Physics: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

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(Using publications from roughly 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01)

Rank	Journal	Papers
1	Applied Sciences-Basel	48314
2	IEEE Access	36223
3	Sensors	36088
4	Energies	33255
5	Materials	30575
6	ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces	23040
7	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	19585
8	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society	15691
9	Electronics	15411
10	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy	14949
11	Optics Express	14281
12	Nanomaterials	13676
13	Applied Surface Science	13080
14	Energy	12934
15	Fuel	12932
16	Astrophysical Journal	12422
17	Advanced Functional Materials	12290
18	Biophysical Journal	11685
19	IEEE Sensors Journal	11580
20	International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics	11572
21	Radiotherapy and Oncology	11152
22	Journal of Molecular Liquids	11136
23	Journal of Physical Chemistry C	10813
24	Small	10528
25	Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics	10261
26	Journal of High Energy Physics	10204
27	Advanced Materials	10171
28	Journal of the Acoustical Society of America	9748
29	Physics of Fluids	9558
30	Astronomy & Astrophysics	9520
31	Physical Review Letters	9499
32	Applied Physics Letters	9356
33	Journal of Energy Storage	9159
34	Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics	9113
35	Journal of Molecular Structure	9021
36	Ocean Engineering	8693
37	Inorganic Chemistry	8657
38	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science	8506
39	Journal of Materials Chemistry A	8338
40	Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects	8276
41	Materials Letters	8079
42	IEEE Internet of Things Journal	7975
43	Expert Systems With Applications	7858
44	Renewable Energy	7855
45	Multimedia Tools and Applications	7846
46	IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement	7825
47	Journal of Chemical Physics	7799
48	ACS Nano	7728
49	Journal of Applied Physics	7406
50	Micromachines	7364

51	Journal of Marine Science and Engineering	7309
52	ACS Applied Nano Materials	7306
53	IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing	7290
54	Langmuir	7174
55	Atmosphere	7148
56	Advanced Science	7043
57	Coatings	7028
58	Electrochimica Acta	7011
59	Bioresource Technology	6964
60	Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical	6951
61	Applied Thermal Engineering	6880
62	Dalton Transactions	6860
63	Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters	6722
64	Applied Energy	6716
65	Optics Letters	6708
66	Nanoscale	6584
67	Entropy	6579
68	Energy Reports	6550
69	Crystals	6389
70	Journal of Materials Chemistry C	6291
71	Optik	6254
72	AIP Advances	6216
73	Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing	6200
74	Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications	6119
75	Catalysts	6104
76	Energy & Fuels	6060
77	IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology	5993
78	IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics	5927
79	ACS Catalysis	5871
80	Applied Optics	5849
81	Minerals	5831
82	Nano Letters	5775
83	Physica Scripta	5753
84	ACS Applied Energy Materials	5729
85	IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics	5621
86	Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy	5384
87	Composite Structures	5203
88	Journal of Power Sources	5180
89	International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer	5165
90	IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems	5140
91	Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology	5110
92	Optical Materials	5060
93	Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing	5006
94	Energy Conversion and Management	4950
95	Journal of Physical Chemistry B	4914
96	Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery	4810
97	Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials	4785
98	Journal of the Electrochemical Society	4778
99	IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation	4760
100	Frontiers in Energy Research	4752
101	European Physical Journal Plus	4683
102	IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices	4658
103	Applied Catalysis B-Environmental	4643
104	Chaos Solitons & Fractals	4621
105	Carbon	4553
106	Journal of Fluid Mechanics	4499
107	Chinese Physics B	4477
108	Surface & Coatings Technology	4422
109	Journal of Physical Chemistry A	4403
110	Nano Energy	4383
111	Nanotechnology	4368
112	IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems	4364
113	IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems Ii-Express Briefs	4341
114	Advanced Energy Materials	4330
115	Journal of Lightwave Technology	4274
116	Inorganic Chemistry Communications	4215
117	Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics	4186
118	Advanced Optical Materials	4183
119	Chemistry of Materials	4169
120	Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing	4140
121	IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters	4118
122	Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics	4109
123	Optics and Laser Technology	4108
124	Results in Physics	4008
125	International Journal of Energy Research	3966
126	Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews	3961
127	Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering	3951
128	Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing	3910
129	Nonlinear Dynamics	3846
130	Frontiers in Physics	3824
131	Nano Research	3820
132	Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment	3810
133	Physica A-Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications	3795
134	Review of Scientific Instruments	3785
135	Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology	3764
136	International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems	3746
137	Environmental Research Letters	3708
138	Optical and Quantum Electronics	3705
139	Solar Energy	3704
140	Case Studies in Thermal Engineering	3698
141	Physical Review Applied	3685
142	Membranes	3664
143	Japanese Journal of Applied Physics	3622
144	Soft Matter	3567
145	Optics Communications	3565
146	Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry	3547
147	Energy and Buildings	3523
148	Neuroimage	3509
149	Surfaces and Interfaces	3498
150	Advanced Healthcare Materials	3480
151	Vacuum	3461
152	Acta Crystallographica A-Foundation and Advances	3454
153	Thin-Walled Structures	3436
154	Electric Power Systems Research	3435
155	Acta Physica Sinica	3429
156	Photonics	3427
157	Chemical Physics Letters	3422
158	Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry	3387
159	IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications	3370
160	Biosensors & Bioelectronics	3357
161	Crystal Growth & Design	3352
162	IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control	3253
163	Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres	3249
164	Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics	3244
165	Physics of Plasmas	3237
166	Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence	3224
167	Engineering Failure Analysis	3219
168	CrystEngComm	3183
169	Sustainable Cities and Society	3167
170	IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications	3142
171	Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter	3133
172	Physica Medica-European Journal of Medical Physics	3112
173	Biosensors-Basel	3101
174	IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity	3076
175	Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics	3070

176	Journal of Luminescence	3065
177	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing	3049
178	Physics Letters B	3048
179	Machines	3016
180	Journal of Computational Physics	3014
181	Diamond and Related Materials	3013
182	Journal of Solid State Chemistry	2988
183	Physica B-Condensed Matter	2963
184	Aerospace Science and Technology	2960
185	Medical Physics	2924
186	Journal of Electronic Materials	2919
187	Tribology International	2908
188	Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering	2905
189	International Journal of Mechanical Sciences	2893
190	Advances in Space Research	2888
191	European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Imaging	2885
192	Molecular Catalysis	2880
193	Sensors and Actuators A-Physical	2878
194	International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction	2839
195	International Journal of Electrochemical Science	2827
196	Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments	2820
197	Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics	2771
198	Journal of Supercomputing	2764
199	IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence	2758
200	Annals of Nuclear Energy	2755

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