Journal rankings · indicator year 2024
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Domain ranking · 2024
Physical Sciences journal rankings 2024
6,753 ranked journals · Domain
Physical Sciences has 6,753 ranked journals in 2024. The median journal has an OJR of 0.66, below the world average of 1.00, unchanged on 2023; Q1 starts at OJR 1.16. The top three are Reviews of Modern Physics, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, and Reviews of Geophysics.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2024. 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 2021–2023, the window the 2024 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 2023. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2021–2023, the window the 2024 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2021–2023 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 2015 to 2024. | Compare |
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1Reviews of Modern PhysicsAmerican Physical Society · United States | 17.69Q1 | 44.59 7.13 down from 2023 | 102 | 37% | — | ||
2IEEE Communications Surveys & TutorialsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 16.20Q1 | 54.95 6.43 up from 2023 | 252 | 29% | $2,645 | ||
3Reviews of GeophysicsWiley · United States | 12.00Q1 | 45.55 13.07 up from 2023 | 60 | 76% | $3,880 | ||
4Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical SystemsOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 10.99Q1 | 40.88 27.26 up from 2023 | 63 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
5Progress in Energy and Combustion ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 10.33Q1 | 42.14 7.90 up from 2023 | 99 | 66% | $6,990 | ||
6Computers and Education Artificial IntelligenceOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 10.16Q1 | 38.41 11.80 up from 2023 | 188 | 100% | $2,500 | ||
7American Journal of Applied Mathematics and StatisticsOAUnited States | 9.79Q1 | 0.38 14.66 down from 2023 | 36 | 100% | — | ||
8Physics ReportsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 9.50Q1 | 30.02 4.74 up from 2023 | 152 | 64% | $6,240 | ||
9Sustainable Operations and ComputersOAElsevier BV · China | 9.36Q1 | 40.05 17.91 up from 2023 | 78 | 100% | $700 | ||
10Progress in Materials ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 9.20Q1 | 41.76 11.69 up from 2023 | 252 | 37% | $6,040 | ||
11Smart Learning EnvironmentsOASpringer Nature · Germany | 9.09Q1 | 24.13 7.71 up from 2023 | 137 | 100% | $1,810 | ||
12Advances in Optics and PhotonicsOptica Publishing Group · United States | 8.90Q1 | 31.77 0.77 down from 2023 | 37 | 36% | — | ||
13ACM Computing SurveysAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 8.66Q1 | 30.81 5.55 up from 2023 | 748 | 61% | — | ||
14eLightOASpringer Nature · Singapore | 8.24Q1 | 33.63 5.59 up from 2023 | 55 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
15Materials Science and Engineering R ReportsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 8.02Q1 | 29.20 4.56 down from 2023 | 72 | 29% | $6,150 | ||
16Satellite NavigationOASpringer Nature · Singapore | 7.90Q1 | 10.78 0.22 down from 2023 | 88 | 100% | $1,670 | ||
17Progress in Aerospace SciencesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 7.74Q1 | 18.79 3.71 up from 2023 | 96 | 51% | $5,860 | ||
18Nature EnergyNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 7.31Q1 | 31.62 1.82 up from 2023 | 629 | 32% | $12,690 | ||
19Nature NanotechnologyNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 7.23Q1 | 26.18 3.79 down from 2023 | 703 | 43% | $12,690 | ||
| 6.96Q1 | 1.96 16.42 down from 2023 | 47 | 100% | — | |||
21International Journal of Network Dynamics and IntelligenceOAPublisher not listed | 6.86Q1 | 20.31 25.33 down from 2023 | 36 | 100% | — | ||
22Progress in Polymer ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 6.83Q1 | 27.96 0.98 up from 2023 | 150 | 58% | $6,500 | ||
23Nano-Micro LettersOASpringer Science+Business Media · Hong Kong SAR China | 6.45Q1 | 36.56 5.62 up from 2023 | 689 | 100% | $1,690 | ||
24Progress in Particle and Nuclear PhysicsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 6.44Q1 | 14.05 2.91 up from 2023 | 101 | 82% | $4,780 | ||
25Nature SustainabilityNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 6.37Q1 | 19.83 0.85 down from 2023 | 553 | 42% | $12,690 | ||
26Nature PhotonicsNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 6.36Q1 | 22.22 0.16 up from 2023 | 561 | 36% | $12,690 | ||
27Nature CatalysisNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 6.31Q1 | 30.61 0.72 up from 2023 | 487 | 35% | $12,690 | ||
28Nature Climate ChangeNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 6.27Q1 | 14.12 4.88 down from 2023 | 861 | 44% | $12,690 | ||
29Proceedings of the IEEEInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 6.24Q1 | 20.83 3.80 up from 2023 | 340 | 20% | $2,645 | ||
30Energy & Environmental ScienceRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 6.22Q1 | 31.71 0.31 down from 2023 | 1,231 | 39% | — | ||
31International Journal of Information Management Data InsightsOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 6.21Q1 | 16.40 2.29 down from 2023 | 203 | 100% | $2,190 | ||
32eScienceOAElsevier BV · China | 6.20Q1 | 34.06 6.88 down from 2023 | 167 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
33Science RoboticsAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science · United States | 6.18Q1 | 20.98 0.03 up from 2023 | 306 | 23% | — | ||
34ACM Transactions on Recommender SystemsAssociation for Computing Machinery | 6.17Q1 | 9.52 4.52 up from 2023 | 48 | 59% | — | ||
35Computational Visual MediaOASpringer Nature · China | 6.15Q1 | 25.87 5.09 up from 2023 | 127 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
36International Journal of Intelligent NetworksOAElsevier BV · China | 6.15Q1 | 20.11 4.60 up from 2023 | 84 | 100% | $700 | ||
37Computer Science ReviewElsevier BV · Netherlands | 6.08Q1 | 19.37 2.67 down from 2023 | 144 | 39% | $4,190 | ||
38Electrochemical Energy ReviewsSpringer Science+Business Media · Singapore | 6.03Q1 | 38.94 10.28 up from 2023 | 96 | 38% | $3,390 | ||
39Nature MaterialsNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 5.98Q1 | 22.73 0.88 down from 2023 | 847 | 40% | $12,690 | ||
40Information FusionElsevier BV · Netherlands | 5.94Q1 | 19.90 2.05 up from 2023 | 810 | 24% | $4,740 | ||
41Journal Of Big DataOASpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 5.92Q1 | 11.71 5.30 down from 2023 | 463 | 100% | $2,290 | ||
42International Journal of Mathematics and Computer in EngineeringPublisher not listed | 5.88Q1 | 14.13no 2023 value | 31 | 100% | — | — | |
43Artificial Intelligence ReviewSpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 5.70Q1 | 20.31 4.27 up from 2023 | 655 | 100% | $3,190 | ||
44Blockchain Research and ApplicationsOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 5.63Q1 | 9.24 1.54 down from 2023 | 120 | 100% | $1,600 | ||
45Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate ChangeWiley · United States | 5.55Q1 | 12.62 1.30 down from 2023 | 156 | 81% | $5,450 | ||
46Nature Machine IntelligenceNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 5.49Q1 | 20.56 2.64 up from 2023 | 473 | 45% | $12,690 | ||
47JouleElsevier BV · United States | 5.46Q1 | 25.09 1.82 down from 2023 | 676 | 100% | $9,350 | ||
48Reports on Progress in PhysicsIOP Publishing · United Kingdom | 5.43Q1 | 17.65 0.96 up from 2023 | 126 | 80% | $4,680 | ||
49International Materials ReviewsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 5.35Q1 | 16.74 1.88 down from 2023 | 58 | 38% | $4,400 | ||
50Journal of Industrial Information IntegrationElsevier BV · Netherlands | 5.35Q1 | 12.91 2.59 down from 2023 | 218 | 40% | $3,810 |
Citations made in 2024. Corpus-wide, 87.1% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
1,495 additional Physical Sciences journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2021–2023, 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: 2024. Publication window: 2021–2023. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 6,753
- Window papers (baseline)
- 5,650,353 +0.4% from indicator year 2021
- Median OJR
- 0.6622 -2.1% from indicator year 2021
- Rising journals (2025)
- 544
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2021–2023 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 |
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| 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.