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Best Mathematical Physics journals

90 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Mathematical Physics. The top 90 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 23 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 PRX Quantum 19.4 99th Q1 SCIE Yes
2 Chaos, Solitons and Fractals 9.5 98th Q1 SCIE No
3 Chaos, Solitons and Fractals: X 8.5 97th Q1 No
4 Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Simulation with Applications 7.7 96th Q1 No
5 Advances in Mechanics 5.9 95th Q1 No
6 Forum of Mathematics, Pi 5.8 93th Q1 SCIE Yes
7 Advanced Quantum Technologies 5.6 92th Q1 SCIE No
8 Frontiers in Physics 5.2 91th Q1 SCIE Yes
9 European Journal of Mechanics, B/Fluids 5.2 90th Q1 SCIE No
10 Chaos 5.1 89th Q1 SCIE No
11 Entropy 4.9 88th Q1 SCIE Yes
12 Communications in Mathematical Physics 4.7 87th Q1 SCIE No
13 Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincare (C) Analyse Non Lineaire 4.5 86th Q1 SCIE Yes
14 Annals of PDE 4.3 85th Q1 SCIE No
15 Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena 4.3 83th Q1 SCIE No
16 Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical 4.1 82th Q1 SCIE No
17 International Journal of Modern Physics D 4.1 81th Q1 SCIE No
18 International Journal of Modern Physics C 3.5 80th Q1 SCIE No
19 Annales Henri Poincare 3.5 79th Q1 SCIE No
20 Physica Scripta 3.4 78th Q1 SCIE No
21 Inverse Problems 3.4 77th Q1 SCIE No
22 IEEE Journal on Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Techniques 3.3 76th Q1 ESCI No
23 Communications in Computational Physics 3.3 75th Q1 SCIE No
24 Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy 3.2 73th Q2 SCIE No
25 Mathematics in Engineering 3.1 72th Q2 SCIE Yes
26 Russian Journal of Mathematical Physics 3 71th Q2 SCIE No
27 Journal of Nonlinear Mathematical Physics 2.9 70th Q2 SCIE No
28 Open Systems and Information Dynamics 2.9 69th Q2 SCIE No
29 Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section A Journal of Physical Sciences 2.8 68th Q2 SCIE No
30 Letters in Mathematical Physics 2.7 67th Q2 SCIE No
31 Nonlinearity 2.6 66th Q2 SCIE No
32 Communications in Number Theory and Physics 2.6 65th Q2 SCIE No
33 Analysis and Mathematical Physics 2.5 63th Q2 SCIE No
34 Reviews in Mathematical Physics 2.5 62th Q2 SCIE No
35 Journal of Mathematical Fluid Mechanics 2.4 61th Q2 SCIE No
36 Computational and Mathematical Biophysics 2.3 60th Q2 Yes
37 Journal of Geometry and Physics 2.3 58th Q2 SCIE No
38 Journal of Statistical Physics 2.3 58th Q2 SCIE No
39 Journal of Instrumentation 2.3 57th Q2 SCIE No
40 Journal of Mathematical Physics 2.2 56th Q2 SCIE No
41 Quanta 2.2 55th Q2 Yes
42 Reports on Mathematical Physics 2.2 53th Q2 SCIE No
43 Pure and Applied Analysis 2.2 52th Q2 ESCI No
44 Quantum Information and Computation 2.2 52th Q2 SCIE No
45 Quantum Topology 2.1 50th Q2 SCIE Yes
46 Mathematical Physics Analysis and Geometry 1.9 49th Q3 SCIE No
47 Forum of Mathematics, Sigma 1.9 48th Q3 SCIE Yes
48 Quantum Studies: Mathematics and Foundations 1.8 47th Q3 ESCI No
49 Theoretical and Mathematical Physics (Russian Federation) 1.7 46th Q3 SCIE No
50 Journal of Computational and Theoretical Transport 1.7 45th Q3 SCIE No
51 Journal of Noncommutative Geometry 1.7 43th Q3 SCIE Yes
52 Journal of Spectral Theory 1.7 42th Q3 SCIE Yes
53 Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications (SIGMA) 1.7 42th Q3 SCIE Yes
54 Regular and Chaotic Dynamics 1.6 40th Q3 SCIE No
55 Journal of Optimization, Differential Equations and their Applications 1.6 39th Q3 Yes
56 Infinite Dimensional Analysis, Quantum Probability and Related Topics 1.6 37th Q3 SCIE No
57 Nonlinear Dynamics and Systems Theory 1.6 37th Q3 No
58 Journal of Applied Analysis 1.6 36th Q3 ESCI No
59 Researches in Mathematics 1.5 35th Q3 Yes
60 De Gruyter Studies in Mathematics 1.3 33th Q3 No
61 Journal of Contemporary Applied Mathematics 1.3 32th Q3 No
62 Journal of Mathematical Physics, Analysis, Geometry 1.2 31th Q3 SCIE Yes
63 International Electronic Journal of Geometry 1.2 30th Q3 ESCI No
64 Vestnik Samarskogo Gosudarstvennogo Tekhnicheskogo Universiteta, Seriya Fiziko-Matematicheskie Nauki 1.2 29th Q3 ESCI Yes
65 Russian Journal of Nonlinear Dynamics 1.2 28th Q3 Yes
66 Turkish World Mathematical Society Journal of Applied and Engineering Mathematics 1.1 27th Q3 ESCI No
67 Confluentes Mathematici 1.1 26th Q3 No
68 Progress in Probability 1.1 25th Q3 No
69 Eurasian Journal of Mathematical and Computer Applications 1.1 23th Q4 ESCI No
70 Open Communications in Nonlinear Mathematical Physics 1 22th Q4 Yes
71 Memoirs on Differential Equations and Mathematical Physics 0.9 21th Q4 ESCI No
72 Geometry, Integrability and Quantization 0.9 20th Q4 No
73 Physics of Wave Processes and Radio Systems 0.9 19th Q4 Yes
74 Journal of Geometry and Symmetry in Physics 0.9 18th Q4 ESCI No
75 Methods of Functional Analysis and Topology 0.8 17th Q4 ESCI Yes
76 Review of Science, Mathematics and ICT Education 0.8 16th Q4 Yes
77 Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research Series A: Physical Sciences 0.7 15th Q4 No
78 Nonlinear Phenomena in Complex Systems 0.6 13th Q4 ESCI No
79 Rendiconti del Seminario Matematico dell 'Universita' di Padova/Mathematical Journal of the University of Padova 0.6 12th Q4 SCIE Yes
80 Uzbek Mathematical Journal 0.5 11th Q4 No
81 St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University Journal: Physics and Mathematics 0.5 10th Q4 No
82 Bulletin of the Institute of Mathematics 0.4 9th Q4 No
83 SpringerBriefs in Mathematical Physics 0.4 8th Q4 No
84 Nonlinear Physical Science 0.3 7th Q4 No
85 Journal of Finsler Geometry and its Applications 0.3 6th Q4 Yes
86 Functional Differential Equations 0.3 5th Q4 No
87 Mathematical Physics Studies 0.2 3th Q4 No
88 Series on Knots and Everything 0.1 2th Q4 No
89 Theoretical and Mathematical Physics (United States) 0.1 1th Q4 No
90 Progress in Nonlinear Differential Equations and Their Application 0.1 0th Q4 No

Rank and percentile are within the Mathematical 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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