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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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Reviews of Modern Physics73.855
2 Progress in Energy and Combustion Science63.490
3 Nature Nanotechnology44.646
4 Coordination Chemistry Reviews41.208
5 Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics41.170
6 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental39.759
7 Advances in Optics and Photonics36.268
8 Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics36.205
9 Nature Materials36.151
10 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews35.237
11 Energy & Environmental Science32.601
12 Nature Photonics32.440
13 Advanced Materials31.699
14 Advances in Colloid and Interface Science31.623
15 Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports28.376
16 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence28.283
17 Advanced Energy Materials28.033
18 Reports on Progress in Physics27.513
19 Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics26.954
20 International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture26.615
21 Physics Reports-Review Section of Physics Letters25.366
22 Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews25.170
23 Radiologia Medica24.948
24 Biotechnology for Biofuels23.672
25 ACS Nano23.657
26 Medical Image Analysis23.655
27 Proceedings of the IEEE23.446
28 Annual Review of Marine Science22.564
29 Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science22.458
30 IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications22.381
31 Progress in Aerospace Sciences22.144
32 Earth System Science Data22.025
33 Annual Review of Biophysics21.500
34 Nature Climate Change20.884
35 Energy Policy20.825
36 Bioresource Technology20.399
37 Advanced Functional Materials20.268
38 Applied Mechanics Reviews20.152
39 Energy Conversion and Management19.864
40 Applied Energy19.856
41 Biosensors & Bioelectronics19.085
42 International Journal of Plasticity19.061
43 Carbon19.044
44 Applied Physics Reviews18.455
45 Journal of Colloid and Interface Science18.445
46 Nano Today18.270
47 Renewable Energy18.193
48 IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems18.157
49 Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences17.633
50 Journal of Nanobiotechnology17.531
51 Fuel Processing Technology17.527
52 IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid17.419
53 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing17.189
54 IEEE Transactions on Image Processing17.111
55 Astrophysical Journal Letters16.903
56 Ultrasonics Sonochemistry16.643
57 Nano Research16.564
58 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems16.510
59 Nature Physics16.441
60 Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering16.388
61 Energy16.333
62 IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging16.255
63 Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing15.832
- European Radiology15.832
65 Computer Physics Communications15.654
66 Nature Structural & Molecular Biology15.539
67 Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering15.310
68 IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering15.250
69 Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical15.180
70 IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy15.098
71 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer15.002
72 International Journal of Mechanical Sciences14.750
73 Pattern Recognition14.735
74 Petroleum Exploration and Development14.724
75 Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering14.711
76 Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science14.619
77 Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series14.590
78 Fuel14.421
79 IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications14.371
80 Physical Review Letters14.324
81 Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy14.224
82 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics14.184
83 Progress in Quantum Electronics14.133
84 Expert Systems With Applications14.048
85 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces13.957
86 Composite Structures13.924
87 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change13.835
88 Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences13.712
89 Current Opinion in Chemical Biology13.705
90 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy13.561
91 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology13.477
92 European Physical Journal C13.452
93 Nano Letters13.394
94 Neuroimage13.391
95 Solar Energy13.234
96 IEEE Transactions on Power Systems13.097
97 Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering13.089
98 Applied Surface Science13.054
99 Small12.927
100 Journal of Power Sources12.842
101 Radiology12.777
102 Energy and Buildings12.633
103 Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering12.541
104 IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering12.488
105 Progress in Photovoltaics12.382
106 Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing12.232
107 International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems12.175
108 IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems12.105
109 Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells12.100
110 IEEE Systems Journal12.065
111 IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics12.056
112 IEEE Wireless Communications11.997
113 Chemistry of Materials11.938
114 International Journal of Fatigue11.858
115 Facta Universitatis-Series Mechanical Engineering11.840
116 Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry11.822
117 IEEE Transactions on Communications11.496
118 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology11.472
119 Tribology International11.436
120 Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence11.368
121 Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces11.353
122 Space Science Reviews11.313
123 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing11.188
124 Mechanism and Machine Theory11.182
125 Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis11.120
126 Investigative Radiology11.070
127 Scripta Materialia11.025
128 Thin-Walled Structures10.990
129 Journal of Alloys and Compounds10.958
130 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer10.955
131 Automatica10.861
132 IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics10.821
133 Combustion and Flame10.762
134 Journal of Catalysis10.760
135 Surface Science Reports10.750
136 International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control10.712
137 IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control10.661
138 Agricultural and Forest Meteorology10.534
139 International Journal of Energy Research10.514
140 Applied Thermal Engineering10.486
141 Journal of Molecular Liquids10.457
142 Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica10.456
143 IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion10.449
- JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging10.449
145 Catalysis Today10.416
146 Tsinghua Science and Technology10.359
147 Laser & Photonics Reviews10.346
148 Journal of Nuclear Medicine10.263
149 Surface & Coatings Technology10.213
150 IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology10.048
151 Minerals Engineering10.021
152 Applied Clay Science10.012
153 Journal of Digital Imaging10.008
154 Ocean & Coastal Management9.999
155 Ukrainian Journal of Physical Optics9.992
156 Journal of Nanomaterials9.838
157 Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids9.836
158 Computer Communications9.813
159 International Journal of Impact Engineering9.790
160 Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry9.789
161 Applied Mathematical Modelling9.788
162 Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects9.750
163 Electrochimica Acta9.734
164 Computers & Electrical Engineering9.670
165 Aerospace Science and Technology9.665
166 Seminars in Nuclear Medicine9.646
167 Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications9.644
168 International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery9.639
169 Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics9.616
170 Bioelectrochemistry9.564
171 International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer9.526
172 International Journal of Thermal Sciences9.523
173 Microporous and Mesoporous Materials9.521
174 International Journal of Nanomedicine9.510
175 IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation9.505
176 Surveys in Geophysics9.475
177 Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation9.468
178 Multimedia Tools and Applications9.453
179 Environmental Research Letters9.414
180 Biomass & Bioenergy9.390
181 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics9.360
182 Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids9.341
183 Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics9.338
184 Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics9.334
185 European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging9.283
186 Chaos Solitons & Fractals9.253
187 Applied Spectroscopy Reviews9.133
188 Bioenergy Research9.110
189 Biochip Journal9.106
190 Utilities Policy9.094
191 Energy & Fuels9.090
192 Earth and Planetary Science Letters9.033
193 Science China-Physics Mechanics & Astronomy9.013
194 Engineering Failure Analysis9.011
195 Chinese Journal of Aeronautics9.010
196 Catalysis Communications8.983
197 International Journal of Coal Geology8.935
198 Energy for Sustainable Development8.933
199 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society8.852
200 Optics and Laser Technology8.836
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