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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 Applied Sciences-Basel52059
2 IEEE Access45703
3 Sensors36047
4 Energies31513
5 Materials29446
6 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces23699
7 Journal of Alloys and Compounds23541
8 Electronics19132
9 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy18785
10 Advanced Functional Materials17616
11 Energy17289
12 Physics of Fluids16014
13 Small15626
14 Optics Express15150
15 IEEE Sensors Journal14406
16 Journal of Energy Storage14360
17 Astrophysical Journal14199
18 Fuel13602
19 Advanced Materials13240
20 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society13186
21 International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics13045
22 Biophysical Journal12830
23 Radiotherapy and Oncology12752
24 Advanced Science12678
25 Applied Surface Science12319
26 Astronomy & Astrophysics12031
27 Nanomaterials11924
28 Expert Systems With Applications11822
29 Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics11521
30 IEEE Internet of Things Journal11463
31 Journal of Molecular Structure11320
32 Ocean Engineering11261
33 Journal of Materials Chemistry A11107
34 Journal of Molecular Liquids10811
35 Physica Scripta10612
36 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing10502
37 Journal of High Energy Physics10467
38 IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement10362
39 Journal of Colloid and Interface Science10325
40 Applied Physics Letters9985
41 ACS Nano9945
42 Physical Review Letters9742
43 Journal of Physical Chemistry C9711
44 Applied Thermal Engineering9700
45 Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects9665
46 Inorganic Chemistry9597
47 Journal of Marine Science and Engineering9127
48 ACS Applied Nano Materials9113
49 Langmuir9075
50 Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics8743
51 Journal of Chemical Physics8278
52 Materials Letters8015
53 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America7996
54 Journal of Materials Chemistry C7943
55 Nanoscale7919
56 Renewable Energy7907
57 Dalton Transactions7804
58 Applied Energy7778
59 Micromachines7528
60 Nano Letters7423
61 Coatings7200
62 Optics Letters7165
63 Journal of Applied Physics7140
64 Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical7116
65 Electrochimica Acta7039
66 Atmosphere7033
67 Energy Reports6982
68 IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology6907
69 Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters6805
70 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems6727
71 Journal of Power Sources6719
72 Bioresource Technology6700
73 Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence6551
74 AIP Advances6455
75 ACS Catalysis6442
76 Energy & Fuels6410
77 IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics6346
78 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics6310
79 Inorganic Chemistry Communications6221
80 Surfaces and Interfaces6162
81 Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing6151
82 Entropy6027
83 Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy5942
84 Case Studies in Thermal Engineering5911
85 Minerals5862
86 Crystals5858
87 Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications5851
88 ACS Applied Energy Materials5814
89 Optical Materials5615
90 Optics and Laser Technology5563
91 Catalysts5401
92 Applied Optics5381
93 Chaos Solitons & Fractals5366
94 Journal of the Electrochemical Society5141
95 Advanced Optical Materials5121
96 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer5084
97 Advanced Energy Materials5060
98 IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation5031
99 Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing5005
100 Energy Conversion and Management4922
101 IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems4867
102 Nonlinear Dynamics4862
103 European Physical Journal Plus4861
104 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters4854
105 Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery4853
106 Frontiers in Energy Research4850
107 IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices4829
108 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing4822
109 Journal of Physical Chemistry B4817
110 Photonics4786
111 Advanced Healthcare Materials4774
112 Journal of Lightwave Technology4701
113 Journal of Fluid Mechanics4694
114 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental4587
115 Nano Energy4568
116 Energy and Buildings4466
117 Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials4455
118 Journal of Physical Chemistry A4448
119 Surface & Coatings Technology4389
- Machines4389
121 Chinese Physics B4388
122 Composite Structures4379
123 Nano Research4319
124 Multimedia Tools and Applications4226
125 Chemistry of Materials4199
126 Thin-Walled Structures4181
127 IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications4137
128 Diamond and Related Materials4117
129 Carbon4103
130 Physica Medica-European Journal of Medical Physics4040
131 Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing4010
132 Aerospace3997
133 Soft Matter3948
134 Electric Power Systems Research3915
135 Optik3909
136 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews3907
137 Optics Communications3890
138 Engineering Failure Analysis3857
139 Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics3851
140 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology3835
141 Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology3832
142 International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems3829
143 Physical Review Applied3820
144 Crystal Growth & Design3811
145 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications3799
146 Physica B-Condensed Matter3789
147 Vacuum3765
148 Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry3758
149 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology3745
150 Acta Crystallographica A-Foundation and Advances3725
151 Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment3721
152 Biosensors & Bioelectronics3717
153 Sustainable Cities and Society3703
154 IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity3701
155 Biosensors-Basel3675
156 Environmental Research Letters3636
157 Sensors and Actuators A-Physical3629
158 Review of Scientific Instruments3620
159 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems Ii-Express Briefs3615
160 CrystEngComm3552
161 Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics3549
162 International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer3543
163 Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing3532
164 IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control3528
165 Acta Physica Sinica3515
166 Japanese Journal of Applied Physics3512
167 Advances in Space Research3503
168 Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres3484
169 Analytical Methods3443
170 IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters3437
171 International Journal of Mechanical Sciences3420
172 Frontiers in Physics3416
173 ACS Applied Electronic Materials3414
174 Tribology International3400
175 Physics of Plasmas3381
176 Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing3380
177 IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems3366
178 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence3361
179 Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation3342
180 Pattern Recognition3333
181 Results in Physics3314
182 Solar Energy3305
183 Water Air and Soil Pollution3304
184 Physica A-Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications3283
185 Aerospace Science and Technology3273
186 ChemCatChem3202
187 Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry3182
- Physics Letters B3182
189 Journal of Electronic Materials3176
190 Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics3156
191 International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction3150
192 Molecular Catalysis3141
193 Journal of Computational Physics3128
194 Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering3127
195 Journal of Energy Chemistry3092
196 Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers3090
197 IEEE Transactions on Communications3070
198 Nanotechnology3040
199 Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery3022
200 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics3021
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