Physics: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

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(Using publications from roughly 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01)

Rank	Journal	Papers
1	Applied Sciences-Basel	49991
2	IEEE Access	44387
3	Energies	32915
4	Materials	31001
5	ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces	23739
6	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	19736
7	Electronics	17184
8	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy	16476
9	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society	14764
10	Optics Express	14381
11	Radiotherapy and Oncology	14187
12	Energy	14166
13	Advanced Functional Materials	14019
14	International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics	13441
15	Fuel	13340
16	Nanomaterials	13289
17	IEEE Sensors Journal	13041
18	Astrophysical Journal	12760
19	Applied Surface Science	12675
20	Small	12144
21	Physics of Fluids	11957
22	Biophysical Journal	11610
23	Journal of Energy Storage	11561
24	Journal of Molecular Liquids	11518
25	Advanced Materials	11106
26	Journal of High Energy Physics	10538
27	Journal of Physical Chemistry C	10419
28	Astronomy & Astrophysics	10323
29	Journal of Materials Chemistry A	10204
30	Ocean Engineering	10088
31	Journal of the Acoustical Society of America	9641
32	Applied Physics Letters	9612
33	Journal of Molecular Structure	9611
34	Physical Review Letters	9357
35	Expert Systems With Applications	9178
36	Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics	9073
37	Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects	9052
38	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science	9049
39	Inorganic Chemistry	9035
40	IEEE Internet of Things Journal	8932
41	IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing	8633
42	Advanced Science	8610
43	IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement	8477
44	ACS Nano	8411
45	Physica Scripta	8165
46	ACS Applied Nano Materials	8154
47	Dalton Transactions	8144
48	Materials Letters	8089
49	Journal of Marine Science and Engineering	8033
50	Journal of Chemical Physics	8006

51	Nanoscale	7757
52	Langmuir	7723
53	Journal of Materials Chemistry C	7657
54	Micromachines	7604
55	Renewable Energy	7582
56	Coatings	7269
57	Atmosphere	7197
58	Journal of Applied Physics	7162
59	Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical	7075
60	Applied Energy	7003
61	Energy Reports	6961
62	Bioresource Technology	6833
63	Electrochimica Acta	6809
64	Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters	6764
65	Optics Letters	6749
66	Nano Letters	6406
67	Entropy	6368
68	AIP Advances	6324
69	Energy & Fuels	6323
70	Crystals	6278
71	Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing	6246
72	IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology	6193
73	IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics	6116
74	ACS Catalysis	6082
75	IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics	6024
76	Minerals	5919
77	IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems	5789
78	Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications	5762
79	Catalysts	5754
80	Optical Materials	5715
81	ACS Applied Energy Materials	5684
82	Optik	5575
83	Applied Optics	5553
84	Journal of Power Sources	5538
85	Journal of the Electrochemical Society	5454
86	Frontiers in Energy Research	5161
87	International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer	5150
-	Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery	5150
89	Composite Structures	4999
90	Energy Conversion and Management	4995
91	Chaos Solitons & Fractals	4965
92	Journal of Physical Chemistry B	4957
93	Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology	4849
94	IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices	4846
95	Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing	4845
96	European Physical Journal Plus	4814
-	IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation	4814
98	Case Studies in Thermal Engineering	4665
99	Advanced Energy Materials	4622
100	Acta Crystallographica A-Foundation and Advances	4611
101	IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems	4609
102	Journal of Lightwave Technology	4594
103	Nano Energy	4568
-	Applied Catalysis B-Environmental	4568
105	Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials	4564
106	Journal of Fluid Mechanics	4549
107	Surface & Coatings Technology	4507
108	Advanced Optical Materials	4503
109	Optics and Laser Technology	4463
110	IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters	4458
111	Journal of Physical Chemistry A	4444
112	Carbon	4440
113	Nonlinear Dynamics	4429
114	Surfaces and Interfaces	4393
115	Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence	4374
116	Chinese Physics B	4318
117	Chemistry of Materials	4227
118	IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems Ii-Express Briefs	4219
119	Soft Matter	4212
120	Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics	4156
121	Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing	4146
122	Physica Medica-European Journal of Medical Physics	4105
123	Results in Physics	4104
124	Photonics	4054
125	Advanced Healthcare Materials	3933
126	Review of Scientific Instruments	3925
127	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing	3915
128	Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing	3897
129	Nanotechnology	3888
130	Nano Research	3852
131	Acta Physica Sinica	3845
-	Electric Power Systems Research	3845
133	Energy and Buildings	3809
134	International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems	3774
135	Frontiers in Physics	3766
136	Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology	3764
137	Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment	3759
138	Environmental Research Letters	3753
139	Thin-Walled Structures	3746
140	CrystEngComm	3719
141	Physical Review Applied	3645
142	Optics Communications	3633
143	IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications	3632
144	Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics	3552
145	IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity	3547
146	Vacuum	3544
-	Membranes	3544
148	Biosensors & Bioelectronics	3521
149	Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry	3501
150	Machines	3500
151	Physica A-Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications	3494
152	Solar Energy	3489
153	Crystal Growth & Design	3477
154	Japanese Journal of Applied Physics	3424
155	Optical and Quantum Electronics	3414
156	IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control	3413
157	Sustainable Cities and Society	3400
158	Diamond and Related Materials	3374
159	Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering	3372
160	IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications	3359
161	Physics of Plasmas	3328
162	Biosensors-Basel	3327
163	International Journal of Energy Research	3325
164	Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics	3315
165	Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres	3312
166	Neuroimage	3255
167	Tribology International	3249
168	Analytical Methods	3232
169	Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics	3215
170	Aerospace	3212
171	Advances in Space Research	3184
172	Physica B-Condensed Matter	3167
173	Chemical Physics Letters	3147
174	IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology	3131
175	Sensors and Actuators A-Physical	3129

176	Journal of Supercomputing	3092
177	Physics Letters B	3075
178	International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction	3070
179	International Journal of Mechanical Sciences	3029
180	Catalysis Science & Technology	3014
181	IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters	3005
182	Journal of Computational Physics	2997
183	European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Imaging	2989
184	Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter	2987
185	Molecular Catalysis	2979
186	Medical Physics	2956
187	Journal of Electronic Materials	2951
188	Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation	2938
189	Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments	2935
190	Journal of Solid State Chemistry	2923
191	ACS Applied Electronic Materials	2922
192	Journal of Luminescence	2915
193	Journal of Energy Chemistry	2897
194	Pattern Recognition	2891
195	ChemCatChem	2867
196	Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering	2852
197	Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers	2827
198	International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer	2811
199	IEEE Transactions on Communications	2803
200	IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence	2750

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