New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Physics, Fluids & Plasmas

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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics46.406
2 Nuclear Fusion6.568
3 Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation6.412
4 Journal of Fluid Mechanics6.329
5 Plasma Sources Science & Technology6.092
6 Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science5.957
7 Microfluidics and Nanofluidics5.344
8 Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing4.969
9 Biomicrofluidics4.954
10 Physics of Fluids4.806
11 Physica D-Nonlinear Phenomena4.798
12 European Journal of Mechanics B-Fluids4.655
13 Physical Review Fluids4.602
14 Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics4.576
15 Journal of Plasma Physics4.256
16 Plasma Processes and Polymers3.903
17 Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion3.649
18 Physics of Plasmas3.542
19 Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics3.387
20 Plasma Science & Technology2.844
21 International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids2.502
22 IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science2.383
23 Journal of Turbulence2.337
24 Journal of Mathematical Fluid Mechanics2.296
25 International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics2.073
26 Plasma Physics Reports1.943
27 Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids1.853
28 Contributions to Plasma Physics1.598
29 Fluid Dynamics Research1.570
30 Fluid Dynamics1.133
31 High Energy Density Physics1.094
32 Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics0.982
33 Magnetohydrodynamics0.452
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