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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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Progress in Energy and Combustion Science73.662
2 Reviews of Modern Physics70.722
3 Electrochemical Energy Reviews66.487
4 Nature Reviews Materials55.179
5 Advances in Optics and Photonics51.906
6 Reviews of Geophysics49.837
7 Nature Energy49.346
8 Nature Catalysis47.399
9 Nano-Micro Letters47.170
10 Joule44.732
11 Nature Nanotechnology43.045
12 Energy & Environmental Science37.919
13 Coordination Chemistry Reviews37.636
14 Nature Materials37.476
15 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental37.289
16 Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics36.750
17 Nature Photonics36.684
18 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews34.617
19 Advances in Colloid and Interface Science34.195
20 Advanced Materials32.793
21 Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics32.025
22 Nano Energy31.783
23 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence30.698
24 Nature Electronics29.945
25 International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture29.711
26 Advanced Energy Materials29.330
27 Physics Reports-Review Section of Physics Letters29.249
28 Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics29.015
29 Nature Reviews Physics28.929
30 Annual Review of Biophysics28.746
31 Progress in Aerospace Sciences28.723
32 Annual Review of Marine Science27.946
33 Journal of Energy Chemistry27.618
34 Light-Science & Applications27.522
35 Proceedings of the IEEE27.148
36 ACS Energy Letters26.844
37 Medical Image Analysis26.587
38 eTransportation25.822
39 Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry25.410
40 IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications25.155
41 Energy Storage Materials25.018
42 ACS Nano24.955
43 International Journal of Plasticity24.734
44 Carbon Energy24.647
45 Applied Mechanics Reviews24.489
46 Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials23.833
47 Opto-Electronic Advances23.660
48 IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems23.472
49 Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports23.033
50 Applied Energy22.700
51 ACS Catalysis22.382
52 Reports on Progress in Physics22.327
53 Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews22.320
54 Sustainable Cities and Society22.310
55 Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science21.730
56 Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems21.316
57 npj Flexible Electronics21.257
58 Green Energy & Environment21.246
59 Advanced Functional Materials20.867
60 Nature Climate Change20.689
61 Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences20.667
62 Nano Convergence20.449
63 Energy Conversion and Management20.305
64 IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems19.873
65 Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering19.790
66 IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering19.639
67 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems19.422
68 Journal of Nanobiotechnology19.408
69 Physical Review X19.348
70 Carbon19.315
71 Current Climate Change Reports19.296
72 Biosensors & Bioelectronics19.281
73 Energy Policy18.855
74 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles18.780
75 Astrophysical Journal Letters18.713
76 Earth System Science Data18.680
77 IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid18.605
78 Fuel Processing Technology18.223
79 Journal of Colloid and Interface Science18.136
80 PRX Quantum18.015
81 IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging17.840
82 Petroleum Exploration and Development17.787
83 IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications17.777
84 Energy Reports17.610
85 Nature Physics17.455
86 npj Computational Materials17.427
87 Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering17.373
88 Ultrasonics Sonochemistry17.310
89 Bioresource Technology17.119
90 Nano Today17.093
91 International Journal of Mechanical Sciences16.913
92 Energy Strategy Reviews16.865
93 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing16.821
94 Energy16.683
95 IEEE Transactions on Image Processing16.563
96 Renewable Energy16.458
97 Investigative Radiology16.389
98 Internet of Things16.357
99 Journal of Energy Storage16.210
100 Progress in Quantum Electronics16.151
101 Advanced Photonics16.126
102 Expert Systems With Applications16.015
103 Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing16.011
104 Applied Physics Reviews15.837
105 IEEE Transactions on Power Systems15.776
106 Nature Structural & Molecular Biology15.706
- Fuel15.706
108 Current Opinion in Chemical Biology15.480
109 Nano Research15.451
110 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy15.167
111 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology15.150
112 Radiology15.125
113 Microsystems & Nanoengineering14.925
114 Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical14.895
115 Pattern Recognition14.853
116 Optica14.747
117 IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy14.712
118 Photoacoustics14.465
119 ACS Sensors14.434
120 Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry14.396
121 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics14.331
122 Composite Structures14.087
123 Physical Review Letters14.050
124 Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering14.024
125 Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences14.011
126 Tribology International13.884
127 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer13.864
128 International Journal of Fatigue13.809
129 IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering13.807
130 Nano Letters13.572
131 IEEE-ACM Transactions on Audio Speech and Language Processing13.564
132 Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica13.550
133 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology13.538
134 Small13.460
135 Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering13.448
136 Solar Energy13.434
137 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces13.428
138 Advanced Science13.274
139 npj 2D Materials and Applications13.261
140 Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science13.258
141 Biosensors-Basel13.227
142 npj Quantum Information13.178
143 Progress in Photovoltaics13.177
144 IEEE Systems Journal13.169
145 Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence13.072
146 IEEE Wireless Communications13.060
147 Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy13.000
148 Applied Surface Science12.911
149 Urban Climate12.889
150 Catalysis Communications12.768
151 Plasmonics12.753
152 Multimedia Tools and Applications12.746
153 NanoImpact12.657
154 IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems12.634
155 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine12.588
156 Earths Future12.587
157 IEEE Internet of Things Journal12.506
158 Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells12.422
159 Journal of Power Sources12.363
160 Energy and Buildings12.347
161 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change12.314
162 IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control12.278
163 Propulsion and Power Research12.265
164 IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics12.256
165 Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing12.243
166 Neuroimage12.171
167 Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series12.162
168 Nature Astronomy12.148
169 Seminars in Nuclear Medicine12.106
170 International Journal of Nanomedicine12.085
171 Journal of Materiomics11.997
172 IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification11.966
173 Thin-Walled Structures11.951
174 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer11.888
175 IEEE-ACM Transactions on Networking11.834
176 Space Science Reviews11.778
177 IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics11.762
178 IEEE Transactions on Communications11.706
179 International Journal of Impact Engineering11.663
180 Batteries-Basel11.647
181 Chemistry of Materials11.637
182 JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging11.525
183 Automatica11.431
184 Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis11.371
185 Engineering Failure Analysis11.364
186 Advanced Healthcare Materials11.354
187 Communications Earth & Environment11.345
188 IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology11.269
189 Computers & Electrical Engineering11.227
190 Journal of Materials Chemistry A11.157
191 Energy for Sustainable Development11.111
192 Facta Universitatis-Series Mechanical Engineering11.105
193 Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging11.082
194 IEEE Network11.043
195 IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters11.041
196 Applied Thermal Engineering10.995
197 Journal of Nuclear Medicine10.931
198 International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control10.907
199 Surface & Coatings Technology10.868
200 Heritage Science10.838
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