Optik53
- IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters53
- Results in Physics53
- Sensors and Actuators A-Physical53
187 Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers52
- Aerospace Science and Technology52
- Journal of Lightwave Technology52
- Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation52
- Nature Structural & Molecular Biology52
- Optical Materials52
- IEEE Systems Journal52
194 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications51
- Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics51
- Applied Physics Letters51
- IEEE Communications Magazine51
- Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy51
- Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics51
- IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems51
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