Physics Journals
This page groups approved journals assigned to Physics within the broader Physics classification used by Journals Impact Factors.
Because citation practices differ by specialty, this narrower grouping can be more useful than comparing journals across an entire broad discipline. The classification is internal and is not an official JCR category.
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292 results| Journal | JIF | 5-Year JIF | JCI | Quartile | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS 0034-6861 |
44.800 | 56.300 | 4.080 | Q1 | AMER PHYSICAL SOC |
| Nature Reviews Physics N/A |
39.500 | 53.200 | 3.030 | Q1 | NATURE PORTFOLIO |
| Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics 1947-5454 |
30.700 | 28.700 | 1.390 | Q1 | ANNUAL REVIEWS |
| PHYSICS REPORTS-REVIEW SECTION OF PHYSICS LETTERS 0370-1573 |
29.500 | 29.300 | 2.300 | Q1 | ELSEVIER |
| Living Reviews in Solar Physics 2367-3648 |
27.600 | 26.100 | 3.120 | Q1 | SPRINGER INT PUBL AG |
| REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS 0034-4885 |
20.700 | 20.900 | 1.980 | Q1 | IOP Publishing Ltd |
| Nature Physics 1745-2473 |
18.400 | 21.200 | 4.770 | Q1 | NATURE PORTFOLIO |
| PROGRESS IN PARTICLE AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS 0146-6410 |
17.900 | 14.100 | 1.740 | Q1 | ELSEVIER |
| Physical Review X 2160-3308 |
15.700 | 15.400 | 3.840 | Q1 | AMER PHYSICAL SOC |
| Physics of Life Reviews 1571-0645 |
14.300 | 11.100 | 2.350 | Q1 | ELSEVIER |
| ADVANCES IN PHYSICS 0001-8732 |
13.800 | 43.500 | 0.850 | Q1 | TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Astrophysical Journal Letters 2041-8205 |
11.700 | 9.300 | 2.320 | Q1 | IOP Publishing Ltd |
| Applied Physics Reviews 1931-9401 |
11.600 | 15.200 | 1.340 | Q1 | AIP Publishing |
| Advances in Physics-X 2374-6149 |
10.800 | 8.900 | 0.770 | Q1 | TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Materials Today Physics 2542-5293 |
9.700 | 10.000 | 2.000 | Q1 | ELSEVIER |
| PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 0031-9007 |
9.000 | 9.100 | 2.380 | Q1 | AMER PHYSICAL SOC |
| Virtual and Physical Prototyping 1745-2759 |
8.800 | 9.600 | 1.660 | Q1 | TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Ukrainian Journal of Physical Optics 1609-1833 |
8.600 | 5.300 | 3.290 | Q1 | INST PHYSICAL OPTICS |
| ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES 0067-0049 |
8.500 | 9.200 | 1.840 | Q1 | IOP Publishing Ltd |
| Journal of Physics-Photonics 2515-7647 |
8.400 | 4.800 | 1.150 | Q1 | IOP Publishing Ltd |
| Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics 2050-3911 |
8.300 | 5.700 | 0.890 | Q1 | OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC |
| FORTSCHRITTE DER PHYSIK-PROGRESS OF PHYSICS 0015-8208 |
7.800 | 5.600 | 1.720 | Q1 | WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH |
| Science China-Physics Mechanics & Astronomy 1674-7348 |
7.500 | 6.000 | 1.850 | Q1 | SCIENCE PRESS |
| Cell Reports Physical Science N/A |
7.300 | 8.200 | 1.320 | Q1 | CELL PRESS |
| INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION & LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT 0960-0035 |
7.300 | 8.200 | 1.560 | Q1 | EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD |
| Physics of the Dark Universe N/A |
6.400 | 5.800 | 1.290 | Q1 | ELSEVIER |
| Journal of Physics-Energy 2515-7655 |
6.300 | 7.200 | 0.910 | Q2 | IOP Publishing Ltd |
| Chemical Physics Reviews N/A |
6.200 | 6.000 | 0.500 | Q1 | AIP Publishing |
| JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS 0022-5096 |
6.000 | 6.000 | 1.080 | Q1 | PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD |
| Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 1475-7516 |
5.900 | 6.100 | 1.370 | Q1 | IOP Publishing Ltd |
| Communications Physics 2399-3650 |
5.800 | 6.100 | 1.470 | Q1 | NATURE PORTFOLIO |
| JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS 1029-8479 |
5.500 | 5.200 | 1.370 | Q1 | SPRINGER |
| ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL 0004-637X |
5.400 | 5.200 | 1.130 | Q1 | IOP Publishing Ltd |
| SciPost Physics 2542-4653 |
5.400 | 5.400 | 1.480 | Q1 | SCIPOST FOUNDATION |
| Frontiers of Physics 2095-0462 |
5.300 | 5.200 | 1.200 | Q1 | HIGHER EDUCATION PRESS |
| PHYSICAL REVIEW D 2470-0010 |
5.300 | 4.900 | 1.170 | Q1 | AMER PHYSICAL SOC |
| SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL 0924-4247 |
4.900 | 4.800 | 1.060 | Q1 | ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA |
| EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C 1434-6044 |
4.800 | 4.500 | 1.100 | Q2 | SPRINGER |
| CHINESE JOURNAL OF PHYSICS 0577-9073 |
4.600 | 3.700 | 1.380 | Q1 | ELSEVIER |
| GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS 0094-8276 |
4.600 | 5.100 | 1.190 | Q1 | AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION |
| Results in Physics 2211-3797 |
4.600 | 4.300 | 1.110 | Q1 | ELSEVIER |
| PHYSICS LETTERS B 0370-2693 |
4.500 | 4.200 | 1.350 | Q1 | ELSEVIER |
| Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics 2367-3192 |
4.500 | 0.000 | 0.530 | Q1 | SPRINGERNATURE |
| Physical Review Applied 2331-7019 |
4.400 | 4.500 | 0.890 | Q2 | AMER PHYSICAL SOC |
| Chemical Physics Impact 2667-0224 |
4.300 | 4.000 | 0.590 | Q2 | ELSEVIER |
| Journal of Physics-Materials N/A |
4.300 | 5.400 | 0.650 | Q2 | IOP Publishing Ltd |
| PHYSICS OF FLUIDS 1070-6631 |
4.300 | 4.200 | 1.270 | Q1 | AIP Publishing |
| TELLUS SERIES B-CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL METEOROLOGY 1600-0889 |
4.300 | 2.700 | 0.490 | Q2 | STOCKHOLM UNIV PRESS |
| BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR BASIS OF DISEASE 0925-4439 |
4.200 | 5.500 | 0.880 | Q1 | ELSEVIER |
| CHINESE PHYSICS LETTERS 0256-307X |
4.200 | 2.800 | 1.130 | Q1 | IOP Publishing Ltd |
| Physical Review Research N/A |
4.200 | 4.400 | 1.110 | Q1 | AMER PHYSICAL SOC |
| JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH 2169-9313 |
4.100 | 4.500 | 1.090 | Q1 | AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION |
| JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS 2169-9097 |
4.000 | 4.400 | 1.160 | Q1 | AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION |
| JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS 0021-9991 |
3.800 | 5.200 | 1.170 | Q1 | ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE |
| JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-EARTH SURFACE 2169-9003 |
3.800 | 4.300 | 0.970 | Q1 | AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION |
| BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 0167-4889 |
3.700 | 5.000 | 0.680 | Q2 | ELSEVIER |
| Biophysical Reviews 1867-2450 |
3.700 | 0.000 | 0.750 | Q1 | SPRINGERNATURE |
| PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES 1364-503X |
3.700 | 4.700 | 1.040 | Q1 | ROYAL SOC |
| PHYSICAL REVIEW B 2469-9950 |
3.700 | 3.600 | 0.670 | Q2 | AMER PHYSICAL SOC |
| APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 0003-6951 |
3.600 | 3.600 | 0.770 | Q2 | AIP Publishing |
| Physical Review Physics Education Research 2469-9896 |
3.600 | 3.500 | 1.740 | Q1 | AMER PHYSICAL SOC |
| Progress in Physical Geography-Earth and Environment 0309-1333 |
3.600 | 3.600 | 0.770 | Q1 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD |
| European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 1813-7253 |
3.500 | 5.600 | 0.820 | Q2 | SPRINGER HEIDELBERG |
| Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences 2169-8953 |
3.500 | 4.200 | 0.810 | Q2 | AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION |
| JOURNAL OF PHYSICS G-NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE PHYSICS 0954-3899 |
3.500 | 3.200 | 1.170 | Q2 | IOP Publishing Ltd |
| PHYSICS TODAY 0031-9228 |
3.500 | 3.400 | 0.490 | Q1 | AMER INST PHYSICS |
| ACTA BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA SINICA 1672-9145 |
3.400 | 3.500 | 0.780 | Q1 | SCIENCE PRESS |
| COMPUTER PHYSICS COMMUNICATIONS 0010-4655 |
3.400 | 7.200 | 1.740 | Q1 | ELSEVIER |
| INFRARED PHYSICS & TECHNOLOGY 1350-4495 |
3.400 | 3.400 | 0.830 | Q2 | ELSEVIER |
| JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES 2169-897X |
3.400 | 4.400 | 0.860 | Q2 | AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION |
| JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS 2169-9275 |
3.400 | 4.000 | 1.050 | Q1 | AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION |
| PHYSICAL REVIEW C 2469-9985 |
3.400 | 3.200 | 1.420 | Q2 | AMER PHYSICAL SOC |
| Physical Review Materials 2475-9953 |
3.400 | 3.700 | 0.610 | Q2 | AMER PHYSICAL SOC |
| PHYSICS-USPEKHI 1063-7869 |
3.400 | 2.800 | 0.390 | Q2 | Uspekhi Fizicheskikh Nauk |
| CONTEMPORARY PHYSICS 0010-7514 |
3.300 | 5.300 | 0.660 | Q2 | TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| European Physical Education Review 1356-336X |
3.300 | 3.800 | 1.390 | Q1 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD |
| EJNMMI Physics 2197-7364 |
3.200 | 3.700 | 1.060 | Q1 | SPRINGER |
| JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL REFERENCE DATA 0047-2689 |
3.200 | 4.100 | 0.680 | Q2 | AIP Publishing |
| JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS 0022-3727 |
3.200 | 3.100 | 0.610 | Q2 | IOP Publishing Ltd |
| MEDICAL PHYSICS 0094-2405 |
3.200 | 3.800 | 1.040 | Q1 | WILEY |
| Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms 1874-9399 |
3.100 | 4.100 | 0.700 | Q2 | ELSEVIER |
| BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL 0006-3495 |
3.100 | 3.100 | 0.900 | Q2 | CELL PRESS |
| CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS 0009-2614 |
3.100 | 2.600 | 0.640 | Q2 | ELSEVIER |
| Chinese Physics C 1674-1137 |
3.100 | 3.100 | 1.230 | Q2 | IOP Publishing Ltd |
| Communications in Computational Physics 1815-2406 |
3.100 | 3.400 | 0.790 | Q1 | GLOBAL SCIENCE PRESS |
| CURRENT APPLIED PHYSICS 1567-1739 |
3.100 | 2.700 | 0.560 | Q2 | ELSEVIER |
| JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS 0021-9606 |
3.100 | 3.800 | 0.710 | Q2 | AIP Publishing |
| PHYSICA A-STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS 0378-4371 |
3.100 | 2.800 | 0.800 | Q2 | ELSEVIER |
| SciPost Physics Core N/A |
3.100 | 3.200 | 0.880 | Q2 | SCIPOST FOUNDATION |
| Annals of Physics 0003-4916 |
3.000 | 3.000 | 0.840 | Q2 | ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE |
| JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY 0022-3670 |
3.000 | 3.300 | 0.970 | Q1 | AMER METEOROLOGICAL SOC |
| Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy 1740-8989 |
3.000 | 4.200 | 1.390 | Q1 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES 1364-5021 |
3.000 | 3.300 | 0.830 | Q2 | ROYAL SOC |
| ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems 2378-962X |
2.900 | 2.800 | 0.540 | Q3 | ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY |
| ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS 0927-6505 |
2.900 | 3.200 | 0.920 | Q2 | ELSEVIER |
| COMMUNICATIONS IN THEORETICAL PHYSICS 0253-6102 |
2.900 | 2.300 | 0.830 | Q2 | IOP Publishing Ltd |
| European Physical Journal Plus 2190-5444 |
2.900 | 2.800 | 0.850 | Q2 | SPRINGER HEIDELBERG |
| JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS 2169-9380 |
2.900 | 3.000 | 0.590 | Q2 | AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION |
| PHYSICA D-NONLINEAR PHENOMENA 0167-2789 |
2.900 | 3.500 | 1.110 | Q1 | ELSEVIER |
| PHYSICA E-LOW-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS & NANOSTRUCTURES 1386-9477 |
2.900 | 2.800 | 0.470 | Q2 | ELSEVIER |
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