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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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Reviews of Modern Physics75.110
2 Progress in Energy and Combustion Science72.951
3 Electrochemical Energy Reviews71.197
4 Advances in Optics and Photonics56.923
5 Nature Reviews Materials55.284
6 Nature Energy49.740
7 Nano-Micro Letters48.438
8 Nature Catalysis46.177
9 Joule42.916
10 Energy & Environmental Science42.025
11 Nature Nanotechnology41.349
12 Reviews of Geophysics40.122
13 Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics38.850
14 Coordination Chemistry Reviews37.872
15 Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics36.763
16 Nature Photonics36.613
17 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental35.930
18 Nature Materials35.052
19 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews34.904
20 Advances in Colloid and Interface Science33.947
21 Advanced Materials33.456
22 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence31.885
23 Annual Review of Marine Science31.418
24 Progress in Aerospace Sciences31.274
25 International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture30.901
26 Nano Energy30.868
27 Physics Reports-Review Section of Physics Letters29.733
28 Advanced Energy Materials29.455
29 Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry29.208
30 Nature Reviews Physics29.203
31 Nature Electronics29.087
32 Applied Mechanics Reviews27.884
33 Journal of Energy Chemistry27.610
34 ACS Energy Letters27.401
35 Proceedings of the IEEE27.074
36 eTransportation27.020
37 Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports26.350
38 International Journal of Plasticity26.203
39 ACS Nano26.085
40 Medical Image Analysis25.681
41 Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics25.613
42 Light-Science & Applications25.484
43 Opto-Electronic Advances25.475
44 IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems24.684
45 Applied Energy24.205
46 Energy Storage Materials23.984
47 IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications23.599
48 Sustainable Cities and Society22.971
49 ACS Catalysis22.610
50 Carbon Energy22.351
51 Annual Review of Biophysics21.925
52 Green Energy & Environment21.876
53 Energy Conversion and Management21.639
54 Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems21.573
55 Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science21.425
56 Advanced Functional Materials21.139
57 Nano Convergence20.885
58 Nature Climate Change20.855
59 Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials20.683
60 IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering20.577
61 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles20.464
62 Physical Review X20.225
63 Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering20.157
64 Earth System Science Data20.116
65 Current Climate Change Reports19.654
66 IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems19.470
67 Carbon19.439
68 npj Flexible Electronics19.436
69 Biosensors & Bioelectronics19.330
70 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems19.156
71 Reports on Progress in Physics19.150
72 Journal of Colloid and Interface Science18.973
73 Petroleum Exploration and Development18.889
74 Journal of Nanobiotechnology18.657
75 IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications18.556
76 IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging18.540
77 Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences18.519
78 Ultrasonics Sonochemistry18.212
79 PRX Quantum18.091
80 Energy Reports17.967
81 International Journal of Mechanical Sciences17.966
82 Fuel Processing Technology17.867
83 IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid17.799
84 Energy Strategy Reviews17.796
85 Energy17.765
86 Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering17.628
87 Nature Physics17.473
88 Astrophysical Journal Letters17.450
89 Energy Policy17.423
90 IEEE Transactions on Image Processing17.365
91 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing17.322
92 npj Computational Materials17.262
93 Internet of Things17.232
94 Bioresource Technology17.040
95 Nano Today17.020
96 Investigative Radiology17.000
97 Renewable Energy16.894
98 Journal of Energy Storage16.778
99 IEEE Transactions on Power Systems16.556
100 Expert Systems With Applications16.484
101 Applied Physics Reviews16.407
102 Fuel16.133
103 Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing16.052
104 Nature Structural & Molecular Biology16.013
105 Pattern Recognition15.713
106 Advanced Photonics15.442
107 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy15.403
108 Current Opinion in Chemical Biology15.332
109 Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical15.314
110 Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews15.235
111 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology15.137
112 Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica15.103
113 Radiology15.086
114 IEEE-ACM Transactions on Audio Speech and Language Processing15.066
115 ACS Sensors14.984
116 IEEE Wireless Communications14.804
117 Microsystems & Nanoengineering14.790
118 IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy14.742
119 Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences14.631
120 Tribology International14.523
121 Optica14.378
122 Photoacoustics14.352
123 Nano Research14.334
124 Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering14.314
125 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer14.268
126 Physical Review Letters14.193
127 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics14.157
128 International Journal of Fatigue14.026
129 Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence14.025
130 npj 2D Materials and Applications13.965
131 Catalysis Communications13.900
- IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering13.900
133 Composite Structures13.774
134 Solar Energy13.769
135 Nano Letters13.741
136 Small13.701
137 Plasmonics13.691
138 Advanced Science13.566
139 Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering13.551
140 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology13.486
141 Biosensors-Basel13.471
142 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces13.461
143 Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry13.354
144 IEEE-ACM Transactions on Networking13.334
145 Multimedia Tools and Applications13.157
146 Applied Surface Science13.089
147 International Journal of Nanomedicine13.010
148 Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy13.000
149 npj Quantum Information12.993
150 Energy and Buildings12.981
151 Journal of Power Sources12.894
152 Thin-Walled Structures12.890
153 Progress in Photovoltaics12.858
154 Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing12.832
155 Batteries-Basel12.741
156 IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics12.733
157 IEEE Systems Journal12.717
158 Nature Astronomy12.613
159 IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems12.607
160 Earths Future12.597
161 Journal of Materiomics12.580
162 Urban Climate12.564
163 NanoImpact12.546
164 IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control12.541
165 Heritage Science12.512
166 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change12.500
167 Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science12.480
168 Space Science Reviews12.344
169 IEEE Internet of Things Journal12.341
170 Communications Earth & Environment12.258
171 Neuroimage12.155
172 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer12.125
173 Seminars in Nuclear Medicine12.087
174 Progress in Quantum Electronics12.071
175 Engineering Failure Analysis12.069
176 IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security12.024
177 Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells11.998
178 Advanced Healthcare Materials11.978
179 Journal of Materials Chemistry A11.970
180 IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification11.915
181 IEEE Transactions on Communications11.875
182 Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series11.830
183 International Journal of Impact Engineering11.782
184 IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics11.750
185 Automatica11.693
186 Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging11.666
187 Frontiers in Energy11.643
188 Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis11.609
189 Chemistry of Materials11.535
190 Propulsion and Power Research11.490
191 Surface Science Reports11.486
192 Optical and Quantum Electronics11.483
193 Bioenergy Research11.472
194 npj Climate and Atmospheric Science11.445
195 IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters11.392
196 IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology11.358
197 Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids11.352
198 JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging11.338
199 IEEE Network11.319
200 Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering11.234
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