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Physics
The subject discipline for Physics is made of 11 narrow subject categories from the Web
of Science. The 11 categories that make up Physics are:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Acoustics
Imaging Science & Photographic Technology
Optics
Physics, Applied
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Physics, Condensed Matter
The chart below provides an ordered view of the top peer reviewed journals within the
1st quartile for Physics based on Impact Factors (IF), three year averages and their
quartile ranking.
Journal
2009 IF
2010 IF
2011 IF
Average IF
33.14
51.69
43.93
42.92
Nature Photonics
22.86
26.5
29.27
26.21
ADVANCES IN PHYSICS
19.63
21.21
37
25.95
17.75
19.43
20.39
19.19
15.49
18.43
18.96
17.63
10.6
12.62
17.46
13.56
11.44
13.85
14.72
13.34
12.38
12.38
7.91
10.36
8.63
8.97
11.96
7.88
6.45
8.76
5.81
9.31
7.38
7.50
7.32
7.62
7.37
7.44
5.5
6.01
9.97
7.16
5.16
6.14
9.46
6.92
6.01
6.04
5.83
5.96
PHYSICS TODAY
4.43
4.43
5.64
4.83
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
4.92
4.96
4.55
4.81
PHYSICS LETTERS B
5.08
5.25
3.95
4.76
NUCLEAR PHYSICS B
4.34
4.64
4.66
4.55
4.52
4.52
4.22
4.52
4.8
4.51
7.45
3.25
2.16
4.29
PROGRESS IN OPTICS
2.66
4.2
5.95
4.27
4.66
3.33
4.00
4.27
3.3
4.09
3.89
3.31
3.84
4.17
3.77
3.08
4.94
3.29
3.77
3.55
3.84
3.84
3.74
3.65
3.47
3.77
LASER PHYSICS
3.65
3.69
3.64
3.6
3.60
OPTICS EXPRESS
PROGRESS IN PARTICLE AND NUCLEAR
PHYSICS
PHYSICAL REVIEW C
3.27
3.75
3.58
3.53
3.55
4.02
2.61
3.39
3.47
3.41
3.3
3.31
OPTICS LETTERS
3.05
3.31
3.39
3.25
2.74
3.24
3.63
3.20
4.17
3.15
3.02
3.09
3.32
3.14
3.03
3.25
3.09
2.64
3.11
2.97
2.91
2.78
3.05
2.82
2.88
PHYSICAL REVIEW A
2.86
2.86
2.87
2.86
3.5
2.44
2.57
2.84
2.09
3.21
3.17
2.82
ANNALS OF PHYSICS
2.67
2.91
2.85
2.81
2.3
3.26
2.78
2.78
3.24
2.08
2.70
2.12
2.98
3.39
3.31
2.98
2.67
2.67
2.22
2.77
3.01
2.67
2.57
2.9
2.36
2.61
EPL
2.89
2.75
2.17
2.60
2.69
2.4
2.66
2.58
TECHNOLOGY
GENERAL RELATIVITY AND
GRAVITATION
PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED
FUSION
Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters
JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE
ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL
PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES
IEEE JOURNAL OF QUANTUM
ELECTRONICS
ISPRS JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY
AND REMOTE SENSING
Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals
and Applications
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED
MATTER
SOLID STATE IONICS
2.61
2.53
2.4
2.46
2.73
2.53
2.56
2.81
2.21
2.53
2.33
2.72
2.53
2.45
2.77
2.50
2.29
2.57
2.48
2.3
2.18
2.13
2.75
2.48
2.88
2.45
2.44
2.33
2.54
2.44
2.16
2.49
2.64
2.43
2.18
2.25
2.78
2.40
2.36
2.55
2.29
2.40
2.59
2.19
2.39
RHEOLOGICA ACTA
PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE &
TECHNOLOGY
PHYSICS-USPEKHI
2.38
2.38
2.21
2.52
2.37
2.62
2.24
2.15
2.34
2.36
2.34
2.31
2.34
PHYSICAL REVIEW E
2.4
2.35
2.25
2.33
2.34
2.32
2.33
2.32
2.14
2.31
2.47
2.3
2.08
2.30
2.1
2.54
2.24
2.24
2.18
2.21
2.18
2.19
2.16
2.19
2.17
2.13
2.08
2.07
2.09
JOURNAL OF LUMINESCENCE
EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL E
2.38
2.09
2.13
2.18
2.12
2.16
2.12
2.1
2.10
2.09
2.07
CHAOS
2.07
2.07
COMMUNICATIONS IN MATHEMATICAL
PHYSICS
Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical
Physics
2.07
2.06
2.06
2.03
2.03
Year 2009
Journal
REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS
Nature Photonics
ADVANCES IN PHYSICS
PHYSICS REPORTS-REVIEW SECTION OF PHYSICS
LETTERS
Nature Physics
ANNUAL REVIEW OF NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE SCIENCE
REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS
Living Reviews in Relativity
PROGRESS IN SURFACE SCIENCE
ACTA PHYSICA SLOVACA
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
Laser & Photonics Reviews
LASER PHYSICS LETTERS
CRITICAL REVIEWS IN SOLID STATE AND MATERIALS
SCIENCES
PHYSICS LETTERS B
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
PHYSICS TODAY
NUCLEAR PHYSICS B
NUCLEAR FUSION
Journal of Physical Chemistry C
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
PROGRESS IN PARTICLE AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS
RIVISTA DEL NUOVO CIMENTO
PHYSICAL REVIEW B
PHYSICAL REVIEW C
CHAOS SOLITONS & FRACTALS
NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS
OPTICS EXPRESS
ADVANCES IN ATOMIC MOLECULAR AND OPTICAL
PHYSICS
OPTICS LETTERS
MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS
CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM GRAVITY
QUANTUM INFORMATION & COMPUTATION
Impact Factor
33.14
22.86
19.63
Ranking
1/275
2/275
3/275
17.75
4/275
15.49
11.96
11.44
10.6
7.91
7.45
7.32
6.01
5.81
5.5
5/275
6/275
7/275
8/275
9/275
10/275
11/275
12/275
13/275
14/275
5.16
15/275
5.08
4.92
4.43
4.34
4.27
4.22
3.55
3.55
3.5
3.47
3.47
3.31
3.31
3.27
16/275
17/275
18/275
19/275
20/275
21/275
22/275
22/275
24/275
25/275
25/275
27/275
27/275
29/275
3.08
30/275
3.05
3.03
3.02
2.98
31/275
32/275
33/275
34/275
EPL
PHYSICAL REVIEW A
CONTEMPORARY PHYSICS
PHYSICS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C
SUPERCONDUCTOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
ANNALS OF PHYSICS
JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL MECHANICS-THEORY AND
EXPERIMENT
PROGRESS IN OPTICS
JOURNAL OF RHEOLOGY
PHYSICS-USPEKHI
GENERAL RELATIVITY AND GRAVITATION
JOURNAL OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters
PHYSICS OF PLASMAS
PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION
PHYSICAL REVIEW E
PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
PROGRESS OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS
JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS
ISPRS JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE
SENSING
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL
SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND
ENGINEERING SCIENCES
Applied Physics Express
JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY
SOLID STATE IONICS
Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS G-NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE
PHYSICS
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL REFERENCE
DATA
JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BOPTICAL PHYSICS
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS
Communications in Computational Physics
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS
COMMUNICATIONS IN MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
2.89
2.86
2.78
2.78
2.74
2.69
2.67
35/275
36/275
37/275
37/275
39/275
40/275
41/275
2.67
41/275
2.66
2.64
2.62
2.61
2.57
2.56
2.47
2.4
2.4
2.38
2.36
2.36
43/275
44/275
45/275
46/275
47/275
48/275
49/275
50/275
50/275
52/275
53/275
53/275
2.3
55/275
2.29
56/275
2.22
2.18
2.16
2.13
57/275
58/275
59/275
60/275
2.12
61/275
2.09
62/275
2.08
63/275
2.08
2.07
2.07
2.06
2.03
63/275
65/275
65/275
67/275
68/275
Year 2010
Journal
REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS
Impact Factor
51.69
Ranking
1/293
Nature Photonics
ADVANCES IN PHYSICS
PHYSICS REPORTS-REVIEW SECTION OF PHYSICS
LETTERS
Nature Physics
REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS
Living Reviews in Relativity
PROGRESS IN SURFACE SCIENCE
Laser & Photonics Reviews
Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
CRITICAL REVIEWS IN SOLID STATE AND MATERIALS
SCIENCES
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
LASER PHYSICS LETTERS
PHYSICS LETTERS B
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
Advances In Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics
Solid State Physics
NUCLEAR PHYSICS B
Journal of Physical Chemistry C
PHYSICS TODAY
Progress in Optics
PROGRESS IN PARTICLE AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS
PHYSICAL REVIEW B
OPTICS EXPRESS
LASER AND PARTICLE BEAMS
PHYSICAL REVIEW C
OPTICS LETTERS
NUCLEAR FUSION
ACTA PHYSICA SLOVACA
MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS
EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C
CONTEMPORARY PHYSICS
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL REFERENCE
DATA
JOURNAL OF RHEOLOGY
CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM GRAVITY
PHYSICS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
ANNALS OF PHYSICS
JOURNAL OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
PHYSICAL REVIEW A
Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters
Applied Physics Express
26.5
21.21
2/293
3/293
19.43
4/293
18.43
13.85
12.62
10.36
9.31
7.88
7.62
5/293
6/293
7/293
8/293
9/293
10/293
11/293
6.14
12/293
6.04
6.01
5.25
4.96
4.94
4.66
4.64
4.52
4.43
4.2
4.02
3.84
3.84
3.77
3.75
3.65
3.41
3.31
3.3
3.25
3.25
3.24
3.24
13/293
14/293
15/293
16/293
17/293
18/293
19/293
20/293
21/293
22/293
23/293
24/293
24/293
26/293
27/293
28/293
29/293
30/293
31/293
32/293
32/293
34/293
34/293
3.21
36/293
3.11
3.09
3.05
2.91
2.9
2.86
2.81
2.77
37/293
38/293
39/293
40/293
41/293
42/293
43/293
44/293
2.75
2.75
2.59
2.55
2.53
2.49
2.48
2.46
45/293
45/293
47/293
48/293
49/293
50/293
51/293
52/293
2.45
53/293
2.44
2.4
2.38
2.35
2.34
2.34
2.33
2.33
2.32
2.3
2.3
2.25
2.24
2.24
2.21
2.18
54/293
55/293
56/293
57/293
58/293
58/293
60/293
60/293
62/293
63/293
63/293
65/293
66/293
66/293
68/293
69/293
2.18
69/293
2.13
2.1
2.09
71/293
72/293
73/293
2.09
73/293
Year 2011
Journal
REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS
ADVANCES IN PHYSICS
Nature Photonics
PHYSICS REPORTS-REVIEW SECTION OF PHYSICS
LETTERS
Nature Physics
Living Reviews in Relativity
Impact Factor
43.93
37
29.27
Ranking
1/299
2/299
3/299
20.39
4/299
18.96
17.46
5/299
6/299
14.72
12.38
9.97
7/299
8/299
9/299
9.46
10/299
8.63
7.38
7.37
6.45
5.95
5.83
5.64
4.8
4.66
4.55
4.52
11/299
12/299
13/299
14/299
15/299
16/299
17/299
18/299
19/299
20/299
21/299
4.17
22/299
4.17
4.09
3.95
3.84
3.69
3.63
3.6
3.58
3.39
3.33
3.32
3.3
3.29
3.26
22/299
24/299
25/299
26/299
27/299
28/299
29/299
30/299
31/299
32/299
33/299
34/299
35/299
36/299
3.17
37/299
3.01
3
2.97
38/299
39/299
40/299
2.88
41/299
2.87
2.85
2.82
2.78
42/299
43/299
44/299
45/299
2.77
46/299
2.73
2.72
2.66
2.64
2.61
2.57
2.54
2.54
2.52
2.36
2.32
2.31
2.29
2.25
2.21
2.19
2.19
2.18
47/299
48/299
49/299
50/299
51/299
52/299
53/299
53/299
55/299
56/299
57/299
58/299
59/299
60/299
61/299
62/299
62/299
64/299
2.18
64/299
2.17
2.16
2.16
2.16
2.15
2.14
2.1
2.08
2.07
66/299
67/299
67/299
67/299
70/299
71/299
72/299
73/299
74/299