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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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 Applied Sciences-Basel51659
2 IEEE Access45065
3 Sensors34944
4 Energies28947
5 Materials26755
6 Journal of Alloys and Compounds24769
7 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces23495
8 Advanced Functional Materials20764
9 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy20460
10 Electronics20301
11 Small17599
12 Physics of Fluids17420
13 Energy17108
14 Journal of Energy Storage16789
15 Advanced Science15761
16 Astrophysical Journal14979
17 Optics Express14914
18 IEEE Sensors Journal14901
19 Advanced Materials14783
20 Ocean Engineering14086
21 Expert Systems With Applications14067
22 Fuel13809
23 Astronomy & Astrophysics13681
24 IEEE Internet of Things Journal13374
25 Applied Thermal Engineering12702
26 Applied Surface Science12584
27 Journal of Molecular Structure12308
28 Physica Scripta12285
29 Biophysical Journal12278
30 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society12270
31 Journal of Materials Chemistry A11576
32 International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics11500
33 Radiotherapy and Oncology11130
34 IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement10868
35 Journal of High Energy Physics10833
36 Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects10760
37 Physical Review Letters10630
38 ACS Nano10625
39 Applied Physics Letters10577
40 Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics10528
41 Journal of Colloid and Interface Science10496
42 Langmuir10201
43 Inorganic Chemistry10039
44 Nanomaterials9937
45 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing9595
46 Journal of Molecular Liquids9580
47 Journal of Marine Science and Engineering9561
48 Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics9284
49 ACS Applied Nano Materials9274
50 Journal of Physical Chemistry C9248
51 Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence9011
52 Journal of Chemical Physics8770
53 Renewable Energy8155
54 Nano Letters7903
55 Applied Energy7844
56 Journal of Power Sources7806
57 Materials Letters7747
58 Nanoscale7716
59 IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology7646
60 Journal of Materials Chemistry C7484
61 Surfaces and Interfaces7405
62 Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical7364
63 Optics Letters7304
64 Electrochimica Acta7257
65 Journal of Applied Physics7198
66 Micromachines7161
67 Dalton Transactions7056
68 Inorganic Chemistry Communications7042
69 Coatings7038
70 Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters6912
71 Energy & Fuels6795
72 ACS Catalysis6758
73 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics6720
74 Bioresource Technology6690
75 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems6670
76 Optics and Laser Technology6655
77 IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics6653
78 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America6636
79 AIP Advances6622
80 Atmosphere6482
81 Energy Reports6408
82 Case Studies in Thermal Engineering6165
83 Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing6114
84 Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy5979
85 Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications5775
86 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing5767
87 Chaos Solitons & Fractals5725
88 Entropy5709
89 ACS Applied Energy Materials5694
90 Minerals5648
91 Advanced Healthcare Materials5398
92 Applied Optics5347
93 Advanced Optical Materials5314
94 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer5311
95 Advanced Energy Materials5284
96 Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing5222
97 Catalysts5184
98 Optical Materials5167
99 Energy Conversion and Management5151
100 Crystals5145
101 Nonlinear Dynamics5120
102 Photonics5043
103 IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation5005
104 European Physical Journal Plus4967
105 IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems4957
106 Journal of Fluid Mechanics4953
107 Journal of Physical Chemistry B4919
108 International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer4850
109 IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices4837
110 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental4818
111 Energy and Buildings4816
112 Journal of Lightwave Technology4801
113 Thin-Walled Structures4748
114 Machines4660
115 Journal of the Electrochemical Society4641
116 IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications4554
117 Journal of Physical Chemistry A4536
118 Diamond and Related Materials4483
119 Electric Power Systems Research4475
120 Carbon4446
121 Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry4437
122 Chinese Physics B4371
123 Surface & Coatings Technology4359
124 Aerospace4342
125 Nano Energy4274
126 Nano Research4268
127 Composite Structures4227
128 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology4209
129 Chemistry of Materials4206
130 Pattern Recognition4180
131 Physical Review Applied4156
132 Advances in Space Research4115
133 Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing4102
134 Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery4092
135 Engineering Failure Analysis4067
136 Physica B-Condensed Matter3998
137 Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials3988
138 Tribology International3987
139 Water Air and Soil Pollution3975
140 Optics Communications3959
141 Aerospace Science and Technology3952
142 IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems3939
143 Crystal Growth & Design3934
144 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications3930
145 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology3919
146 Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics3914
147 Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics3863
148 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews3861
149 IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity3845
150 Vacuum3842
151 Sensors and Actuators A-Physical3841
152 Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment3829
153 IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters3808
154 International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems3790
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics3790
156 Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology3768
157 Frontiers in Energy Research3764
158 Physica Medica-European Journal of Medical Physics3738
159 Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres3736
160 International Journal of Mechanical Sciences3683
161 Laser & Photonics Reviews3682
162 Environmental Research Letters3656
163 ACS Applied Electronic Materials3648
164 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence3645
165 Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation3635
166 Review of Scientific Instruments3608
167 Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing3591
168 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters3571
169 Soft Matter3568
170 Analytical Methods3565
171 Sustainable Cities and Society3549
172 Biosensors-Basel3512
173 IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control3503
174 Physics of Plasmas3476
175 Physics Letters B3447
176 IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification3420
177 Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery3414
178 Acta Crystallographica A-Foundation and Advances3398
179 Japanese Journal of Applied Physics3380
180 Materials Science and Engineering B-Advanced Functional Solid-State Materials3376
181 ChemCatChem3366
182 Molecular Catalysis3353
183 Communications Earth & Environment3352
184 Thermal Science and Engineering Progress3345
185 IEEE Transactions on Communications3341
186 IEEE Wireless Communications Letters3313
187 Acta Physica Sinica3305
188 Journal of Nanobiotechnology3285
189 Astrophysical Journal Letters3259
190 Radiation Physics and Chemistry3256
191 Solar Energy3242
192 Energy Storage Materials3236
193 Signal Image and Video Processing3232
194 Journal of Energy Chemistry3221
195 Journal of Electronic Materials3194
196 Physica A-Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications3189
197 Small Methods3177
198 Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry3170
199 JOM3158
200 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics3151
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