New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)
Rank Journal Median citations
1 Electrochemical Energy Reviews52
2 Reviews of Modern Physics37
- Progress in Energy and Combustion Science37
4 Advances in Optics and Photonics31
5 Nano-Micro Letters28
6 Energy & Environmental Science24
7 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental22
8 Nano Energy21
9 Coordination Chemistry Reviews20
10 Joule19
11 International Journal of Plasticity18
- Advances in Colloid and Interface Science18
- Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews18
14 Journal of Energy Chemistry17
- Nature Nanotechnology17
16 Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry16
- Applied Energy16
- ACS Energy Letters16
- Advanced Materials16
20 Applied Mechanics Reviews15
21 eTransportation14
- Annual Review of Marine Science14
- International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture14
- Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering14
- Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics14
- Advanced Energy Materials14
27 Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports13
- Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering13
- Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems13
- Sustainable Cities and Society13
- Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics13
- Energy Conversion and Management13
- ACS Nano13
34 Nano Convergence12
- Journal of Colloid and Interface Science12
- Fuel Processing Technology12
- ACS Catalysis12
- Green Energy & Environment12
- Current Climate Change Reports12
- Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science12
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics12
42 Light-Science & Applications11
- Current Opinion in Chemical Biology11
- International Journal of Mechanical Sciences11
- IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems11
- Energy Storage Materials11
- Annual Review of Biophysics11
48 Journal of Nanobiotechnology10
- Fuel10
- Energy Policy10
- Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical10
- Advanced Functional Materials10
- Petroleum Exploration and Development10
- Nano Today10
- npj Flexible Electronics10
- Investigative Radiology10
- IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems10
- Energy10
- Tribology International10
- Ultrasonics Sonochemistry10
- Bioresource Technology10
- Opto-Electronic Advances10
63 IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid9
- Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing9
- Journal of Energy Storage9
- IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles9
- Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry9
- PRX Quantum9
- Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica9
- Renewable Energy9
- Progress in Aerospace Sciences9
- Nature Catalysis9
- Nature Photonics9
- IEEE Transactions on Power Systems9
- Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews9
- IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems9
- Energy Reports9
- Carbon9
- Catalysis Communications9
- Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering9
- Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials9
- Photoacoustics9
83 Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing8
- IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications8
- IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters8
- Frontiers in Energy8
- IEEE-ACM Transactions on Networking8
- Composite Structures8
- Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics8
- ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces8
- Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology8
- Applied Surface Science8
- Bioenergy Research8
- Thin-Walled Structures8
- Nature Structural & Molecular Biology8
- Plasmonics8
- Optica8
- International Journal of Hydrogen Energy8
- Medical Image Analysis8
- Journal of Materiomics8
- IEEE Systems Journal8
- IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging8
- IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence8
- IEEE-ACM Transactions on Audio Speech and Language Processing8
- Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science8
- Applied Physics Reviews8
- ACS Sensors8
- Solar Energy8
- Physical Review X8
- npj Computational Materials8
111 Microsystems & Nanoengineering7
- Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis7
- Nano Letters7
- Nano Research7
- International Journal of Impact Engineering7
- IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics7
- IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy7
- Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids7
- Mechanism and Machine Theory7
- Expert Systems With Applications7
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics7
- Energy and Buildings7
- Engineering Failure Analysis7
- Catalysis Today7
- Seminars in Nuclear Medicine7
- Urban Climate7
- Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells7
- Astrophysical Journal Letters7
- Surface & Coatings Technology7
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer7
- Biosensors-Basel7
- Nature Materials7
- Physical Review Letters7
- Internet of Things7
- International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer7
- International Journal of Nanomedicine7
- Journal of Power Sources7
- Heritage Science7
- Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering7
- Carbon Energy7
- Small7
- Reviews of Geophysics7
- Pattern Recognition7
- npj 2D Materials and Applications7
- Optical and Quantum Electronics7
146 Membranes6
- Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics6
- Journal of Catalysis6
- Marine Structures6
- Materials Today Physics6
- Journal of Fluorescence6
- Journal of Materials Chemistry A6
- Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources6
- Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces6
- Combustion and Flame6
- Energy Strategy Reviews6
- Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences6
- Case Studies in Thermal Engineering6
- Current Opinion in Electrochemistry6
- Chemistry of Materials6
- Earths Future6
- Scripta Materialia6
- Applied Mathematical Modelling6
- Weather and Climate Extremes6
- Space Science Reviews6
- Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy6
- Batteries-Basel6
- Bioelectrochemistry6
- Agricultural and Forest Meteorology6
- Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics6
- Minerals Engineering6
- Journal of Alloys and Compounds6
- Multimedia Tools and Applications6
- International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction6
- International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems6
- Nanomaterials6
- International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control6
- International Journal of Thermal Sciences6
- Journal of Sound and Vibration6
- Journal of Molecular Liquids6
- Journal of Digital Imaging6
- IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications6
- IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology6
- IEEE Transactions on Image Processing6
- IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering6
- Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects6
- Energy for Sustainable Development6
- Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence6
- Engineering Fracture Mechanics6
- Earth System Science Data6
- Building Simulation6
- Applied Clay Science6
- ACS Applied Nano Materials6
- Applied Thermal Engineering6
- Propulsion and Power Research6
- Neuroimage6
- npj Quantum Information6
198 Microporous and Mesoporous Materials5
- Inorganic Chemistry Communications5
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society5
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