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Best Radiation journals

70 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Radiation. The top 70 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 19 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

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# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Progress in Electromagnetics Research 10.6 99th Q1 SCIE – No
2 International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 10.1 98th Q1 SCIE – No
3 IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques 9.6 96th Q1 SCIE – No
4 IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology 7.6 95th Q1 SCIE – No
5 IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology 7.4 94th Q1 ESCI – No
6 Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology 6.7 92th Q1 SCIE – No
7 Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences 6.2 91th Q1 SCIE – No
8 Life Sciences in Space Research 6 90th Q1 SCIE – No
9 Radiation Physics and Chemistry 5.8 88th Q1 SCIE – No
10 Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer 5.6 87th Q1 SCIE – No
11 EJNMMI Physics 5.3 86th Q1 SCIE – Yes
12 PET Clinics 5.3 84th Q1 ESCI – No
13 Journal of Synchrotron Radiation 5.1 83th Q1 SCIE – Yes
14 Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves 5.1 82th Q1 SCIE – No
15 Radiation Research 4.4 80th Q1 SCIE – No
16 Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology 4.4 79th Q1 ESCI – Yes
17 Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics 4.2 78th Q1 SCIE – Yes
18 Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance 4.2 76th Q1 SCIE – No
19 IEEE Microwave Magazine 4.1 75th Q1 SCIE – No
20 Radiation and Environmental Biophysics 4 74th Q2 SCIE – No
21 Journal of Biomedical Physics and Engineering 3.8 72th Q2 – – Yes
22 Journal of Radiation Research 3.8 71th Q2 SCIE – Yes
23 Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena 3.6 70th Q2 SCIE – No
24 Structural Dynamics 3.5 68th Q2 SCIE – Yes
25 Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology 3.4 67th Q2 SCIE – No
26 Radiation 3.3 66th Q2 – – Yes
27 Radiation Measurements 3.1 64th Q2 SCIE – No
28 Applied Radiation and Isotopes 3 63th Q2 SCIE – No
29 Journal of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science 3 62th Q2 SCIE – Yes
30 Advanced Electromagnetics 2.6 59th Q2 ESCI – Yes
31 Advanced Physical Research 2.5 58th Q2 – – No
32 Radiological Physics and Technology 2.3 56th Q2 ESCI – No
33 Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids 2.1 55th Q2 SCIE – No
34 Journal of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science 2 54th Q2 ESCI – No
35 Faguang Xuebao/Chinese Journal of Luminescence 2 52th Q2 – – No
36 Opto-Electronics Review 2 51th Q2 SCIE – No
37 He Jishu/Nuclear Techniques 1.8 50th Q2 – – Yes
38 Atom Indonesia 1.8 48th Q3 ESCI – Yes
39 Journal of Nano- and Electronic Physics 1.8 47th Q3 – – Yes
40 Kerntechnik 1.8 46th Q3 SCIE – No
41 Powder Diffraction 1.6 44th Q3 SCIE – No
42 High Energy Density Physics 1.6 43th Q3 SCIE – No
43 Radiation Protection Dosimetry 1.5 42th Q3 SCIE – No
44 Electromagnetics 1.5 40th Q3 SCIE – No
45 Journal of Radiation Protection and Research 1.4 39th Q3 ESCI – Yes
46 Journal of Communications Technology and Electronics 1.2 38th Q3 SCIE – No
47 Eurasian Journal of Physics and Functional Materials 1.1 36th Q3 – – Yes
48 Radiation Environment and Medicine 1.1 35th Q3 – – No
49 Problems of Atomic Science and Technology 1 34th Q3 – – No
50 Telfor Journal 1 32th Q3 – – Yes
51 Defect and Diffusion Forum 1 31th Q3 – – No
52 Particle Acceleration and Detection 1 30th Q3 – – No
53 Journal of Radiation Research and Radiation Processing 0.8 27th Q3 – – Yes
54 Radiatsionnaya Biologiya. Radioekologiya 0.8 26th Q3 – – No
55 Radiation and Risk 0.7 24th Q4 – – No
56 Physics of Particles and Nuclei Letters 0.7 23th Q4 ESCI – No
57 Radiation Physics and Engineering 0.7 22th Q4 – – Yes
58 Proceedings of the International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility, EMC Europe 0.5 20th Q4 – – No
59 International Journal of Nuclear Security 0.5 19th Q4 – – Yes
60 Revista de Fisica Medica 0.4 18th Q4 – – No
61 AMPLITUDO: Journal of Science and Technology Innovation 0.4 16th Q4 – – No
62 HNPS Advances in Nuclear Physics 0.4 14th Q4 – – No
63 Proceedings of the IEEE-APS Topical Conference on Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications, APWC 0.4 12th Q4 – – No
64 Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics 0.3 11th Q4 – – No
65 International Workshop on Mobile Terahertz Systems, IWMTS 0.3 10th Q4 – – No
66 Proceedings of the International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA 0.3 8th Q4 – – No
67 Proceedings of the International Conference Radioelektronika, RADIOELEKTRONIKA 0.2 4th Q4 – – No
68 ICMMT - International Conference on Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technology 0.2 3th Q4 – – No
69 Proceedings of the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop Series on Advanced Materials and Processes for RF and THz Applications, IMWS-AMP 0.1 2th Q4 – – No
70 Medical physics – the current status, problems, the way of development. Innovation technologies 0 0th Q4 – – No

Rank and percentile are within the Radiation 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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