Physics: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Progress in Energy and Combustion Science	103
2	Reviews of Modern Physics	100
3	Electrochemical Energy Reviews	78
4	Nano-Micro Letters	69
5	Advances in Optics and Photonics	67
6	Nature Catalysis	62
7	Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics	57
8	Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics	55
-	Nature Reviews Materials	55
10	Applied Catalysis B-Environmental	54
-	Nature Nanotechnology	54
-	Coordination Chemistry Reviews	54
-	Joule	54
14	Nature Energy	53
15	Energy & Environmental Science	51
16	Nature Photonics	46
17	Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews	45
18	Reviews of Geophysics	44
19	Nano Energy	43
20	Nature Materials	42
21	Advances in Colloid and Interface Science	41
22	Advanced Materials	40
23	Opto-Electronic Advances	39
-	Advanced Energy Materials	39
-	Energy Storage Materials	39
26	Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials	38
27	Journal of Energy Chemistry	37
-	ACS Energy Letters	37
-	Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics	37
30	International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture	35
31	npj Flexible Electronics	34
-	Nature Electronics	34
-	Progress in Aerospace Sciences	34
34	Light-Science & Applications	33
-	Carbon Energy	33
36	Annual Review of Biophysics	32
37	Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry	31
-	Annual Review of Marine Science	31
39	Radiologia Medica	30
-	International Journal of Plasticity	30
41	eTransportation	29
-	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews	29
-	ACS Nano	29
-	Physics Reports-Review Section of Physics Letters	29
-	European Radiology	29
-	Energy Conversion and Management	29
-	Sustainable Cities and Society	29
48	Applied Energy	28
-	Bioresource Technology	28
50	Nano Convergence	27

-	Biosensors & Bioelectronics	27
-	ACS Catalysis	27
53	Advanced Functional Materials	26
-	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science	26
-	Medical Image Analysis	26
-	PRX Quantum	26
-	Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science	26
-	Green Energy & Environment	26
-	Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy	26
60	Journal of Nanobiotechnology	25
61	Carbon	24
-	IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications	24
-	IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence	24
64	Fuel Processing Technology	23
-	Applied Mechanics Reviews	23
-	IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid	23
-	Energy Policy	23
-	Reports on Progress in Physics	23
-	Biotechnology for Biofuels	23
-	IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems	23
-	Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering	23
72	Ultrasonics Sonochemistry	22
-	npj Computational Materials	22
-	Nature Climate Change	22
-	IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems	22
-	International Journal of Mechanical Sciences	22
-	Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical	22
-	Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems	22
-	Applied Physics Reviews	22
-	Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports	22
-	Nano Today	22
-	Renewable Energy	22
83	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	21
-	Nature Physics	21
-	Physical Review X	21
-	IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging	21
-	IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy	21
-	Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering	21
-	Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing	21
-	Nano Research	21
-	Energy	21
92	Fuel	20
-	Nature Reviews Physics	20
-	IEEE Transactions on Image Processing	20
-	IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems	20
-	Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering	20
-	Current Climate Change Reports	20
-	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	20
-	Progress in Quantum Electronics	20
100	Advanced Photonics	19
-	Journal of Energy Storage	19
-	Applied Surface Science	19
-	Pattern Recognition	19
-	ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces	19
-	Optica	19
-	Petroleum Exploration and Development	19
-	IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics	19
-	Energy Reports	19
-	Composite Structures	19
-	Current Opinion in Chemical Biology	19
111	European Physical Journal C	18
-	Expert Systems With Applications	18
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	18
-	Journal of Materials Chemistry A	18
-	npj 2D Materials and Applications	18
-	Photoacoustics	18
-	Energy Strategy Reviews	18
-	Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science	18
-	IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology	18
-	Physical Review Letters	18
-	IEEE Transactions on Power Systems	18
122	Tribology International	17
-	Astrophysical Journal Letters	17
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer	17
-	ACS Sensors	17
-	Microsystems & Nanoengineering	17
-	npj Quantum Information	17
-	Nano Letters	17
-	Neuroimage	17
-	International Journal of Fatigue	17
-	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy	17
-	IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications	17
-	Energy and Buildings	17
-	Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry	17
-	Journal of Power Sources	17
-	Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing	17
-	Small	17
-	Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences	17
139	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology	16
-	Advanced Science	16
-	Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry	16
-	IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics	16
-	Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering	16
-	Space Science Reviews	16
-	IEEE Systems Journal	16
-	Mechanism and Machine Theory	16
-	IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles	16
-	Solar Energy	16
-	Earth System Science Data	16
150	Thin-Walled Structures	15
-	Journal of Ocean Engineering and Science	15
-	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	15
-	International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems	15
-	International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer	15
-	Investigative Radiology	15
-	Scripta Materialia	15
-	Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER	15
-	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells	15
-	Surface & Coatings Technology	15
-	Chemistry of Materials	15
-	Urban Climate	15
-	Applied Clay Science	15
-	Journal of Materiomics	15
-	npj Quantum Materials	15
-	NanoImpact	15
-	International Journal of Impact Engineering	15
-	IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering	15
-	Proceedings of the IEEE	15
-	Colloid and Interface Science Communications	15
170	IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics	14
-	Journal of Nuclear Medicine	14
-	Aerospace Science and Technology	14
-	Agricultural and Forest Meteorology	14
-	Biosensors-Basel	14
-	ACS Applied Energy Materials	14

-	Nature Astronomy	14
-	International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control	14
-	IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering	14
-	Internet of Things	14
-	Seminars in Nuclear Medicine	14
-	Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects	14
-	Radiology	14
-	Earths Future	14
-	Advanced Healthcare Materials	14
-	Applied Thermal Engineering	14
-	Journal of Digital Imaging	14
-	Materials Today Physics	14
-	Photonics Research	14
-	Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis	14
-	International Journal of Coal Geology	14
-	Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces	14
-	Combustion and Flame	14
-	Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence	14
-	Current Opinion in Electrochemistry	14
-	Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering	14
196	Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics	13
-	Facta Universitatis-Series Mechanical Engineering	13
-	IEEE Internet of Things Journal	13
-	IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters	13
-	IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation	13

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