Journal rankings · indicator year 2002
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Domain ranking · 2002
Physical Sciences journal rankings 2002
3,308 ranked journals · Domain
Physical Sciences has 3,308 ranked journals in 2002. The median journal has an OJR of 0.74, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.05 on 2001; Q1 starts at OJR 1.36. The top three are Advances In Physics, Reviews of Modern Physics, and Surface Science Reports.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2002. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 1999–2001, the window the 2002 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
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Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2001. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 1999–2001, the window the 2002 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 1999–2001 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2000 to 2002. | Compare |
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1Advances In PhysicsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 11.69Q1 | 10.45 6.30 down from 2001 | 37 | 16% | — | ||
2Reviews of Modern PhysicsAmerican Physical Society · United States | 11.52Q1 | 21.91 9.67 up from 2001 | 164 | 60% | — | ||
3Surface Science ReportsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 10.85Q1 | 12.61 0.47 down from 2001 | 35 | 6% | $4,440 | ||
4ACM Transactions on Information and System SecurityAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 10.57Q1 | 6.36 0.24 up from 2001 | 39 | 6% | — | ||
5Data Mining and Knowledge DiscoverySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 10.49Q1 | 5.33 1.67 up from 2001 | 42 | 0% | $3,190 | ||
6ACM Transactions on Computer-Human InteractionAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 9.42Q1 | 9.13 4.63 up from 2001 | 44 | 7% | — | ||
7Materials Science and Engineering R ReportsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 9.37Q1 | 11.28 4.66 up from 2001 | 37 | 0% | $6,150 | ||
8IEEE/ACM Transactions on NetworkingInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 8.95Q1 | 6.22 1.66 up from 2001 | 205 | 10% | $2,495 | ||
9IEEE Personal CommunicationsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 8.62Q1 | 6.46 2.67 up from 2001 | 134 | — | — | ||
10Accounts of Chemical ResearchAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 8.55Q1 | 13.02 2.12 up from 2001 | 304 | 2% | $4,500 | ||
11User Modeling and User-Adapted InteractionSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 8.50Q1 | 7.11 3.86 up from 2001 | 37 | 6% | $3,290 | ||
12Annual Review of Materials ScienceAnnual Reviews · United States | 8.44Q1 | 8.95 2.78 up from 2001 | 39 | — | — | ||
13Reviews of GeophysicsWiley · United States | 8.27Q1 | 7.37 1.42 down from 2001 | 56 | 53% | $3,880 | ||
14IEEE NetworkInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 8.19Q1 | 6.71 3.11 up from 2001 | 134 | 5% | $2,995 | ||
15Machine LearningSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 8.12Q1 | 4.98 0.61 up from 2001 | 154 | 92% | $3,290 | ||
16Evolutionary ComputationThe MIT Press · United States | 7.96Q1 | 5.17 0.37 up from 2001 | 76 | 12% | — | ||
17Journal of Manufacturing SystemsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 7.89Q1 | 0.53 1.91 down from 2001 | 153 | 0% | $3,850 | ||
18ACM Transactions on Computer SystemsAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 7.57Q1 | 6.54 2.49 up from 2001 | 35 | 0% | — | ||
19Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent SystemsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 7.55Q1 | 7.06 3.06 up from 2001 | 52 | 0% | $3,290 | ||
20IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer GraphicsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 7.53Q1 | 4.04 0.49 down from 2001 | 79 | 6% | $2,645 | ||
21Journal of the ACMAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 7.23Q1 | 4.08 0.23 down from 2001 | 102 | 9% | — | ||
22ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication ReviewAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 7.07Q1 | 6.20 1.43 up from 2001 | 154 | 5% | — | ||
23The VLDB JournalSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 6.81Q1 | 5.74 3.71 up from 2001 | 55 | 13% | $2,990 | ||
24IEEE Signal Processing MagazineInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 6.80Q1 | 6.43 3.54 up from 2001 | 100 | 5% | — | ||
25ACM SIGKDD Explorations NewsletterAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 6.75Q1 | 4.44 2.53 up from 2001 | 70 | 2% | — | ||
26Catalysis ReviewsTaylor & Francis · United States | 6.69Q1 | 6.05 2.29 down from 2001 | 30 | 0% | — | ||
27ACM Transactions on Database SystemsAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 6.65Q1 | 5.36 1.36 up from 2001 | 37 | 9% | — | ||
28Reports on Progress in PhysicsIOP Publishing · United Kingdom | 6.64Q1 | 7.14 1.73 down from 2001 | 105 | 81% | $4,680 | ||
29IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine IntelligenceIEEE Computer Society · United States | 6.60Q1 | 6.59 2.92 up from 2001 | 393 | 10% | $2,645 | ||
30IEEE Transactions on Software EngineeringIEEE Computer Society · United States | 6.55Q1 | 4.42 1.39 up from 2001 | 200 | 9% | $2,645 | ||
31IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary ComputationInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 6.32Q1 | 3.09 0.82 down from 2001 | 105 | 13% | $2,645 | ||
32Progress in Aerospace SciencesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 6.31Q1 | 2.27 0.73 down from 2001 | 47 | 5% | $5,860 | ||
33Physics ReportsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 6.31Q1 | 11.35 3.55 up from 2001 | 308 | 34% | $6,240 | ||
34Progress in Energy and Combustion ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 6.01Q1 | 4.65 1.52 up from 2001 | 53 | 0% | $6,990 | ||
35IEEE Communications Surveys & TutorialsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 5.91Q1 | 4.89 2.04 up from 2001 | 34 | 0% | $2,645 | ||
36Transportation ScienceInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences · United States | 5.89Q1 | 1.72 0.34 up from 2001 | 95 | 6% | — | ||
37TechnometricsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 5.88Q1 | 4.26 0.77 up from 2001 | 745 | 2% | — | ||
38Chemical Society ReviewsRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 5.78Q1 | 7.57 1.07 down from 2001 | 122 | 11% | — | ||
39Communications of the ACMAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 5.70Q1 | 3.12 0.41 up from 2001 | 897 | 9% | — | ||
40IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in CommunicationsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 5.67Q1 | 3.67 1.66 up from 2001 | 615 | 5% | $2,645 | ||
41Bulletin of the American Mathematical SocietyOAAmerican Mathematical Society · United States | 5.66Q1 | 3.10 0.03 down from 2001 | 42 | 100% | — | ||
42Acta MathematicaOAMittag-Leffler Institute · Netherlands | 5.61Q1 | 2.28 0.15 up from 2001 | 48 | 100% | — | ||
43Human-Computer InteractionTaylor & Francis · United States | 5.60Q1 | 5.07 2.68 up from 2001 | 42 | 9% | — | ||
44Journal of Artificial Intelligence ResearchOAAI Access Foundation · United States | 5.50Q1 | 3.29 0.73 down from 2001 | 73 | 100% | — | ||
45Applied Mechanics ReviewsAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers · United States | 5.47Q1 | 2.29 0.35 up from 2001 | 130 | 15% | — | ||
46IEEE Transactions on MultimediaInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 5.42Q1 | 4.14 1.20 up from 2001 | 87 | 8% | $2,645 | ||
47Journal of the American Mathematical SocietyAmerican Mathematical Society · United States | 5.39Q1 | 3.19 0.13 up from 2001 | 108 | 97% | — | ||
48IEEE Communications MagazineInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 5.35Q1 | 4.24 1.98 up from 2001 | 600 | 6% | $2,995 | ||
49World Wide WebSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 5.32Q1 | 1.76 1.39 down from 2001 | 54 | 6% | $3,290 | ||
50Progress in Polymer ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 5.24Q1 | 5.69 2.54 up from 2001 | 111 | 1% | $6,500 |
Citations made in 2002. Corpus-wide, 69.2% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
1,137 additional Physical Sciences journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 1999–2001, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2002. Publication window: 1999–2001. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 3,308
- Window papers (baseline)
- 2,843,810 Change unavailable from indicator year 1999
- Median OJR
- 0.74 Change unavailable from indicator year 1999
- Rising journals (2025)
- 544
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 1999–2001 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 2,978 | 3,130 | 3,308 | 3,456 | 3,568 | 3,676 | 3,772 | 3,984 | 4,244 | 4,490 | 4,657 | 4,878 | 5,152 | 5,440 | 5,715 | 5,957 | 6,138 | 6,264 | 6,379 | 6,515 | 6,592 | 6,653 | 6,729 | 6,756 | 6,753 | 6,689 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 2,394,543 | 2,616,266 | 2,843,810 | 3,093,298 | 3,313,683 | 3,580,201 | 3,872,505 | 4,185,648 | 4,493,645 | 4,800,486 | 5,075,806 | 5,354,164 | 5,648,473 | 5,894,389 | 6,132,497 | 6,314,481 | 6,413,369 | 6,301,559 | 5,933,082 | 5,573,353 | 5,450,875 | 5,628,343 | 5,801,009 | 5,736,495 | 5,650,353 | 5,795,472 | |
| Median OJR | 0.683 | 0.698 | 0.74 | 0.784 | 0.79 | 0.805 | 0.83 | 0.839 | 0.85 | 0.8694 | 0.8692 | 0.86 | 0.840 | 0.82 | 0.812 | 0.783 | 0.76 | 0.72 | 0.695 | 0.681 | 0.679 | 0.676 | 0.666 | 0.6623 | 0.6622 | 0.667 |
| Measure | Category statistic | Eligible population |
|---|---|---|
| Journal self-citation share | Median: 4.4% | 5,226 journals |
| Retracted papers per 1,000 | Pooled rate: 2.726 per 1,000 | 4,677 journals |
| Output growth | Median: +1.1% | 6,002 journals |
| Open access share | Median: 61.9% | 6,689 journals |
| Listed APC (USD) | Median including $0 listed prices: $3,090 | 3,753 ranked journals with a known listed price, including $0 listed prices |
| International collaboration share | Median: 25.2% | 6,406 journals |
| Review share | Median: 0.0% | 6,689 journals |
| Articles-only OJR | Median: 0.67 | 6,602 journals |
| Uncited share | Median: 33.6% | 6,689 journals |
| Citation concentration | Median: 45.5% | 6,676 journals |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.