| # | Journal | Articles | Citations | R ARank | R CRank |
|---|
| 1 | European Physical Journal C | 241 | 13,563 | 62 | 69 |
| 2 | Journal of High Energy Physics | 262 | 8,683 | 55 | 68 |
| 3 | Journal of Optics (United Kingdom) | 8 | 1,323 | 13 | 1 |
| 3 | Nature Photonics | 7 | 1,323 | 40 | 112 |
| 5 | Scientific Reports | 18 | 1,166 | 1.4K | 407 |
| 6 | Physical Review Letters | 13 | 916 | 828 | 907 |
| 7 | Astronomy and Astrophysics | 27 | 821 | 148 | 188 |
| 8 | Physical Review B | 38 | 651 | 570 | 912 |
| 9 | Advances in Optics and Photonics | 2 | 586 | 6 | 14 |
| 10 | Physical Review A | 24 | 540 | 392 | 477 |
| 11 | Physica B: Condensed Matter | 25 | 512 | 96 | 48 |
| 12 | Journal of Alloys and Compounds | 10 | 502 | 831 | 463 |
| 13 | Physical Review C | 29 | 474 | 167 | 207 |
| 14 | Physical Review D | 32 | 441 | 352 | 517 |
| 15 | Journal of Instrumentation | 14 | 413 | 70 | 56 |
| 16 | Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics | 2 | 399 | 439 | 75 |
| 17 | Corrosion Science | 4 | 382 | 239 | 173 |
| 18 | Light: Science and Applications | 5 | 310 | 49 | 94 |
| 19 | Optics Letters | 7 | 289 | 506 | 448 |
| 20 | Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics | 14 | 280 | 72 | 146 |
| 21 | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | 26 | 276 | 229 | 372 |
| 22 | Journal of Lightwave Technology | 3 | 262 | 444 | 164 |
| 23 | Biochemical Journal | 1 | 253 | 2.0K | 648 |
| 24 | Astrophysical Journal | 11 | 248 | 548 | 705 |
| 25 | Nanoscale | 5 | 223 | 964 | 1.0K |
| 26 | Astrophysics and Space Science | 3 | 221 | 351 | 53 |
| 27 | ACS Photonics | 1 | 219 | 545 | 134 |
| 28 | Nature Physics | 2 | 218 | 287 | 379 |
| 29 | Laser and Photonics Reviews | 2 | 217 | 126 | 76 |
| 30 | Optics Express | 5 | 214 | 713 | 619 |
| 31 | Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision | 9 | 212 | 92 | 162 |
| 32 | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment | 9 | 209 | 264 | 174 |
| 33 | Journal of Human Evolution | 1 | 199 | 324 | 153 |
| 34 | Applied Surface Science | 7 | 197 | 941 | 1.0K |
| 35 | Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics | 10 | 188 | 349 | 437 |
| 36 | Diamond and Related Materials | 14 | 186 | 32 | 95 |
| 37 | Journal of Colloid and Interface Science | 3 | 178 | 1.3K | 1.1K |
| 38 | Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research B | 19 | 173 | 91 | 159 |
| 39 | Science Advances | 2 | 168 | 1.3K | 1.1K |
| 40 | Nature | 1 | 166 | 6.1K | 7.4K |
| 41 | Astrophysical Journal Letters | 6 | 157 | 274 | 398 |
| 42 | Journal of Applied Physics | 11 | 156 | 835 | 1.4K |
| 43 | New Journal of Physics | 10 | 142 | 126 | 325 |
| 44 | Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials | 9 | 140 | 397 | 553 |
| 45 | Advanced Materials | 1 | 127 | 2.4K | 2.3K |
| 46 | Applied Catalysis A: General | 2 | 124 | 554 | 511 |
| 47 | Journal of Luminescence | 9 | 122 | 170 | 307 |
| 48 | Science | 3 | 121 | 2.9K | 6.8K |
| 48 | AVS Quantum Science | 4 | 121 | 1 | 1 |
| 50 | Acta Materialia | 2 | 112 | 640 | 711 |
| 51 | Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy | 1 | 105 | 1.9K | 689 |
| 52 | Nature Astronomy | 1 | 104 | 223 | 163 |
| 53 | Ceramics International | 4 | 102 | 1.1K | 1.1K |
| 54 | Journal of Raman Spectroscopy | 2 | 101 | 352 | 228 |
| 55 | Optica | 2 | 100 | 75 | 132 |
| 56 | Computational Materials Science | 6 | 92 | 171 | 376 |
| 57 | Npj Quantum Information | 2 | 88 | 54 | 68 |
| 58 | Optical Materials | 5 | 86 | 243 | 358 |
| 59 | Advances in Mathematical Physics | 1 | 82 | 178 | 2 |
| 60 | Journal of Physics Condensed Matter | 9 | 80 | 273 | 630 |
| 61 | IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics | 1 | 79 | 499 | 277 |
| 62 | Applied Optics | 3 | 77 | 338 | 194 |
| 63 | AIP Advances | 8 | 76 | 132 | 168 |
| 63 | Wave Motion | 5 | 76 | 26 | 74 |
| 65 | RSC Advances | 5 | 74 | 2.2K | 3.3K |
| 66 | Journal of Molecular Structure | 3 | 73 | 1.3K | 934 |
| 66 | Philosophical Magazine | 5 | 73 | 109 | 188 |
| 68 | Solid State Communications | 3 | 70 | 699 | 603 |
| 69 | Solar Energy | 2 | 66 | 627 | 915 |
| 70 | Applied Physics Letters | 7 | 65 | 1.2K | 2.5K |
| 71 | Materials Chemistry and Physics | 5 | 64 | 471 | 1.1K |
| 72 | Hyperfine Interactions | 20 | 62 | 27 | 93 |
| 72 | Physical Review Applied | 6 | 62 | 156 | 372 |
| 74 | Thin Solid Films | 4 | 61 | 918 | 1.3K |
| 74 | Philosophical Transactions Series A, Mathematical, Physical, and Engineering Sciences | 1 | 61 | 621 | 534 |
| 76 | Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces | 1 | 58 | 1.4K | 1.2K |
| 77 | Journal of Physics: Conference Series | 30 | 55 | 163 | 372 |
| 77 | Catalysis Today | 1 | 55 | 785 | 739 |
| 79 | Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical | 3 | 53 | 1.2K | 2.5K |
| 79 | Contemporary Physics | 1 | 53 | 50 | 52 |
| 81 | Progress in Optics | 1 | 52 | 12 | 26 |
| 82 | Genomics | 1 | 51 | 854 | 928 |
| 83 | Journal of Physical Chemistry C | 2 | 50 | 2.3K | 2.7K |
| 83 | Europhysics Letters | 2 | 50 | 386 | 393 |
| 85 | Carbon | 3 | 49 | 795 | 1.9K |
| 86 | Nature Communications | 2 | 48 | 4.9K | 10.3K |
| 86 | Nanophotonics | 4 | 48 | 73 | 248 |
| 88 | Chemistry - A European Journal | 1 | 47 | 2.0K | 2.0K |
| 88 | International Journal of Modern Physics A | 7 | 47 | 168 | 243 |
| 88 | Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B | 1 | 47 | 23 | 10 |
| 91 | Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics | 3 | 46 | 409 | 531 |
| 91 | Journal of Applied Electrochemistry | 1 | 46 | 526 | 397 |
| 93 | Geophysical Research Letters | 1 | 45 | 1.4K | 1.6K |
| 94 | Nanoscale Research Letters | 2 | 42 | 444 | 820 |
| 95 | Physica Scripta | 2 | 41 | 416 | 325 |
| 96 | Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics | 2 | 40 | 2.4K | 3.0K |
| 96 | Materials Letters | 1 | 40 | 2.4K | 1.8K |
| 98 | Optik | 2 | 39 | 934 | 692 |
| 98 | Chinese Physics C | 1 | 39 | 140 | 52 |
| 98 | APL Photonics | 2 | 39 | 67 | 98 |
| 101 | Journal of Materials Chemistry A | 1 | 38 | 2.2K | 2.8K |
| 101 | Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science | 1 | 38 | 835 | 365 |
| 103 | Journal of the European Ceramic Society | 1 | 37 | 763 | 779 |
| 104 | Current Applied Physics | 2 | 36 | 353 | 503 |
| 105 | Radiation Physics and Chemistry | 5 | 35 | 147 | 437 |
| 105 | Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics | 2 | 35 | 187 | 230 |
| 107 | Ultrasonics | 7 | 34 | 54 | 440 |
| 108 | ACS Catalysis | 1 | 33 | 1.1K | 1.5K |
| 109 | Physical Review E | 1 | 31 | 3.0K | 2.9K |
| 109 | Higher Education | 1 | 31 | 126 | 238 |
| 111 | Nuclear Physics A | 3 | 29 | 385 | 454 |
| 111 | Physica Status Solidi (B): Basic Research | 4 | 29 | 524 | 744 |
| 111 | Archaeometry | 1 | 29 | 145 | 160 |
| 114 | PLoS ONE | 2 | 28 | 16.3K | 24.6K |
| 114 | Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics | 6 | 28 | 109 | 514 |
| 114 | Computing and Software for Big Science | 2 | 28 | 29 | 37 |
| 117 | Chemical Physics | 1 | 27 | 879 | 796 |
| 117 | Meteoritics and Planetary Science | 1 | 27 | 185 | 203 |
| 119 | Journal of the Acoustical Society of America | 4 | 26 | 637 | 1.5K |
| 119 | Sensors | 1 | 26 | 4.8K | 4.4K |
| 121 | Surface Review and Letters | 1 | 25 | 386 | 121 |
| 122 | Journal of Modern Optics | 2 | 24 | 357 | 374 |
| 122 | International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials | 3 | 24 | 98 | 343 |
| 122 | European Physical Journal A | 4 | 24 | 176 | 346 |
| 125 | Vacuum | 1 | 23 | 922 | 855 |
| 126 | Materials Research Bulletin | 2 | 22 | 736 | 1.5K |
| 127 | American Journal of Physics | 2 | 21 | 394 | 395 |
| 127 | Energy & Fuels | 1 | 21 | 1.2K | 1.5K |
| 127 | Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews | 1 | 21 | 1.2K | 2.6K |
| 130 | Physica Status Solidi C: Current Topics in Solid State Physics | 6 | 20 | 161 | 324 |
| 131 | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | 3 | 19 | 3.0K | 5.9K |
| 131 | International Journal of Biological Macromolecules | 2 | 19 | 1.6K | 3.6K |
| 131 | Materials Science and Engineering C | 1 | 19 | 1.6K | 2.9K |
| 131 | International Journal of Energy Research | 1 | 19 | 912 | 1.1K |
| 135 | Optical Engineering | 2 | 18 | 554 | 659 |
| 135 | Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B:Nanotechnology and Microelectronics | 3 | 18 | 50 | 108 |
| 135 | International Journal of Photoenergy | 1 | 18 | 320 | 361 |
| 138 | Nature Materials | 1 | 17 | 676 | 1.4K |
| 138 | Advanced Energy Materials | 1 | 17 | 946 | 1.5K |
| 138 | Advances in Materials Science and Engineering | 1 | 17 | 662 | 515 |
| 138 | Advanced Electronic Materials | 1 | 17 | 444 | 675 |
| 142 | International Journal of Solids and Structures | 1 | 16 | 829 | 1.1K |
| 142 | Modern Physics Letters A | 2 | 16 | 476 | 497 |
| 142 | European Physical Journal B | 2 | 16 | 445 | 751 |
| 142 | Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences | 2 | 16 | 28 | 88 |
| 146 | IEEE Access | 1 | 15 | 4.9K | 5.1K |
| 146 | Applied Energy | 1 | 15 | 1.4K | 2.7K |
| 148 | Inorganic Chemistry | 1 | 14 | 1.9K | 2.6K |
| 148 | Electrochimica Acta | 1 | 14 | 2.5K | 3.7K |
| 148 | Journal of Nuclear Materials | 1 | 14 | 543 | 692 |
| 148 | ChemistrySelect | 1 | 14 | 1.4K | 1.2K |
| 148 | Journal of Superhard Materials | 2 | 14 | 7 | 14 |
| 148 | Galaxies | 3 | 14 | 25 | 79 |
| 148 | International Journal of Nanoparticles | 1 | 14 | 45 | 19 |
| 155 | Journal of Chemical Physics | 3 | 13 | 1.9K | 3.6K |
| 155 | Journal Physics D: Applied Physics | 1 | 13 | 1.2K | 1.8K |
| 155 | Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing | 1 | 13 | 1.8K | 2.1K |
| 155 | Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry | 1 | 13 | 800 | 1.3K |
| 155 | Superlattices and Microstructures | 1 | 13 | 689 | 875 |
| 160 | CrystEngComm | 1 | 12 | 1.4K | 1.8K |
| 161 | Chemical Physics Letters | 1 | 11 | 2.3K | 3.0K |
| 161 | Materials Science & Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing | 2 | 11 | 1.1K | 2.3K |
| 161 | Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids | 3 | 11 | 531 | 1.9K |
| 161 | EPJ Web of Conferences | 4 | 11 | 302 | 240 |
| 165 | Nuclear Physics B | 1 | 10 | 532 | 668 |
| 165 | Journal of Solid State Chemistry | 1 | 10 | 1.1K | 1.8K |
| 165 | Applied Radiation and Isotopes | 2 | 10 | 338 | 878 |
| 165 | Optical and Quantum Electronics | 4 | 10 | 234 | 779 |
| 165 | European Physical Journal Plus | 2 | 10 | 457 | 950 |
| 165 | BMJ Global Health | 1 | 10 | 272 | 660 |
| 165 | Kerntechnik | 3 | 10 | 13 | 13 |
| 165 | Advanced Quantum Technologies | 2 | 10 | 18 | 99 |
| 165 | Biomedical Imaging and Intervention Journal | 1 | 10 | 11 | 16 |
| 165 | Radiation Protection and Environment | 2 | 10 | 6 | 12 |
| 175 | Surface and Coatings Technology | 2 | 9 | 971 | 2.5K |
| 175 | Materials | 1 | 9 | 3.8K | 5.0K |
| 175 | Materials Today: Proceedings | 3 | 9 | 995 | 1.6K |
| 175 | Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa | 2 | 9 | 30 | 64 |
| 179 | Journal of Electronic Materials | 1 | 8 | 1.4K | 2.0K |
| 179 | Environmental Monitoring and Assessment | 1 | 8 | 1.2K | 2.5K |
| 179 | Luminescence | 1 | 8 | 354 | 588 |
| 179 | Oxidation of Metals | 1 | 8 | 121 | 217 |
| 183 | Physica E: Low-Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures | 1 | 7 | 895 | 1.4K |
| 183 | Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy | 1 | 7 | 166 | 451 |
| 183 | Mineralogy and Petrology | 1 | 7 | 114 | 221 |
| 183 | South African Journal of Science | 3 | 7 | 13 | 47 |
| 183 | Frontiers in Energy Research | 1 | 7 | 191 | 483 |
| 188 | Molecules | 1 | 6 | 5.4K | 8.4K |
| 188 | Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology | 5 | 6 | 382 | 1.8K |
| 188 | Bulletin of Materials Science | 1 | 6 | 501 | 894 |
| 191 | Antiquity | 1 | 5 | 247 | 444 |
| 191 | Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports | 1 | 5 | 268 | 349 |
| 191 | Physica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letters | 1 | 5 | 318 | 617 |
| 191 | Journal of Materials Science | 1 | 5 | 2.8K | 4.7K |
| 191 | Acta Crystallographica Section A: Foundations and Advances | 1 | 5 | 94 | 156 |
| 196 | Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis | 1 | 4 | 447 | 498 |
| 196 | Environmental Research | 1 | 4 | 1.4K | 3.6K |
| 196 | IEEE Photonics Journal | 1 | 4 | 522 | 924 |
| 196 | High Pressure Research | 2 | 4 | 73 | 230 |
| 196 | BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making | 1 | 4 | 358 | 1.2K |
| 196 | Journal of Experimental Nanoscience | 1 | 4 | 113 | 386 |
| 196 | Electrocatalysis | 2 | 4 | 32 | 242 |
| 196 | Medical Devices: Evidence and Research | 1 | 4 | 25 | 104 |
| 196 | South African Journal of Chemical Engineering | 1 | 4 | 37 | 109 |
| 196 | Progress of Theoretical Physics | 1 | 4 | 308 | 343 |
| 206 | Optics Communications | 1 | 3 | 1.5K | 2.5K |
| 206 | Electroanalysis | 1 | 3 | 794 | 1.6K |
| 206 | Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism | 3 | 3 | 300 | 979 |
| 206 | Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids | 1 | 3 | 307 | 437 |
| 206 | Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology | 1 | 3 | 217 | 727 |
| 206 | Brazilian Journal of Physics | 1 | 3 | 105 | 226 |
| 212 | Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics | 1 | 2 | 1.9K | 3.1K |
| 212 | Journal of Applied Polymer Science | 1 | 2 | 2.8K | 4.8K |
| 212 | Measurement Science and Technology | 1 | 2 | 478 | 1.3K |
| 212 | Computer Physics Communications | 1 | 2 | 643 | 1.3K |
| 212 | Physics Procedia | 2 | 2 | 141 | 666 |
| 212 | Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing | 1 | 2 | 754 | 1.7K |
| 212 | Ore Geology Reviews | 1 | 2 | 179 | 347 |
| 212 | EPJ Applied Physics | 1 | 2 | 176 | 462 |
| 212 | Crystals | 2 | 2 | 538 | 2.0K |
| 212 | International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow | 1 | 2 | 304 | 652 |
| 222 | AIP Conference Proceedings | 3 | 1 | 1.8K | 3.7K |
| 222 | Materials Research Society Symposia Proceedings | 2 | 1 | 1.7K | 2.4K |
| 222 | Review of Scientific Instruments | 2 | 1 | 1.3K | 3.4K |
| 222 | Dalton Transactions | 1 | 1 | 2.1K | 3.7K |
| 222 | Communications in Computer and Information Science | 1 | 1 | 983 | 1.3K |
| 222 | Entropy | 1 | 1 | 1.2K | 2.8K |
| 222 | Physics of Atomic Nuclei | 1 | 1 | 142 | 231 |
| 222 | Theoretical Chemistry Accounts | 1 | 1 | 359 | 807 |
| 222 | MRS Advances | 1 | 1 | 261 | 602 |
| 222 | International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology | 1 | 1 | 301 | 792 |
| 222 | International Journal of Modern Physics Conference Series | 2 | 1 | 100 | 284 |
| 222 | Nuclear and Particle Physics Proceedings | 1 | 1 | 69 | 67 |
| 222 | Chinese Optics Letters | 1 | 1 | 147 | 298 |
| 222 | Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B - Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics | 1 | 1 | 58 | 141 |
| 222 | South African Journal of Geology | 1 | 1 | 26 | 59 |
| 222 | Computational Condensed Matter | 2 | 1 | 20 | 152 |
| 222 | International Journal of Plastics Technology | 1 | 1 | 25 | 97 |
| 222 | IUTAM Symposium on Cellular, Molecular and Tissue Mechanics | 1 | 1 | 12 | 34 |
| 222 | Physical Review Materials | 2 | 1 | 408 | 1.1K |
| 241 | MATEC Web of Conferences | 1 | 0 | 1.1K | 1.8K |
| 241 | Molecular Physics | 1 | 0 | 894 | 1.8K |
| 241 | Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union | 1 | 0 | 502 | 511 |
| 241 | IEEE Nanotechnology Magazine | 1 | 0 | 309 | 870 |
| 241 | Materials Today Communications | 1 | 0 | 618 | 2.1K |
| 241 | Corrosion Reviews | 1 | 0 | 24 | 151 |
| 241 | Current Urology | 1 | 0 | 47 | 191 |
| 241 | NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics | 1 | 0 | 31 | 73 |
| 241 | Quantum Studies: Mathematics and Foundations | 1 | 0 | 19 | 83 |
| 241 | Advanced Series on Directions in High Energy Physics | 1 | 0 | 29 | 55 |
| 241 | Theoretical and Mathematical Physics(Russian Federation) | 1 | 0 | 85 | 237 |
| 241 | Springer Proceedings in Physics | 1 | 0 | 277 | 444 |
| 241 | LEOS Summer Topical Meeting | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
