New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Physics

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Advanced Materials206
2 Advanced Functional Materials153
3 ACS Nano151
4 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental145
5 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews144
6 Advanced Energy Materials136
7 Coordination Chemistry Reviews132
8 Energy & Environmental Science126
9 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence123
10 Energy120
11 Renewable Energy119
12 Expert Systems With Applications117
13 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy116
14 Sensors113
15 Small111
16 Journal of Colloid and Interface Science110
17 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems109
- Nature Nanotechnology109
19 Nature Materials108
20 Applied Energy106
21 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces105
- Bioresource Technology105
23 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing102
- Physical Review Letters102
25 Carbon99
26 Fuel95
- IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications95
28 Energy Conversion and Management94
29 Nano Letters92
30 Nature Photonics90
31 Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing89
32 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics88
33 Journal of Alloys and Compounds87
34 Journal of Molecular Liquids85
35 Biosensors & Bioelectronics84
- Nature Physics84
37 Nano Research83
- Materials83
- Astrophysical Journal83
- IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology83
41 Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical82
- Applied Surface Science82
- Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence82
- IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications82
- IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems82
46 Pattern Recognition80
- Nature Climate Change80
48 Radiology79
- Astronomy & Astrophysics79
50 Energy Policy78
- Journal of Nanobiotechnology78
- Advances in Colloid and Interface Science78
- IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics78
54 Medical Image Analysis77
- IEEE Sensors Journal77
- IEEE Transactions on Image Processing77
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society77
58 Journal of Power Sources76
- IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering76
- Applied Thermal Engineering76
61 Astrophysical Journal Letters75
62 IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology74
63 IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid73
64 IEEE Transactions on Communications72
65 Nano Today71
66 IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging70
- IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control70
- Ocean Engineering70
69 Energy and Buildings69
- International Journal of Mechanical Sciences69
71 Neuroimage68
72 Composite Structures67
73 Solar Energy66
- Chaos Solitons & Fractals66
- International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems66
- Journal of High Energy Physics66
- Journal of Molecular Structure66
78 Energy & Fuels65
- Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering65
- Chemistry of Materials65
- International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer65
- Optics and Laser Technology65
83 Ultrasonics Sonochemistry64
- Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing64
85 Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters63
- IEEE Transactions on Power Systems63
- Multimedia Tools and Applications63
- International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer63
89 Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects62
- IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation62
- Proceedings of the IEEE62
- Earth System Science Data62
- Laser & Photonics Reviews62
- Nonlinear Dynamics62
95 Inorganic Chemistry60
- Computers & Electrical Engineering60
- Automatica60
98 Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering59
- IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement59
- Thin-Walled Structures59
- Electrochimica Acta59
102 IEEE Wireless Communications58
- IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics58
- Progress in Energy and Combustion Science58
- Nanoscale58
106 Optics Express57
- Environmental Research Letters57
- Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series57
- Physics Reports-Review Section of Physics Letters57
- Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics57
- International Journal of Plasticity57
112 International Journal of Energy Research56
- Tribology International56
114 Reviews of Modern Physics55
- IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy55
- JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging55
- Inorganic Chemistry Communications55
118 Applied Physics Reviews54
- IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security54
- Physics of Fluids54
- Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces54
- Computer Networks54
123 Surface & Coatings Technology53
- Engineering Failure Analysis53
- Optik53
- Nature Structural & Molecular Biology53
- Combustion and Flame53
- European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging53
- IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters53
130 Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells52
- Scripta Materialia52
- Fuel Processing Technology52
- Journal of Lightwave Technology52
- Sensors and Actuators A-Physical52
- Optical Materials52
136 Electric Power Systems Research51
- Aerospace Science and Technology51
- Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation51
- IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems51
- IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I-Regular Papers51
- IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications51
- International Journal of Nanomedicine51
143 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics50
- IEEE Communications Magazine50
- Optical and Quantum Electronics50
- Journal of Catalysis50
- Langmuir50
- Journal of Physical Chemistry C50
- Astronomical Journal50
- IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems50
- IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing50
- IEEE Systems Journal50
- International Journal of Fatigue50
154 Diamond and Related Materials49
- Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids49
- Applied Mathematical Modelling49
- Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy49
- Applied Physics Letters49
- Journal of Computational Physics49
160 Computer Communications48
- Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing48
- Catalysis Today48
- Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics48
164 Silicon47
- Physics Letters B47
- International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture47
- Ocean & Coastal Management47
- International Journal of Thermal Sciences47
169 Chinese Journal of Physics46
- Journal of Nuclear Medicine46
- Chinese Journal of Aeronautics46
- Agricultural and Forest Meteorology46
- IEEE Network46
- Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis46
- Engineering Fracture Mechanics46
- IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering46
- Journal of Chemical Physics46
178 Journal of the Electrochemical Society45
- IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion45
- Minerals Engineering45
- Science China-Physics Mechanics & Astronomy45
- Optics Letters45
- International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics45
184 Materials Science and Engineering B-Advanced Functional Solid-State Materials44
- Journal of Sound and Vibration44
- Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry44
- Entropy44
- European Physical Journal C44
- Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports44
- Biomass & Bioenergy44
- IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques44
- IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing44
- Physica A-Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications44
- Journal of Applied Physics44
195 Radiation Physics and Chemistry43
- Science China-Information Sciences43
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer43
- Chemical Physics Letters43
- IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits43
- Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering43
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