New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Physics

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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01)
Rank Journal Median citations
1 Reviews of Modern Physics43
2 Progress in Energy and Combustion Science33
3 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental26
4 Coordination Chemistry Reviews24
5 Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics20
6 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews19
7 International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture16
- International Journal of Plasticity16
- Advances in Colloid and Interface Science16
10 Energy Conversion and Management14
- Advanced Materials14
12 Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering13
- Applied Energy13
14 Fuel Processing Technology12
- Journal of Nanobiotechnology12
- Journal of Colloid and Interface Science12
- Bioresource Technology12
- Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics12
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics12
20 Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science11
- Applied Mechanics Reviews11
- Energy Policy11
- Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews11
24 Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences10
- Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical10
- Fuel10
- Medical Image Analysis10
- International Journal of Mechanical Sciences10
- Renewable Energy10
30 European Physical Journal C9
- Current Opinion in Chemical Biology9
- Ultrasonics Sonochemistry9
- Energy9
- Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports9
- International Journal of Fatigue9
- Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering9
- Composite Structures9
- IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems9
- Tribology International9
- Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing9
- Applied Surface Science9
- Pattern Recognition9
- Carbon9
- Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering9
45 Expert Systems With Applications8
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics8
- IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems8
- Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing8
- Investigative Radiology8
- Journal of Digital Imaging8
- Progress in Aerospace Sciences8
- Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences8
- Nature Materials8
- Solar Energy8
- IEEE Transactions on Image Processing8
- IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence8
- IEEE Transactions on Power Systems8
- Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science8
- International Journal of Hydrogen Energy8
60 IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters7
- Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells7
- Surface & Coatings Technology7
- Mechanism and Machine Theory7
- International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer7
- International Journal of Impact Engineering7
- Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces7
- Physical Review Letters7
- Scripta Materialia7
- Catalysis Today7
- Nano Letters7
- Neuroimage7
- IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging7
- Thin-Walled Structures7
- Energy and Buildings7
- Journal of Power Sources7
- Chemistry of Materials7
- Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering7
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer7
79 Energy for Sustainable Development6
- Engineering Failure Analysis6
- Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy6
- IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics6
- Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics6
- Marine Structures6
- Minerals Engineering6
- Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics6
- Journal of Alloys and Compounds6
- International Journal of Nanomedicine6
- International Journal of Thermal Sciences6
- Applied Clay Science6
- Applied Mathematical Modelling6
- Combustion and Flame6
- Applied Thermal Engineering6
- Optical and Quantum Electronics6
- Reports on Progress in Physics6
- Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica6
- Aerospace Science and Technology6
- Agricultural and Forest Meteorology6
- Seminars in Nuclear Medicine6
- European Physical Journal A6
- IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology6
- European Radiology6
- Space Science Reviews6
- IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering6
- IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering6
- Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A-Chemistry6
- Microporous and Mesoporous Materials6
- Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids6
- Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis6
- Journal of Catalysis6
- International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems6
- Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects6
- Ocean Engineering6
- Multimedia Tools and Applications6
115 Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence5
- IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology5
- IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion5
- IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing5
- IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems5
- IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing5
- Surveys in Geophysics5
- Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta5
- Electric Power Systems Research5
- Electrochimica Acta5
- IEEE-ACM Transactions on Networking5
- IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics5
- Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids5
- Journal of Sound and Vibration5
- Journal of Molecular Liquids5
- Intermetallics5
- Journal of Composites for Construction5
- International Journal of Coal Geology5
- Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics5
- International Journal of Energy Research5
- Journal of High Energy Physics5
- Coastal Engineering5
- Ocean & Coastal Management5
- Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series5
- Computers & Electrical Engineering5
- Automatica5
- Energy & Fuels5
- Engineering Fracture Mechanics5
- IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications5
- European Journal of Mechanics A-Solids5
- IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation5
- IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery5
- Synthetic Metals5
- Diamond and Related Materials5
- Earth and Planetary Science Letters5
- Ultrasonics5
- Materials Science and Engineering B-Advanced Functional Solid-State Materials5
- Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing5
- Journal of Supercritical Fluids5
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society5
- Journal of Molecular Structure5
- IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology5
- Journal of Fluorescence5
- Journal of Luminescence5
- Computer Communications5
- Optical Materials5
161 Engineering With Computers4
- Sensors and Actuators A-Physical4
- IEEE Transactions on Computers4
- Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science4
- IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control4
- Geothermics4
- Global Biogeochemical Cycles4
- Economic Geology4
- Human Brain Mapping4
- Vacuum4
- Journal of Nuclear Materials4
- Journal of Supercomputing4
- Microgravity Science and Technology4
- Infrared Physics & Technology4
- Inorganic Chemistry4
- International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics4
- International Journal of Photoenergy4
- International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping4
- Chinese Journal of Aeronautics4
- Applied Acoustics4
- Applied Catalysis A-General4
- Nonlinear Dynamics4
- Climatic Change4
- Applied Spectroscopy Reviews4
- Progress in Oceanography4
- Oceanologia4
- Astronomical Journal4
- Astronomy & Astrophysics4
- Optics and Laser Technology4
- Atmospheric Research4
- Ore Geology Reviews4
- Control Engineering Practice4
- Pediatric Radiology4
- Acta Astronautica4
- Chaos Solitons & Fractals4
- Chemical Geology4
- Wear4
- Sensors4
- IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control4
- Signal Processing4
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