New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

Physics

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)
Rank Journal Median citations
1 Electrochemical Energy Reviews53
2 Reviews of Modern Physics39
3 Progress in Energy and Combustion Science36
4 Advances in Optics and Photonics31
5 Nano-Micro Letters28
6 Energy & Environmental Science25
7 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental23
8 Coordination Chemistry Reviews21
- Nano Energy21
10 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews19
- Joule19
- International Journal of Plasticity19
13 Advances in Colloid and Interface Science17
- Journal of Energy Chemistry17
15 Applied Energy16
- Applied Mechanics Reviews16
- ACS Energy Letters16
- Advanced Materials16
- Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry16
- Nature Nanotechnology16
21 eTransportation15
- Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering15
23 International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture14
- Advanced Energy Materials14
- Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports14
26 Annual Review of Marine Science13
- Journal of Colloid and Interface Science13
- ACS Nano13
- Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics13
- Energy Conversion and Management13
- Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering13
- Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems13
- Sustainable Cities and Society13
34 ACS Catalysis12
- Current Climate Change Reports12
- Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics12
- Green Energy & Environment12
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics12
- Investigative Radiology12
- Fuel Processing Technology12
41 Annual Review of Biophysics11
- Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science11
- Ultrasonics Sonochemistry11
- Light-Science & Applications11
- IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems11
- International Journal of Mechanical Sciences11
- IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems11
- Petroleum Exploration and Development11
- Energy11
- Energy Storage Materials11
51 Advanced Functional Materials10
- Energy Policy10
- Tribology International10
- International Journal of Fatigue10
- Progress in Aerospace Sciences10
- Nano Convergence10
- Nano Today10
- Bioresource Technology10
- Current Opinion in Chemical Biology10
- Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical10
- IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles10
- Renewable Energy10
- Fuel10
64 Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica9
- Journal of Nanobiotechnology9
- Journal of Energy Storage9
- IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems9
- International Journal of Hydrogen Energy9
- IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid9
- npj Flexible Electronics9
- Nature Catalysis9
- Nature Photonics9
- Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry9
- Carbon9
- Catalysis Communications9
- Energy Reports9
- Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing9
- PRX Quantum9
- IEEE Transactions on Power Systems9
- IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters9
- Opto-Electronic Advances9
- Photoacoustics9
83 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces8
- Applied Surface Science8
- Bioenergy Research8
- Composite Structures8
- Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology8
- Thin-Walled Structures8
- Medical Image Analysis8
- IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging8
- Solar Energy8
- IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications8
- Plasmonics8
- Heritage Science8
- IEEE-ACM Transactions on Audio Speech and Language Processing8
- IEEE Systems Journal8
- Optica8
- Nano Letters8
- Nature Structural & Molecular Biology8
- Applied Physics Reviews8
- ACS Sensors8
- Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials8
- Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics8
- Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering8
- Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing8
- Journal of Materiomics8
- International Journal of Impact Engineering8
- IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence8
- Internet of Things8
- IEEE-ACM Transactions on Networking8
- Frontiers in Energy8
- Physical Review X8
- npj Computational Materials8
114 Astrophysical Journal Letters7
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer7
- Biosensors-Basel7
- Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences7
- Catalysis Today7
- Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science7
- Energy and Buildings7
- Energy Strategy Reviews7
- Engineering Failure Analysis7
- Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering7
- Journal of Power Sources7
- Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews7
- Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids7
- International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer7
- Small7
- IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics7
- International Journal of Nanomedicine7
- Reviews of Geophysics7
- Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis7
- IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications7
- Physical Review Letters7
- Nano Research7
- Nature Materials7
- Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences7
- Carbon Energy7
- Urban Climate7
- Microsystems & Nanoengineering7
- Mechanism and Machine Theory7
- Seminars in Nuclear Medicine7
- Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells7
- Space Science Reviews7
- Surface & Coatings Technology7
- Expert Systems With Applications7
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics7
- npj 2D Materials and Applications7
- Optical and Quantum Electronics7
- Pattern Recognition7
151 Applied Mathematical Modelling6
- Bioelectrochemistry6
- Agricultural and Forest Meteorology6
- Case Studies in Thermal Engineering6
- Earth and Planetary Science Letters6
- Earths Future6
- Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces6
- Combustion and Flame6
- Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics6
- Minerals Engineering6
- Journal of Fluorescence6
- Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A-Chemistry6
- Journal of Sound and Vibration6
- Journal of Materials Chemistry A6
- Journal of Catalysis6
- International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction6
- International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems6
- International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control6
- IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering6
- Propulsion and Power Research6
- IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy6
- IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification6
- IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology6
- IEEE Transactions on Image Processing6
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society6
- Applied Clay Science6
- ACS Applied Nano Materials6
- Applied Thermal Engineering6
- Batteries-Basel6
- Building Simulation6
- Current Opinion in Electrochemistry6
- Chemistry of Materials6
- Earth System Science Data6
- Electrochimica Acta6
- Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects6
- Energy for Sustainable Development6
- Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence6
- Engineering Fracture Mechanics6
- Weather and Climate Extremes6
- Membranes6
- Journal of Molecular Liquids6
- Marine Structures6
- Materials Today Physics6
- Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy6
- International Journal of Thermal Sciences6
- Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics6
- Journal of Alloys and Compounds6
- Scripta Materialia6
- Physics of the Dark Universe6
- Multimedia Tools and Applications6
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