Thermodynamics: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Progress in Energy and Combustion Science	106
2	Energy Conversion and Management	28
3	Energy	21
4	International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer	15
5	Applied Thermal Engineering	14
-	Combustion and Flame	14
7	Building Simulation	13
-	Case Studies in Thermal Engineering	13
-	International Journal of Thermal Sciences	13
-	Propulsion and Power Research	13
11	International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer	12
12	International Journal of Refrigeration	10
13	Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science	9
-	International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow	9
15	Thermochimica Acta	8
-	Journal of Heat Transfer-Transactions of the Asme	8
17	Fluid Phase Equilibria	7
-	International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow	7
-	Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics	7
-	Numerical Heat Transfer Part A-Applications	7
-	Proceedings of the Combustion Institute	7
-	Experimental Heat Transfer	7
-	Journal of Thermal Science	7
24	Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry	6
-	Microgravity Science and Technology	6
-	International Journal of Thermophysics	6
-	Numerical Heat Transfer Part B-Fundamentals	6
28	Cryogenics	5
-	Journal of Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics	5
-	Journal of Thermal Stresses	5
-	CALPHAD-Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry	5
-	Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics	5
-	Flow Turbulence and Combustion	5
-	Heat and Mass Transfer	5
-	International Journal of Engine Research	5
-	International Journal of Green Energy	5
-	Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data	5
38	Combustion Theory and Modelling	4
-	Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications	4
-	Journal of Porous Media	4
-	Science and Technology for the Built Environment	4
-	Thermal Science and Engineering Progress	4
43	Heat Transfer Engineering	3
-	Journal of Enhanced Heat Transfer	3
-	Combustion Science and Technology	3
-	Journal of Engineering Thermophysics	3
-	Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering	3
-	Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part A-Journal of Power and Energy	3
49	Combustion Explosion and Shock Waves	2
-	Thermal Science	2

-	Heat Transfer Research	2
-	Journal of Thermal Science and Technology	2
-	Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer	2
54	International Journal of Exergy	1
-	Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics	1
56	Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics	0