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Best Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) journals

87 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous). The top 87 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 22 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 Living Reviews in Relativity 80.6 99th Q1 SCIE Yes
2 Materials Today Physics 16.7 98th Q1 SCIE No
3 Ultrafast Science 15.2 97th Q1 ESCI Yes
4 Frontiers of Physics 10 96th Q1 SCIE No
5 Quantum 8.9 94th Q1 SCIE Yes
6 Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics 8.4 93th Q1 ESCI No
7 Quantum Science and Technology 8 92th Q1 SCIE No
8 Food Physics 8 91th Q1 ESCI Yes
9 Chemical Physics Impact 8 90th Q1 ESCI Yes
10 Journal of Computational Physics 7.9 89th Q1 SCIE No
11 NPJ Nanophotonics 7.8 88th Q1 Yes
12 European Physical Journal C 7.7 86th Q1 SCIE Yes
13 npj Microgravity 7.5 85th Q1 SCIE Yes
14 Frontiers in Remote Sensing 6.9 84th Q1 ESCI Yes
15 Classical and Quantum Gravity 6.4 83th Q1 SCIE No
16 Physical Review Materials 5.9 82th Q1 SCIE No
17 Applied Physics Letters 5.8 81th Q1 SCIE No
18 Symmetry 5.2 80th Q1 SCIE Yes
19 Journal of Energetic Materials 5.1 78th Q1 SCIE No
20 Communications in Theoretical Physics 5 77th Q1 SCIE No
21 Entropy 4.9 76th Q1 SCIE Yes
22 Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics and Materials 4.9 75th Q1 SCIE No
23 General Relativity and Gravitation 4.6 74th Q2 SCIE No
24 Karbala International Journal of Modern Science 4.5 73th Q2 Yes
25 International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics 4.4 72th Q2 SCIE No
26 Journal of Applied Physics 4.4 71th Q2 SCIE No
27 Power Electronic Devices and Components 3.9 68th Q2 ESCI Yes
28 Plasma 3.9 67th Q2 ESCI Yes
29 Scientia Iranica 3.9 66th Q2 SCIE No
30 Journal of Electric Propulsion 3.7 65th Q2 ESCI No
31 Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 3.5 64th Q2 SCIE No
32 IEEE Journal on Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Techniques 3.3 63th Q2 ESCI No
33 Solids 3.3 61th Q2 ESCI Yes
34 Communications in Computational Physics 3.3 60th Q2 SCIE No
35 Physical Review Accelerators and Beams 3.2 59th Q2 SCIE Yes
36 Mapan - Journal of Metrology Society of India 3.2 58th Q2 SCIE No
37 Particles 3.2 57th Q2 ESCI Yes
38 International Journal of Theoretical Physics 3.1 56th Q2 SCIE No
39 Astronomy 2.8 55th Q2 Yes
40 Physchem 2.8 53th Q2 ESCI Yes
41 Laser Physics Letters 2.7 52th Q2 SCIE No
42 Quantum Reports 2.7 51th Q2 ESCI Yes
43 Metrology 2.7 50th Q2 ESCI Yes
44 Optics 2.6 49th Q3 ESCI Yes
45 International Journal of Astrobiology 2.5 48th Q3 SCIE No
46 Science and Technology Indonesia 2.5 47th Q3 Yes
47 School Science and Mathematics 2.4 46th Q3 ESCI No
48 JETP Letters 2.3 44th Q3 SCIE No
49 Magnetism 2.3 43th Q3 ESCI Yes
50 Journal of Ovonic Research 2.2 42th Q3 SCIE No
51 Challenges and Advances in Computational Chemistry and Physics 2.1 41th Q3 No
52 Aerotecnica Missili and Spazio 2 40th Q3 ESCI No
53 Cybernetics and Physics 2 39th Q3 Yes
54 International Journal of Quantum Information 1.9 38th Q3 SCIE No
55 Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics 1.8 36th Q3 SCIE Yes
56 Nanosystems: Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics 1.8 35th Q3 ESCI No
57 Dynamics 1.8 34th Q3 ESCI Yes
58 Physical Sciences and Technology 1.7 33th Q3 Yes
59 Condensed Matter Physics 1.5 32th Q3 SCIE Yes
60 Topics in Applied Physics 1.3 31th Q3 No
61 Plasma Physics Reports 1.3 30th Q3 SCIE No
62 Science Talks 1.2 28th Q3 Yes
63 Solid State Physics - Advances in Research and Applications 1.2 27th Q3 No
64 Revista Politecnica 1.2 26th Q3 Yes
65 Eurasian Journal of Physics and Functional Materials 1.1 25th Q3 Yes
66 Low Temperature Physics 1.1 24th Q4 SCIE No
67 Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedeniy. Prikladnaya Nelineynaya Dinamika 1.1 23th Q4 ESCI Yes
68 Journal for the History of Astronomy 1.1 22th Q4 AHCI, SCIE No
69 Discrete and Continuous Models and Applied Computational Science 1 21th Q4 Yes
70 Lecture Notes in Physics 1 19th Q4 No
71 Plasma Physics and Technology 1 18th Q4 No
72 Journal of Theoretical and Applied Physics 0.9 17th Q4 Yes
73 Nanostructure Science and Technology 0.9 16th Q4 No
74 Technical Physics Letters 0.8 15th Q4 SCIE No
75 Journal of Boron 0.8 14th Q4 No
76 Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage 0.8 13th Q4 ESCI No
77 Challenges in Physics Education 0.8 11th Q4 No
78 SEMA SIMAI Springer Series 0.8 10th Q4 No
79 Biophysical Bulletin 0.7 9th Q4 Yes
80 Nuovo Cimento della Societa Italiana di Fisica C 0.5 8th Q4 ESCI No
81 Technical Physics 0.5 7th Q4 SCIE No
82 Radio Physics and Radio Astronomy 0.5 6th Q4 Yes
83 SpringerBriefs in Mathematical Physics 0.4 5th Q4 No
84 Springer Tracts in Modern Physics 0.2 3th Q4 No
85 Tutorials, Schools, and Workshops in the Mathematical Sciences 0.1 2th Q4 No
86 History of Physics 0 1th Q4 No
87 Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences 0 1th Q4 No

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