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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Progress in Energy and Combustion Science	94
2	Reviews of Modern Physics	93
3	Electrochemical Energy Reviews	68
4	Advances in Optics and Photonics	64
5	Nano-Micro Letters	62
6	Nature Catalysis	58
-	Joule	58
8	Applied Catalysis B-Environmental	55
-	Nature Nanotechnology	55
10	Coordination Chemistry Reviews	53
11	Nature Reviews Materials	52
12	Nature Energy	49
13	Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics	48
14	Reviews of Geophysics	45
-	Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews	45
16	Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics	44
17	Nano Energy	43
18	Energy & Environmental Science	42
-	Advances in Colloid and Interface Science	42
20	Nature Photonics	41
-	Energy Storage Materials	41
22	Nature Materials	40
23	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews	39
-	Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials	39
25	ACS Energy Letters	38
-	Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics	38
-	Advanced Materials	38
-	Annual Review of Biophysics	38
29	Journal of Energy Chemistry	37
-	Advanced Energy Materials	37
31	International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture	33
32	Light-Science & Applications	32
33	Nature Electronics	31
-	npj Flexible Electronics	31
-	Opto-Electronic Advances	31
36	Applied Mechanics Reviews	30
37	Carbon Energy	29
-	Progress in Aerospace Sciences	29
-	Biotechnology for Biofuels	29
40	Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports	28
-	ACS Nano	28
-	Sustainable Cities and Society	28
43	Physics Reports-Review Section of Physics Letters	27
-	Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry	27
-	ACS Catalysis	27
-	Radiologia Medica	27
-	Bioresource Technology	27
-	Annual Review of Marine Science	27
-	International Journal of Plasticity	27
50	Reports on Progress in Physics	26

-	Energy Conversion and Management	26
-	IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications	26
53	eTransportation	25
-	Biosensors & Bioelectronics	25
-	PRX Quantum	25
-	Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences	25
-	Medical Image Analysis	25
-	Advanced Functional Materials	25
-	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	25
-	Applied Energy	25
61	Carbon	24
-	Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science	24
-	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science	24
-	Green Energy & Environment	24
65	IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid	23
-	Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy	23
-	Nano Convergence	23
-	npj Computational Materials	23
69	Renewable Energy	22
-	Energy Policy	22
-	Journal of Nanobiotechnology	22
-	Applied Physics Reviews	22
-	IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems	22
-	Nano Today	22
-	Ultrasonics Sonochemistry	22
-	European Radiology	22
-	Physical Review X	22
78	Fuel Processing Technology	21
-	Nano Research	21
-	Energy	21
-	IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence	21
82	Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing	20
-	IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems	20
-	IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy	20
-	Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical	20
-	Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering	20
-	Nature Climate Change	20
88	ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces	19
-	IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems	19
-	IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging	19
-	International Journal of Mechanical Sciences	19
-	Optica	19
-	Progress in Quantum Electronics	19
-	Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering	19
-	IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics	19
-	Nature Reviews Physics	19
97	Composite Structures	18
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer	18
-	Fuel	18
-	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	18
-	Physical Review Letters	18
-	Pattern Recognition	18
-	Photoacoustics	18
-	Nature Physics	18
-	npj Quantum Information	18
106	Solar Energy	17
-	Journal of Power Sources	17
-	Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing	17
-	Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering	17
-	Current Climate Change Reports	17
-	Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science	17
-	Journal of Energy Storage	17
-	Astrophysical Journal Letters	17
-	IEEE Transactions on Image Processing	17
-	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy	17
-	Petroleum Exploration and Development	17
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	17
-	Proceedings of the IEEE	17
-	Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems	17
-	Current Opinion in Chemical Biology	17
-	ACS Sensors	17
-	Applied Surface Science	17
-	Nano Letters	17
-	IEEE Transactions on Power Systems	17
-	npj 2D Materials and Applications	17
126	Small	16
-	Energy and Buildings	16
-	Energy Strategy Reviews	16
-	Journal of Materials Chemistry A	16
-	Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry	16
-	European Physical Journal C	16
-	Expert Systems With Applications	16
-	Facta Universitatis-Series Mechanical Engineering	16
-	IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics	16
-	Energy Reports	16
-	Earth System Science Data	16
-	IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology	16
-	Advanced Photonics	16
-	Advanced Science	16
-	Neuroimage	16
-	Microsystems & Nanoengineering	16
142	Colloid and Interface Science Communications	15
-	Mechanism and Machine Theory	15
-	Chemistry of Materials	15
-	Journal of Ocean Engineering and Science	15
-	Journal of Catalysis	15
-	International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems	15
-	International Journal of Fatigue	15
-	Photonics Research	15
-	IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications	15
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology	15
-	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	15
-	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells	15
-	Space Science Reviews	15
-	Journal of Materiomics	15
-	IEEE Systems Journal	15
-	Urban Climate	15
-	Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis	15
159	Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces	14
-	Materials Today Physics	14
-	Earths Future	14
-	IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics	14
-	Applied Clay Science	14
-	International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control	14
-	International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer	14
-	Thin-Walled Structures	14
-	Tribology International	14
-	npj Quantum Materials	14
-	Investigative Radiology	14
-	Scripta Materialia	14
-	Surface & Coatings Technology	14
-	Electrochimica Acta	14
-	Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering	14
-	Catalysis Today	14
-	Current Opinion in Electrochemistry	14

-	Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering	14
-	ACS Applied Energy Materials	14
-	IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering	14
-	IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion	14
180	Propulsion and Power Research	13
-	Combustion and Flame	13
-	Materials Today Energy	13
-	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	13
-	Journal of Nuclear Medicine	13
-	Advanced Healthcare Materials	13
-	Advanced Optical Materials	13
-	Bioelectrochemistry	13
-	IEEE Internet of Things Journal	13
-	Applied Thermal Engineering	13
-	NanoImpact	13
-	IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems	13
-	Minerals Engineering	13
-	Radiology	13
-	Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects	13
-	Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence	13
-	Case Studies in Thermal Engineering	13
-	Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids	13
-	Journal of Molecular Liquids	13
-	Journal of Digital Imaging	13
-	Aerospace Science and Technology	13

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