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Best Condensed Matter Physics journals

435 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Condensed Matter Physics. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 100 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 Nature Nanotechnology 57.8 99th Q1 SCIE No
2 Nature Materials 56.9 99th Q1 SCIE No
3 Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics 50.3 99th Q1 SCIE No
4 Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics 43.3 99th Q1 SCIE No
5 Opto-Electronic Science 32 98th Q1 ESCI Yes
6 Advanced Functional Materials 28.7 98th Q1 SCIE No
7 Materials Today 27 98th Q1 SCIE No
8 Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences 26 98th Q1 SCIE No
9 Mass Spectrometry Reviews 21.2 98th Q1 SCIE No
10 Nano Research 18.5 97th Q1 SCIE Yes
11 Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications 18.5 97th Q1 SCIE No
12 International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 16.1 97th Q1 SCIE No
13 NPG Asia Materials 16.1 97th Q1 SCIE Yes
14 Rare Metals 15.3 96th Q1 SCIE No
15 Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 15.2 96th Q1 SCIE No
16 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 14.3 96th Q1 SCIE No
17 Materials Today Nano 14.2 96th Q1 SCIE No
18 Surface Science Reports 14.2 96th Q1 SCIE No
19 Microsystems and Nanoengineering 14.2 95th Q1 SCIE Yes
20 Laser and Photonics Reviews 14.1 95th Q1 SCIE No
21 npj 2D Materials and Applications 13.6 95th Q1 SCIE Yes
22 Nano Letters 13.5 95th Q1 SCIE No
23 Materials Science and Engineering: A 13.4 94th Q1 SCIE No
24 Applied Surface Science 13.3 94th Q1 SCIE No
25 Progress in Solid State Chemistry 12.6 94th Q1 SCIE No
26 Progress in Surface Science 12.6 94th Q1 SCIE No
27 SciPost Physics Lecture Notes 12.2 94th Q1 Yes
28 Polymer Degradation and Stability 11.8 93th Q1 SCIE No
29 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 11.6 93th Q1 SCIE No
30 Scripta Materialia 11.6 93th Q1 SCIE No
31 Superconductivity 11.3 93th Q1 ESCI Yes
32 International Journal of Thermofluids 11 92th Q1 Yes
33 npj Quantum Materials 10.8 92th Q1 SCIE Yes
34 Surface and Coatings Technology 10.8 92th Q1 SCIE No
35 Materials Research Bulletin 10.7 92th Q1 SCIE No
36 Progress in Electromagnetics Research 10.6 92th Q1 SCIE No
37 Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics 10.4 91th Q1 SCIE No
38 Wear 10.4 91th Q1 SCIE No
39 Journal of Molecular Liquids 10.3 91th Q1 No
40 Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 10.2 91th Q1 SCIE No
41 Journal of Sound and Vibration 10.2 90th Q1 SCIE No
42 Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 10.1 90th Q1 SCIE No
43 ChemPhysMater 10 90th Q1 ESCI Yes
44 International Journal of Thermal Sciences 10 90th Q1 SCIE No
45 Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 10 90th Q1 SCIE No
46 Materials Chemistry and Physics 9.7 89th Q1 SCIE No
47 IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques 9.6 89th Q1 SCIE No
48 Journal of the Energy Institute 9.5 89th Q1 SCIE No
49 Materials Technology 9.5 89th Q1 SCIE No
50 Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials 9.3 88th Q1 SCIE No
51 Innovation Materials 9.2 88th Q1 Yes
52 IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering 9.1 88th Q1 ESCI Yes
53 Materials Characterization 9.1 88th Q1 SCIE No
54 NDT and E International 8.9 88th Q1 SCIE No
55 International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer 8.8 87th Q1 SCIE No
56 Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing 8.7 87th Q1 SCIE No
57 MRS Bulletin 8.7 87th Q1 SCIE No
58 Synthetic Metals 8.6 87th Q1 SCIE No
59 Nano-Structures and Nano-Objects 8.5 86th Q1 No
60 Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China (English Edition) 8.5 86th Q1 SCIE No
61 Materials Science and Engineering: B 8.4 86th Q1 SCIE No
62 Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics 8.4 86th Q1 ESCI No
63 IEEE Journal of Microwaves 8.4 85th Q1 ESCI Yes
64 Polymer Bulletin 8.4 85th Q1 SCIE No
65 Sensors and Actuators A: Physical 8.2 85th Q1 SCIE No
66 Journal of Supercritical Fluids 8.1 85th Q1 SCIE No
67 Device 8 85th Q1 ESCI No
68 2D Materials 8 84th Q1 SCIE No
69 Chemical Physics Impact 8 84th Q1 ESCI Yes
70 Metals and Materials International 7.9 84th Q1 SCIE No
71 Liquid Crystals Reviews 7.7 84th Q1 SCIE No
72 npj Spintronics 7.7 83th Q1 Yes
73 Journal of Cluster Science 7.6 83th Q1 SCIE No
74 Vacuum 7.6 83th Q1 SCIE No
75 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine 7.5 83th Q1 SCIE No
76 Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines 7.5 83th Q1 SCIE No
77 Journal of Semiconductors 7.5 82th Q1 ESCI No
78 Journal of Luminescence 7.4 82th Q1 SCIE No
79 Microelectronic Engineering 7.4 82th Q1 SCIE No
80 Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 7.3 82th Q1 SCIE No
81 IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 7.2 81th Q1 SCIE No
82 International Journal of Solids and Structures 7.2 81th Q1 SCIE No
83 Journal of Solid State Chemistry 7.2 81th Q1 SCIE No
84 Science and Technology of Welding and Joining 7.2 81th Q1 SCIE No
85 EPJ Quantum Technology 7.1 81th Q1 SCIE Yes
86 AVS Quantum Science 7 80th Q1 ESCI No
87 Discover Nano 7 80th Q1 SCIE Yes
88 Materials 7 80th Q1 SCIE No
89 Reviews on Advanced Materials Science 7 80th Q1 SCIE Yes
90 IET Nanodielectrics 6.8 79th Q1 ESCI Yes
91 Journal of Fluid Mechanics 6.8 79th Q1 SCIE No
92 Micro and Nano Engineering 6.8 79th Q1 ESCI Yes
93 Journal of Thermal Spray Technology 6.7 79th Q1 SCIE No
94 Thermochimica Acta 6.7 79th Q1 SCIE No
95 Nuclear Fusion 6.7 78th Q1 SCIE Yes
96 Plasma Sources Science and Technology 6.6 78th Q1 SCIE No
97 Physica E: Low-Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures 6.5 78th Q1 SCIE No
98 Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics 6.5 78th Q1 SCIE No
99 Infrared Physics and Technology 6.5 77th Q1 SCIE No
100 Superconductor Science and Technology 6.4 77th Q1 SCIE No

Rank and percentile are within the Condensed Matter Physics Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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