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Best Physics and Astronomy (all) journals

241 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Physics and Astronomy (all). The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 62 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 Reviews of Modern Physics 80.3 99th Q1 SCIE No
2 Physics Reports 54.4 99th Q1 SCIE No
3 Nature Reviews Physics 53 98th Q1 SCIE No
4 Nature Physics 29.4 98th Q1 SCIE No
5 Nature Communications 24.3 98th Q1 SCIE Yes
6 Physical Review X 23.2 97th Q1 SCIE Yes
7 ACS Nano 23.1 97th Q1 SCIE No
8 Reports on Progress in Physics 23 96th Q1 SCIE No
9 Advances in Physics: X 20 96th Q1 SCIE Yes
10 PRX Quantum 19.4 96th Q1 SCIE Yes
11 Physics of Life Reviews 18.8 95th Q1 SCIE No
12 Advanced Science 18.1 95th Q1 SCIE Yes
13 Applied Physics Reviews 16.3 94th Q1 SCIE No
14 Physical Review Letters 14.2 94th Q1 SCIE No
15 Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 13.7 94th Q1 SCIE No
16 Reviews in Physics 13.4 93th Q1 No
17 Computer Physics Communications 13.1 93th Q1 SCIE No
18 La Rivista del Nuovo Cimento 12.5 92th Q1 SCIE No
19 Cell Reports Physical Science 12 92th Q1 SCIE Yes
20 European Polymer Journal 11.6 92th Q1 SCIE No
21 Combustion and Flame 11.4 91th Q1 SCIE No
22 Science China: Physics, Mechanics and Astronomy 11.1 91th Q1 SCIE No
23 AAPPS Bulletin 10.8 90th Q1 ESCI Yes
24 Fortschritte der Physik 10.4 90th Q1 SCIE No
25 Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics 10.1 90th Q1 SCIE Yes
26 Chaos, Solitons and Fractals 9.5 89th Q1 SCIE No
27 SciPost Physics 9.5 89th Q1 SCIE Yes
28 Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry 9.2 88th Q1 SCIE No
29 Results in Physics 9.1 88th Q1 Yes
30 Communications Physics 9 88th Q1 SCIE Yes
31 Chaos, Solitons and Fractals: X 8.5 87th Q1 No
32 European Journal of Mechanics, A/Solids 8.4 87th Q1 SCIE No
33 Diamond and Related Materials 8.2 86th Q1 SCIE No
34 Chinese Journal of Physics 7.9 86th Q1 SCIE No
35 Journal of Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics 7.9 86th Q1 SCIE No
36 Journal of Computational Physics 7.9 85th Q1 SCIE No
37 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 7.6 85th Q1 SCIE No
38 Physical Review Applied 7.4 84th Q1 SCIE No
39 International Journal of Multiphase Flow 7 84th Q1 SCIE No
40 Physical Review Physics Education Research 6.8 84th Q1 SCIE, SSCI Yes
41 Journal of Taibah University for Science 6.8 83th Q1 SCIE Yes
42 Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B: Physical and Biological Sciences 6.8 83th Q1 SCIE Yes
43 Fire Safety Journal 6.8 82th Q1 SCIE No
44 Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data 6.7 82th Q1 SCIE No
45 Physical Review Research 6.6 82th Q1 ESCI Yes
46 Computational Materials Science 6.3 81th Q1 SCIE No
47 Chinese Physics Letters 6.2 81th Q1 SCIE No
48 Chemical Physics Letters 5.8 80th Q1 SCIE No
49 Fluid Phase Equilibria 5.7 80th Q1 SCIE No
50 Composite Interfaces 5.6 80th Q1 SCIE No
51 European Physical Journal: Special Topics 5.5 79th Q1 SCIE No
52 Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 5.5 79th Q1 SCIE No
53 Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation 5.4 78th Q1 SCIE No
54 Current Applied Physics 5.3 78th Q1 SCIE No
55 Journal of Chemical Physics 5.3 78th Q1 SCIE No
56 New Journal of Physics 5.3 77th Q1 SCIE Yes
57 Frontiers in Physics 5.2 77th Q1 SCIE Yes
58 Applied Physics Express 5.2 76th Q1 SCIE Yes
59 Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics 5.2 76th Q1 SCIE No
60 European Journal of Mechanics, B/Fluids 5.2 76th Q1 SCIE No
61 European Physical Journal Plus 5.2 75th Q1 SCIE No
62 Granular Matter 5.1 75th Q1 SCIE No
63 Chaos 5.1 74th Q2 SCIE No
64 Journal of Analytical Science and Technology 5 74th Q2 SCIE Yes
65 Universe 5 73th Q2 SCIE Yes
66 Annalen der Physik 4.9 73th Q2 SCIE No
67 Entropy 4.9 73th Q2 SCIE Yes
68 Annals of Physics 4.9 72th Q2 SCIE No
69 Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths 4.9 72th Q2 No
70 Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology 4.9 71th Q2 SCIE Yes
71 Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 4.8 71th Q2 SCIE No
72 Natural Sciences 4.7 71th Q2 ESCI Yes
73 AAPP Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti, Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali 4.7 70th Q2 ESCI Yes
74 Experiments in Fluids 4.6 70th Q2 SCIE No
75 Ionics 4.6 69th Q2 SCIE No
76 Journal of Applied Physics 4.4 69th Q2 SCIE No
77 Annals of PDE 4.3 69th Q2 SCIE No
78 Chemical Physics 4.3 68th Q2 SCIE No
79 Journal of Biophotonics 4.3 68th Q2 SCIE No
80 Flow, Turbulence and Combustion 4.2 67th Q2 SCIE No
81 Physica Medica 4.2 67th Q2 SCIE No
82 Physics-Uspekhi 4.2 67th Q2 SCIE No
83 Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics 4.2 66th Q2 SCIE No
84 Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical 4.1 66th Q2 SCIE No
85 Contemporary Physics 4.1 65th Q2 SCIE No
86 Discover Applied Sciences 4.1 65th Q2 ESCI Yes
87 Physical Sciences Reviews 4.1 65th Q2 No
88 Wave Motion 4 64th Q2 SCIE No
89 Romanian Reports in Physics 4 63th Q2 SCIE No
90 Combustion Science and Technology 3.9 63th Q2 SCIE No
91 Pramana - Journal of Physics 3.8 63th Q2 SCIE No
92 Open Physics 3.8 62th Q2 SCIE Yes
93 Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy 3.8 62th Q2 ESCI No
94 Journal of the Physical Society of Japan 3.7 61th Q2 SCIE No
95 Cryogenics 3.6 61th Q2 SCIE No
96 Physics (Switzerland) 3.5 61th Q2 ESCI Yes
97 International Journal of Modern Physics C 3.5 60th Q2 SCIE No
98 International Journal of Spray and Combustion Dynamics 3.5 60th Q2 SCIE No
99 Europhysics Letters 3.5 59th Q2 SCIE No
100 Indian Journal of Physics 3.4 59th Q2 SCIE No

Rank and percentile are within the Physics and Astronomy (all) 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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