Physics: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs that used to have more than one decimal point are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)

Rank	Journal	Impact Factor 2025
1	Nature Reviews Materials	ca. 83.3
2	Nature Energy	ca. 70.1
3	Electrochemical Energy Reviews	ca. 50.7
4	Reviews of Modern Physics	ca. 48.9
5	Nature Catalysis	ca. 48.3
6	Nature Reviews Physics	ca. 46.6
7	Nature Electronics	ca. 42.3
8	Progress in Energy and Combustion Science	ca. 41.3
9	Reviews of Geophysics	ca. 38.5
-	Nano-Micro Letters	ca. 38.5
11	Nature Photonics	ca. 38.1
12	Nature Materials	ca. 38
13	Nature Nanotechnology	ca. 37.5
14	Joule	ca. 37.1
15	Proceedings of the IEEE	ca. 30.9
16	Energy & Environmental Science	ca. 30.5
17	Advances in Optics and Photonics	ca. 30.1
18	Advanced Materials	ca. 29.1
19	Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics	ca. 29
20	Physics Reports-Review Section of Physics Letters	ca. 27.5
21	Nature Climate Change	ca. 26.9
22	Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics	ca. 26.1
23	Coordination Chemistry Reviews	ca. 25.6
24	Advanced Energy Materials	ca. 25.5
25	Progress in Aerospace Sciences	ca. 24.2
26	International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture	ca. 24.1
27	Advances in Colloid and Interface Science	ca. 23.7
28	Annual Review of Marine Science	ca. 22.5
29	Opto-Electronic Advances	ca. 22.4
30	Carbon Energy	ca. 21.4
31	Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports	ca. 21.1
32	IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence	ca. 20.4
33	Advanced Functional Materials	ca. 19.9
34	Applied Catalysis B-Environmental	ca. 19.7
35	Advanced Photonics	ca. 19.5
36	Energy Storage Materials	ca. 19.3
37	Applied Mechanics Reviews	ca. 19.1
38	JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging	ca. 19
39	eTransportation	ca. 18.7
40	Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews	ca. 18
-	Nature Physics	ca. 18
42	Radiology	ca. 17.6
43	ACS Energy Letters	ca. 17.5
44	ACS Nano	ca. 17.3
45	Physical Review X	ca. 16.8
-	IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications	ca. 16.8
47	Nano Energy	ca. 16.7
48	Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics	ca. 15.9
49	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	ca. 15.6
-	Journal of Energy Chemistry	ca. 15.6

51	Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials	ca. 15.5
52	Reports on Progress in Physics	ca. 15.4
-	International Journal of Plasticity	ca. 15.4
-	npj Flexible Electronics	ca. 15.4
55	IEEE Transactions on Image Processing	ca. 15.3
56	Nature Astronomy	ca. 15.2
57	Journal of Nanobiotechnology	ca. 15
58	Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science	ca. 14.1
-	Advanced Science	ca. 14.1
60	Medical Image Analysis	ca. 14
61	Nano Convergence	ca. 13.8
-	Progress in Reaction Kinetics and Mechanism	ca. 13.8
-	Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems	ca. 13.8
64	IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine	ca. 13.7
65	ACS Catalysis	ca. 13.6
66	Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica	ca. 13.5
67	IEEE Wireless Communications	ca. 13.4
68	Sustainable Cities and Society	ca. 13.3
69	npj Computational Materials	ca. 13.1
70	Annual Review of Biophysics	ca. 12.9
71	Carbon	ca. 12.7
-	Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences	ca. 12.7
73	IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging	ca. 12.4
74	Current Climate Change Reports	ca. 12.3
-	PRX Quantum	ca. 12.3
76	Applied Energy	ca. 12.2
77	Energy Strategy Reviews	ca. 12.1
78	Small	ca. 11.8
-	Energy Conversion and Management	ca. 11.8
-	Biosensors & Bioelectronics	ca. 11.8
-	Physics of Life Reviews	ca. 11.8
82	IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering	ca. 11.6
-	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews	ca. 11.6
-	Surface Science Reports	ca. 11.6
85	International Journal of Mechanical Sciences	ca. 11.4
86	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer	ca. 11.2
87	Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging	ca. 11.1
-	Astrophysical Journal Letters	ca. 11.1
-	Microsystems & Nanoengineering	ca. 11.1
90	Advanced Healthcare Materials	ca. 11
91	ACS Sensors	ca. 10.9
-	Facta Universitatis-Series Mechanical Engineering	ca. 10.9
93	Progress in Quantum Electronics	ca. 10.8
-	IEEE Signal Processing Magazine	ca. 10.8
-	IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology	ca. 10.8
-	Applied Physics Reviews	ca. 10.8
97	Nano Today	ca. 10.7
-	Journal of Energy Storage	ca. 10.7
99	Journal of Materiomics	ca. 10.6
100	IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy	ca. 10.3
-	IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications	ca. 10.3
102	Ultrasonics Sonochemistry	ca. 10.2
-	IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems	ca. 10.2
-	Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing	ca. 10.2
-	Progress in Photovoltaics	ca. 10.2
106	IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid	ca. 10.1
-	Energy	ca. 10.1
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	ca. 10.1
-	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	ca. 10.1
110	Advances in Physics-X	ca. 9.9
-	IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics	ca. 9.9
112	Space Science Reviews	ca. 9.8
113	IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems	ca. 9.7
-	Sustainable Materials and Technologies	ca. 9.7
-	Laser & Photonics Reviews	ca. 9.7
116	Clinical Nuclear Medicine	ca. 9.6
-	npj Climate and Atmospheric Science	ca. 9.6
-	Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy	ca. 9.6
-	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science	ca. 9.6
-	Journal of Nuclear Medicine	ca. 9.6
121	IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing	ca. 9.4
-	Expert Systems With Applications	ca. 9.4
-	Nano Research	ca. 9.4
-	Physical Review Letters	ca. 9.4
125	Communications Earth & Environment	ca. 9.3
-	Energy Policy	ca. 9.3
-	Materials Today Physics	ca. 9.3
128	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy	ca. 9.2
-	npj 2D Materials and Applications	ca. 9.2
-	Journal of Materials Chemistry A	ca. 9.2
131	IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems	ca. 9.1
-	Pattern Recognition	ca. 9.1
-	Nano Letters	ca. 9.1
-	Renewable Energy	ca. 9.1
-	Circulation-Cardiovascular Imaging	ca. 9.1
136	Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence	ca. 9
-	npj Quantum Information	ca. 9
138	Optica	ca. 8.8
-	IEEE Network	ca. 8.8
140	IEEE Internet of Things Journal	ca. 8.7
-	IEEE Transactions on Power Systems	ca. 8.7
-	Small Methods	ca. 8.7
-	IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security	ca. 8.7
144	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology	ca. 8.6
145	IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification	ca. 8.5
-	Earths Future	ca. 8.5
-	IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine	ca. 8.5
-	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing	ca. 8.5
149	Journal of Power Sources	ca. 8.4
-	IEEE Transactions on Communications	ca. 8.4
151	Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry	ca. 8.3
-	IEEE Communications Magazine	ca. 8.3
-	Thin-Walled Structures	ca. 8.3
-	Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical	ca. 8.3
155	Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering	ca. 8.2
-	Bioresource Technology	ca. 8.2
157	Science China-Information Sciences	ca. 8.1
-	Friction	ca. 8.1
-	Frontiers in Energy	ca. 8.1
-	Materials Today Energy	ca. 8.1
161	Energy and Buildings	ca. 8
162	Investigative Radiology	ca. 7.9
-	Solar Energy	ca. 7.9
-	Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing	ca. 7.9
165	ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces	ca. 7.8
-	Composite Structures	ca. 7.8
-	Fuel	ca. 7.8
-	Fuel Processing Technology	ca. 7.8
169	Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series	ca. 7.7
-	Applied Spectroscopy Reviews	ca. 7.7
171	Tribology International	ca. 7.6
-	Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science	ca. 7.6
-	Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering	ca. 7.6
-	Materials Today Nano	ca. 7.6
-	European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging	ca. 7.6

176	IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology	ca. 7.5
-	Urban Climate	ca. 7.5
-	Applied Thermal Engineering	ca. 7.5
179	Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments	ca. 7.4
-	Physics of the Dark Universe	ca. 7.4
-	International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics	ca. 7.4
-	American Journal of Roentgenology	ca. 7.4
-	IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics	ca. 7.4
184	International Journal of Coal Geology	ca. 7.3
-	Limnology and Oceanography Letters	ca. 7.3
186	Advanced Optical Materials	ca. 7.2
-	Science China-Physics Mechanics & Astronomy	ca. 7.2
-	Current Opinion in Chemical Biology	ca. 7.2
-	Wear	ca. 7.2
-	Weather and Climate Extremes	ca. 7.2
191	IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics	ca. 7.1
-	Chemistry of Materials	ca. 7.1
-	Photonics Research	ca. 7.1
194	International Journal of Fatigue	ca. 7
-	Biomass & Bioenergy	ca. 7
-	IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems	ca. 7
-	Engineering Failure Analysis	ca. 7
-	IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement	ca. 7
-	IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control	ca. 7
200	Surface & Coatings Technology	ca. 6.9

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