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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 Sensors35905
2 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy18839
3 Energy17559
4 Physics of Fluids16191
5 Optics Express15157
6 Astrophysical Journal14216
7 Fuel13539
8 Advanced Materials13500
9 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society13122
10 Biophysical Journal12829
11 Radiotherapy and Oncology12757
12 Applied Surface Science12402
13 Astronomy & Astrophysics12326
14 Ocean Engineering11746
15 Expert Systems With Applications11741
16 Journal of Molecular Structure11525
17 International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics11355
18 Physica Scripta10764
19 Journal of Molecular Liquids10708
20 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing10671
21 Journal of Colloid and Interface Science10657
22 IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement10653
23 Journal of High Energy Physics10416
24 Applied Thermal Engineering10219
25 Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects10084
26 Applied Physics Letters9981
27 Physical Review Letters9820
28 Inorganic Chemistry9602
29 Langmuir9213
30 Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics8811
31 Journal of Chemical Physics8351
32 Applied Energy8072
33 Materials Letters7990
34 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America7932
35 Renewable Energy7872
36 Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical7201
37 Electrochimica Acta7195
38 Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence7153
39 Optics Letters7149
- Journal of Applied Physics7149
41 IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology6968
42 Journal of Power Sources6924
43 Bioresource Technology6754
44 Inorganic Chemistry Communications6450
45 Energy & Fuels6396
46 Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing6318
- IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics6318
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics6318
49 Optics and Laser Technology6294
50 Entropy5966
51 Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy5935
52 Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications5864
53 Optical Materials5482
54 Chaos Solitons & Fractals5457
55 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer5189
56 Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing5095
57 Journal of the Electrochemical Society5074
58 IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation4992
59 Energy Conversion and Management4960
60 IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices4819
61 Nonlinear Dynamics4786
62 Journal of Fluid Mechanics4727
63 Journal of Lightwave Technology4705
64 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental4636
65 Energy and Buildings4518
66 Journal of Physical Chemistry A4464
67 Surface & Coatings Technology4393
68 Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials4333
69 Composite Structures4318
70 Thin-Walled Structures4275
71 Chemistry of Materials4194
72 Multimedia Tools and Applications4176
73 Diamond and Related Materials4172
74 Optics Communications4041
75 Carbon4038
76 Physica Medica-European Journal of Medical Physics4032
77 Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing4015
78 Engineering Failure Analysis3979
- Electric Power Systems Research3979
80 International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer3922
81 Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry3899
82 International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems3885
83 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews3862
84 Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics3840
85 Physica B-Condensed Matter3838
86 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology3837
87 Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology3831
88 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology3799
89 Vacuum3782
90 Biosensors & Bioelectronics3768
91 Optik3739
92 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications3700
93 Sensors and Actuators A-Physical3688
94 Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment3667
95 Advances in Space Research3607
96 Review of Scientific Instruments3601
97 Japanese Journal of Applied Physics3553
98 IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control3541
99 Acta Physica Sinica3530
100 International Journal of Mechanical Sciences3480
101 IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems3455
102 Tribology International3450
103 IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity3430
104 Physics of Plasmas3416
105 Water Air and Soil Pollution3395
106 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence3389
107 Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing3377
108 Pattern Recognition3343
109 Solar Energy3307
110 Physica A-Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications3277
111 Aerospace Science and Technology3244
112 Journal of Electronic Materials3194
113 Physics Letters B3178
114 Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering3125
115 Journal of Computational Physics3114
116 Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics3108
117 IEEE Transactions on Communications3091
118 Journal of Alloys and Compounds3000
119 Engineering Fracture Mechanics2986
120 Medical Physics2979
121 Nanotechnology2945
122 JOM2939
123 Radiation Physics and Chemistry2928
124 Chemical Physics Letters2883
125 IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques2870
126 Materials Science and Engineering B-Advanced Functional Solid-State Materials2820
127 Journal of Luminescence2804
128 Journal of the Franklin Institute-Engineering and Applied Mathematics2803
129 Annals of Nuclear Energy2781
130 Computers & Electrical Engineering2771
131 Neuroimage2763
132 IEEE Electron Device Letters2758
133 Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A-Chemistry2714
134 Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter2690
135 International Journal of Thermal Sciences2676
136 Acta Astronautica2674
137 Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces2669
138 Nuclear Engineering and Design2648
139 IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science2643
140 Journal of Supercomputing2640
141 Optical and Quantum Electronics2634
142 Journal of Solid State Chemistry2633
143 Natural Hazards2601
144 International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control2558
145 Journal of Nuclear Materials2544
146 Academic Radiology2522
147 IEEE Signal Processing Letters2511
148 Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part C-Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science2499
149 Ionics2480
150 Physics Letters A2472
151 Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation2459
152 IEEE Transactions on Magnetics2452
153 Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry2449
154 Astronomical Journal2432
155 IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics2425
156 Radiology2421
157 Combustion and Flame2420
158 Computer Networks2410
159 Chaos2401
160 International Journal of Nanomedicine2397
161 Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids2390
162 International Journal of Energy Research2356
163 IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering2335
164 Ore Geology Reviews2322
165 IEEE Transactions on Power Systems2304
166 Applied Acoustics2303
- International Journal of Fatigue2303
168 Automatica2295
169 Optics and Lasers in Engineering2263
170 Atmospheric Environment2253
171 Physics in Medicine and Biology2249
172 Coordination Chemistry Reviews2235
173 Clinical Nuclear Medicine2220
174 IEEE Transactions on Information Theory2212
175 IEEE Communications Magazine2182
176 Journal of Catalysis2159
177 Fusion Engineering and Design2154
178 Journal of Sound and Vibration2138
179 Atmospheric Research2125
180 Applied Mathematical Modelling2121
181 Scripta Materialia2119
182 IEEE Transactions on Image Processing2117
183 IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics2115
184 Nuclear Fusion2108
185 New Journal of Physics2100
186 IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems2099
187 Minerals Engineering2094
188 Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells2078
189 Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging2065
190 European Journal of Radiology2058
191 IEEE Photonics Technology Letters2040
192 Chinese Journal of Aeronautics2039
193 Theoretical and Applied Climatology2024
194 Geophysical Journal International2021
195 Applied Organometallic Chemistry2000
196 Infrared Physics & Technology1997
197 Thermal Science1993
198 IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems1984
199 Inorganica Chimica Acta1983
200 Polyhedron1964
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