New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

physics

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The 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 Papers
1 Applied Sciences-Basel51595
2 IEEE Access43048
3 Sensors35130
4 Energies29526
5 Materials27206
6 Journal of Alloys and Compounds24361
7 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces23620
8 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy20136
9 Electronics19983
10 Advanced Functional Materials19922
11 Energy17219
12 Physics of Fluids17155
13 Small17012
14 Journal of Energy Storage16636
15 Advanced Science15069
16 Optics Express15011
17 IEEE Sensors Journal14790
- Astrophysical Journal14790
19 Advanced Materials14281
20 Fuel13945
21 Expert Systems With Applications13752
22 Astronomy & Astrophysics13396
23 Ocean Engineering13288
24 IEEE Internet of Things Journal13059
25 Applied Surface Science12639
26 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society12455
27 Biophysical Journal12283
28 Journal of Molecular Structure12104
29 Physica Scripta11841
30 Applied Thermal Engineering11774
31 International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics11441
32 Radiotherapy and Oncology11118
33 Journal of Materials Chemistry A10897
34 Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects10670
35 Journal of Colloid and Interface Science10601
36 Journal of High Energy Physics10595
37 ACS Nano10494
38 Physical Review Letters10441
39 Nanomaterials10415
40 Applied Physics Letters10363
41 IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement10307
42 Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics10078
43 Inorganic Chemistry9971
44 Langmuir9916
45 Journal of Molecular Liquids9740
46 Journal of Marine Science and Engineering9480
47 Journal of Physical Chemistry C9364
48 ACS Applied Nano Materials9270
49 Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics9162
50 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing9080
51 Journal of Chemical Physics8668
52 Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence8532
53 Renewable Energy8232
54 Nano Letters7820
55 Materials Letters7786
56 Applied Energy7776
57 Journal of Power Sources7718
58 IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology7452
59 Nanoscale7361
60 Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical7343
61 Optics Letters7266
62 Electrochimica Acta7260
63 Micromachines7248
64 Journal of Applied Physics7197
65 Journal of Materials Chemistry C7134
66 Coatings7112
67 Surfaces and Interfaces7093
68 Inorganic Chemistry Communications6944
69 Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters6915
70 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems6906
71 IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics6887
72 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America6762
73 Dalton Transactions6757
74 Energy & Fuels6754
75 ACS Catalysis6714
76 Energy Reports6673
77 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics6661
78 Bioresource Technology6616
79 AIP Advances6607
80 Atmosphere6589
81 Optics and Laser Technology6567
82 Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing6197
83 Case Studies in Thermal Engineering6137
84 Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy6010
85 Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications5816
86 ACS Applied Energy Materials5749
87 Entropy5741
88 Minerals5700
89 Chaos Solitons & Fractals5449
90 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing5347
- International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer5347
92 Applied Optics5319
93 Crystals5298
94 Advanced Healthcare Materials5294
95 Advanced Optical Materials5288
96 Optical Materials5264
97 Catalysts5236
98 Advanced Energy Materials5235
99 Energy Conversion and Management5135
100 IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation5067
101 Nonlinear Dynamics5064
102 Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing5010
103 Photonics5002
104 European Physical Journal Plus4930
105 IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems4924
106 Journal of Physical Chemistry B4900
107 IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices4851
108 Journal of Fluid Mechanics4849
109 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental4836
110 Journal of Lightwave Technology4774
111 Energy and Buildings4751
112 International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer4736
113 Journal of the Electrochemical Society4702
114 Thin-Walled Structures4691
115 Machines4608
116 Journal of Physical Chemistry A4532
117 IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications4510
118 Diamond and Related Materials4450
119 Surface & Coatings Technology4439
120 Nano Research4415
121 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology4409
122 Electric Power Systems Research4400
123 Nano Energy4399
124 Chinese Physics B4391
125 Carbon4383
126 Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery4299
127 Composite Structures4281
128 Aerospace4280
129 Chemistry of Materials4200
- Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry4200
131 Engineering Failure Analysis4107
132 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology4093
- Physical Review Applied4093
134 Pattern Recognition4090
135 Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials4083
136 Frontiers in Energy Research4059
137 Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing4035
138 Advances in Space Research3948
139 Physica B-Condensed Matter3930
140 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews3916
141 Water Air and Soil Pollution3904
142 Tribology International3898
143 Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics3895
144 Aerospace Science and Technology3889
145 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications3886
146 Crystal Growth & Design3882
147 Vacuum3878
148 Optics Communications3871
149 IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems3808
150 International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems3805
151 Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment3802
152 Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology3778
153 Biosensors & Bioelectronics3772
154 Sensors and Actuators A-Physical3765
155 Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics3742
156 Acta Crystallographica A-Foundation and Advances3730
157 IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters3692
158 IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity3687
159 Physica Medica-European Journal of Medical Physics3676
160 International Journal of Mechanical Sciences3666
161 Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres3657
162 Biosensors-Basel3617
163 ACS Applied Electronic Materials3616
164 Review of Scientific Instruments3605
165 Environmental Research Letters3570
166 Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation3569
167 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence3554
168 Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing3541
169 Sustainable Cities and Society3513
170 IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control3509
171 Japanese Journal of Applied Physics3497
172 Laser & Photonics Reviews3464
173 Physics of Plasmas3459
174 Soft Matter3439
175 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters3390
176 IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification3369
177 Physics Letters B3363
178 Analytical Methods3351
179 ChemCatChem3340
180 Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery3333
181 Thermal Science and Engineering Progress3300
182 Molecular Catalysis3295
183 IEEE Transactions on Communications3287
184 Materials Science and Engineering B-Advanced Functional Solid-State Materials3286
185 Physica A-Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications3224
- Solar Energy3224
187 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems Ii-Express Briefs3212
188 Journal of Energy Chemistry3207
189 Communications Earth & Environment3197
- Journal of Electronic Materials3197
191 IEEE Wireless Communications Letters3190
192 Radiation Physics and Chemistry3179
193 Astrophysical Journal Letters3164
194 Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry3156
195 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics3154
196 Energy Storage Materials3145
197 Signal Image and Video Processing3139
198 Journal of Nanobiotechnology3130
199 Acta Physica Sinica3110
200 Engineering Fracture Mechanics3092
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