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Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01)
Rank Journal TQCC
1 Progress in Energy and Combustion Science95
2 Reviews of Modern Physics92
3 Advances in Optics and Photonics63
4 Coordination Chemistry Reviews54
- Nature Nanotechnology54
- Applied Catalysis B-Environmental54
7 Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics48
8 Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics46
9 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews45
10 Advances in Colloid and Interface Science43
- Energy & Environmental Science43
12 Nature Photonics42
13 Nature Materials39
- Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews39
- Advanced Materials39
16 Advanced Energy Materials38
- Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics38
18 International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture33
19 Applied Mechanics Reviews32
20 Biotechnology for Biofuels29
- Progress in Aerospace Sciences29
22 Radiologia Medica28
- ACS Nano28
- Annual Review of Marine Science28
25 Bioresource Technology27
- Physics Reports-Review Section of Physics Letters27
- Annual Review of Biophysics27
- Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences27
- International Journal of Plasticity27
30 Advanced Functional Materials26
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics26
- Reports on Progress in Physics26
- Applied Energy26
- Energy Conversion and Management26
35 Medical Image Analysis25
- Carbon25
- IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications25
- Journal of Colloid and Interface Science25
39 Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science24
- Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports24
- Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy24
42 Ultrasonics Sonochemistry23
- Energy Policy23
- Journal of Nanobiotechnology23
- IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid23
- European Radiology23
47 Nano Today22
- IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems22
- IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence22
- Renewable Energy22
- Fuel Processing Technology22
52 Nano Research21
- Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering21
- Applied Physics Reviews21
- IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy21
- Energy21
57 Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing20
- International Journal of Mechanical Sciences20
- IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems20
- Nature Climate Change20
- IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging20
- Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical20
- Progress in Quantum Electronics20
64 Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering19
- Nature Structural & Molecular Biology19
- Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering19
- ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces19
- Nature Physics19
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer19
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics19
- Fuel19
72 Physical Review Letters18
- IEEE Transactions on Image Processing18
- Current Opinion in Chemical Biology18
- Pattern Recognition18
- Petroleum Exploration and Development18
- Applied Surface Science18
- Composite Structures18
79 Nano Letters17
- Journal of Power Sources17
- International Journal of Hydrogen Energy17
- Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change17
- Solar Energy17
- Expert Systems With Applications17
- Neuroimage17
- Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing17
- Astrophysical Journal Letters17
- Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences17
- IEEE Transactions on Power Systems17
- Earth System Science Data17
- Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science17
92 Proceedings of the IEEE16
- Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry16
- IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics16
- IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology16
- International Journal of Fatigue16
- Energy and Buildings16
- Mechanism and Machine Theory16
- IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications16
- Small16
- European Physical Journal C16
- Facta Universitatis-Series Mechanical Engineering16
103 Chemistry of Materials15
- IEEE Systems Journal15
- International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems15
- International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control15
- Tribology International15
- Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology15
- Space Science Reviews15
- Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering15
- Journal of Catalysis15
- IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion15
- Scripta Materialia15
- Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells15
- Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces15
- Journal of Alloys and Compounds15
117 Journal of Nuclear Medicine14
- Applied Clay Science14
- International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer14
- IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering14
- Thin-Walled Structures14
- Investigative Radiology14
- Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis14
- Agricultural and Forest Meteorology14
- IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics14
- Surface & Coatings Technology14
- Electrochimica Acta14
- Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering14
129 Minerals Engineering13
- Applied Thermal Engineering13
- Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series13
- Automatica13
- Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications13
- IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems13
- Radiology13
- Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics13
- Earth and Planetary Science Letters13
- Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects13
- JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging13
- Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry13
- Ocean & Coastal Management13
- Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids13
- Microporous and Mesoporous Materials13
- Applied Mathematical Modelling13
- Catalysis Today13
- Bioelectrochemistry13
- Aerospace Science and Technology13
- International Journal of Impact Engineering13
- IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology13
- IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation13
- International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery13
- International Journal of Energy Research13
- Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence13
- Combustion and Flame13
- Journal of Molecular Liquids13
- Journal of Digital Imaging13
157 Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics12
- Marine Structures12
- Journal of Sound and Vibration12
- Applied Spectroscopy Reviews12
- Biomass & Bioenergy12
- Building Simulation12
- IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing12
- Progress in Biophysics & Molecular Biology12
- Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER12
- Surveys in Geophysics12
- Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta12
- Engineering Failure Analysis12
- Journal of Nanomaterials12
- Laser & Photonics Reviews12
- Nanomedicine-Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine12
- Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics12
- IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing12
- IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering12
- IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery12
- Global Biogeochemical Cycles12
- IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters12
- International Journal of Coal Geology12
- IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control12
- IEEE Transactions on Communications12
- Seminars in Nuclear Medicine12
- Energy for Sustainable Development12
- Computers & Electrical Engineering12
- International Journal of Thermal Sciences12
- Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics12
- International Journal of Nanomedicine12
187 Multimedia Tools and Applications11
- Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters11
- Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids11
- Mass Spectrometry Reviews11
- Optical and Quantum Electronics11
- Catalysis Communications11
- Chaos Solitons & Fractals11
- Adsorption Science & Technology11
- Biochip Journal11
- International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer11
- Science China-Physics Mechanics & Astronomy11
- Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy11
- Surface Science Reports11
- Synthetic Metals11
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