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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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Reviews of Modern Physics74.396
2 Progress in Energy and Combustion Science74.317
3 Nature Reviews Materials60.539
4 Electrochemical Energy Reviews59.589
5 Nano-Micro Letters52.999
6 Nature Energy50.519
7 Reviews of Geophysics50.509
8 Nature Catalysis50.267
9 Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics49.048
10 Advances in Optics and Photonics48.265
11 Joule47.589
12 Nature Nanotechnology43.945
13 Energy & Environmental Science42.609
14 Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics42.275
15 Coordination Chemistry Reviews40.654
16 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental38.031
17 Nature Photonics37.186
18 Nature Materials37.058
19 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews34.417
20 Advances in Colloid and Interface Science32.883
21 Advanced Materials32.541
22 Nature Electronics31.628
23 Physics Reports-Review Section of Physics Letters30.836
24 Nano Energy30.814
25 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence30.601
26 Opto-Electronic Advances30.185
27 Advanced Energy Materials29.301
28 Light-Science & Applications28.681
29 Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics28.640
30 Journal of Energy Chemistry28.601
31 Annual Review of Biophysics28.306
32 International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture28.112
33 Annual Review of Marine Science27.739
34 ACS Energy Letters27.725
35 Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials27.309
36 Energy Storage Materials27.211
37 Progress in Aerospace Sciences26.372
38 Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry26.068
39 Nature Reviews Physics25.941
40 Medical Image Analysis25.811
41 Carbon Energy25.085
42 Proceedings of the IEEE24.909
43 Applied Mechanics Reviews24.609
44 eTransportation24.400
45 ACS Nano24.369
46 Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews24.163
47 Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science23.973
48 Reports on Progress in Physics23.656
49 npj Flexible Electronics23.642
50 International Journal of Plasticity22.754
51 ACS Catalysis22.284
52 IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications22.137
53 Applied Energy22.090
54 Sustainable Cities and Society21.986
55 IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems21.509
56 IEEE Transactions on Image Processing21.237
57 Energy Conversion and Management21.211
58 Nature Climate Change21.017
59 Green Energy & Environment20.498
60 Journal of Nanobiotechnology20.221
61 Advanced Functional Materials20.141
62 Carbon20.054
63 Bioresource Technology19.690
64 Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences19.477
65 Biosensors & Bioelectronics19.470
66 Energy Policy19.409
67 Nano Convergence19.310
68 IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering19.248
69 Journal of Colloid and Interface Science19.242
70 Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports19.057
71 Earth System Science Data18.970
72 Physical Review X18.955
73 IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems18.900
74 Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering18.816
75 PRX Quantum18.525
76 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems18.456
77 Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems18.435
78 npj Computational Materials18.143
79 Nano Today17.838
80 Current Climate Change Reports17.793
81 Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering17.791
82 IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid17.737
83 Nature Physics17.572
84 Applied Physics Reviews17.501
85 Renewable Energy17.441
86 Astrophysical Journal Letters17.439
87 Fuel Processing Technology17.434
88 IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging17.028
89 Pattern Recognition16.976
90 Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing16.920
91 Energy Strategy Reviews16.811
92 Advanced Photonics16.804
93 Energy16.626
94 Ultrasonics Sonochemistry16.481
95 Petroleum Exploration and Development16.379
96 Fuel16.278
97 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles16.073
98 International Journal of Mechanical Sciences16.045
99 Expert Systems With Applications15.955
100 Nano Research15.945
101 Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering15.821
102 IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications15.787
103 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing15.683
104 Journal of Energy Storage15.499
105 Optica15.473
106 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology15.392
107 IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy15.324
108 Microsystems & Nanoengineering15.274
109 Nature Structural & Molecular Biology15.263
110 Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical15.199
111 Energy Reports15.131
112 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy14.798
113 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics14.705
114 Investigative Radiology14.657
115 European Physical Journal C14.509
116 IEEE Transactions on Power Systems14.474
117 Composite Structures14.458
118 Internet of Things14.444
119 Radiology14.395
120 Journal of Materials Chemistry A14.349
121 Current Opinion in Chemical Biology14.312
122 npj 2D Materials and Applications14.267
123 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine14.210
124 Nanophotonics14.200
125 Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering14.085
126 Photoacoustics14.036
127 Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences13.968
128 Physical Review Letters13.940
129 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change13.873
130 Progress in Quantum Electronics13.843
131 Advanced Science13.841
132 ACS Sensors13.756
133 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces13.750
134 Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series13.740
135 Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering13.703
136 Tribology International13.664
137 IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering13.641
138 IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems13.605
139 Nano Letters13.558
140 Applied Surface Science13.448
141 Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy13.426
142 npj Quantum Information13.361
143 Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry13.300
144 Computer Physics Communications13.234
145 Solar Energy13.132
146 Small13.109
147 Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science13.108
148 International Journal of Fatigue13.083
149 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology12.926
150 NanoImpact12.919
151 IEEE Systems Journal12.852
152 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer12.781
153 Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing12.709
154 Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica12.705
155 Propulsion and Power Research12.652
156 Energy and Buildings12.646
157 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing12.596
158 Urban Climate12.509
159 Journal of Power Sources12.434
160 IEEE-ACM Transactions on Audio Speech and Language Processing12.433
161 Earths Future12.367
162 Progress in Photovoltaics12.354
163 IEEE Internet of Things Journal12.338
164 Nature Astronomy12.194
165 Multimedia Tools and Applications12.183
166 Biosensors-Basel12.167
167 Chemistry of Materials12.158
168 Journal of Materiomics12.130
169 Neuroimage12.127
170 IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics12.117
171 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer11.993
172 IEEE Wireless Communications11.991
173 Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence11.965
174 IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control11.961
175 Colloid and Interface Science Communications11.875
176 Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells11.800
177 Journal of Digital Imaging11.753
178 Catalysis Communications11.700
179 Automatica11.573
180 IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics11.516
181 Plasmonics11.473
182 Thin-Walled Structures11.440
183 International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems11.412
184 European Radiology11.409
185 IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security11.383
186 Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy11.373
187 Combustion and Flame11.347
188 Scripta Materialia11.339
189 Mechanism and Machine Theory11.323
190 IEEE Transactions on Communications11.265
191 IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification11.219
192 Surveys in Geophysics11.218
193 IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing11.209
194 Seminars in Nuclear Medicine11.129
195 Friction11.115
196 JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging11.109
197 Space Science Reviews11.052
198 npj Quantum Materials11.049
199 Journal of Nanomaterials11.011
200 IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology10.919
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