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Best Physics and Astronomy (all) journals

241 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Physics and Astronomy (all). All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 62 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 Reviews of Modern Physics 80.3 99th Q1 SCIE – No
2 Physics Reports 54.4 99th Q1 SCIE – No
3 Nature Reviews Physics 53 98th Q1 SCIE – No
4 Nature Physics 29.4 98th Q1 SCIE – No
5 Nature Communications 24.3 98th Q1 SCIE – Yes
6 Physical Review X 23.2 97th Q1 SCIE – Yes
7 ACS Nano 23.1 97th Q1 SCIE – No
8 Reports on Progress in Physics 23 96th Q1 SCIE – No
9 Advances in Physics: X 20 96th Q1 SCIE – Yes
10 PRX Quantum 19.4 96th Q1 SCIE – Yes
11 Physics of Life Reviews 18.8 95th Q1 SCIE – No
12 Advanced Science 18.1 95th Q1 SCIE – Yes
13 Applied Physics Reviews 16.3 94th Q1 SCIE – No
14 Physical Review Letters 14.2 94th Q1 SCIE – No
15 Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 13.7 94th Q1 SCIE – No
16 Reviews in Physics 13.4 93rd Q1 – – No
17 Computer Physics Communications 13.1 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
18 La Rivista del Nuovo Cimento 12.5 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
19 Cell Reports Physical Science 12 92nd Q1 SCIE – Yes
20 European Polymer Journal 11.6 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
21 Combustion and Flame 11.4 91st Q1 SCIE – No
22 Science China: Physics, Mechanics and Astronomy 11.1 91st Q1 SCIE – No
23 AAPPS Bulletin 10.8 90th Q1 ESCI – Yes
24 Fortschritte der Physik 10.4 90th Q1 SCIE – No
25 Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics 10.1 90th Q1 SCIE – Yes
26 Chaos, Solitons and Fractals 9.5 89th Q1 SCIE – No
27 SciPost Physics 9.5 89th Q1 SCIE – Yes
28 Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry 9.2 88th Q1 SCIE – No
29 Results in Physics 9.1 88th Q1 – – Yes
30 Communications Physics 9 88th Q1 SCIE – Yes
31 Chaos, Solitons and Fractals: X 8.5 87th Q1 – – No
32 European Journal of Mechanics, A/Solids 8.4 87th Q1 SCIE – No
33 Diamond and Related Materials 8.2 86th Q1 SCIE – No
34 Chinese Journal of Physics 7.9 86th Q1 SCIE – No
35 Journal of Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics 7.9 86th Q1 SCIE – No
36 Journal of Computational Physics 7.9 85th Q1 SCIE – No
37 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 7.6 85th Q1 SCIE – No
38 Physical Review Applied 7.4 84th Q1 SCIE – No
39 International Journal of Multiphase Flow 7 84th Q1 SCIE – No
40 Physical Review Physics Education Research 6.8 84th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – Yes
41 Journal of Taibah University for Science 6.8 83rd Q1 SCIE – Yes
42 Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B: Physical and Biological Sciences 6.8 83rd Q1 SCIE – Yes
43 Fire Safety Journal 6.8 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
44 Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data 6.7 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
45 Physical Review Research 6.6 82nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
46 Computational Materials Science 6.3 81st Q1 SCIE – No
47 Chinese Physics Letters 6.2 81st Q1 SCIE – No
48 Chemical Physics Letters 5.8 80th Q1 SCIE – No
49 Fluid Phase Equilibria 5.7 80th Q1 SCIE – No
50 Composite Interfaces 5.6 80th Q1 SCIE – No
51 European Physical Journal: Special Topics 5.5 79th Q1 SCIE – No
52 Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 5.5 79th Q1 SCIE – No
53 Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation 5.4 78th Q1 SCIE – No
54 Current Applied Physics 5.3 78th Q1 SCIE – No
55 Journal of Chemical Physics 5.3 78th Q1 SCIE – No
56 New Journal of Physics 5.3 77th Q1 SCIE – Yes
57 Frontiers in Physics 5.2 77th Q1 SCIE – Yes
58 Applied Physics Express 5.2 76th Q1 SCIE – Yes
59 Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics 5.2 76th Q1 SCIE – No
60 European Journal of Mechanics, B/Fluids 5.2 76th Q1 SCIE – No
61 European Physical Journal Plus 5.2 75th Q1 SCIE – No
62 Granular Matter 5.1 75th Q1 SCIE – No
63 Chaos 5.1 74th Q2 SCIE – No
64 Journal of Analytical Science and Technology 5 74th Q2 SCIE – Yes
65 Universe 5 73rd Q2 SCIE – Yes
66 Annalen der Physik 4.9 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
67 Entropy 4.9 73rd Q2 SCIE – Yes
68 Annals of Physics 4.9 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
69 Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths 4.9 72nd Q2 – – No
70 Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology 4.9 71st Q2 SCIE – Yes
71 Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 4.8 71st Q2 SCIE – No
72 Natural Sciences 4.7 71st Q2 ESCI – Yes
73 AAPP Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti, Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali 4.7 70th Q2 ESCI – Yes
74 Experiments in Fluids 4.6 70th Q2 SCIE – No
75 Ionics 4.6 69th Q2 SCIE – No
76 Journal of Applied Physics 4.4 69th Q2 SCIE – No
77 Annals of PDE 4.3 69th Q2 SCIE – No
78 Chemical Physics 4.3 68th Q2 SCIE – No
79 Journal of Biophotonics 4.3 68th Q2 SCIE – No
80 Flow, Turbulence and Combustion 4.2 67th Q2 SCIE – No
81 Physica Medica 4.2 67th Q2 SCIE – No
82 Physics-Uspekhi 4.2 67th Q2 SCIE – No
83 Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics 4.2 66th Q2 SCIE – No
84 Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical 4.1 66th Q2 SCIE – No
85 Contemporary Physics 4.1 65th Q2 SCIE – No
86 Discover Applied Sciences 4.1 65th Q2 ESCI – Yes
87 Physical Sciences Reviews 4.1 65th Q2 – – No
88 Wave Motion 4 64th Q2 SCIE – No
89 Romanian Reports in Physics 4 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
90 Combustion Science and Technology 3.9 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
91 Pramana - Journal of Physics 3.8 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
92 Open Physics 3.8 62nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
93 Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy 3.8 62nd Q2 ESCI – No
94 Journal of the Physical Society of Japan 3.7 61st Q2 SCIE – No
95 Cryogenics 3.6 61st Q2 SCIE – No
96 Physics (Switzerland) 3.5 61st Q2 ESCI – Yes
97 International Journal of Modern Physics C 3.5 60th Q2 SCIE – No
98 International Journal of Spray and Combustion Dynamics 3.5 60th Q2 SCIE – No
99 Europhysics Letters 3.5 59th Q2 SCIE – No
100 Indian Journal of Physics 3.4 59th Q2 SCIE – No
101 Biointerphases 3.3 59th Q2 SCIE – No
102 Baghdad Science Journal 3.3 58th Q2 ESCI – Yes
103 Advances in Mathematical Physics 3.2 58th Q2 SCIE – Yes
104 Combustion Theory and Modelling 3.2 57th Q2 SCIE – No
105 Journal of the Nigerian Society of Physical Sciences 3.2 57th Q2 – – Yes
106 Papers in Physics 3.1 57th Q2 ESCI – Yes
107 Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 3.1 56th Q2 SCIE – No
108 Journal of Integrated Science and Technology 3.1 56th Q2 – – No
109 Multiscale Modeling and Simulation 3.1 55th Q2 SCIE – No
110 Chinese Physics B 3 55th Q2 SCIE – No
111 Shock Waves 3 55th Q2 SCIE – No
112 Journal of Turbulence 3 54th Q2 SCIE – No
113 Microgravity Science and Technology 3 54th Q2 SCIE – No
114 Brazilian Journal of Physics 2.9 53rd Q2 SCIE – No
115 GAMM Mitteilungen 2.9 53rd Q2 – – No
116 Journal of Physics Communications 2.9 53rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
117 Romanian Journal of Physics 2.9 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
118 Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Mathematik und Physik 2.9 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
119 Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications 2.8 51st Q2 SCIE – No
120 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences India Section A - Physical Sciences 2.8 51st Q2 SCIE – No
121 Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section A Journal of Physical Sciences 2.8 51st Q2 SCIE – No
122 AIP Advances 2.8 50th Q2 SCIE – Yes
123 Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer 2.6 50th Q2 ESCI – Yes
124 Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences 2.6 50th Q2 ESCI – Yes
125 Iraqi Journal of Science 2.6 49th Q3 – – No
126 Communications in Number Theory and Physics 2.6 48th Q3 SCIE – No
127 East European Journal of Physics 2.6 48th Q3 ESCI – Yes
128 Nonlinearity 2.6 48th Q3 SCIE – No
129 Comptes Rendus Physique 2.5 47th Q3 SCIE – Yes
130 Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics 2.4 47th Q3 SCIE – No
131 Explosion and Shock Waves 2.4 46th Q3 – – Yes
132 Physics Open 2.4 46th Q3 ESCI – Yes
133 Physics of Wave Phenomena 2.3 46th Q3 SCIE – No
134 Journal of Geometry and Physics 2.3 45th Q3 SCIE – No
135 Selecta Mathematica, New Series 2.3 45th Q3 SCIE – No
136 Foundations of Physics 2.3 44th Q3 SCIE – No
137 African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2.2 44th Q3 ESCI – No
138 EUREKA, Physics and Engineering 2.2 44th Q3 – – No
139 European Physical Journal H 2.2 43rd Q3 SCIE – No
140 Quantum Information and Computation 2.2 43rd Q3 SCIE – No
141 Revista Materia 2.2 42nd Q3 SCIE – Yes
142 Acta Mathematica Scientia 2.1 42nd Q3 SCIE – No
143 Fundamental Plasma Physics 2.1 42nd Q3 ESCI – Yes
144 International Journal of Fluid Power 2.1 41st Q3 ESCI – No
145 Kongqi Donglixue Xuebao/Acta Aerodynamica Sinica 2.1 41st Q3 – – Yes
146 Fluctuation and Noise Letters 2.1 40th Q3 SCIE – No
147 Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics 2.1 40th Q3 SCIE – No
148 Canadian Journal of Physics 2 40th Q3 SCIE – No
149 Iranian Journal of Science 2 39th Q3 SCIE – No
150 Physics Today 1.9 39th Q3 SCIE – No
151 International Journal of Modern Physics E 1.9 38th Q3 SCIE – No
152 Journal of Nano Research 1.9 38th Q3 SCIE – No
153 Turkish Journal of Physics 1.9 38th Q3 ESCI – Yes
154 Journal of Physical Science 1.9 37th Q3 ESCI – No
155 Archives of Thermodynamics 1.8 37th Q3 ESCI – No
156 European Journal of Physics 1.8 36th Q3 SCIE – No
157 Fluid Dynamics Research 1.8 36th Q3 SCIE – No
158 Wuli Xuebao/Acta Physica Sinica 1.8 36th Q3 SCIE – No
159 Revista Mexicana de Fisica 1.8 35th Q3 SCIE – No
160 WSEAS Transactions on Fluid Mechanics 1.8 35th Q3 – – No
161 American Journal of Physics 1.7 34th Q3 SCIE – No
162 Journal of Computational and Theoretical Transport 1.7 34th Q3 SCIE – No
163 Latvian Journal of Physics and Technical Sciences 1.7 34th Q3 ESCI – No
164 El-Cezeri Journal of Science and Engineering 1.7 33rd Q3 – – No
165 Malaysian Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences 1.7 33rd Q3 ESCI – No
166 Journal of the Korean Physical Society 1.7 32nd Q3 SCIE – No
167 Acta Scientiarum - Technology 1.6 32nd Q3 SCIE – Yes
168 Plasma Medicine 1.6 32nd Q3 – – No
169 Makara Journal of Science 1.5 31st Q3 ESCI – Yes
170 Uniciencia 1.5 31st Q3 ESCI – Yes
171 Defence Science Journal 1.5 30th Q3 SCIE – No
172 Physics Education 1.5 30th Q3 – – No
173 Ecletica Quimica 1.4 30th Q3 – – Yes
174 Proceedings of the Romanian Academy Series A - Mathematics Physics Technical Sciences Information Science 1.4 29th Q3 SCIE – No
175 Ukrainian Journal of Physics 1.4 29th Q3 ESCI – No
176 Eurasian Physical Technical Journal 1.4 28th Q3 – – Yes
177 Mechanics of Solids 1.4 28th Q3 SCIE – No
178 Scientia Sinica: Physica, Mechanica et Astronomica 1.4 28th Q3 ESCI – No
179 Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences: Physics 1.3 27th Q3 – – No
180 Information and Media 1.3 27th Q3 – – Yes
181 Acta Physica Polonica B 1.2 26th Q3 SCIE – No
182 Cailiao Rechuli Xuebao/Transactions of Materials and Heat Treatment 1.2 26th Q3 – – No
183 Combustion, Explosion and Shock Waves 1.2 26th Q3 SCIE – No
184 Doklady Physics 1.2 25th Q3 SCIE – No
185 Fluid Dynamics 1.2 25th Q3 SCIE – No
186 Lithuanian Journal of Physics 1.2 24th Q4 SCIE – No
187 UPB Scientific Bulletin, Series A: Applied Mathematics and Physics 1.1 24th Q4 SCIE – No
188 Russian Physics Journal 1.1 23rd Q4 SCIE – No
189 Acta Physica Polonica A 1 22nd Q4 SCIE – Yes
190 Physics Teacher 1 22nd Q4 SCIE – No
191 Bulletin of the Lebedev Physics Institute 1 21st Q4 SCIE – No
192 Herald of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Series Natural Sciences 1 21st Q4 – – No
193 International Journal of Fluid Mechanics Research 1 21st Q4 ESCI – No
194 Jordan Journal of Physics 1 20th Q4 ESCI – No
195 PoliTO Springer Series 1 20th Q4 – – No
196 Annals of the University of Craiova, Physics 1 19th Q4 – – No
197 International Journal of Mathematics and Physics 1 19th Q4 ESCI – No
198 Journal of Contemporary Physics 1 19th Q4 SCIE – No
199 Chelyabinsk Physical and Mathematical Journal 0.9 18th Q4 – – No
200 Momento 0.9 18th Q4 ESCI – Yes
201 Iraqi Journal of Applied Physics 0.9 17th Q4 – – No
202 Journal of Mathematical and Fundamental Sciences 0.9 17th Q4 ESCI – Yes
203 Proceedings of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences: Part A 0.8 17th Q4 – – No
204 Journal of Physical Studies 0.8 16th Q4 ESCI – No
205 Journal of Siberian Federal University - Mathematics and Physics 0.8 15th Q4 ESCI – No
206 Magnetohydrodynamics 0.8 15th Q4 SCIE – No
207 Dalian Ligong Daxue Xuebao/Journal of Dalian University of Technology 0.7 15th Q4 – – No
208 Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Fisicas y Naturales 0.7 14th Q4 ESCI – Yes
209 Electronics and Communications in Japan 0.7 13th Q4 SCIE – No
210 Physics Educator 0.7 13th Q4 – – No
211 Revista Brasileira de Ensino de Fisica 0.7 13th Q4 – – Yes
212 Europhysics News 0.7 12th Q4 – – No
213 Physics in Perspective 0.7 12th Q4 SCIE, SSCI – No
214 Fizika Nizkikh Temperatur 0.7 11th Q4 – – No
215 Jisuan Wuli/Chinese Journal of Computational Physics 0.7 11th Q4 – – No
216 Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research Series A: Physical Sciences 0.7 11th Q4 – – No
217 Basrah Journal of Science 0.6 10th Q4 – – No
218 Uchenye Zapiski Kazanskogo Universiteta. Seriya Fiziko-Matematicheskie Nauki 0.6 10th Q4 ESCI – Yes
219 International Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Learning 0.6 9th Q4 – – No
220 Moscow University Physics Bulletin (English Translation of Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta, Fizika) 0.6 9th Q4 SCIE – No
221 New Physics: Sae Mulli 0.6 9th Q4 – – No
222 Applied Physics 0.6 8th Q4 – – No
223 Johns Hopkins APL Technical Digest (Applied Physics Laboratory) 0.5 8th Q4 ESCI – No
224 Izvestiya of Saratov University. Physics 0.5 7th Q4 – – Yes
225 Revista Mexicana de Fisica E 0.5 7th Q4 – – No
226 Acta Physica Polonica B, Proceedings Supplement 0.4 6th Q4 – – No
227 Fundamental Theories of Physics 0.4 6th Q4 – – No
228 Anales de la Asociacion Fisica Argentina 0.4 5th Q4 ESCI – Yes
229 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. Physics and Mathematics Series 0.4 5th Q4 – – No
230 Springer Proceedings in Physics 0.3 4th Q4 – – No
231 SpringerBriefs in Physics 0.3 4th Q4 – – No
232 Progress in Theoretical Chemistry and Physics 0.3 3rd Q4 – – No
233 Revista Cubana de Fisica 0.3 3rd Q4 ESCI – Yes
234 Iranian Journal of Physics Research 0.2 3rd Q4 – – No
235 Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings 0.2 2nd Q4 – – No
236 NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics 0.2 2nd Q4 – – No
237 Trends in the History of Science 0.2 1st Q4 – – No
238 Graduate Texts in Physics 0.1 1st Q4 – – No
239 Physics World 0.1 1st Q4 SCIE – No
240 Theoretical and Mathematical Physics (United States) 0.1 0th Q4 – – No
241 Australian Physics 0 0th Q4 – – No

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