Physics: Journal Rankings

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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Progress in Energy and Combustion Science	117
2	Reviews of Modern Physics	95
3	Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics	62
4	Applied Catalysis B-Environmental	53
-	Coordination Chemistry Reviews	53
6	Advances in Colloid and Interface Science	42
7	Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics	41
-	Advanced Materials	41
9	Progress in Aerospace Sciences	34
-	International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture	34
11	International Journal of Plasticity	31
12	Energy Conversion and Management	29
-	Physics Reports-Review Section of Physics Letters	29
14	Applied Mechanics Reviews	28
-	Applied Energy	28
16	Bioresource Technology	27
17	Carbon	26
-	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science	26
-	Biosensors & Bioelectronics	26
20	IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence	25
-	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	25
22	Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports	24
23	IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications	23
-	Renewable Energy	23
-	Reports on Progress in Physics	23
-	IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems	23
-	European Radiology	23
-	Ultrasonics Sonochemistry	23
-	Energy Policy	23
30	Fuel Processing Technology	22
-	International Journal of Mechanical Sciences	22
-	Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering	22
-	IEEE Transactions on Image Processing	22
34	Progress in Quantum Electronics	21
-	Energy	21
-	Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing	21
-	Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical	21
-	Fuel	21
39	IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging	20
-	Pattern Recognition	20
41	IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology	19
-	IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics	19
-	Expert Systems With Applications	19
-	IEEE Transactions on Power Systems	19
-	Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences	19
-	Composite Structures	19
47	Physical Review Letters	18
-	Proceedings of the IEEE	18
-	Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy	18
-	Tribology International	18

-	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy	18
-	Applied Surface Science	18
53	Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing	17
-	Solar Energy	17
-	International Journal of Fatigue	17
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer	17
-	Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering	17
-	Energy and Buildings	17
59	Journal of Power Sources	16
-	Mechanism and Machine Theory	16
-	Space Science Reviews	16
-	Thin-Walled Structures	16
-	Chemistry of Materials	16
-	Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering	16
-	Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering	16
-	Investigative Radiology	16
-	Neuroimage	16
-	IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics	16
-	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells	16
70	Journal of Catalysis	15
-	Journal of Digital Imaging	15
-	IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering	15
-	IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering	15
-	Surface & Coatings Technology	15
-	International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer	15
-	International Journal of Impact Engineering	15
-	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	15
78	Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis	14
-	Engineering Failure Analysis	14
-	IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion	14
-	IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing	14
-	Seminars in Nuclear Medicine	14
-	Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics	14
-	IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics	14
-	Radiology	14
-	Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica	14
-	Aerospace Science and Technology	14
-	Applied Clay Science	14
-	Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces	14
-	Combustion and Flame	14
-	Automatica	14
-	Journal of Nuclear Medicine	14
-	Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids	14
-	IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems	14
-	International Journal of Coal Geology	14
-	International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems	14
-	Agricultural and Forest Meteorology	14
98	International Journal of Thermal Sciences	13
-	Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics	13
-	Ocean Engineering	13
-	Optical and Quantum Electronics	13
-	Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence	13
-	IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery	13
-	IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology	13
-	Surveys in Geophysics	13
-	Energy for Sustainable Development	13
-	IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation	13
-	IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control	13
-	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	13
-	Applied Mathematical Modelling	13
-	Computers & Electrical Engineering	13
-	Journal of Molecular Liquids	13
-	International Journal of Nanomedicine	13
-	Minerals Engineering	13
-	Facta Universitatis-Series Mechanical Engineering	13
-	Electrochimica Acta	13
-	Catalysis Today	13
-	Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects	13
119	Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids	12
-	Marine Structures	12
-	Chinese Journal of Aeronautics	12
-	Computer Communications	12
-	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A-Chemistry	12
-	Journal of Sound and Vibration	12
-	Ocean & Coastal Management	12
-	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society	12
-	IEEE Transactions on Communications	12
-	Engineering Fracture Mechanics	12
-	IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology	12
-	IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing	12
-	Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta	12
-	Surface Science Reports	12
-	Synthetic Metals	12
-	International Journal of Energy Research	12
-	Adsorption Science & Technology	12
-	Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series	12
137	Journal of High Energy Physics	11
-	Nonlinear Dynamics	11
-	Intermetallics	11
-	Geothermics	11
-	Global Biogeochemical Cycles	11
-	Electric Power Systems Research	11
-	Ultrasonics	11
-	Biomass & Bioenergy	11
-	Coastal Engineering	11
-	Journal of Composites for Construction	11
-	Journal of Supercritical Fluids	11
-	IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting	11
-	European Journal of Mechanics A-Solids	11
-	IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications	11
-	Inorganic Chemistry	11
-	International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer	11
-	Geology	11
-	Progress in Biophysics & Molecular Biology	11
-	IEEE-ACM Transactions on Networking	11
-	IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits	11
-	Energy & Fuels	11
-	Economic Geology	11
-	Chaos Solitons & Fractals	11
-	Atmospheric Research	11
-	Diamond and Related Materials	11
162	Journal of Luminescence	10
-	Journal of Molecular Structure	10
-	International Journal of Photoenergy	10
-	Optics and Laser Technology	10
-	Sensors and Actuators A-Physical	10
-	Signal Processing	10
-	International Journal of Damage Mechanics	10
-	Climatic Change	10
-	Applied Acoustics	10
-	Applied Catalysis A-General	10
-	Applied Spectroscopy Reviews	10
-	Astronomical Journal	10
-	Astronomy & Astrophysics	10
-	Astrophysical Journal	10

-	Control Engineering Practice	10
-	Journal of Fluorescence	10
-	Optical Materials	10
-	Optik	10
-	Materials Science and Engineering B-Advanced Functional Solid-State Materials	10
-	Mechanics of Materials	10
-	IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques	10
-	IEEE Transactions on Reliability	10
-	IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control	10
-	Human Brain Mapping	10
-	IEEE Network	10
-	Vacuum	10
-	Applied Ocean Research	10
-	Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics	10
190	Journal of Lightwave Technology	9
-	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B-Biology	9
-	Journal of Rheology	9
-	Journal of Fluid Mechanics	9
-	International Journal of Multiphase Flow	9
-	Korean Journal of Radiology	9
-	Ore Geology Reviews	9
-	Mass Spectrometry Reviews	9
-	Physics Letters B	9
-	Mineralium Deposita	9
-	Wear	9

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