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Best Condensed Matter Physics journals

434 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Condensed Matter Physics. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 112 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Nature Nanotechnology 57.8 99th Q1 SCIE – No
2 Nature Materials 56.9 99th Q1 SCIE – No
3 Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics 50.3 99th Q1 SCIE – No
4 Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics 43.3 99th Q1 SCIE – No
5 Opto-Electronic Science 32 98th Q1 ESCI – Yes
6 Advanced Functional Materials 28.7 98th Q1 SCIE – No
7 Materials Today 27 98th Q1 SCIE – No
8 Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences 26 98th Q1 SCIE – No
9 Mass Spectrometry Reviews 21.2 98th Q1 SCIE – No
10 Nano Research 18.5 97th Q1 SCIE – Yes
11 Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications 18.5 97th Q1 SCIE – No
12 International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 16.1 97th Q1 SCIE – No
13 NPG Asia Materials 16.1 97th Q1 SCIE – Yes
14 Rare Metals 15.3 96th Q1 SCIE – No
15 Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 15.2 96th Q1 SCIE – No
16 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 14.3 96th Q1 SCIE – No
17 Materials Today Nano 14.2 96th Q1 SCIE – No
18 Surface Science Reports 14.2 96th Q1 SCIE – No
19 Microsystems and Nanoengineering 14.2 95th Q1 SCIE – Yes
20 Laser and Photonics Reviews 14.1 95th Q1 SCIE – No
21 npj 2D Materials and Applications 13.6 95th Q1 SCIE – Yes
22 Nano Letters 13.5 95th Q1 SCIE – No
23 Materials Science and Engineering: A 13.4 94th Q1 SCIE – No
24 Applied Surface Science 13.3 94th Q1 SCIE – No
25 Progress in Solid State Chemistry 12.6 94th Q1 SCIE – No
26 Progress in Surface Science 12.6 94th Q1 SCIE – No
27 SciPost Physics Lecture Notes 12.2 94th Q1 – – Yes
28 Polymer Degradation and Stability 11.8 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
29 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 11.6 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
30 Scripta Materialia 11.6 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
31 Superconductivity 11.3 93rd Q1 ESCI – Yes
32 International Journal of Thermofluids 11 92nd Q1 – – Yes
33 npj Quantum Materials 10.8 92nd Q1 SCIE – Yes
34 Surface and Coatings Technology 10.8 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
35 Materials Research Bulletin 10.7 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
36 Progress in Electromagnetics Research 10.6 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
37 Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics 10.4 91st Q1 SCIE – No
38 Wear 10.4 91st Q1 SCIE – No
39 Journal of Molecular Liquids 10.3 91st Q1 – – No
40 Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 10.2 91st Q1 SCIE – No
41 Journal of Sound and Vibration 10.2 90th Q1 SCIE – No
42 Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 10.1 90th Q1 SCIE – No
43 ChemPhysMater 10 90th Q1 ESCI – Yes
44 International Journal of Thermal Sciences 10 90th Q1 SCIE – No
45 Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 10 90th Q1 SCIE – No
46 Materials Chemistry and Physics 9.7 89th Q1 SCIE – No
47 IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques 9.6 89th Q1 SCIE – No
48 Journal of the Energy Institute 9.5 89th Q1 SCIE – No
49 Materials Technology 9.5 89th Q1 SCIE – No
50 Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials 9.3 88th Q1 SCIE – No
51 Innovation Materials 9.2 88th Q1 – – Yes
52 IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering 9.1 88th Q1 ESCI – Yes
53 Materials Characterization 9.1 88th Q1 SCIE – No
54 NDT and E International 8.9 88th Q1 SCIE – No
55 International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer 8.8 87th Q1 SCIE – No
56 Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing 8.7 87th Q1 SCIE – No
57 MRS Bulletin 8.7 87th Q1 SCIE – No
58 Synthetic Metals 8.6 87th Q1 SCIE – No
59 Nano-Structures and Nano-Objects 8.5 86th Q1 – – No
60 Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China (English Edition) 8.5 86th Q1 SCIE – No
61 Materials Science and Engineering: B 8.4 86th Q1 SCIE – No
62 Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics 8.4 86th Q1 ESCI – No
63 IEEE Journal of Microwaves 8.4 85th Q1 ESCI – Yes
64 Polymer Bulletin 8.4 85th Q1 SCIE – No
65 Sensors and Actuators A: Physical 8.2 85th Q1 SCIE – No
66 Journal of Supercritical Fluids 8.1 85th Q1 SCIE – No
67 Device 8 85th Q1 ESCI – No
68 2D Materials 8 84th Q1 SCIE – No
69 Chemical Physics Impact 8 84th Q1 ESCI – Yes
70 Metals and Materials International 7.9 84th Q1 SCIE – No
71 Liquid Crystals Reviews 7.7 84th Q1 SCIE – No
72 npj Spintronics 7.7 83rd Q1 – – Yes
73 Journal of Cluster Science 7.6 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
74 Vacuum 7.6 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
75 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine 7.5 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
76 Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines 7.5 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
77 Journal of Semiconductors 7.5 82nd Q1 ESCI – No
78 Journal of Luminescence 7.4 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
79 Microelectronic Engineering 7.4 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
80 Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 7.3 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
81 IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 7.2 81st Q1 SCIE – No
82 International Journal of Solids and Structures 7.2 81st Q1 SCIE – No
83 Journal of Solid State Chemistry 7.2 81st Q1 SCIE – No
84 Science and Technology of Welding and Joining 7.2 81st Q1 SCIE – No
85 EPJ Quantum Technology 7.1 81st Q1 SCIE – Yes
86 AVS Quantum Science 7 80th Q1 ESCI – No
87 Discover Nano 7 80th Q1 SCIE – Yes
88 Materials 7 80th Q1 SCIE – No
89 Reviews on Advanced Materials Science 7 80th Q1 SCIE – Yes
90 IET Nanodielectrics 6.8 79th Q1 ESCI – Yes
91 Journal of Fluid Mechanics 6.8 79th Q1 SCIE – No
92 Micro and Nano Engineering 6.8 79th Q1 ESCI – Yes
93 Journal of Thermal Spray Technology 6.7 79th Q1 SCIE – No
94 Thermochimica Acta 6.7 79th Q1 SCIE – No
95 Nuclear Fusion 6.7 78th Q1 SCIE – Yes
96 Plasma Sources Science and Technology 6.6 78th Q1 SCIE – No
97 Physica E: Low-Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures 6.5 78th Q1 SCIE – No
98 Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics 6.5 78th Q1 SCIE – No
99 Infrared Physics and Technology 6.5 77th Q1 SCIE – No
100 Superconductor Science and Technology 6.4 77th Q1 SCIE – No
101 Journal of Optical Communications 6.3 77th Q1 – – No
102 JPhys Materials 6.3 77th Q1 SCIE – Yes
103 Materials Letters: X 6.3 77th Q1 ESCI – Yes
104 Recent Patents on Nanotechnology 6.3 76th Q1 SCIE – No
105 Journal of Hydrodynamics 6.2 76th Q1 SCIE – No
106 Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 6.2 76th Q1 SCIE – No
107 Physical Review B 6.2 76th Q1 SCIE – No
108 Journal of Rheology 6.2 75th Q1 SCIE – No
109 Heat Transfer 6.1 75th Q1 ESCI – No
110 Smart Materials and Structures 6.1 75th Q1 SCIE – No
111 Journal of the Electrochemical Society 6 75th Q1 SCIE – No
112 Langmuir 6 75th Q1 SCIE – No
113 Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 5.9 74th Q2 SCIE – No
114 Organic Electronics 5.9 74th Q2 SCIE – No
115 Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing 5.9 74th Q2 SCIE – No
116 Results in Surfaces and Interfaces 5.9 74th Q2 ESCI – Yes
117 Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 5.9 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
118 Materials for Quantum Technology 5.9 73rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
119 Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part N: Journal of Nanomaterials, Nanoengineering and Nanosystems 5.9 73rd Q2 ESCI – No
120 Micro and Nanostructures 5.8 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
121 IEEE Microwave and Wireless Technology Letters 5.8 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
122 Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications 5.8 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
123 Plasma Processes and Polymers 5.8 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
124 Computational Condensed Matter 5.7 72nd Q2 ESCI – No
125 Journal of Materials Research 5.7 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
126 IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility 5.7 71st Q2 SCIE – No
127 International Journal of Modern Physics B 5.7 71st Q2 SCIE – No
128 IUCrJ 5.7 71st Q2 SCIE – Yes
129 Progress in Crystal Growth and Characterization of Materials 5.7 71st Q2 SCIE – No
130 Advanced Engineering Materials 5.7 70th Q2 SCIE – No
131 Solid State Sciences 5.7 70th Q2 SCIE – No
132 Advanced Quantum Technologies 5.6 70th Q2 SCIE – No
133 Materials Letters 5.6 70th Q2 SCIE – No
134 Particle and Particle Systems Characterization 5.6 70th Q2 SCIE – No
135 Advances in Physics 5.6 69th Q2 SCIE – No
136 Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 5.6 69th Q2 SCIE – No
137 Crystal Growth and Design 5.5 69th Q2 SCIE – No
138 Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals 5.5 69th Q2 SCIE – No
139 International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow 5.5 68th Q2 SCIE – No
140 Crystals 5.4 68th Q2 SCIE – Yes
141 Electronic Structure 5.4 68th Q2 ESCI – No
142 Physics of Fluids 5.4 68th Q2 SCIE – No
143 Journal of Thermal Science 5.3 68th Q2 SCIE – No
144 Journal of Applied Mechanics 5.3 67th Q2 SCIE – No
145 Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry 5.2 67th Q2 SCIE – No
146 Solid State Ionics 5.2 67th Q2 SCIE – No
147 Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics 5.2 67th Q2 SCIE – No
148 Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics 5.2 66th Q2 SCIE – No
149 Micro and Nano Letters 5.2 66th Q2 SCIE – Yes
150 Photonics and Nanostructures - Fundamentals and Applications 5.2 66th Q2 SCIE – No
151 Quantum Frontiers 5.2 66th Q2 – – Yes
152 Soft Matter 5.2 66th Q2 SCIE – No
153 Biomicrofluidics 5.1 65th Q2 SCIE – No
154 Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves 5.1 65th Q2 SCIE – No
155 Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 5.1 65th Q2 SCIE – No
156 Physica B: Condensed Matter 5.1 65th Q2 SCIE – No
157 Journal of Optics and Photonics Research 5.1 64th Q2 – – No
158 Journal of Nanoparticle Research 4.9 64th Q2 SCIE – No
159 Microfluidics and Nanofluidics 4.9 64th Q2 SCIE – No
160 Rheologica Acta 4.9 64th Q2 SCIE – No
161 Computational and Theoretical Chemistry 4.8 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
162 Journal of Physics Condensed Matter 4.8 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
163 Modern Physics Letters B 4.8 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
164 Powder Metallurgy 4.8 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
165 IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing 4.8 62nd Q2 SCIE – No
166 International Journal of Thermophysics 4.8 62nd Q2 SCIE – No
167 Journal of Porous Media 4.8 62nd Q2 SCIE – No
168 Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics 4.8 62nd Q2 SCIE – No
169 CrystEngComm 4.7 61st Q2 SCIE – No
170 International Journal of Quantum Chemistry 4.7 61st Q2 SCIE – No
171 Molecular Imaging 4.7 61st Q2 SCIE – Yes
172 SciPost Physics Core 4.7 61st Q2 ESCI – Yes
173 Solid State Communications 4.7 61st Q2 SCIE – No
174 Structural Chemistry 4.7 60th Q2 SCIE – No
175 Heat and Mass Transfer 4.6 60th Q2 SCIE – No
176 Journal of Electroceramics 4.6 60th Q2 SCIE – No
177 Journal of Electronic Materials 4.6 60th Q2 SCIE – No
178 Journal of Plasma Physics 4.6 59th Q2 SCIE – No
179 Applied Rheology 4.5 59th Q2 SCIE – Yes
180 Interactions 4.5 59th Q2 – – No
181 International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology 4.5 59th Q2 SCIE – No
182 Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology 4.5 59th Q2 SCIE – No
183 Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science 4.5 58th Q2 SCIE – No
184 Microelectronics Reliability 4.5 58th Q2 SCIE – No
185 Progress in Physics of Metals 4.5 58th Q2 ESCI – Yes
186 Journal of Advanced Dielectrics 4.4 58th Q2 ESCI – Yes
187 Journal of Applied Physics 4.4 57th Q2 SCIE – No
188 Journal of Crystal Growth 4.4 57th Q2 SCIE – No
189 Journal of Magnetic Resonance 4.4 57th Q2 SCIE – No
190 Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science 4.4 57th Q2 SCIE – No
191 Materials Science and Technology (United Kingdom) 4.3 56th Q2 SCIE – No
192 Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena 4.3 56th Q2 SCIE – No
193 Meccanica 4.2 56th Q2 SCIE – No
194 Microelectronics Journal 4.2 56th Q2 SCIE – No
195 IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics 4.2 55th Q2 SCIE – No
196 Liquid Crystals 4.2 55th Q2 SCIE – No
197 Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering 4.2 55th Q2 SCIE – No
198 Semiconductor Science and Technology 4.2 55th Q2 SCIE – No
199 Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie - Crystalline Materials 4.2 55th Q2 SCIE – No
200 IEEE Microwave Magazine 4.1 54th Q2 SCIE – No
201 Microsystem Technologies 4.1 54th Q2 SCIE – No
202 Molecular Simulation 4.1 54th Q2 SCIE – No
203 Physica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letters 4.1 54th Q2 SCIE – No
204 Fluids 4.1 53rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
205 Mechanics Research Communications 4.1 53rd Q2 SCIE – No
206 Physical Review E 4.1 53rd Q2 SCIE – No
207 Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part K: Journal of Multi-body Dynamics 4 53rd Q2 SCIE – No
208 Steel Research International 4 53rd Q2 SCIE – No
209 Soldering and Surface Mount Technology 4 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
210 Laser and Particle Beams 3.9 52nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
211 Materials Research Innovations 3.9 52nd Q2 – – No
212 Surface and Interface Analysis 3.9 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
213 Korea Australia Rheology Journal 3.9 51st Q2 SCIE – No
214 Advances in Condensed Matter Physics 3.8 51st Q2 SCIE – Yes
215 Crystal Research and Technology 3.8 51st Q2 SCIE – No
216 Crystallography Reviews 3.8 51st Q2 SCIE – No
217 Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 3.8 51st Q2 SCIE – No
218 International Journal of Mass Spectrometry 3.8 50th Q2 SCIE – No
219 Journal of Holography Applications in Physics 3.8 50th Q2 – – Yes
220 Physical Mesomechanics 3.8 50th Q2 SCIE – No
221 Surface Science 3.8 50th Q2 SCIE – No
222 Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films 3.7 49th Q3 SCIE – No
223 Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science 3.7 49th Q3 SCIE – No
224 Physics of Plasmas 3.7 49th Q3 SCIE – No
225 Surface Engineering 3.7 49th Q3 SCIE – No
226 EPJ Photovoltaics 3.7 48th Q3 ESCI – Yes
227 Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision 3.7 48th Q3 SCIE – No
228 Journal of Thermal Stresses 3.7 48th Q3 SCIE – No
229 Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications 3.6 48th Q3 SCIE – No
230 Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer 3.6 48th Q3 SCIE – No
231 Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena 3.6 47th Q3 SCIE – No
232 Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering 3.6 47th Q3 SCIE – No
233 Plasma Science and Technology 3.6 47th Q3 SCIE – No
234 Molecular Physics 3.5 47th Q3 SCIE – No
235 Emerging Materials Research 3.5 46th Q3 SCIE – No
236 Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer Research 3.5 46th Q3 – – Yes
237 Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism 3.5 46th Q3 SCIE – No
238 Journal of Visualization 3.5 46th Q3 SCIE – No
239 Structural Dynamics 3.5 46th Q3 SCIE – Yes
240 Journal of Electrostatics 3.5 45th Q3 SCIE – No
241 Journal of Inclusion Phenomena and Macrocyclic Chemistry 3.5 45th Q3 SCIE – No
242 Physica Status Solidi (B): Basic Research 3.5 45th Q3 SCIE – No
243 Surface Review and Letters 3.5 45th Q3 SCIE – No
244 Heat Transfer Engineering 3.5 44th Q3 SCIE – No
245 Annual Review of Heat Transfer 3.4 44th Q3 – – No
246 EPJ Applied Metamaterials 3.4 44th Q3 ESCI – Yes
247 Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology 3.4 44th Q3 SCIE – No
248 Physica Scripta 3.4 44th Q3 SCIE – No
249 Condensed Matter 3.4 43rd Q3 ESCI – Yes
250 Journal of Enhanced Heat Transfer 3.3 43rd Q3 SCIE – No
251 Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion 3.3 43rd Q3 SCIE – No
252 Shock and Vibration 3.3 43rd Q3 SCIE – Yes
253 IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 3.3 42nd Q3 SCIE – No
254 Soft Materials 3.3 42nd Q3 SCIE – No
255 Advances in Heat Transfer 3.2 42nd Q3 – – No
256 Heat Transfer Research 3.2 42nd Q3 SCIE – No
257 IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 3.2 42nd Q3 SCIE – No
258 Main Group Metal Chemistry 3.2 41st Q3 SCIE – Yes
259 Philosophical Magazine Letters 3.2 41st Q3 SCIE – Yes
260 Transactions of the Institute of Metal Finishing 3.2 41st Q3 SCIE – No
261 Materials Science-Poland 3.1 41st Q3 SCIE – No
262 High Temperature Materials and Processes 3.1 40th Q3 SCIE – Yes
263 Magnetic Resonance 3.1 40th Q3 – – Yes
264 Radio Science 3.1 40th Q3 SCIE – No
265 Solid-State Electronics 3.1 40th Q3 SCIE – No
266 Progress in Electromagnetics Research M 3 40th Q3 ESCI – No
267 International Journal of Nanoscience 3 39th Q3 ESCI – No
268 Journal of Turbulence 3 39th Q3 SCIE – No
269 Macromolecular Theory and Simulations 3 39th Q3 SCIE – No
270 Materials Transactions 3 39th Q3 SCIE – No
271 Atoms 2.9 38th Q3 ESCI – Yes
272 Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part B: Physics 2.9 38th Q3 SCIE – No
273 Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 2.9 38th Q3 SCIE – No
274 Philosophical Magazine 2.9 38th Q3 SCIE – No
275 Ferroelectrics, Letters Section 2.9 37th Q3 SCIE – No
276 Research in Nondestructive Evaluation 2.9 37th Q3 SCIE – No
277 European Physical Journal B 2.8 37th Q3 SCIE – No
278 Mechanics of Composite Materials 2.8 37th Q3 SCIE – No
279 Nihon Reoroji Gakkaishi 2.8 37th Q3 SCIE – No
280 Nanoscience and Technology 2.8 36th Q3 ESCI – No
281 Nuclear Technology 2.8 36th Q3 SCIE – No
282 Eurasian Chemico-Technological Journal 2.7 36th Q3 ESCI – Yes
283 Journal of Mechanics 2.7 36th Q3 SCIE – Yes
284 Contributions to Plasma Physics 2.6 35th Q3 SCIE – No
285 Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics 2.6 35th Q3 SCIE – Yes
286 Microelectronics International 2.6 35th Q3 SCIE – No
287 Tenside, Surfactants, Detergents 2.6 35th Q3 SCIE – No
288 Noise and Vibration Worldwide 2.6 34th Q3 – – No
289 Advanced Physical Research 2.5 34th Q3 – – No
290 Journal of Low Temperature Physics 2.5 34th Q3 SCIE – No
291 Optoelectronics Letters 2.5 34th Q3 ESCI – No
292 Microwave and Optical Technology Letters 2.5 33rd Q3 SCIE – No
293 Science of Sintering 2.5 33rd Q3 SCIE – Yes
294 Acta Crystallographica Section A: Foundations and Advances 2.4 33rd Q3 SCIE – No
295 Journal of Mathematical Fluid Mechanics 2.4 33rd Q3 SCIE – No
296 Progress in Electromagnetics Research B 2.4 33rd Q3 – – No
297 Materials at High Temperatures 2.3 32nd Q3 SCIE – No
298 Materials Research 2.3 32nd Q3 SCIE – Yes
299 Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications 2.3 32nd Q3 SCIE – No
300 Physics and Chemistry of Liquids 2.3 32nd Q3 SCIE – No

All remaining Condensed Matter Physics journals (134)

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