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Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
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(Using publications from roughly 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 Applied Sciences-Basel51472
2 IEEE Access38836
3 Sensors36355
4 Energies32598
5 Materials30718
6 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces23900
7 Journal of Alloys and Compounds21367
8 Electronics18306
9 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy17644
10 Advanced Functional Materials15780
11 Energy15420
12 Optics Express14932
13 Small13992
14 Physics of Fluids13916
15 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society13915
16 IEEE Sensors Journal13775
17 Fuel13420
18 Astrophysical Journal13266
19 Journal of Energy Storage12906
20 Biophysical Journal12857
21 Nanomaterials12654
22 Applied Surface Science12368
23 Advanced Materials12186
24 Radiotherapy and Oncology12161
25 Astronomy & Astrophysics11116
26 Journal of Molecular Liquids11016
27 Expert Systems With Applications10997
28 International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics10809
29 Ocean Engineering10733
30 Journal of Molecular Structure10643
31 Advanced Science10573
32 Journal of High Energy Physics10353
33 Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics10214
34 Journal of Physical Chemistry C10135
35 IEEE Internet of Things Journal10026
36 Journal of Colloid and Interface Science10014
37 Applied Physics Letters9830
38 Physica Scripta9580
39 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing9537
40 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America9520
41 Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects9436
42 Physical Review Letters9399
43 Inorganic Chemistry9289
44 Journal of Materials Chemistry A9192
45 ACS Nano9159
46 Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics8834
47 IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement8742
48 ACS Applied Nano Materials8701
49 Journal of Marine Science and Engineering8635
50 Applied Thermal Engineering8323
51 Langmuir8265
52 Materials Letters8078
53 Journal of Chemical Physics7999
54 Renewable Energy7944
55 Micromachines7675
56 Applied Energy7548
57 Coatings7264
58 Atmosphere7161
59 Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical7112
60 Journal of Applied Physics7046
61 Optics Letters7040
62 Nano Letters7022
63 Dalton Transactions6929
64 Journal of Materials Chemistry C6803
65 Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters6787
66 Nanoscale6776
67 Electrochimica Acta6748
68 Bioresource Technology6718
69 Energy Reports6667
70 IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology6408
71 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics6287
72 Entropy6283
73 Energy & Fuels6274
74 AIP Advances6265
75 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems6264
76 ACS Catalysis6236
77 Crystals6180
78 Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing6089
79 IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics5991
80 Minerals5921
81 Journal of Power Sources5886
82 Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy5822
83 Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications5717
84 ACS Applied Energy Materials5706
85 Catalysts5560
86 Optical Materials5522
87 Applied Optics5494
88 Inorganic Chemistry Communications5421
89 Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery5321
90 Journal of the Electrochemical Society5320
91 Acta Crystallographica A-Foundation and Advances5307
92 Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence5287
93 Surfaces and Interfaces5188
94 Optics and Laser Technology5171
95 Case Studies in Thermal Engineering5170
96 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer5140
97 Frontiers in Energy Research5131
98 Energy Conversion and Management5086
99 Chaos Solitons & Fractals4957
100 IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation4914
101 Journal of Physical Chemistry B4874
102 Multimedia Tools and Applications4852
103 Advanced Energy Materials4825
104 IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices4795
105 European Physical Journal Plus4784
- Advanced Optical Materials4784
107 Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology4771
108 Nonlinear Dynamics4698
109 IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems4690
110 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental4682
111 Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing4669
112 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters4668
113 Journal of Lightwave Technology4645
114 Optik4642
115 Composite Structures4554
116 Journal of Fluid Mechanics4538
117 Nano Energy4526
118 Photonics4484
119 Journal of Physical Chemistry A4403
120 Carbon4353
121 Advanced Healthcare Materials4328
122 Chinese Physics B4311
123 Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials4296
124 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology4257
125 Surface & Coatings Technology4245
126 Chemistry of Materials4200
127 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews4122
128 Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics4055
129 Nano Research4052
130 Energy and Buildings4051
131 Physica Medica-European Journal of Medical Physics3968
132 Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing3960
133 Machines3939
134 Thin-Walled Structures3894
135 Electric Power Systems Research3839
136 IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications3833
137 Review of Scientific Instruments3761
138 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems Ii-Express Briefs3756
- IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing3756
140 Diamond and Related Materials3737
141 Engineering Failure Analysis3718
142 Physical Review Applied3707
143 Environmental Research Letters3697
144 Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment3696
145 Results in Physics3681
146 Vacuum3634
147 Optics Communications3624
148 Frontiers in Physics3620
149 Aerospace3611
150 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications3591
151 International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems3582
152 IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity3543
153 Crystal Growth & Design3537
154 Biosensors-Basel3529
155 Sustainable Cities and Society3522
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics3522
157 Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing3515
158 Nanotechnology3506
159 Soft Matter3475
160 IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control3469
161 Physica B-Condensed Matter3447
162 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology3427
163 Japanese Journal of Applied Physics3407
164 Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry3388
165 Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics3386
166 Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres3384
167 International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer3382
- Solar Energy3382
169 Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics3379
170 Advances in Space Research3347
171 Tribology International3324
172 Physics of Plasmas3320
173 Physica A-Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications3282
174 Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry3276
175 Sensors and Actuators A-Physical3273
176 Membranes3268
177 Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing3181
178 International Journal of Mechanical Sciences3176
179 IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters3173
180 ACS Applied Electronic Materials3156
181 Molecular Catalysis3148
182 Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation3140
183 Optical and Quantum Electronics3125
184 Pattern Recognition3119
185 International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction3109
186 CrystEngComm3107
187 Aerospace Science and Technology3098
- Acta Physica Sinica3098
189 Physics Letters B3088
190 European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Imaging3068
191 ChemCatChem3066
192 Journal of Computational Physics3058
193 Chemical Physics Letters3034
194 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics3033
195 Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering3024
196 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence3017
197 Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter2999
198 Medical Physics2994
199 Journal of Supercomputing2992
200 Journal of Energy Chemistry2978
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