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Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Reviews of Modern Physics72.890
2 Progress in Energy and Combustion Science71.918
3 Electrochemical Energy Reviews66.662
4 Nature Reviews Materials53.834
5 Advances in Optics and Photonics52.863
6 Reviews of Geophysics49.667
7 Nature Energy49.406
8 Nature Catalysis47.846
9 Nano-Micro Letters47.322
10 Joule44.473
11 Nature Nanotechnology42.017
12 Energy & Environmental Science39.038
13 Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics38.109
14 Coordination Chemistry Reviews36.930
15 Nature Photonics36.223
16 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental36.190
17 Nature Materials35.620
18 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews34.218
19 Advances in Colloid and Interface Science33.924
20 Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics33.263
21 Advanced Materials33.002
22 Nano Energy31.486
23 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence31.187
24 International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture29.351
25 Annual Review of Marine Science29.290
26 Nature Electronics29.051
27 Advanced Energy Materials29.013
28 Physics Reports-Review Section of Physics Letters28.856
29 Progress in Aerospace Sciences28.761
30 Proceedings of the IEEE27.939
31 Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics27.924
32 Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry27.882
33 Nature Reviews Physics27.833
34 Journal of Energy Chemistry27.338
35 ACS Energy Letters26.824
36 Light-Science & Applications26.435
37 Medical Image Analysis26.238
38 IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications25.525
39 International Journal of Plasticity25.026
40 ACS Nano24.970
41 Carbon Energy24.190
42 eTransportation23.998
43 IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems23.931
44 Energy Storage Materials23.821
45 Opto-Electronic Advances23.775
46 Applied Mechanics Reviews23.467
47 Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports23.459
48 Applied Energy22.729
49 Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials22.566
50 ACS Catalysis22.426
51 Sustainable Cities and Society22.258
52 Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science21.483
53 Reports on Progress in Physics21.122
54 npj Flexible Electronics21.119
55 Green Energy & Environment21.027
56 Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews20.982
57 Advanced Functional Materials20.839
58 Nature Climate Change20.791
59 Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems20.568
60 Energy Conversion and Management20.425
61 Current Climate Change Reports20.407
62 Nano Convergence20.381
63 IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems19.906
64 Annual Review of Biophysics19.688
65 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems19.640
66 IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering19.591
67 Biosensors & Bioelectronics19.314
68 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles19.313
69 Earth System Science Data19.301
70 Physical Review X19.276
71 Carbon19.187
72 Journal of Nanobiotechnology19.183
73 Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering19.061
74 Energy Policy18.556
75 Journal of Colloid and Interface Science18.265
76 IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging18.186
77 Fuel Processing Technology18.170
78 Petroleum Exploration and Development17.868
79 IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid17.810
80 PRX Quantum17.789
81 Astrophysical Journal Letters17.772
82 Nature Physics17.645
83 IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications17.589
84 Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering17.266
85 Ultrasonics Sonochemistry17.214
86 International Journal of Mechanical Sciences17.059
87 Nano Today16.988
88 npj Computational Materials16.948
89 Energy16.840
90 Energy Reports16.748
91 Bioresource Technology16.703
- Energy Strategy Reviews16.703
93 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing16.702
94 IEEE Transactions on Image Processing16.644
95 Renewable Energy16.406
96 Journal of Energy Storage16.369
97 Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences16.340
98 Internet of Things16.304
99 Expert Systems With Applications15.973
100 Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing15.862
101 Applied Physics Reviews15.843
102 Investigative Radiology15.779
103 Nature Structural & Molecular Biology15.749
104 IEEE Transactions on Power Systems15.730
105 Fuel15.669
106 Advanced Photonics15.382
107 Current Opinion in Chemical Biology15.193
108 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy15.129
109 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology15.103
110 IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy15.029
111 Pattern Recognition15.019
112 Nano Research15.014
113 Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical14.863
114 Radiology14.846
115 Microsystems & Nanoengineering14.782
116 ACS Sensors14.533
117 Optica14.426
118 Photoacoustics14.403
119 Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry14.354
120 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics14.037
121 Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences14.036
122 IEEE-ACM Transactions on Audio Speech and Language Processing13.976
123 Physical Review Letters13.974
124 International Journal of Fatigue13.952
125 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology13.950
126 Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica13.923
127 Tribology International13.858
128 Composite Structures13.652
129 Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering13.647
130 IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering13.471
131 Solar Energy13.438
132 Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering13.433
133 Small13.418
134 Nano Letters13.413
135 Progress in Photovoltaics13.397
136 IEEE Systems Journal13.371
137 Advanced Science13.365
138 npj 2D Materials and Applications13.333
139 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer13.326
140 Biosensors-Basel13.323
141 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces13.312
142 Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence13.288
143 IEEE Wireless Communications13.261
144 Progress in Quantum Electronics13.235
145 Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy13.148
146 Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science13.138
147 Multimedia Tools and Applications13.113
148 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine13.106
149 Plasmonics13.072
150 Catalysis Communications13.044
151 NanoImpact12.986
152 Applied Surface Science12.760
153 IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems12.663
154 Propulsion and Power Research12.605
155 npj Quantum Information12.589
156 Earths Future12.410
157 IEEE Internet of Things Journal12.375
158 Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing12.351
159 Urban Climate12.344
160 Journal of Power Sources12.277
161 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change12.259
162 Energy and Buildings12.196
163 IEEE-ACM Transactions on Networking12.191
164 Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series12.190
165 Journal of Materiomics12.159
166 IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control12.125
167 International Journal of Nanomedicine12.123
168 Nature Astronomy12.084
169 IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification12.076
170 Thin-Walled Structures12.022
171 Neuroimage11.949
172 Batteries-Basel11.934
173 Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells11.907
174 IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics11.820
175 IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics11.796
176 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer11.679
177 Space Science Reviews11.577
178 International Journal of Impact Engineering11.561
- Seminars in Nuclear Medicine11.561
180 Advanced Healthcare Materials11.518
181 Chemistry of Materials11.515
182 Engineering Failure Analysis11.489
183 JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging11.447
184 Communications Earth & Environment11.442
185 IEEE Transactions on Communications11.402
186 Automatica11.346
187 Journal of Materials Chemistry A11.324
188 Heritage Science11.312
189 IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters11.292
190 Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging11.227
191 IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology11.139
192 Optical and Quantum Electronics11.103
193 IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security11.044
194 Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering11.040
195 Computers & Electrical Engineering11.010
196 Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids10.990
197 Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis10.949
198 IEEE Network10.924
199 Applied Thermal Engineering10.908
200 International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control10.899
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