New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Physics

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. 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 H4-Index
1 Advanced Materials210
2 Advanced Functional Materials159
- ACS Nano159
4 Energy & Environmental Science146
5 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews144
6 Advanced Energy Materials143
- Applied Catalysis B-Environmental143
8 IEEE Access141
9 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence134
10 Coordination Chemistry Reviews130
11 Nature Energy128
- International Journal of Hydrogen Energy128
13 Energy127
14 ACS Catalysis125
- Advanced Science125
16 Sensors123
17 Nano-Micro Letters122
18 Journal of Energy Storage121
- Renewable Energy121
- Nano Energy121
21 Expert Systems With Applications120
22 Energy Storage Materials119
23 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems117
24 Journal of Colloid and Interface Science115
25 IEEE Internet of Things Journal114
- Nature Materials114
- Applied Energy114
- IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems114
29 Nature Nanotechnology112
30 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing111
31 Small109
32 ACS Energy Letters107
33 Journal of Energy Chemistry106
- Bioresource Technology106
- Applied Sciences-Basel106
- Joule106
37 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces105
38 Journal of Materials Chemistry A104
- Fuel104
- Nature Catalysis104
41 Physical Review Letters102
42 Carbon101
43 Nature Photonics100
44 Energy Conversion and Management99
45 Energies97
- IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications97
47 Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence96
- Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing96
49 Energy Reports95
- Sustainable Cities and Society95
- Nano Letters95
52 Light-Science & Applications91
53 Astrophysical Journal90
54 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics89
- Journal of Alloys and Compounds89
56 Journal of Nanobiotechnology88
- Nanomaterials88
- Nature Electronics88
- IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology88
- IEEE Transactions on Image Processing88
61 Electronics86
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics86
- Nature Reviews Materials86
- Pattern Recognition86
- IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering86
66 Materials85
67 Nano Research84
- Advances in Colloid and Interface Science84
69 Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials83
- Applied Thermal Engineering83
- IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications83
72 Astronomy & Astrophysics82
- Applied Surface Science82
- Journal of Power Sources82
- Radiology82
76 Journal of Molecular Liquids81
- Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical81
78 Medical Image Analysis80
- Astrophysical Journal Letters80
- Nature Climate Change80
- IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems80
- IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics80
83 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society79
84 Nature Physics78
85 Energy Policy77
- IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control77
- IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology77
88 Ocean Engineering75
89 International Journal of Mechanical Sciences74
90 IEEE Sensors Journal73
91 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles72
- Multimedia Tools and Applications72
93 Energy and Buildings71
- IEEE Transactions on Communications71
- IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid71
96 Advanced Healthcare Materials70
- IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement70
- Composite Structures70
- Journal of Molecular Structure70
- IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging70
101 Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering69
- Chemistry of Materials69
- International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer69
104 Solar Energy68
105 Carbon Energy67
- Advanced Optical Materials67
- International Journal of Plasticity67
- Chaos Solitons & Fractals67
- Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing67
- Biosensors-Basel67
- ACS Sensors67
- Nanoscale67
113 Nonlinear Dynamics66
- Journal of High Energy Physics66
- International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems66
116 Ultrasonics Sonochemistry65
- IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation65
- Nano Today65
- IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security65
- Journal of Materials Chemistry C65
- Case Studies in Thermal Engineering65
- Automatica65
- Micromachines65
- Proceedings of the IEEE65
125 Energy & Fuels64
- IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics64
- IEEE Transactions on Power Systems64
- Laser & Photonics Reviews64
- Inorganic Chemistry64
- Nature Reviews Physics64
- IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification64
132 Thin-Walled Structures63
- Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects63
- Earth System Science Data63
- Optics and Laser Technology63
136 Tribology International62
- International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer62
- ACS Applied Nano Materials62
- IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing62
- Neuroimage62
141 Catalysts61
- npj Computational Materials61
143 Inorganic Chemistry Communications60
- Electrochimica Acta60
- Computers & Electrical Engineering60
- Small Methods60
- Internet of Things60
- Physics Reports-Review Section of Physics Letters60
149 Engineering Failure Analysis59
- Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters59
- Communications Earth & Environment59
152 Energy Strategy Reviews58
- PRX Quantum58
- Electric Power Systems Research58
155 Electrochemical Energy Reviews57
- Reviews of Modern Physics57
- JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging57
- Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics57
- IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters57
- IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics57
- Physical Review X57
162 ACS Photonics56
- Applied Physics Reviews56
- Urban Climate56
- Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering56
- Combustion and Flame56
- Computer Networks56
- Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery56
- ACS Applied Energy Materials56
- Environmental Research Letters56
- Progress in Energy and Combustion Science56
- Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers56
- Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics56
- IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy56
- IEEE Wireless Communications56
176 Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series55
- Nature Structural & Molecular Biology55
- Optics Express55
- Green Energy & Environment55
- Physics of Fluids55
181 Fuel Processing Technology54
- Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells54
- Nature Astronomy54
- International Journal of Fatigue54
- IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications54
- Optical and Quantum Electronics54
187 Journal of Lightwave Technology53
- Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation53
- Diamond and Related Materials53
- IEEE Communications Magazine53
- IEEE Wireless Communications Letters53
- Optical Materials53
- Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces53
- Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids53
- Langmuir53
- Applied Physics Letters53
- Surface & Coatings Technology53
- International Journal of Nanomedicine53
199 Coatings52
- Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics52
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