Physics: Journal Rankings

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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Advanced Materials	207
2	Applied Catalysis B-Environmental	144
3	Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews	143
4	IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence	134
5	Coordination Chemistry Reviews	128
6	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy	125
-	Energy	125
8	Renewable Energy	123
9	Expert Systems With Applications	122
10	Sensors	121
11	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science	114
12	Applied Energy	112
13	IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing	110
14	Bioresource Technology	108
15	Physical Review Letters	104
16	Fuel	103
17	Carbon	99
18	Energy Conversion and Management	98
19	Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing	95
20	Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence	93
21	Astrophysical Journal	89
-	IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics	89
23	IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology	87
24	IEEE Transactions on Image Processing	86
-	Biosensors & Bioelectronics	86
-	Pattern Recognition	86
27	Advances in Colloid and Interface Science	83
-	Astronomy & Astrophysics	83
-	Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical	83
-	IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications	83
-	IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering	83
32	Journal of Power Sources	82
-	Applied Thermal Engineering	82
-	Applied Surface Science	82
35	Radiology	80
-	IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems	80
-	Journal of Molecular Liquids	80
38	IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics	79
-	Medical Image Analysis	79
40	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society	78
41	Energy Policy	77
42	IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology	76
43	IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control	75
44	Ocean Engineering	74
-	International Journal of Mechanical Sciences	74
-	IEEE Transactions on Communications	74
47	Multimedia Tools and Applications	71
-	Energy and Buildings	71
-	IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging	71
50	Journal of Molecular Structure	70

-	Composite Structures	70
52	Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering	69
-	Solar Energy	69
-	International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer	69
55	IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement	68
-	Chemistry of Materials	68
57	Neuroimage	67
-	Chaos Solitons & Fractals	67
59	International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems	66
-	International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer	66
61	Nonlinear Dynamics	65
-	Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing	65
-	Ultrasonics Sonochemistry	65
-	International Journal of Plasticity	65
-	Journal of High Energy Physics	65
66	Proceedings of the IEEE	64
67	Automatica	63
-	Optics and Laser Technology	63
-	Energy & Fuels	63
-	Inorganic Chemistry	63
-	Thin-Walled Structures	63
-	IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics	63
-	IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation	63
74	Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects	62
75	Tribology International	61
-	IEEE Transactions on Power Systems	61
77	Computers & Electrical Engineering	60
78	Physics Reports-Review Section of Physics Letters	59
-	Electrochimica Acta	59
-	Inorganic Chemistry Communications	59
81	Engineering Failure Analysis	58
82	Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering	57
-	Reviews of Modern Physics	57
-	Optics Express	57
-	Electric Power Systems Research	57
86	Combustion and Flame	56
-	Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series	56
88	Physics of Fluids	55
-	Progress in Energy and Combustion Science	55
90	Optical and Quantum Electronics	54
-	International Journal of Energy Research	54
-	Fuel Processing Technology	54
-	Computer Networks	54
94	IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications	53
-	Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids	53
-	International Journal of Nanomedicine	53
-	International Journal of Fatigue	53
-	Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces	53
-	Applied Physics Letters	53
-	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells	53
101	Diamond and Related Materials	52
-	IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems	52
-	Langmuir	52
-	Journal of Lightwave Technology	52
-	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	52
-	Surface & Coatings Technology	52
-	Optical Materials	52
-	Scripta Materialia	52
109	Aerospace Science and Technology	51
-	Sensors and Actuators A-Physical	51
-	IEEE Communications Magazine	51
-	IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems	51
-	Journal of Computational Physics	51
-	Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy	51
-	Optik	51
-	IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering	51
117	International Journal of Thermal Sciences	50
-	Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing	50
-	Journal of Catalysis	50
-	Astronomical Journal	50
121	Agricultural and Forest Meteorology	49
-	Applied Mathematical Modelling	49
123	Journal of Sound and Vibration	48
-	Physics Letters B	48
-	Engineering Fracture Mechanics	48
-	Chinese Journal of Aeronautics	48
127	Journal of Chemical Physics	47
-	Computer Communications	47
-	Ocean & Coastal Management	47
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer	47
-	Physica A-Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications	47
-	IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion	47
133	Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis	46
-	Journal of Nuclear Medicine	46
-	Chinese Journal of Physics	46
-	Vacuum	46
-	IEEE Network	46
-	IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques	46
-	IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing	46
-	Materials Science and Engineering B-Advanced Functional Solid-State Materials	46
141	Minerals Engineering	45
-	International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture	45
-	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A-Chemistry	45
-	Optics Letters	45
-	IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits	45
-	Journal of the Electrochemical Society	45
-	Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids	45
-	Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials	45
-	Journal of Applied Physics	45
-	Biomass & Bioenergy	45
151	Entropy	44
-	Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics	44
-	IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics	44
154	Mechanism and Machine Theory	43
-	Natural Hazards	43
-	International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics	43
-	Catalysis Today	43
-	Radiation Physics and Chemistry	43
-	Materials Letters	43
-	Journal of Fluid Mechanics	43
161	Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports	42
-	Applied Acoustics	42
-	Applied Clay Science	42
-	Computer Physics Communications	42
-	Radiotherapy and Oncology	42
-	Physica Scripta	42
-	IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices	42
-	Microporous and Mesoporous Materials	42
-	Atmospheric Research	42
-	IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery	42
171	Journal of Supercomputing	41
-	Reports on Progress in Physics	41
-	IEEE Electron Device Letters	41
-	Journal of Solid State Chemistry	41
-	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	41

176	Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics	40
-	Acta Astronautica	40
-	Physica B-Condensed Matter	40
-	IEEE Signal Processing Letters	40
-	International Journal of Impact Engineering	40
181	Chemical Physics Letters	39
-	Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation	39
-	IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology	39
-	Intermetallics	39
-	Progress in Aerospace Sciences	39
-	Water Air and Soil Pollution	39
-	Optics and Lasers in Engineering	39
-	Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta	39
189	Medical Physics	38
-	Journal of the Franklin Institute-Engineering and Applied Mathematics	38
-	Applied Organometallic Chemistry	38
-	Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry	38
-	Journal of Luminescence	38
-	Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics	38
-	Applied Ocean Research	38
-	Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing	38
197	Nuclear Fusion	37
-	International Journal of Modern Physics B	37
-	Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics	37
-	Atmospheric Environment	37

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