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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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Advanced Materials202
2 Advanced Functional Materials154
3 ACS Nano150
4 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental148
5 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews146
6 Advanced Energy Materials137
7 Coordination Chemistry Reviews130
8 Nano Energy124
9 Renewable Energy122
- IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence122
11 Advanced Science121
12 ACS Catalysis120
13 Energy118
14 Nature Energy117
- Energy & Environmental Science117
- Energy Storage Materials117
17 Nano-Micro Letters112
- Nature Materials112
- Joule112
- Sensors112
- IEEE Internet of Things Journal112
- Expert Systems With Applications112
23 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy111
24 Small110
- Nature Nanotechnology110
26 Journal of Colloid and Interface Science109
- ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces109
28 ACS Energy Letters108
- IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems108
30 Journal of Energy Storage106
31 Applied Energy105
- IEEE Access105
33 IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems104
34 Nature Catalysis103
- Bioresource Technology103
- Journal of Energy Chemistry103
37 Physical Review Letters102
38 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing101
39 Carbon100
40 Applied Sciences-Basel97
41 Sustainable Cities and Society95
42 Energy Conversion and Management94
- Fuel94
44 Nano Letters93
- IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications93
46 Nature Reviews Materials92
47 Energy Reports91
48 Light-Science & Applications89
49 Nature Electronics88
50 Nature Photonics87
- Energies87
52 Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing86
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics86
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics86
55 Nano Research85
- Journal of Alloys and Compounds85
57 Nanomaterials84
- Journal of Molecular Liquids84
- Journal of Materials Chemistry A84
- Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials84
61 IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems83
62 Applied Surface Science81
- Astrophysical Journal81
- IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications81
- IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology81
- Nature Climate Change81
- Nature Physics81
- Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical81
- Materials81
70 Electronics80
- Astronomy & Astrophysics80
72 IEEE Sensors Journal79
- Pattern Recognition79
- Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence79
75 Energy Policy78
- Journal of Nanobiotechnology78
77 Journal of Power Sources77
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society77
- IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics77
80 IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering76
81 Radiology75
- Applied Thermal Engineering75
- IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology75
84 Advances in Colloid and Interface Science74
- Medical Image Analysis74
86 Astrophysical Journal Letters73
- IEEE Transactions on Image Processing73
88 Nano Today72
- IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control72
- IEEE Transactions on Communications72
- IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid72
92 Energy and Buildings70
93 Chemistry of Materials69
- Case Studies in Thermal Engineering69
95 Journal of High Energy Physics68
- Advanced Healthcare Materials68
- Advanced Optical Materials68
- IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging68
99 Solar Energy67
- Composite Structures67
- Ocean Engineering67
- Nature Reviews Physics67
- Proceedings of the IEEE67
104 Ultrasonics Sonochemistry66
- International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems66
- International Journal of Mechanical Sciences66
107 ACS Sensors65
- Neuroimage65
- Chaos Solitons & Fractals65
- International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer65
111 Journal of Molecular Structure64
- Energy & Fuels64
- Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering64
114 International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer63
- Small Methods63
- Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects63
117 Nonlinear Dynamics62
- Carbon Energy62
- Laser & Photonics Reviews62
- Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing62
- IEEE Transactions on Power Systems62
- Optics and Laser Technology62
- Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters62
- Earth System Science Data62
125 Multimedia Tools and Applications61
- PRX Quantum61
- IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation61
- IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification61
129 Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering59
- Computers & Electrical Engineering59
- Catalysts59
- Biosensors-Basel59
- ACS Applied Nano Materials59
- Environmental Research Letters59
- Thin-Walled Structures59
- Progress in Energy and Combustion Science59
- Electrochimica Acta59
- Automatica59
- IEEE Wireless Communications59
140 Physics Reports-Review Section of Physics Letters58
- Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series58
- JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging58
- IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles58
- Inorganic Chemistry58
145 IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics57
- Physical Review X57
147 Optics Express56
- Reviews of Modern Physics56
- Computer Networks56
- ACS Applied Energy Materials56
- Tribology International56
- International Journal of Energy Research56
- IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement56
- npj Computational Materials56
- IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics56
156 Journal of Materials Chemistry C55
- Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics55
- Results in Physics55
- International Journal of Plasticity55
- Nanoscale55
- Nature Astronomy55
- Micromachines55
163 Nature Structural & Molecular Biology54
- Combustion and Flame54
- Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces54
- IEEE Wireless Communications Letters54
- ACS Photonics54
- Applied Physics Reviews54
- Internet of Things54
170 Optik53
- Applied Physics Letters53
- IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters53
- Inorganic Chemistry Communications53
- Physics of Fluids53
- Fuel Processing Technology53
- European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging53
- IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications53
178 Aerospace Science and Technology52
- IEEE Systems Journal52
- IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems52
- Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells52
- IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems52
- IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy52
184 Sensors and Actuators A-Physical51
- Energy Strategy Reviews51
- Applied Mathematical Modelling51
- IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I-Regular Papers51
- Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation51
- Surface & Coatings Technology51
- IEEE Communications Magazine51
- International Journal of Nanomedicine51
192 Optical Materials50
- Journal of Computational Physics50
- Communications Earth & Environment50
- Langmuir50
- Diamond and Related Materials50
- Electrochemical Energy Reviews50
- Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics50
- Green Energy & Environment50
- IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security50
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