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Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
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(Using publications from roughly 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 Applied Sciences-Basel51663
2 IEEE Access44127
3 Sensors35030
4 Energies29225
5 Materials26979
6 Journal of Alloys and Compounds24597
7 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces23642
8 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy20375
9 Advanced Functional Materials20251
10 Electronics20155
11 Small17230
12 Energy17166
13 Journal of Energy Storage16751
14 Physics of Fluids16364
15 Advanced Science15383
16 Optics Express14955
17 IEEE Sensors Journal14872
18 Astrophysical Journal14569
19 Advanced Materials14449
20 Expert Systems With Applications13964
21 Fuel13865
22 IEEE Internet of Things Journal13188
23 Applied Surface Science12585
24 Biophysical Journal12279
25 Journal of Molecular Structure12191
26 Applied Thermal Engineering12108
27 Physica Scripta12063
28 International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics11458
29 Journal of Materials Chemistry A11237
30 Radiotherapy and Oncology11115
31 Journal of High Energy Physics10724
32 Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects10648
33 ACS Nano10595
34 Journal of Colloid and Interface Science10493
35 Applied Physics Letters10465
36 IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement10374
37 Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics10332
38 Nanomaterials10181
39 Langmuir10102
40 Journal of Marine Science and Engineering9526
41 Journal of Molecular Liquids9473
42 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing9348
43 Journal of Physical Chemistry C9338
44 ACS Applied Nano Materials9307
45 Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics9196
46 Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence8748
47 Journal of Chemical Physics8717
48 Renewable Energy8169
49 Nano Letters7855
50 Applied Energy7833
51 Materials Letters7787
52 Nanoscale7555
53 IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology7550
54 Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical7365
55 Journal of Materials Chemistry C7311
56 Optics Letters7288
57 Electrochimica Acta7271
58 Micromachines7204
59 Surfaces and Interfaces7085
60 Coatings7051
61 Inorganic Chemistry Communications7045
62 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems6925
63 Dalton Transactions6911
64 Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters6908
65 Energy & Fuels6801
66 ACS Catalysis6767
67 IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics6636
68 AIP Advances6629
69 Bioresource Technology6621
70 Optics and Laser Technology6606
71 Energy Reports6576
72 Atmosphere6543
73 Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing6169
74 Case Studies in Thermal Engineering6165
75 Astronomy & Astrophysics6000
76 Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy5987
77 Entropy5746
78 ACS Applied Energy Materials5743
79 Chaos Solitons & Fractals5682
80 Minerals5674
81 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing5584
82 Advanced Healthcare Materials5340
83 Applied Optics5333
84 Advanced Optical Materials5287
85 Advanced Energy Materials5240
86 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer5221
87 Crystals5219
88 Optical Materials5208
89 Catalysts5202
90 Energy Conversion and Management5154
91 Nonlinear Dynamics5069
92 IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation5068
93 Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing5066
94 Photonics5027
95 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics5000
96 European Physical Journal Plus4953
97 IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems4943
98 Journal of Physical Chemistry B4919
99 Journal of Fluid Mechanics4898
100 IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices4838
101 International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer4817
102 Energy and Buildings4805
103 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental4781
104 Journal of Lightwave Technology4757
105 Thin-Walled Structures4709
106 Journal of the Electrochemical Society4678
107 Machines4640
108 Journal of Physical Chemistry A4535
109 IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications4531
110 Electric Power Systems Research4453
111 Surface & Coatings Technology4412
- Carbon4412
113 Chinese Physics B4366
114 Nano Research4362
115 Diamond and Related Materials4356
116 Nano Energy4320
117 Aerospace4315
118 Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry4302
119 Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery4205
120 Chemistry of Materials4202
121 Pattern Recognition4125
122 Physical Review Applied4124
123 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology4115
124 Engineering Failure Analysis4101
125 Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing4070
126 Advances in Space Research4031
127 Composite Structures4028
128 Physical Review Letters4000
- Journal of Power Sources4000
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society4000
131 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications3972
132 Physica B-Condensed Matter3966
133 Tribology International3955
134 Water Air and Soil Pollution3952
135 Aerospace Science and Technology3951
136 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews3932
137 Frontiers in Energy Research3920
138 Crystal Growth & Design3918
139 Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics3897
140 Vacuum3851
141 IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems3831
142 Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics3822
143 Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment3815
144 Biosensors & Bioelectronics3799
145 International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems3798
146 Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology3773
147 Sensors and Actuators A-Physical3758
148 IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters3752
149 Optics Communications3740
150 Acta Crystallographica A-Foundation and Advances3727
151 Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres3681
152 Physica Medica-European Journal of Medical Physics3672
153 ACS Applied Electronic Materials3635
154 Environmental Research Letters3601
155 Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation3596
156 International Journal of Mechanical Sciences3583
157 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence3564
158 Biosensors-Basel3563
159 Laser & Photonics Reviews3555
160 Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing3523
161 Soft Matter3508
- IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control3508
163 Sustainable Cities and Society3507
164 IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity3494
165 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters3479
- Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology3479
167 Analytical Methods3469
168 Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery3386
169 ChemCatChem3365
170 Journal of Applied Physics3355
171 IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification3342
- Physics Letters B3342
173 Thermal Science and Engineering Progress3340
174 Materials Science and Engineering B-Advanced Functional Solid-State Materials3339
175 IEEE Transactions on Communications3324
176 Molecular Catalysis3275
177 Solar Energy3273
178 Communications Earth & Environment3268
179 IEEE Wireless Communications Letters3255
180 Acta Physica Sinica3216
181 Radiation Physics and Chemistry3214
182 Journal of Nanobiotechnology3213
183 Physica A-Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications3208
184 Astrophysical Journal Letters3205
185 Journal of Energy Chemistry3202
186 Signal Image and Video Processing3201
187 Journal of Electronic Materials3182
188 Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry3156
189 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics3152
190 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems Ii-Express Briefs3144
191 Review of Scientific Instruments3142
192 Small Methods3107
- Energy Storage Materials3107
194 Engineering Fracture Mechanics3050
195 Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering3044
196 CrystEngComm3033
197 Journal of Computational Physics3024
198 European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Imaging3012
199 International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction2998
200 IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques2965
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