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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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01)
Rank Journal Median citations
1 Reviews of Modern Physics42
2 Electrochemical Energy Reviews39
3 Progress in Energy and Combustion Science36
4 Advances in Optics and Photonics28
- Nano-Micro Letters28
6 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental26
7 Coordination Chemistry Reviews23
8 Joule20
- Nano Energy20
10 Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics19
- Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews19
12 Advances in Colloid and Interface Science18
- Journal of Energy Chemistry18
14 Biotechnology for Biofuels17
- Radiologia Medica17
16 Annual Review of Biophysics16
17 ACS Energy Letters15
- Nature Nanotechnology15
19 npj Flexible Electronics14
- Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials14
21 Bioresource Technology13
- International Journal of Plasticity13
- Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry13
- Nature Catalysis13
- International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture13
- Energy Conversion and Management13
- Energy Storage Materials13
28 Advanced Materials12
- Sustainable Cities and Society12
- Energy & Environmental Science12
- Fuel Processing Technology12
- Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering12
- Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics12
- Opto-Electronic Advances12
35 Applied Energy11
- Green Energy & Environment11
- Journal of Colloid and Interface Science11
- Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews11
- ACS Catalysis11
- Advanced Energy Materials11
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics11
42 Applied Mechanics Reviews10
- ACS Nano10
- Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences10
- Energy Policy10
- European Radiology10
- Renewable Energy10
- eTransportation10
- Ultrasonics Sonochemistry10
- Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering10
- PRX Quantum10
52 Carbon9
- Journal of Nanobiotechnology9
- Nano Research9
- International Journal of Mechanical Sciences9
- IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid9
- Energy9
- Fuel9
- Reviews of Geophysics9
- Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical9
- Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems9
- Medical Image Analysis9
- npj 2D Materials and Applications9
- npj Computational Materials9
- Light-Science & Applications9
- Nano Convergence9
67 Applied Surface Science8
- Advanced Functional Materials8
- Annual Review of Marine Science8
- Carbon Energy8
- Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering8
- Composite Structures8
- Solar Energy8
- Nano Today8
- Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing8
- Physical Review Letters8
- Optica8
- Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing8
- ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces8
- Applied Physics Reviews8
- International Journal of Fatigue8
- Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences8
- Current Opinion in Chemical Biology8
- Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering8
- European Physical Journal C8
- Journal of Materiomics8
- Reports on Progress in Physics8
- Progress in Aerospace Sciences8
- Photoacoustics8
- Physical Review X8
91 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics7
- IEEE Transactions on Power Systems7
- Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science7
- Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science7
- Colloid and Interface Science Communications7
- Energy and Buildings7
- IEEE Systems Journal7
- Journal of Energy Storage7
- Journal of Ocean Engineering and Science7
- Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry7
- Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports7
- Petroleum Exploration and Development7
- Nature Materials7
- Nature Photonics7
- Mechanism and Machine Theory7
- Journal of Power Sources7
- Astrophysical Journal Letters7
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer7
- International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems7
- IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems7
- IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging7
- International Journal of Hydrogen Energy7
- Earth System Science Data7
- Energy Reports7
- Tribology International7
- Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells7
- Pattern Recognition7
- Neuroimage7
- npj Quantum Information7
120 ACS Applied Energy Materials6
- ACS Sensors6
- Aerospace Science and Technology6
- Agricultural and Forest Meteorology6
- Biosensors-Basel6
- Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis6
- International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery6
- International Journal of Energy Research6
- International Journal of Impact Engineering6
- IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence6
- Catalysis Communications6
- Chemistry of Materials6
- Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces6
- Combustion and Flame6
- Energy Strategy Reviews6
- Urban Climate6
- Journal of Materials Chemistry A6
- Journal of Catalysis6
- Materials Today Energy6
- Materials Today Physics6
- Photonics Research6
- npj Quantum Materials6
- Minerals Engineering6
- NanoImpact6
- Applied Clay Science6
- Applied Thermal Engineering6
- Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry6
- Journal of Alloys and Compounds6
- IEEE Transactions on Image Processing6
- IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems6
- International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control6
- International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer6
- IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems6
- IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics6
- IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy6
- Catalysis Today6
- Electrochimica Acta6
- Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects6
- Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering6
- Expert Systems With Applications6
- Thin-Walled Structures6
- IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters6
- Surface & Coatings Technology6
- Journal of Digital Imaging6
- Scripta Materialia6
- Space Science Reviews6
- Microporous and Mesoporous Materials6
- Microsystems & Nanoengineering6
- Nano Letters6
- Nanomedicine-Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine6
170 Applied Mathematical Modelling5
- ACS Applied Nano Materials5
- Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series5
- Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics5
- Biochip Journal5
- Biomass & Bioenergy5
- International Journal of Coal Geology5
- IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion5
- IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering5
- Current Climate Change Reports5
- Earth and Planetary Science Letters5
- Building Simulation5
- European Physical Journal A5
- Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics5
- IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics5
- IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications5
- Weather and Climate Extremes5
- Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta5
- Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry5
- Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A-Chemistry5
- Propulsion and Power Research5
- Nature Structural & Molecular Biology5
- Membranes5
- Microgravity Science and Technology5
- Journal of Sound and Vibration5
- Marine Structures5
- Nanomaterials5
- Abdominal Radiology5
- Acta Geophysica5
- Bioelectrochemistry5
- Bioenergy Research5
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