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Best Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) journals

87 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous). All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 22 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 Living Reviews in Relativity 80.6 99th Q1 SCIE – Yes
2 Materials Today Physics 16.7 98th Q1 SCIE – No
3 Ultrafast Science 15.2 97th Q1 ESCI – Yes
4 Frontiers of Physics 10 96th Q1 SCIE – No
5 Quantum 8.9 94th Q1 SCIE – Yes
6 Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics 8.4 93rd Q1 ESCI – No
7 Quantum Science and Technology 8 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
8 Food Physics 8 91st Q1 ESCI – Yes
9 Chemical Physics Impact 8 90th Q1 ESCI – Yes
10 Journal of Computational Physics 7.9 89th Q1 SCIE – No
11 NPJ Nanophotonics 7.8 88th Q1 – – Yes
12 European Physical Journal C 7.7 86th Q1 SCIE – Yes
13 npj Microgravity 7.5 85th Q1 SCIE – Yes
14 Frontiers in Remote Sensing 6.9 84th Q1 ESCI – Yes
15 Classical and Quantum Gravity 6.4 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
16 Physical Review Materials 5.9 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
17 Applied Physics Letters 5.8 81st Q1 SCIE – No
18 Symmetry 5.2 80th Q1 SCIE – Yes
19 Journal of Energetic Materials 5.1 78th Q1 SCIE – No
20 Communications in Theoretical Physics 5 77th Q1 SCIE – No
21 Entropy 4.9 76th Q1 SCIE – Yes
22 Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics and Materials 4.9 75th Q1 SCIE – No
23 General Relativity and Gravitation 4.6 74th Q2 SCIE – No
24 Karbala International Journal of Modern Science 4.5 73rd Q2 – – Yes
25 International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics 4.4 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
26 Journal of Applied Physics 4.4 71st Q2 SCIE – No
27 Power Electronic Devices and Components 3.9 68th Q2 ESCI – Yes
28 Plasma 3.9 67th Q2 ESCI – Yes
29 Scientia Iranica 3.9 66th Q2 SCIE – No
30 Journal of Electric Propulsion 3.7 65th Q2 ESCI – No
31 Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 3.5 64th Q2 SCIE – No
32 IEEE Journal on Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Techniques 3.3 63rd Q2 ESCI – No
33 Solids 3.3 61st Q2 ESCI – Yes
34 Communications in Computational Physics 3.3 60th Q2 SCIE – No
35 Physical Review Accelerators and Beams 3.2 59th Q2 SCIE – Yes
36 Mapan - Journal of Metrology Society of India 3.2 58th Q2 SCIE – No
37 Particles 3.2 57th Q2 ESCI – Yes
38 International Journal of Theoretical Physics 3.1 56th Q2 SCIE – No
39 Astronomy 2.8 55th Q2 – – Yes
40 Physchem 2.8 53rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
41 Laser Physics Letters 2.7 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
42 Quantum Reports 2.7 51st Q2 ESCI – Yes
43 Metrology 2.7 50th Q2 ESCI – Yes
44 Optics 2.6 49th Q3 ESCI – Yes
45 International Journal of Astrobiology 2.5 48th Q3 SCIE – No
46 Science and Technology Indonesia 2.5 47th Q3 – – Yes
47 School Science and Mathematics 2.4 46th Q3 ESCI – No
48 JETP Letters 2.3 44th Q3 SCIE – No
49 Magnetism 2.3 43rd Q3 ESCI – Yes
50 Journal of Ovonic Research 2.2 42nd Q3 SCIE – No
51 Challenges and Advances in Computational Chemistry and Physics 2.1 41st Q3 – – No
52 Aerotecnica Missili and Spazio 2 40th Q3 ESCI – No
53 Cybernetics and Physics 2 39th Q3 – – Yes
54 International Journal of Quantum Information 1.9 38th Q3 SCIE – No
55 Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics 1.8 36th Q3 SCIE – Yes
56 Nanosystems: Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics 1.8 35th Q3 ESCI – No
57 Dynamics 1.8 34th Q3 ESCI – Yes
58 Physical Sciences and Technology 1.7 33rd Q3 – – Yes
59 Condensed Matter Physics 1.5 32nd Q3 SCIE – Yes
60 Topics in Applied Physics 1.3 31st Q3 – – No
61 Plasma Physics Reports 1.3 30th Q3 SCIE – No
62 Science Talks 1.2 28th Q3 – – No
63 Solid State Physics - Advances in Research and Applications 1.2 27th Q3 – – No
64 Revista Politecnica 1.2 26th Q3 – – Yes
65 Eurasian Journal of Physics and Functional Materials 1.1 25th Q3 – – Yes
66 Low Temperature Physics 1.1 24th Q4 SCIE – No
67 Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedeniy. Prikladnaya Nelineynaya Dinamika 1.1 23rd Q4 ESCI – Yes
68 Journal for the History of Astronomy 1.1 22nd Q4 AHCI, SCIE – No
69 Discrete and Continuous Models and Applied Computational Science 1 21st Q4 – – Yes
70 Lecture Notes in Physics 1 19th Q4 – – No
71 Plasma Physics and Technology 1 18th Q4 – – No
72 Journal of Theoretical and Applied Physics 0.9 17th Q4 – – Yes
73 Nanostructure Science and Technology 0.9 16th Q4 – – No
74 Technical Physics Letters 0.8 15th Q4 SCIE – No
75 Journal of Boron 0.8 14th Q4 – – No
76 Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage 0.8 13th Q4 ESCI – No
77 Challenges in Physics Education 0.8 11th Q4 – – No
78 SEMA SIMAI Springer Series 0.8 10th Q4 – – No
79 Biophysical Bulletin 0.7 9th Q4 – – Yes
80 Nuovo Cimento della Societa Italiana di Fisica C 0.5 8th Q4 ESCI – No
81 Technical Physics 0.5 7th Q4 SCIE – No
82 Radio Physics and Radio Astronomy 0.5 6th Q4 – – Yes
83 SpringerBriefs in Mathematical Physics 0.4 5th Q4 – – No
84 Springer Tracts in Modern Physics 0.2 3rd Q4 – – No
85 Tutorials, Schools, and Workshops in the Mathematical Sciences 0.1 2nd Q4 – – No
86 History of Physics 0 1st Q4 – – No
87 Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences 0 1st Q4 – – No

Rank and percentile are within the Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) 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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