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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01)
Rank Journal Median citations
1 Electrochemical Energy Reviews46
2 Advances in Optics and Photonics42
3 Reviews of Modern Physics34
4 Nano-Micro Letters33
5 Progress in Energy and Combustion Science32
6 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental25
7 Coordination Chemistry Reviews24
8 Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics23
9 Energy & Environmental Science22
- Joule22
11 Nano Energy20
12 Journal of Energy Chemistry19
13 Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry18
14 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews17
- Advances in Colloid and Interface Science17
16 International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture16
- ACS Energy Letters16
- International Journal of Plasticity16
19 Opto-Electronic Advances15
- Nature Nanotechnology15
- Annual Review of Biophysics15
22 Applied Energy14
- Advanced Materials14
24 npj Flexible Electronics13
- Energy Conversion and Management13
- Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials13
- Advanced Energy Materials13
- Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering13
- Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering13
- Sustainable Cities and Society13
- Annual Review of Marine Science13
32 Fuel Processing Technology12
- eTransportation12
- Journal of Colloid and Interface Science12
- Light-Science & Applications12
- Energy Storage Materials12
- Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems12
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics12
- ACS Catalysis12
- Nano Convergence12
- Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics12
- Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science12
- Applied Mechanics Reviews12
44 Journal of Nanobiotechnology11
- Bioresource Technology11
- Nanophotonics11
- Green Energy & Environment11
- Reviews of Geophysics11
- Carbon Energy11
- Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences11
- ACS Nano11
52 Petroleum Exploration and Development10
- Nano Today10
- Fuel10
- Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews10
- PRX Quantum10
- Current Opinion in Chemical Biology10
- International Journal of Mechanical Sciences10
- Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics10
- Energy Policy10
- Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical10
- Carbon10
- Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering10
64 Nano Research9
- Nature Catalysis9
- Nature Photonics9
- European Physical Journal C9
- Medical Image Analysis9
- Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering9
- Renewable Energy9
- Energy9
- Composite Structures9
- Tribology International9
- Ultrasonics Sonochemistry9
- IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems9
- IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid9
- Investigative Radiology9
- IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems9
- International Journal of Fatigue9
- Pattern Recognition9
- Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing9
- Journal of Digital Imaging9
- Current Climate Change Reports9
- Advanced Functional Materials9
85 Optica8
- Nature Materials8
- IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters8
- Expert Systems With Applications8
- Journal of Energy Storage8
- Energy Reports8
- Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences8
- IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems8
- International Journal of Hydrogen Energy8
- IEEE Transactions on Image Processing8
- ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces8
- Applied Physics Reviews8
- Acta Geophysica8
- Photoacoustics8
- npj 2D Materials and Applications8
- npj Computational Materials8
- IEEE Systems Journal8
- Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing8
- Catalysis Communications8
- Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science8
- IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence8
- IEEE Transactions on Power Systems8
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics8
- Applied Surface Science8
109 Physical Review Letters7
- Journal of Materials Chemistry A7
- Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology7
- Colloid and Interface Science Communications7
- Plasmonics7
- Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics7
- Thin-Walled Structures7
- Solar Energy7
- Catalysis Today7
- International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer7
- IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging7
- IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications7
- Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry7
- Nano Letters7
- Physical Review X7
- npj Quantum Information7
- European Physical Journal A7
- IEEE-ACM Transactions on Audio Speech and Language Processing7
- Journal of Materiomics7
- Mechanism and Machine Theory7
- Microsystems & Nanoengineering7
- Journal of Power Sources7
- Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports7
- Urban Climate7
- Surface & Coatings Technology7
- Reports on Progress in Physics7
- Energy and Buildings7
- Scripta Materialia7
- Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering7
- Progress in Aerospace Sciences7
- IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles7
- International Journal of Impact Engineering7
- ACS Sensors7
- Astrophysical Journal Letters7
143 Multimedia Tools and Applications6
- NanoImpact6
- Nanomaterials6
- Nature Reviews Materials6
- Nature Structural & Molecular Biology6
- npj Quantum Materials6
- Engineering Failure Analysis6
- IEEE-ACM Transactions on Networking6
- Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids6
- Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics6
- Journal of Ocean Engineering and Science6
- Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A-Chemistry6
- Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change6
- Earth System Science Data6
- Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces6
- Combustion and Flame6
- Energy for Sustainable Development6
- Small6
- Quantum Information Processing6
- Current Opinion in Electrochemistry6
- International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control6
- IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering6
- IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems6
- IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics6
- International Journal of Nanomedicine6
- IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy6
- International Journal of Thermal Sciences6
- Internet of Things6
- Journal of Alloys and Compounds6
- International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems6
- Building Simulation6
- Applied Clay Science6
- Abdominal Radiology6
- Applied Thermal Engineering6
- Biochip Journal6
- Ocean Engineering6
- Optical and Quantum Electronics6
- Neuroimage6
- IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology6
- European Radiology6
- Materials Today Physics6
- Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy6
- Journal of Molecular Liquids6
- Microporous and Mesoporous Materials6
- Chemistry of Materials6
- Weather and Climate Extremes6
- Earths Future6
- Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects6
- Energy Strategy Reviews6
- Seminars in Nuclear Medicine6
- Propulsion and Power Research6
- Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells6
- Space Science Reviews6
- Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy6
- IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering6
- Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis6
- Biosensors-Basel6
- Applied Mathematical Modelling6
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