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Physics Journal Rankings

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What are the best Physics journals?

The are many ways of evaluating what the top Physics journals are including Impact Factor, SJR, SNIP, CiteScore, Citation Percentage, H Index, Self-Citation Percentage, Acceptance Rates, and Number of Submissions. Our interactive table below provides an intuitive and user-friendly way to explore and compare each journal's performance across these key metrics.

Importantly, the PJIP does not advocate for any particular way of ranking nor does the project assume to have any particular authority on the matter. The information presented here is solely to help researchers make informed decisions when assessing which journals are appropriate venues for their manuscripts.

For more information about each metric, see our comprehensive guide to ranking metrics or check out our FAQ section for answers to common questions and additional support.

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Sub-Fields

General Physics Journals Astronomy and Astrophysics Journals Geophysics Journals Plasmas Journals Nuclear and Particle Physics Journals Optics and Laser Physics Journals Condensed Matter and Materials Physics Journals Chemical Physics Journals Medical Physics Journals Biophysics Journals Quantum Physics Journals Applied Physics Journals Mathematical and Theoretical Physics Journals Computational Physics Journals Thermophysics and Thermodynamics Journals Radiation Journals

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Rank	Journal	Area	APPY	Location	Open Access	Book Reviews	Discussions	SJR	SNIP	IPP	CiSc	Hdex	CTE%	SC%	Acpt	Subs

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Rankings Key

Area Column:
GNRL = General Physics
AaAP = Astronomy and Astrophysics
GEOP = Geophysics
PLAS = Plasmas
NaPP = Nuclear and Particle Physics
OaLP = Optics and Laser Physics
CMMS = Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
CHEM = Chemical Physics
MEDP = Medical Physics
BIOP = Biophysics
QUNT = Quantum Physics
APPP = Applied Physics
MaTP = Mathematical and Theoretical Physics
CPAP = Computational Physics
THMP = Thermophysics and Thermodynamics
RADS = Radiation

APPY: the average number of papers published by the journal per year 
SJR: SCImago Journal Rank Indicator
SNIP:  Source normalized impact per paper
IPP: Impact per publication (impact factor)
CiSc: Elsevier's CiteScore
Hdex: Journal H-index
​CTE%: Percentage of journal publications that have received at least one citation
SC%: Percentage of citations from the same journal
Acpt: Journal acceptance rate calculated as total submissions / number accepted.
Subs: Total number of manuscripts submitted to the journal (in previous year)

Colour Codes (relative to journals in the same subject):

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For Filters (if applicable)
Location: country where the journal is based/published.
Open Access: open access status.
DAO = Diamond open access (no fees for authors or readers)
PTOA = Open access but fees applicable for publication
HYBD = hybrid with the option to publish open access by paying fees
​NTOA = no option to publish open-access
Book Reviews: if the journal publishes book reviews.
NBKR = does not publish book reviews
Inv. = publishes book reviews by invitation only
YBRK = publishes book reviews
Discussions: if the journal publishes discussion pieces.
NDIS = does not publish discussions.
RTJA = publishes discussions that reply to journal articles.
YDIS = publishes discussions

The Sub-Fields selector above the directory can be applied to isolate particular subject subdisciplines. If the PJIP also possesses directory information for this subject, Filters below the index can be applied to show journals of a certain type such as only Generalist journals, or only Open Access Journals, or only journals published in a particular country, etc. Crtl click multiple filters for further refinement such as showing only Open Access Generalist journals. ​
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Citation based rankings sourced from SCImago, (n.d.). SJR — SCImago Journal & Country Rank. Retrieved from http://www.scimagojr.com & Leiden University’s Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), (n.d.). SNIP Journal Indicators. Retrieved from https://www.journalindicators.com/downloads