Physics · 527 journals indexed
Best journals for Physics
The top Physics journals ranked by Scimago quartile, then cites/paper (OpenAlex, 2-year window), drawn from a 17,786-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded. These are field-wide rankings — for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, paste your title and abstract into the Journal Finder (a free account starts with 25 welcome credits).
- 1Reviews of Modern Physics30.8 cites/paper · Q1 · American Physical SocietyScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 7Physical Review X9.4 cites/paper · Q1 · American Physical SocietyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 9Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics9.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 10The Astrophysical Journal Letters8.2 cites/paper · Q1 · IOP PublishingOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 11Space Science Reviews8.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 16Science China Physics Mechanics and Astronomy6.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 18Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters5.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Oxford University PressScopusPubMed
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- 20The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series5.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of PhysicsOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
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- 22Communications Physics5.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature PortfolioOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 23The Astrophysical Journal5.1 cites/paper · Q1 · IOP PublishingOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 24Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation4.9 cites/paper · Q1 · American Chemical SocietyScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 25Astronomy and Astrophysics4.7 cites/paper · Q1 · EDP SciencesOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 26The European Physical Journal C4.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 27The Astronomical Journal4.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of PhysicsOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 30The Journal of Chemical Physics3.9 cites/paper · Q1 · American Institute of PhysicsScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 33Physical Review Research3.7 cites/paper · Q1 · American Physical SocietyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 36The Planetary Science Journal3.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of PhysicsOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 38Chaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science3.5 cites/paper · Q1 · American Institute of PhysicsScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 39Space Weather3.5 cites/paper · Q1 · American Geophysical UnionOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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“Cites/paper” is the OpenAlex 2-year citation rate — a transparent signal, not a licensed Impact Factor. Many regional and open-access journals are strong but aren’t covered by Scimago, so they show “no Scimago quartile”; that’s a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.
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