New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Physics

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 Applied Sciences-Basel52117
2 IEEE Access44700
3 Sensors36081
4 Energies31838
5 Materials29847
6 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces23684
7 Journal of Alloys and Compounds23122
8 Electronics19034
9 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy18623
10 Advanced Functional Materials17212
11 Energy16865
12 Small15431
13 Optics Express15143
14 IEEE Sensors Journal14375
15 Journal of Energy Storage14190
16 Astrophysical Journal14056
17 Fuel13581
18 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society13338
19 Advanced Materials13101
20 International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics12983
21 Radiotherapy and Oncology12922
22 Biophysical Journal12829
23 Advanced Science12353
24 Applied Surface Science12302
25 Nanomaterials12092
26 Astronomy & Astrophysics11847
27 Expert Systems With Applications11814
28 Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics11289
29 Journal of Molecular Structure11272
30 IEEE Internet of Things Journal11237
31 Ocean Engineering10945
32 Journal of Materials Chemistry A10812
33 Journal of Molecular Liquids10682
34 Physica Scripta10484
35 Journal of High Energy Physics10478
36 Journal of Colloid and Interface Science10327
37 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing10321
38 IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement10185
39 Applied Physics Letters9952
40 ACS Nano9827
41 Journal of Physical Chemistry C9798
42 Physical Review Letters9664
43 Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects9603
44 Inorganic Chemistry9576
45 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America9175
46 Journal of Marine Science and Engineering9063
47 ACS Applied Nano Materials9047
48 Physics of Fluids9000
49 Langmuir8956
50 Applied Thermal Engineering8891
51 Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics8762
52 Journal of Chemical Physics8153
53 Materials Letters8010
54 Renewable Energy7901
55 Journal of Materials Chemistry C7764
56 Applied Energy7762
57 Nanoscale7709
58 Dalton Transactions7660
59 Micromachines7569
60 Nano Letters7354
61 Coatings7208
62 Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical7147
- Optics Letters7147
64 Atmosphere7092
65 Journal of Applied Physics7076
66 Energy Reports7040
67 Electrochimica Acta6846
68 IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology6822
69 Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters6779
70 Bioresource Technology6728
71 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems6678
72 Journal of Power Sources6466
73 AIP Advances6398
- ACS Catalysis6398
75 Energy & Fuels6364
76 IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics6273
77 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics6272
78 Surfaces and Interfaces6091
79 Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence6088
80 Entropy6083
81 Inorganic Chemistry Communications6066
82 Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing5980
83 Crystals5918
84 Minerals5892
85 Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy5842
86 ACS Applied Energy Materials5841
87 Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications5839
88 Case Studies in Thermal Engineering5821
89 Optical Materials5551
90 Catalysts5429
91 Optics and Laser Technology5404
92 Applied Optics5388
93 Chaos Solitons & Fractals5230
94 Journal of the Electrochemical Society5164
95 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer5102
96 Advanced Optical Materials5060
97 Advanced Energy Materials5024
98 IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation5010
99 Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing4986
100 Frontiers in Energy Research4931
101 Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery4930
102 Nonlinear Dynamics4907
103 Energy Conversion and Management4900
104 European Physical Journal Plus4868
105 IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems4839
106 IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices4830
107 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters4828
108 Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology4818
109 Journal of Physical Chemistry B4806
110 Photonics4745
111 Advanced Healthcare Materials4694
112 Journal of Fluid Mechanics4661
113 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing4638
114 Journal of Lightwave Technology4635
115 Nano Energy4597
116 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental4590
117 Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials4449
118 Journal of Physical Chemistry A4433
119 Chinese Physics B4337
120 Composite Structures4334
121 Machines4324
122 Surface & Coatings Technology4308
123 Carbon4306
124 Multimedia Tools and Applications4288
125 Energy and Buildings4278
126 Nano Research4233
127 Chemistry of Materials4164
128 Optik4106
129 Thin-Walled Structures4076
130 IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications4074
131 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews4021
132 Physica Medica-European Journal of Medical Physics3968
133 Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing3967
134 Aerospace3949
135 Diamond and Related Materials3939
136 Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics3892
137 Electric Power Systems Research3875
138 Soft Matter3862
139 Engineering Failure Analysis3860
140 Optics Communications3830
141 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology3816
142 Physical Review Applied3782
143 Crystal Growth & Design3768
144 Vacuum3745
145 Acta Crystallographica A-Foundation and Advances3726
146 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology3704
147 International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems3703
148 Physica B-Condensed Matter3671
- Biosensors-Basel3671
150 Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry3667
151 Sustainable Cities and Society3663
152 Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment3662
153 IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity3655
154 Review of Scientific Instruments3633
155 Environmental Research Letters3628
156 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems Ii-Express Briefs3626
157 Biosensors & Bioelectronics3607
158 Sensors and Actuators A-Physical3603
159 International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer3551
160 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications3537
161 Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing3528
162 Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics3525
163 IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control3517
164 Advances in Space Research3484
165 Japanese Journal of Applied Physics3482
166 CrystEngComm3472
167 Acta Physica Sinica3467
168 Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres3456
169 Frontiers in Physics3451
170 IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters3405
171 ACS Applied Electronic Materials3379
172 Results in Physics3375
173 International Journal of Mechanical Sciences3358
174 Physics of Plasmas3348
- Tribology International3348
176 Analytical Methods3347
177 IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems3322
178 Pattern Recognition3320
179 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence3319
180 Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing3282
181 Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation3278
182 Physica A-Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications3261
183 Aerospace Science and Technology3259
184 Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics3193
185 ChemCatChem3184
186 Solar Energy3165
187 Journal of Electronic Materials3159
188 Molecular Catalysis3148
189 International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction3130
190 Physics Letters B3128
191 Journal of Computational Physics3116
192 Nanotechnology3110
193 Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry3086
- Water Air and Soil Pollution3086
195 Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering3083
196 Journal of Energy Chemistry3065
197 Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers3035
198 IEEE Transactions on Communications3034
199 Membranes3008
200 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics2979
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