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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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Progress in Energy and Combustion Science74.235
2 Electrochemical Energy Reviews70.172
3 Reviews of Modern Physics68.320
4 Nature Reviews Materials55.381
5 Advances in Optics and Photonics53.962
6 Nature Energy49.239
7 Nano-Micro Letters48.776
8 Reviews of Geophysics48.074
9 Nature Catalysis45.960
10 Joule43.256
11 Nature Nanotechnology42.390
12 Energy & Environmental Science40.798
13 Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics37.353
14 Coordination Chemistry Reviews37.230
15 Nature Photonics36.395
16 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental35.970
17 Nature Materials35.583
18 Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics35.175
19 Advances in Colloid and Interface Science34.503
20 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews34.265
21 Advanced Materials33.511
22 Nano Energy31.350
23 Progress in Aerospace Sciences31.028
24 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence30.839
25 Annual Review of Marine Science30.684
26 International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture30.568
27 Advanced Energy Materials29.590
28 Physics Reports-Review Section of Physics Letters28.922
29 Nature Electronics28.675
30 Nature Reviews Physics28.642
31 Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics28.575
32 Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry28.000
33 Proceedings of the IEEE27.928
34 Journal of Energy Chemistry27.611
35 ACS Energy Letters27.332
36 Medical Image Analysis26.595
37 Light-Science & Applications26.195
38 International Journal of Plasticity25.748
39 eTransportation25.596
40 ACS Nano25.574
41 Applied Mechanics Reviews25.267
42 Opto-Electronic Advances24.839
43 Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports24.674
44 IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems24.482
45 Energy Storage Materials24.081
46 Applied Energy23.472
47 IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications23.250
48 Sustainable Cities and Society22.880
49 ACS Catalysis22.607
50 Carbon Energy22.298
51 Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science21.608
52 Green Energy & Environment21.406
53 Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials21.240
54 Advanced Functional Materials21.141
55 Energy Conversion and Management21.096
56 Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems20.993
57 Annual Review of Biophysics20.946
58 Reports on Progress in Physics20.722
59 Nano Convergence20.564
60 Nature Climate Change20.481
61 Earth System Science Data20.149
62 IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering20.025
63 Physical Review X19.900
64 npj Flexible Electronics19.856
65 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems19.677
66 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles19.675
67 Biosensors & Bioelectronics19.397
68 Current Climate Change Reports19.320
69 IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems19.228
70 Carbon19.199
71 Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering19.185
72 Journal of Colloid and Interface Science18.713
73 Journal of Nanobiotechnology18.592
74 IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid18.491
75 IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging18.277
76 Astrophysical Journal Letters18.101
77 Petroleum Exploration and Development18.006
78 PRX Quantum17.986
79 IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications17.912
80 Ultrasonics Sonochemistry17.673
81 Fuel Processing Technology17.627
82 Nature Physics17.509
83 International Journal of Mechanical Sciences17.423
84 Energy Policy17.405
85 Energy Reports17.397
86 Energy17.376
87 Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering17.307
88 Energy Strategy Reviews17.267
89 npj Computational Materials17.205
90 IEEE Transactions on Image Processing16.983
91 Bioresource Technology16.978
92 Nano Today16.973
93 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing16.671
94 Renewable Energy16.665
95 Journal of Energy Storage16.608
96 Internet of Things16.513
97 IEEE Transactions on Power Systems16.423
98 Expert Systems With Applications16.321
99 Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing16.293
100 Investigative Radiology16.263
101 Applied Physics Reviews16.030
102 Fuel16.001
103 Nature Structural & Molecular Biology15.931
104 IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy15.720
105 Current Opinion in Chemical Biology15.717
106 Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews15.527
107 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy15.466
108 Advanced Photonics15.429
109 Pattern Recognition15.403
110 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology15.105
111 Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical15.047
112 Radiology14.989
113 Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica14.961
114 Microsystems & Nanoengineering14.889
115 ACS Sensors14.878
116 Nano Research14.740
117 IEEE-ACM Transactions on Audio Speech and Language Processing14.621
118 Optica14.536
119 Photoacoustics14.365
120 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology14.339
121 Tribology International14.305
122 Physical Review Letters14.163
123 Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences14.125
124 IEEE Wireless Communications14.102
125 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics14.056
126 Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering14.055
127 Composite Structures13.805
128 Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering13.756
129 Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy13.727
130 Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence13.724
131 Solar Energy13.714
132 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer13.674
133 Small13.664
134 Nano Letters13.631
135 npj 2D Materials and Applications13.629
136 Biosensors-Basel13.614
137 NanoImpact13.585
138 Advanced Science13.575
139 Catalysis Communications13.541
140 Multimedia Tools and Applications13.501
141 IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering13.461
142 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces13.425
143 Plasmonics13.348
144 Applied Surface Science13.072
145 IEEE-ACM Transactions on Networking13.054
146 Urban Climate12.892
147 npj Quantum Information12.876
148 Progress in Photovoltaics12.694
149 Energy and Buildings12.676
150 Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry12.634
151 International Journal of Nanomedicine12.631
152 IEEE Systems Journal12.611
153 Thin-Walled Structures12.541
154 Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing12.532
155 Journal of Power Sources12.526
156 Batteries-Basel12.468
157 IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics12.461
158 Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science12.452
159 Nature Astronomy12.434
160 Earths Future12.416
161 IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control12.376
162 Journal of Materiomics12.349
163 IEEE Internet of Things Journal12.322
164 Neuroimage12.185
165 Seminars in Nuclear Medicine12.078
166 Space Science Reviews12.010
167 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change12.004
168 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer11.986
169 Heritage Science11.926
170 Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells11.922
171 Communications Earth & Environment11.921
172 Engineering Failure Analysis11.879
173 Advanced Healthcare Materials11.864
174 Journal of Materials Chemistry A11.730
175 Automatica11.660
176 JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging11.592
177 Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series11.586
178 International Journal of Impact Engineering11.572
179 Chemistry of Materials11.554
180 IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security11.511
181 IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification11.491
182 Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging11.472
183 IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics11.466
184 Propulsion and Power Research11.460
185 Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis11.448
186 Progress in Quantum Electronics11.375
187 IEEE Transactions on Communications11.352
188 Computers & Electrical Engineering11.347
189 Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids11.286
190 Optical and Quantum Electronics11.273
191 IEEE Network11.266
192 IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology11.176
193 Bioenergy Research11.158
194 International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control11.141
195 Frontiers in Energy11.138
196 npj Climate and Atmospheric Science11.110
197 Surface & Coatings Technology11.088
198 Friction11.079
199 Facta Universitatis-Series Mechanical Engineering11.047
200 Applied Thermal Engineering11.012
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