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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 Applied Sciences-Basel51790
2 IEEE Access42453
3 Sensors36080
4 Energies32188
5 Materials30229
6 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces23823
7 Journal of Alloys and Compounds22319
8 Electronics18694
9 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy18249
10 Advanced Functional Materials16460
11 Energy15702
12 Optics Express15094
13 Small14837
14 Radiotherapy and Oncology14676
15 Physics of Fluids14616
16 IEEE Sensors Journal14202
17 Astrophysical Journal13670
18 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society13500
19 Journal of Energy Storage13489
20 Fuel13426
21 Biophysical Journal12845
22 Advanced Materials12712
23 Nanomaterials12371
24 Applied Surface Science12324
25 Expert Systems With Applications11711
26 Astronomy & Astrophysics11521
27 Advanced Science11508
28 Ocean Engineering11146
29 Journal of Molecular Structure10982
30 Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics10873
31 Journal of Molecular Liquids10799
32 International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics10782
33 IEEE Internet of Things Journal10707
34 Journal of High Energy Physics10377
35 Journal of Colloid and Interface Science10172
36 Journal of Materials Chemistry A10157
37 Physica Scripta10154
38 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing9991
39 Journal of Physical Chemistry C9904
40 Applied Physics Letters9810
41 Physical Review Letters9747
42 IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement9672
43 Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects9617
44 ACS Nano9564
45 Inorganic Chemistry9469
46 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America9315
47 ACS Applied Nano Materials8951
48 Journal of Marine Science and Engineering8889
49 Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics8685
50 Langmuir8671
51 Applied Thermal Engineering8591
52 Journal of Chemical Physics8054
53 Materials Letters7974
54 Renewable Energy7830
55 Applied Energy7699
56 Micromachines7581
57 Journal of Materials Chemistry C7409
58 Dalton Transactions7343
59 Nanoscale7327
60 Coatings7236
61 Nano Letters7234
62 Optics Letters7138
63 Atmosphere7137
64 Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical7084
- Energy Reports7084
66 Journal of Applied Physics6949
67 Electrochimica Acta6855
68 Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters6809
69 Bioresource Technology6666
70 IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology6646
71 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems6534
72 ACS Catalysis6374
73 Energy & Fuels6367
74 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics6339
75 AIP Advances6318
76 Journal of Power Sources6275
77 Entropy6162
78 IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics6124
79 Crystals6030
80 Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing5911
81 Minerals5894
82 ACS Applied Energy Materials5879
83 Inorganic Chemistry Communications5744
84 Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy5717
85 Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence5707
86 Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications5639
87 Optical Materials5513
88 Catalysts5492
89 Surfaces and Interfaces5447
90 Applied Optics5445
91 Case Studies in Thermal Engineering5423
92 Optics and Laser Technology5323
93 Journal of the Electrochemical Society5192
94 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer5147
95 Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery5077
96 IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation5005
97 Frontiers in Energy Research4986
98 Acta Crystallographica A-Foundation and Advances4975
99 Chaos Solitons & Fractals4967
100 Energy Conversion and Management4940
101 Advanced Energy Materials4898
102 Advanced Optical Materials4886
103 Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing4872
104 Nonlinear Dynamics4846
105 IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices4841
106 European Physical Journal Plus4821
107 IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems4810
108 Journal of Physical Chemistry B4799
109 Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology4758
110 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters4757
111 Photonics4642
112 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental4622
113 Journal of Fluid Mechanics4596
114 Journal of Lightwave Technology4548
115 Optik4536
116 Advanced Healthcare Materials4533
117 Multimedia Tools and Applications4532
118 Journal of Physical Chemistry A4430
119 Composite Structures4374
120 Chinese Physics B4308
121 Carbon4270
122 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing4262
123 Surface & Coatings Technology4256
124 Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials4202
125 Machines4159
126 Nano Research4156
127 Energy and Buildings4150
128 Chemistry of Materials4133
129 IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity4050
130 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews4045
131 Nano Energy4000
132 Physica Medica-European Journal of Medical Physics3988
133 IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications3973
134 Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing3958
135 Thin-Walled Structures3938
136 Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics3925
137 Diamond and Related Materials3841
138 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology3820
139 Aerospace3810
140 Physical Review Applied3797
141 Engineering Failure Analysis3788
142 Electric Power Systems Research3773
143 Optics Communications3761
144 Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment3732
145 Soft Matter3728
146 Crystal Growth & Design3666
147 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems Ii-Express Briefs3651
148 Review of Scientific Instruments3646
149 Vacuum3623
150 Sustainable Cities and Society3621
151 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications3616
152 Biosensors-Basel3613
153 Environmental Research Letters3604
154 Biosensors & Bioelectronics3580
155 International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems3576
156 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology3557
157 Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing3520
158 Frontiers in Physics3514
159 IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control3508
160 Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry3500
161 Results in Physics3463
162 Physica B-Condensed Matter3451
163 Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics3448
164 Japanese Journal of Applied Physics3447
165 Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres3432
166 Sensors and Actuators A-Physical3427
167 Advances in Space Research3408
168 International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer3367
169 Physics of Plasmas3343
170 CrystEngComm3337
171 IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters3308
- ACS Applied Electronic Materials3308
173 Acta Physica Sinica3304
174 Tribology International3302
175 Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics3298
176 Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing3296
177 Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry3276
178 Solar Energy3268
179 Nanotechnology3264
180 Pattern Recognition3258
181 International Journal of Mechanical Sciences3231
182 Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation3195
183 Aerospace Science and Technology3175
184 IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems3170
185 Physica A-Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications3164
- Analytical Methods3164
187 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence3138
188 Molecular Catalysis3124
- ChemCatChem3124
190 Membranes3109
191 Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering3073
192 Water Air and Soil Pollution3072
193 International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction3071
194 Physics Letters B3052
195 Journal of Computational Physics3038
196 Journal of Electronic Materials3033
197 Journal of Energy Chemistry3012
198 IEEE Transactions on Communications2979
199 Chemical Physics Letters2969
200 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics2954
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