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Best Mathematical Physics journals

90 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Mathematical Physics. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 23 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 PRX Quantum 19.4 99th Q1 SCIE – Yes
2 Chaos, Solitons and Fractals 9.5 98th Q1 SCIE – No
3 Chaos, Solitons and Fractals: X 8.5 97th Q1 – – No
4 Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Simulation with Applications 7.7 96th Q1 – – No
5 Advances in Mechanics 5.9 95th Q1 – – No
6 Forum of Mathematics, Pi 5.8 93rd Q1 SCIE – Yes
7 Advanced Quantum Technologies 5.6 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
8 Frontiers in Physics 5.2 91st Q1 SCIE – Yes
9 European Journal of Mechanics, B/Fluids 5.2 90th Q1 SCIE – No
10 Chaos 5.1 89th Q1 SCIE – No
11 Entropy 4.9 88th Q1 SCIE – Yes
12 Communications in Mathematical Physics 4.7 87th Q1 SCIE – No
13 Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincare (C) Analyse Non Lineaire 4.5 86th Q1 SCIE – Yes
14 Annals of PDE 4.3 85th Q1 SCIE – No
15 Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena 4.3 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
16 Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical 4.1 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
17 International Journal of Modern Physics D 4.1 81st Q1 SCIE – No
18 International Journal of Modern Physics C 3.5 80th Q1 SCIE – No
19 Annales Henri Poincare 3.5 79th Q1 SCIE – No
20 Physica Scripta 3.4 78th Q1 SCIE – No
21 Inverse Problems 3.4 77th Q1 SCIE – No
22 IEEE Journal on Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Techniques 3.3 76th Q1 ESCI – No
23 Communications in Computational Physics 3.3 75th Q1 SCIE – No
24 Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy 3.2 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
25 Mathematics in Engineering 3.1 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
26 Russian Journal of Mathematical Physics 3 71st Q2 SCIE – No
27 Journal of Nonlinear Mathematical Physics 2.9 70th Q2 SCIE – No
28 Open Systems and Information Dynamics 2.9 69th Q2 SCIE – No
29 Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section A Journal of Physical Sciences 2.8 68th Q2 SCIE – No
30 Letters in Mathematical Physics 2.7 67th Q2 SCIE – No
31 Nonlinearity 2.6 66th Q2 SCIE – No
32 Communications in Number Theory and Physics 2.6 65th Q2 SCIE – No
33 Analysis and Mathematical Physics 2.5 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
34 Reviews in Mathematical Physics 2.5 62nd Q2 SCIE – No
35 Journal of Mathematical Fluid Mechanics 2.4 61st Q2 SCIE – No
36 Computational and Mathematical Biophysics 2.3 60th Q2 – – Yes
37 Journal of Geometry and Physics 2.3 58th Q2 SCIE – No
38 Journal of Statistical Physics 2.3 58th Q2 SCIE – No
39 Journal of Instrumentation 2.3 57th Q2 SCIE – No
40 Journal of Mathematical Physics 2.2 56th Q2 SCIE – No
41 Quanta 2.2 55th Q2 – – Yes
42 Reports on Mathematical Physics 2.2 53rd Q2 SCIE – No
43 Pure and Applied Analysis 2.2 52nd Q2 ESCI – No
44 Quantum Information and Computation 2.2 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
45 Quantum Topology 2.1 50th Q2 SCIE – Yes
46 Mathematical Physics Analysis and Geometry 1.9 49th Q3 SCIE – No
47 Forum of Mathematics, Sigma 1.9 48th Q3 SCIE – Yes
48 Quantum Studies: Mathematics and Foundations 1.8 47th Q3 ESCI – No
49 Theoretical and Mathematical Physics (Russian Federation) 1.7 46th Q3 SCIE – No
50 Journal of Computational and Theoretical Transport 1.7 45th Q3 SCIE – No
51 Journal of Noncommutative Geometry 1.7 43rd Q3 SCIE – Yes
52 Journal of Spectral Theory 1.7 42nd Q3 SCIE – Yes
53 Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications (SIGMA) 1.7 42nd Q3 SCIE – Yes
54 Regular and Chaotic Dynamics 1.6 40th Q3 SCIE – No
55 Journal of Optimization, Differential Equations and their Applications 1.6 39th Q3 – – Yes
56 Infinite Dimensional Analysis, Quantum Probability and Related Topics 1.6 37th Q3 SCIE – No
57 Nonlinear Dynamics and Systems Theory 1.6 37th Q3 – – No
58 Journal of Applied Analysis 1.6 36th Q3 ESCI – No
59 Researches in Mathematics 1.5 35th Q3 – – Yes
60 De Gruyter Studies in Mathematics 1.3 33rd Q3 – – No
61 Journal of Contemporary Applied Mathematics 1.3 32nd Q3 – – No
62 Journal of Mathematical Physics, Analysis, Geometry 1.2 31st Q3 SCIE – Yes
63 International Electronic Journal of Geometry 1.2 30th Q3 ESCI – No
64 Vestnik Samarskogo Gosudarstvennogo Tekhnicheskogo Universiteta, Seriya Fiziko-Matematicheskie Nauki 1.2 29th Q3 ESCI – Yes
65 Russian Journal of Nonlinear Dynamics 1.2 28th Q3 – – Yes
66 Turkish World Mathematical Society Journal of Applied and Engineering Mathematics 1.1 27th Q3 ESCI – No
67 Confluentes Mathematici 1.1 26th Q3 – – No
68 Progress in Probability 1.1 25th Q3 – – No
69 Eurasian Journal of Mathematical and Computer Applications 1.1 23rd Q4 ESCI – No
70 Open Communications in Nonlinear Mathematical Physics 1 22nd Q4 – – Yes
71 Memoirs on Differential Equations and Mathematical Physics 0.9 21st Q4 ESCI – No
72 Geometry, Integrability and Quantization 0.9 20th Q4 – – No
73 Physics of Wave Processes and Radio Systems 0.9 19th Q4 – – Yes
74 Journal of Geometry and Symmetry in Physics 0.9 18th Q4 ESCI – No
75 Methods of Functional Analysis and Topology 0.8 17th Q4 ESCI – Yes
76 Review of Science, Mathematics and ICT Education 0.8 16th Q4 – – Yes
77 Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research Series A: Physical Sciences 0.7 15th Q4 – – No
78 Nonlinear Phenomena in Complex Systems 0.6 13th Q4 ESCI – No
79 Rendiconti del Seminario Matematico dell 'Universita' di Padova/Mathematical Journal of the University of Padova 0.6 12th Q4 SCIE – Yes
80 Uzbek Mathematical Journal 0.5 11th Q4 – – No
81 St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University Journal: Physics and Mathematics 0.5 10th Q4 – – No
82 Bulletin of the Institute of Mathematics 0.4 9th Q4 – – No
83 SpringerBriefs in Mathematical Physics 0.4 8th Q4 – – No
84 Nonlinear Physical Science 0.3 7th Q4 – – No
85 Journal of Finsler Geometry and its Applications 0.3 6th Q4 – – Yes
86 Functional Differential Equations 0.3 5th Q4 – – No
87 Mathematical Physics Studies 0.2 3rd Q4 – – No
88 Series on Knots and Everything 0.1 2nd Q4 – – No
89 Theoretical and Mathematical Physics (United States) 0.1 1st Q4 – – No
90 Progress in Nonlinear Differential Equations and Their Application 0.1 0th Q4 – – No

Rank and percentile are within the Mathematical Physics Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-10-04). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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