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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Progress in Energy and Combustion Science	114
2	Reviews of Modern Physics	94
3	Electrochemical Energy Reviews	83
4	Advances in Optics and Photonics	76
5	Nano-Micro Letters	73
6	Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics	63
7	Nature Catalysis	60
8	Joule	57
-	Energy & Environmental Science	57
10	Nature Reviews Materials	56
11	Coordination Chemistry Reviews	53
-	Nature Nanotechnology	53
13	Applied Catalysis B-Environmental	51
-	Nature Energy	51
15	Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics	50
16	Reviews of Geophysics	48
17	Nature Photonics	46
18	Nature Materials	44
19	Nano Energy	43
20	Advances in Colloid and Interface Science	42
-	Opto-Electronic Advances	42
-	Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews	42
23	Advanced Materials	41
24	Advanced Energy Materials	40
25	Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics	39
26	Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry	37
-	Journal of Energy Chemistry	37
-	Light-Science & Applications	37
-	ACS Energy Letters	37
30	Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials	36
-	International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture	36
32	Annual Review of Biophysics	35
-	Annual Review of Marine Science	35
-	Progress in Aerospace Sciences	35
35	Carbon Energy	34
-	npj Flexible Electronics	34
-	Energy Storage Materials	34
38	International Journal of Plasticity	32
39	Nano Convergence	31
40	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews	30
-	Nature Electronics	30
-	Physics Reports-Review Section of Physics Letters	30
43	Applied Energy	29
-	Applied Mechanics Reviews	29
-	ACS Nano	29
46	ACS Catalysis	28
-	eTransportation	28
-	Energy Conversion and Management	28
-	Sustainable Cities and Society	28
50	Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science	27

-	Green Energy & Environment	27
52	Carbon	26
-	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science	26
-	Bioresource Technology	26
-	Biosensors & Bioelectronics	26
-	Advanced Functional Materials	26
57	IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence	25
-	Journal of Nanobiotechnology	25
-	Medical Image Analysis	25
-	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	25
61	Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems	24
-	PRX Quantum	24
-	IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems	24
-	IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid	24
-	Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering	24
66	Energy Policy	23
-	Nano Today	23
-	IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems	23
-	Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports	23
-	Nature Physics	23
-	IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications	23
-	Reports on Progress in Physics	23
73	Current Climate Change Reports	22
-	Fuel Processing Technology	22
-	IEEE Transactions on Image Processing	22
-	IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems	22
-	International Journal of Mechanical Sciences	22
-	Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering	22
-	Ultrasonics Sonochemistry	22
-	Nature Reviews Physics	22
-	npj Computational Materials	22
-	Nature Climate Change	22
83	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	21
-	Nano Research	21
-	Renewable Energy	21
-	IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy	21
-	Energy	21
-	Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing	21
-	Progress in Quantum Electronics	21
90	IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics	20
-	Journal of Energy Storage	20
-	Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry	20
-	Optica	20
-	Applied Physics Reviews	20
-	Fuel	20
-	Current Opinion in Chemical Biology	20
-	IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging	20
-	Advanced Photonics	20
-	Physical Review X	20
-	Pattern Recognition	20
-	Nanophotonics	20
-	Proceedings of the IEEE	20
-	Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical	20
104	IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles	19
-	IEEE Transactions on Power Systems	19
-	Journal of Materials Chemistry A	19
-	ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces	19
-	Petroleum Exploration and Development	19
-	European Physical Journal C	19
-	Expert Systems With Applications	19
-	Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences	19
-	IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications	19
-	Composite Structures	19
-	Photoacoustics	19
-	IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology	19
116	Energy Strategy Reviews	18
-	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy	18
-	Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing	18
-	Tribology International	18
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	18
-	Microsystems & Nanoengineering	18
-	npj 2D Materials and Applications	18
-	ACS Sensors	18
-	Applied Surface Science	18
-	Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy	18
126	Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering	17
-	Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science	17
-	Physical Review Letters	17
-	Small	17
-	Solar Energy	17
-	International Journal of Fatigue	17
-	Earth System Science Data	17
-	Energy Reports	17
-	Investigative Radiology	17
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology	17
-	Astrophysical Journal Letters	17
-	npj Quantum Information	17
-	Nano Letters	17
-	European Radiology	17
140	Chemistry of Materials	16
-	Energy and Buildings	16
-	Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering	16
-	Urban Climate	16
-	npj Quantum Materials	16
-	NanoImpact	16
-	Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering	16
-	IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics	16
-	Journal of Digital Imaging	16
-	Journal of Power Sources	16
-	Mechanism and Machine Theory	16
-	Neuroimage	16
-	Advanced Science	16
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer	16
-	IEEE Systems Journal	16
-	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells	16
156	Catalysis Communications	15
-	International Journal of Impact Engineering	15
-	Earths Future	15
-	IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering	15
-	IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics	15
-	Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER	15
-	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	15
-	International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer	15
-	IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering	15
-	Internet of Things	15
-	Journal of Materiomics	15
-	Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics	15
-	Thin-Walled Structures	15
-	Biosensors-Basel	15
-	Space Science Reviews	15
-	Scripta Materialia	15
172	Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis	14
-	IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing	14
-	Journal of Catalysis	14
-	Journal of Nanomaterials	14

-	Journal of Nuclear Medicine	14
-	Journal of Ocean Engineering and Science	14
-	Advanced Healthcare Materials	14
-	Biochip Journal	14
-	Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications	14
-	Applied Clay Science	14
-	Applied Thermal Engineering	14
-	Photonics Research	14
-	IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters	14
-	IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation	14
-	Engineering Failure Analysis	14
-	Plasmonics	14
-	IEEE Internet of Things Journal	14
-	International Journal of Coal Geology	14
-	International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems	14
-	International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control	14
-	IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems	14
-	International Journal of Nanomedicine	14
-	IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification	14
-	IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology	14
-	Colloid and Interface Science Communications	14
-	Combustion and Flame	14
-	Energy for Sustainable Development	14
-	Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy	14
-	Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica	14

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