New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Physics

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The 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 Papers
1 Applied Sciences-Basel51807
2 IEEE Access47669
3 Sensors35789
4 Energies30874
5 Materials28649
6 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces23605
7 Journal of Alloys and Compounds23471
8 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy19494
9 Electronics19391
10 Advanced Functional Materials18384
11 Energy17678
12 Physics of Fluids16445
13 Small16025
14 Optics Express15141
15 Journal of Energy Storage15130
16 IEEE Sensors Journal14497
17 Astrophysical Journal14203
18 Advanced Materials13651
19 Fuel13644
20 Advanced Science13418
21 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society12962
22 Biophysical Journal12821
23 Radiotherapy and Oncology12809
24 Astronomy & Astrophysics12430
25 Applied Surface Science12312
26 Ocean Engineering12190
27 IEEE Internet of Things Journal11997
28 Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics11905
29 Expert Systems With Applications11865
30 Journal of Molecular Structure11810
31 Journal of Materials Chemistry A11651
32 Nanomaterials11545
33 International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics11365
34 Physica Scripta10923
35 IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement10867
36 Journal of Colloid and Interface Science10863
37 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing10820
38 Applied Thermal Engineering10556
39 Journal of Molecular Liquids10529
40 Journal of High Energy Physics10369
41 Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects10334
42 Physical Review Letters10093
43 ACS Nano10086
44 Applied Physics Letters10056
45 Inorganic Chemistry9658
46 Journal of Physical Chemistry C9597
47 Langmuir9338
48 Journal of Marine Science and Engineering9249
49 ACS Applied Nano Materials9150
50 Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics8978
51 Journal of Chemical Physics8443
52 Renewable Energy8433
53 Journal of Materials Chemistry C8236
54 Nanoscale8233
55 Dalton Transactions8055
56 Applied Energy8045
57 Materials Letters7972
58 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America7882
59 Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence7611
60 Nano Letters7508
61 Micromachines7465
62 Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical7330
63 Electrochimica Acta7227
64 Coatings7210
65 Optics Letters7176
66 Journal of Power Sources7136
67 Journal of Applied Physics7124
68 IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology7031
69 Atmosphere6917
70 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems6877
71 Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters6806
72 Bioresource Technology6701
73 Inorganic Chemistry Communications6547
74 AIP Advances6531
75 Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing6518
76 ACS Catalysis6504
77 Energy & Fuels6469
78 Optics and Laser Technology6436
79 Surfaces and Interfaces6430
80 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics6394
81 IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics6378
82 Energy Reports6360
83 Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy6008
84 Entropy5902
85 Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications5900
86 Case Studies in Thermal Engineering5899
87 Minerals5819
88 ACS Applied Energy Materials5785
89 Crystals5700
90 Chaos Solitons & Fractals5490
91 Optical Materials5451
92 Applied Optics5356
93 Catalysts5313
94 Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing5248
95 Advanced Optical Materials5186
96 Energy Conversion and Management5161
97 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing5130
98 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer5102
99 Advanced Energy Materials5089
100 Journal of the Electrochemical Society5023
101 IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation4999
102 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters4941
103 Advanced Healthcare Materials4894
104 IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems4886
105 European Physical Journal Plus4879
106 Photonics4870
107 Nonlinear Dynamics4826
108 Journal of Physical Chemistry B4818
109 IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices4808
110 Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery4796
111 Journal of Lightwave Technology4751
112 Journal of Fluid Mechanics4735
113 Frontiers in Energy Research4716
114 Energy and Buildings4516
115 Journal of Physical Chemistry A4508
116 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental4505
117 Nano Energy4467
118 Machines4457
119 Surface & Coatings Technology4437
120 Thin-Walled Structures4414
121 Nano Research4369
122 Chinese Physics B4361
123 Composite Structures4287
124 Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials4270
125 IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications4242
126 Diamond and Related Materials4194
127 Chemistry of Materials4185
128 Electric Power Systems Research4141
129 Multimedia Tools and Applications4127
130 Carbon4125
- Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews4125
132 Aerospace4087
133 Soft Matter4086
134 Optics Communications4015
135 Engineering Failure Analysis3984
136 Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing3975
137 Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry3973
138 Physical Review Applied3964
139 International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer3926
140 Physica B-Condensed Matter3869
141 Vacuum3851
142 Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics3850
143 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology3832
144 Crystal Growth & Design3828
- Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology3828
146 International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems3827
147 Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology3812
148 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications3793
149 Biosensors & Bioelectronics3781
150 Acta Crystallographica A-Foundation and Advances3734
151 Aerospace Science and Technology3729
152 Acta Physica Sinica3708
153 Biosensors-Basel3686
154 Advances in Space Research3683
155 Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment3675
156 CrystEngComm3674
157 Environmental Research Letters3635
158 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems Ii-Express Briefs3622
159 Sustainable Cities and Society3607
160 Sensors and Actuators A-Physical3603
161 Review of Scientific Instruments3599
162 Analytical Methods3594
163 Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics3579
164 IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control3542
165 Japanese Journal of Applied Physics3541
166 Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing3534
167 International Journal of Mechanical Sciences3517
168 Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres3513
169 Water Air and Soil Pollution3503
170 Tribology International3502
171 ACS Applied Electronic Materials3495
172 IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters3489
173 IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems3487
174 Physica Medica-European Journal of Medical Physics3483
175 Optik3459
176 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence3455
177 IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity3421
178 Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing3417
179 Physics of Plasmas3412
180 Pattern Recognition3409
181 Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation3406
182 Frontiers in Physics3338
183 Solar Energy3327
184 Physica A-Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications3306
185 Journal of Electronic Materials3250
186 Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers3239
187 Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry3218
188 ChemCatChem3216
189 Physics Letters B3205
190 Results in Physics3195
191 Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery3190
192 Thermal Science and Engineering Progress3182
193 Molecular Catalysis3179
194 Journal of Computational Physics3129
195 International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction3126
196 IEEE Transactions on Communications3123
197 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics3113
198 Journal of Energy Chemistry3109
199 Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering3103
200 IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification3066
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