New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01)
Rank Journal Median citations
1 Electrochemical Energy Reviews51
2 Reviews of Modern Physics38
3 Progress in Energy and Combustion Science35
4 Advances in Optics and Photonics31
5 Nano-Micro Letters27
6 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental22
- Energy & Environmental Science22
8 Nano Energy21
9 Coordination Chemistry Reviews20
10 Joule19
11 Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry18
- International Journal of Plasticity18
- Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews18
- Advances in Colloid and Interface Science18
15 Journal of Energy Chemistry17
- Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics17
17 Nature Nanotechnology16
- Advanced Materials16
19 Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering15
- Applied Energy15
- ACS Energy Letters15
22 Advanced Energy Materials14
- Applied Mechanics Reviews14
24 International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture13
- Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems13
- Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering13
- Sustainable Cities and Society13
- Energy Conversion and Management13
- Annual Review of Marine Science13
30 Green Energy & Environment12
- eTransportation12
- Journal of Colloid and Interface Science12
- ACS Nano12
- Current Climate Change Reports12
- Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science12
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics12
- Fuel Processing Technology12
- Nano Convergence12
- ACS Catalysis12
- Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics12
41 Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews11
- Investigative Radiology11
- Energy Storage Materials11
- Annual Review of Biophysics11
45 IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems10
- International Journal of Fatigue10
- IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems10
- International Journal of Mechanical Sciences10
- Journal of Nanobiotechnology10
- Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports10
- Energy Policy10
- Bioresource Technology10
- Ultrasonics Sonochemistry10
- Fuel10
- Petroleum Exploration and Development10
- Nano Today10
- npj Flexible Electronics10
- Light-Science & Applications10
- Current Opinion in Chemical Biology10
- Advanced Functional Materials10
- Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical10
- Energy10
63 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems9
- IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid9
- Opto-Electronic Advances9
- Photoacoustics9
- Journal of Energy Storage9
- Renewable Energy9
- Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials9
- PRX Quantum9
- Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry9
- Tribology International9
- IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles9
- Nature Catalysis9
- Nature Photonics9
- Carbon9
- Carbon Energy9
- Catalysis Communications9
- Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering9
80 IEEE Systems Journal8
- IEEE-ACM Transactions on Audio Speech and Language Processing8
- International Journal of Hydrogen Energy8
- IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging8
- npj Computational Materials8
- Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing8
- Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing8
- Applied Physics Reviews8
- ACS Sensors8
- Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science8
- Solar Energy8
- Composite Structures8
- IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters8
- Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology8
- IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence8
- IEEE Transactions on Power Systems8
- Journal of Materiomics8
- Optica8
- Medical Image Analysis8
- ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces8
- Applied Surface Science8
- Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica8
- Plasmonics8
- Energy Reports8
104 Urban Climate7
- Heritage Science7
- International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer7
- International Journal of Nanomedicine7
- IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy7
- IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications7
- Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis7
- Pattern Recognition7
- Physical Review X7
- npj 2D Materials and Applications7
- Mechanism and Machine Theory7
- Small7
- Energy and Buildings7
- Engineering Failure Analysis7
- Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering7
- Expert Systems With Applications7
- Frontiers in Energy7
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics7
- IEEE-ACM Transactions on Networking7
- Thin-Walled Structures7
- International Journal of Impact Engineering7
- Internet of Things7
- Nano Letters7
- Nano Research7
- Nature Materials7
- Nature Structural & Molecular Biology7
- Physical Review Letters7
- Journal of Digital Imaging7
- Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids7
- Journal of Power Sources7
- Surface & Coatings Technology7
- Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics7
- Astrophysical Journal Letters7
- Progress in Aerospace Sciences7
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer7
- Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells7
- Bioenergy Research7
- Biosensors-Basel7
142 IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications6
- Weather and Climate Extremes6
- IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology6
- IEEE Transactions on Image Processing6
- 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
- IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics6
- IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification6
- Nanomaterials6
- Neuroimage6
- Ocean Engineering6
- Optical and Quantum Electronics6
- Multimedia Tools and Applications6
- Journal of Fluorescence6
- Marine Structures6
- Materials Today Physics6
- Microsystems & Nanoengineering6
- Applied Clay Science6
- Case Studies in Thermal Engineering6
- ACS Applied Nano Materials6
- Catalysis Today6
- Applied Thermal Engineering6
- Earths Future6
- Batteries-Basel6
- Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces6
- Combustion and Flame6
- Energy Strategy Reviews6
- Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics6
- Building Simulation6
- IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering6
- International Journal of Thermal Sciences6
- Journal of Alloys and Compounds6
- npj Quantum Materials6
- Journal of Molecular Liquids6
- Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics6
- Journal of Sound and Vibration6
- Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences6
- Applied Mathematical Modelling6
- Reports on Progress in Physics6
- Chemistry of Materials6
- Scripta Materialia6
- Earth System Science Data6
- Seminars in Nuclear Medicine6
- Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects6
- Bioelectrochemistry6
- Agricultural and Forest Meteorology6
- Propulsion and Power Research6
- Energy for Sustainable Development6
- Space Science Reviews6
- Engineering Fracture Mechanics6
194 Ultrasonics5
- FlatChem5
- Vacuum5
- European Journal of Mechanics A-Solids5
- International Journal of Coal Geology5
- IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems5
- IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology5
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