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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 Applied Sciences-Basel51475
2 IEEE Access41898
3 Sensors35128
4 Energies29733
5 Materials27338
6 Journal of Alloys and Compounds24088
7 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces23571
8 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy19908
9 Electronics19745
10 Advanced Functional Materials19531
11 Energy17242
12 Physics of Fluids17038
13 Small16771
14 Journal of Energy Storage16408
15 Optics Express15037
16 Advanced Science14748
17 IEEE Sensors Journal14691
18 Astrophysical Journal14678
19 Advanced Materials14092
20 Fuel14027
21 Expert Systems With Applications13470
22 Astronomy & Astrophysics13195
23 Radiotherapy and Oncology12938
24 Ocean Engineering12862
25 IEEE Internet of Things Journal12808
26 Applied Surface Science12588
27 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society12528
28 Biophysical Journal12273
29 Journal of Molecular Structure12104
30 Physica Scripta11599
31 Applied Thermal Engineering11464
32 International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics11429
33 Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects10684
34 Journal of Colloid and Interface Science10673
35 Nanomaterials10617
36 Journal of Materials Chemistry A10528
37 Journal of High Energy Physics10475
38 ACS Nano10385
39 Physical Review Letters10355
40 Applied Physics Letters10278
41 IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement10114
42 Inorganic Chemistry9880
43 Journal of Molecular Liquids9854
44 Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics9797
45 Langmuir9754
46 Journal of Physical Chemistry C9389
47 Journal of Marine Science and Engineering9374
48 ACS Applied Nano Materials9168
49 Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics9044
50 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing8829
51 Journal of Chemical Physics8638
52 Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence8410
53 Renewable Energy8299
54 Materials Letters7821
55 Applied Energy7799
56 Nano Letters7779
57 Journal of Power Sources7474
58 Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical7452
59 IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology7370
60 Electrochimica Acta7290
61 Micromachines7254
62 Optics Letters7243
63 Journal of Applied Physics7180
64 Nanoscale7143
65 Coatings7117
66 Surfaces and Interfaces6984
67 Journal of Materials Chemistry C6943
68 Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters6895
69 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems6894
70 Inorganic Chemistry Communications6826
71 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America6815
72 IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics6707
73 Energy & Fuels6704
74 ACS Catalysis6672
75 Atmosphere6657
76 Bioresource Technology6640
77 Dalton Transactions6630
78 AIP Advances6617
79 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics6571
80 Optics and Laser Technology6564
81 Energy Reports6179
82 Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing6148
83 Case Studies in Thermal Engineering6102
84 Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy6067
85 Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications5817
86 Entropy5766
87 ACS Applied Energy Materials5728
88 Minerals5705
89 Chaos Solitons & Fractals5467
90 Crystals5367
91 Applied Optics5324
92 Advanced Optical Materials5318
93 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer5287
94 Advanced Healthcare Materials5219
- Optical Materials5219
96 Catalysts5207
97 Advanced Energy Materials5186
98 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing5105
99 Energy Conversion and Management5083
100 IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation5061
101 Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing5044
102 Nonlinear Dynamics5006
103 Photonics4974
104 IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems4918
105 European Physical Journal Plus4894
106 Journal of Physical Chemistry B4876
107 IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices4849
108 Journal of Fluid Mechanics4829
109 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental4817
110 Journal of the Electrochemical Society4760
111 Journal of Lightwave Technology4750
112 Energy and Buildings4653
113 Thin-Walled Structures4626
114 Machines4579
115 International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer4540
116 Journal of Physical Chemistry A4539
117 Nano Research4451
118 Surface & Coatings Technology4433
119 IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications4427
120 Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery4408
121 Diamond and Related Materials4400
122 Nano Energy4398
123 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology4387
124 Carbon4360
125 Chinese Physics B4347
126 Electric Power Systems Research4331
127 Frontiers in Energy Research4238
128 Aerospace4228
129 Chemistry of Materials4200
130 Composite Structures4163
131 Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry4119
132 Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials4097
133 Engineering Failure Analysis4080
134 Physical Review Applied4065
135 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology4063
136 Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing4014
137 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews4010
138 Pattern Recognition3997
139 Physica B-Condensed Matter3928
140 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications3910
141 Vacuum3893
142 Advances in Space Research3873
143 Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics3870
144 Crystal Growth & Design3863
145 Optics Communications3862
146 Water Air and Soil Pollution3842
147 International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems3841
148 Aerospace Science and Technology3840
149 Tribology International3836
150 Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment3801
151 Biosensors & Bioelectronics3782
152 Sensors and Actuators A-Physical3776
153 Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology3774
154 Acta Crystallographica A-Foundation and Advances3726
155 IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems3697
156 Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics3671
- Physica Medica-European Journal of Medical Physics3671
158 IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity3669
- International Journal of Mechanical Sciences3669
160 Biosensors-Basel3640
161 IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters3639
162 Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres3617
163 Review of Scientific Instruments3604
164 ACS Applied Electronic Materials3598
165 Japanese Journal of Applied Physics3570
166 Environmental Research Letters3552
167 Sustainable Cities and Society3534
168 Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation3528
169 IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control3511
170 Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing3490
171 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence3443
172 Physics of Plasmas3438
173 Soft Matter3358
174 Physics Letters B3332
- Laser & Photonics Reviews3332
176 Molecular Catalysis3327
177 ChemCatChem3317
178 Thermal Science and Engineering Progress3298
179 Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery3290
180 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters3289
181 Solar Energy3265
182 Physica A-Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications3262
183 IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification3257
184 Analytical Methods3239
185 IEEE Transactions on Communications3230
186 Materials Science and Engineering B-Advanced Functional Solid-State Materials3221
187 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems Ii-Express Briefs3215
188 Journal of Electronic Materials3193
189 Journal of Energy Chemistry3179
190 Astrophysical Journal Letters3142
191 Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry3135
192 Radiation Physics and Chemistry3131
193 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics3125
194 IEEE Wireless Communications Letters3122
195 Optik3101
196 Energy Storage Materials3099
197 Communications Earth & Environment3096
198 Signal Image and Video Processing3077
199 Journal of Computational Physics3066
200 Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering3065
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