New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

Physics

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 2024
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 Nano-Micro Letters ca. 38.5
- Reviews of Geophysics 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 Journal of Energy Chemistry ca. 15.6
- Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 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 Advanced Science ca. 14.1
- Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials 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 Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences ca. 12.7
- Carbon ca. 12.7
73 IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging ca. 12.4
74 PRX Quantum ca. 12.3
- Current Climate Change Reports ca. 12.3
76 Applied Energy ca. 12.2
77 Energy Strategy Reviews ca. 12.1
78 Biosensors & Bioelectronics ca. 11.8
- Small ca. 11.8
- Physics of Life Reviews ca. 11.8
- Energy Conversion and Management 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 Microsystems & Nanoengineering ca. 11.1
- Astrophysical Journal Letters ca. 11.1
- Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging ca. 11.1
90 Advanced Healthcare Materials ca. 11
91 ACS Sensors ca. 10.9
- Facta Universitatis-Series Mechanical Engineering ca. 10.9
93 Applied Physics Reviews ca. 10.8
- Progress in Quantum Electronics ca. 10.8
- IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology ca. 10.8
- IEEE Signal Processing Magazine ca. 10.8
97 Journal of Energy Storage ca. 10.7
- Nano Today 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
- Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing ca. 10.2
- Progress in Photovoltaics ca. 10.2
- IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems ca. 10.2
106 IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid ca. 10.1
- Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change ca. 10.1
- Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ca. 10.1
- Energy 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 Laser & Photonics Reviews ca. 9.7
- IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems ca. 9.7
- Sustainable Materials and Technologies ca. 9.7
116 Journal of Nuclear Medicine ca. 9.6
- Journal of Colloid and Interface Science ca. 9.6
- Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ca. 9.6
- npj Climate and Atmospheric Science ca. 9.6
- Clinical 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 Materials Today Physics ca. 9.3
- Communications Earth & Environment ca. 9.3
- Energy Policy ca. 9.3
128 Journal of Materials Chemistry A ca. 9.2
- International Journal of Hydrogen Energy ca. 9.2
- npj 2D Materials and Applications ca. 9.2
131 Pattern Recognition ca. 9.1
- Circulation-Cardiovascular Imaging ca. 9.1
- Nano Letters ca. 9.1
- Renewable Energy ca. 9.1
- IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems ca. 9.1
136 npj Quantum Information ca. 9
- Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence ca. 9
138 Optica ca. 8.8
- IEEE Network ca. 8.8
140 IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security ca. 8.7
- IEEE Transactions on Power Systems ca. 8.7
- Small Methods ca. 8.7
- IEEE Internet of Things Journal ca. 8.7
144 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology ca. 8.6
145 IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification ca. 8.5
- IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing ca. 8.5
- IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine ca. 8.5
- Earths Future ca. 8.5
149 IEEE Transactions on Communications ca. 8.4
- Journal of Power Sources ca. 8.4
151 Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry ca. 8.3
- Thin-Walled Structures ca. 8.3
- Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical ca. 8.3
- IEEE Communications Magazine ca. 8.3
155 Bioresource Technology ca. 8.2
- Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering ca. 8.2
157 Materials Today Energy ca. 8.1
- Science China-Information Sciences ca. 8.1
- Friction ca. 8.1
- Frontiers in Energy ca. 8.1
161 Energy and Buildings ca. 8
162 Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing ca. 7.9
- Investigative Radiology ca. 7.9
- Solar Energy ca. 7.9
165 Fuel ca. 7.8
- Fuel Processing Technology ca. 7.8
- Composite Structures ca. 7.8
- ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ca. 7.8
169 Applied Spectroscopy Reviews ca. 7.7
- Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series ca. 7.7
171 Tribology International ca. 7.6
- European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging ca. 7.6
- Materials Today Nano ca. 7.6
- Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering ca. 7.6
- Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science ca. 7.6
176 Applied Thermal Engineering ca. 7.5
- IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology ca. 7.5
- Urban Climate ca. 7.5
179 American Journal of Roentgenology ca. 7.4
- Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments ca. 7.4
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics ca. 7.4
- Physics of the Dark Universe ca. 7.4
- International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics ca. 7.4
184 Limnology and Oceanography Letters ca. 7.3
- International Journal of Coal Geology ca. 7.3
186 Current Opinion in Chemical Biology ca. 7.2
- Advanced Optical Materials ca. 7.2
- Science China-Physics Mechanics & Astronomy ca. 7.2
- Wear ca. 7.2
- Weather and Climate Extremes ca. 7.2
191 IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics ca. 7.1
- Photonics Research ca. 7.1
- Chemistry of Materials ca. 7.1
194 International Journal of Fatigue ca. 7
- IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement ca. 7
- IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control ca. 7
- Engineering Failure Analysis ca. 7
- Biomass & Bioenergy ca. 7
- IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems ca. 7
200 Building Simulation ca. 6.9
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