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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01)
Rank Journal Median citations
1 Reviews of Modern Physics35
2 Progress in Energy and Combustion Science31
3 Advances in Optics and Photonics27
4 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental26
5 Coordination Chemistry Reviews24
6 Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics23
7 Radiologia Medica19
8 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews18
- Advances in Colloid and Interface Science18
- Biotechnology for Biofuels18
11 Nature Nanotechnology15
12 International Journal of Plasticity14
13 International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture13
- Bioresource Technology13
- Energy Conversion and Management13
- Energy & Environmental Science13
- Advanced Materials13
- Annual Review of Biophysics13
- Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering13
20 Fuel Processing Technology12
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics12
- Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews12
- European Radiology12
- Advanced Energy Materials12
- Applied Energy12
26 Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics11
- Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering11
- Energy Policy11
- Journal of Colloid and Interface Science11
30 Ultrasonics Sonochemistry10
- Medical Image Analysis10
- International Journal of Mechanical Sciences10
- Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical10
- Renewable Energy10
- Nano Research10
- ACS Nano10
- Annual Review of Marine Science10
- Applied Mechanics Reviews10
- Journal of Nanobiotechnology10
40 Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science9
- Fuel9
- Carbon9
- Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering9
- IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid9
- Composite Structures9
- Energy9
- Applied Physics Reviews9
48 Progress in Aerospace Sciences8
- Solar Energy8
- Tribology International8
- Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing8
- International Journal of Fatigue8
- IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems8
- Current Opinion in Chemical Biology8
- Petroleum Exploration and Development8
- ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces8
- Neuroimage8
- Advanced Functional Materials8
- Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing8
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics8
- European Physical Journal C8
- Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering8
- Applied Surface Science8
- Nano Today8
- Nature Photonics8
- Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences8
- Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry8
68 Thin-Walled Structures7
- Journal of Power Sources7
- IEEE Systems Journal7
- International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems7
- International Journal of Hydrogen Energy7
- IEEE Transactions on Image Processing7
- IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems7
- Expert Systems With Applications7
- Energy and Buildings7
- Pattern Recognition7
- Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry7
- Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics7
- Catalysis Communications7
- Scripta Materialia7
- Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells7
- Surface & Coatings Technology7
- Mechanism and Machine Theory7
- IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging7
- IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence7
- IEEE Transactions on Power Systems7
- IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy7
- Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces7
- Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences7
- Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science7
- Earth System Science Data7
- Catalysis Today7
- Astrophysical Journal Letters7
- Physical Review Letters7
- Nature Materials7
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer7
98 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change6
- Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology6
- Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy6
- Space Science Reviews6
- Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics6
- Reports on Progress in Physics6
- Marine Structures6
- International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control6
- International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer6
- IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics6
- Engineering Failure Analysis6
- Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects6
- Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering6
- Applied Thermal Engineering6
- Chemistry of Materials6
- Nanomedicine-Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine6
- Applied Clay Science6
- Microporous and Mesoporous Materials6
- Journal of Alloys and Compounds6
- Journal of Molecular Liquids6
- Journal of Digital Imaging6
- Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids6
- IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters6
- International Journal of Energy Research6
- International Journal of Impact Engineering6
- Combustion and Flame6
- Electrochimica Acta6
- Energy for Sustainable Development6
- Minerals Engineering6
- Nano Letters6
- Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics6
- Bioelectrochemistry6
- Bioenergy Research6
- Aerospace Science and Technology6
- Agricultural and Forest Meteorology6
- Applied Mathematical Modelling6
- Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis6
- Journal of Catalysis6
- Investigative Radiology6
137 Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy5
- Quantitative Infrared Thermography Journal5
- Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics5
- Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids5
- Journal of Sound and Vibration5
- IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications5
- IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology5
- IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems5
- IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering5
- European Physical Journal A5
- Earth and Planetary Science Letters5
- Energy & Fuels5
- Chaos Solitons & Fractals5
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society5
- Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series5
- Acta Geophysica5
- Automatica5
- Biochip Journal5
- Biomass & Bioenergy5
- Ocean & Coastal Management5
- Ocean Engineering5
- Building Simulation5
- Optics and Laser Technology5
- Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics5
- International Journal of Nanomedicine5
- International Journal of Thermal Sciences5
- Journal of High Energy Physics5
- Ultrasonics5
- Seminars in Nuclear Medicine5
- Small5
- Quantum Information Processing5
- Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A-Chemistry5
- Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports5
- Journal of Supercritical Fluids5
- International Journal of Coal Geology5
- International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery5
- IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion5
- IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery5
- IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications5
- Coastal Engineering5
- Control Engineering Practice5
- Facta Universitatis-Series Mechanical Engineering5
- Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta5
- Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence5
- Multimedia Tools and Applications5
- Nature Structural & Molecular Biology5
- Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica5
- Optical and Quantum Electronics5
- Journal of Luminescence5
- Journal of Nanomaterials5
- Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry5
188 Science China-Physics Mechanics & Astronomy4
- Vacuum4
- Wear4
- Sensors and Actuators A-Physical4
- Surveys in Geophysics4
- Synthetic Metals4
- Journal of Nuclear Medicine4
- Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B-Biology4
- Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters4
- Journal of Rheology4
- Materials Science and Engineering B-Advanced Functional Solid-State Materials4
- Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing4
- Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures4
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