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| Journal | Subsubject | JIF | 5-Year JIF | JCI | Quartile | Publisher |
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REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS
ISSN 0034-6861 eISSN 1539-0756
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Physics | 44.800 | 56.300 | 4.080 | Q1 | AMER PHYSICAL SOC |
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Nature Reviews Physics
ISSN N/A eISSN 2522-5820
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Physics | 39.500 | 53.200 | 3.030 | Q1 | NATURE PORTFOLIO |
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Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics
ISSN 1947-5454 eISSN 1947-5462
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Physics | 30.700 | 28.700 | 1.390 | Q1 | ANNUAL REVIEWS |
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PHYSICS REPORTS-REVIEW SECTION OF PHYSICS LETTERS
ISSN 0370-1573 eISSN 1873-6270
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Physics | 29.500 | 29.300 | 2.300 | Q1 | ELSEVIER |
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Living Reviews in Solar Physics
ISSN 2367-3648 eISSN 1614-4961
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Physics | 27.600 | 26.100 | 3.120 | Q1 | SPRINGER INT PUBL AG |
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REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS
ISSN 0034-4885 eISSN 1361-6633
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Physics | 20.700 | 20.900 | 1.980 | Q1 | IOP Publishing Ltd |
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Nature Physics
ISSN 1745-2473 eISSN 1745-2481
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Physics | 18.400 | 21.200 | 4.770 | Q1 | NATURE PORTFOLIO |
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PROGRESS IN PARTICLE AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS
ISSN 0146-6410 eISSN 1873-2224
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Physics | 17.900 | 14.100 | 1.740 | Q1 | ELSEVIER |
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Physical Review X
ISSN 2160-3308 eISSN 2160-3308
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Physics | 15.700 | 15.400 | 3.840 | Q1 | AMER PHYSICAL SOC |
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Physics of Life Reviews
ISSN 1571-0645 eISSN 1873-1457
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Physics | 14.300 | 11.100 | 2.350 | Q1 | ELSEVIER |
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ADVANCES IN PHYSICS
ISSN 0001-8732 eISSN 1460-6976
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Physics | 13.800 | 43.500 | 0.850 | Q1 | TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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Astrophysical Journal Letters
ISSN 2041-8205 eISSN 2041-8213
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Physics | 11.700 | 9.300 | 2.320 | Q1 | IOP Publishing Ltd |
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Applied Physics Reviews
ISSN 1931-9401 eISSN 1931-9401
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Physics | 11.600 | 15.200 | 1.340 | Q1 | AIP Publishing |
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Advances in Physics-X
ISSN 2374-6149 eISSN 2374-6149
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Physics | 10.800 | 8.900 | 0.770 | Q1 | TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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Materials Today Physics
ISSN 2542-5293 eISSN 2542-5293
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Physics | 9.700 | 10.000 | 2.000 | Q1 | ELSEVIER |
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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
ISSN 0031-9007 eISSN 1079-7114
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Physics | 9.000 | 9.100 | 2.380 | Q1 | AMER PHYSICAL SOC |
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Virtual and Physical Prototyping
ISSN 1745-2759 eISSN 1745-2767
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Physics | 8.800 | 9.600 | 1.660 | Q1 | TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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Ukrainian Journal of Physical Optics
ISSN 1609-1833 eISSN N/A
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Physics | 8.600 | 5.300 | 3.290 | Q1 | INST PHYSICAL OPTICS |
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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES
ISSN 0067-0049 eISSN 1538-4365
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Physics | 8.500 | 9.200 | 1.840 | Q1 | IOP Publishing Ltd |
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Journal of Physics-Photonics
ISSN 2515-7647 eISSN 2515-7647
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Physics | 8.400 | 4.800 | 1.150 | Q1 | IOP Publishing Ltd |
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Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics
ISSN 2050-3911 eISSN N/A
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Physics | 8.300 | 5.700 | 0.890 | Q1 | OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC |
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FORTSCHRITTE DER PHYSIK-PROGRESS OF PHYSICS
ISSN 0015-8208 eISSN 1521-3978
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Physics | 7.800 | 5.600 | 1.720 | Q1 | WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH |
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Science China-Physics Mechanics & Astronomy
ISSN 1674-7348 eISSN 1869-1927
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Physics | 7.500 | 6.000 | 1.850 | Q1 | SCIENCE PRESS |
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Cell Reports Physical Science
ISSN N/A eISSN 2666-3864
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Physics | 7.300 | 8.200 | 1.320 | Q1 | CELL PRESS |
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION & LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT
ISSN 0960-0035 eISSN 1758-664X
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Physics | 7.300 | 8.200 | 1.560 | Q1 | EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD |
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Physics of the Dark Universe
ISSN N/A eISSN 2212-6864
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Physics | 6.400 | 5.800 | 1.290 | Q1 | ELSEVIER |
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Journal of Physics-Energy
ISSN 2515-7655 eISSN 2515-7655
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Physics | 6.300 | 7.200 | 0.910 | Q2 | IOP Publishing Ltd |
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Chemical Physics Reviews
ISSN N/A eISSN 2688-4070
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Physics | 6.200 | 6.000 | 0.500 | Q1 | AIP Publishing |
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JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS
ISSN 0022-5096 eISSN 1873-4782
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Physics | 6.000 | 6.000 | 1.080 | Q1 | PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD |
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Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
ISSN 1475-7516 eISSN 1475-7516
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Physics | 5.900 | 6.100 | 1.370 | Q1 | IOP Publishing Ltd |
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Communications Physics
ISSN 2399-3650 eISSN 2399-3650
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Physics | 5.800 | 6.100 | 1.470 | Q1 | NATURE PORTFOLIO |
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JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
ISSN 1029-8479 eISSN 1029-8479
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Physics | 5.500 | 5.200 | 1.370 | Q1 | SPRINGER |
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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
ISSN 0004-637X eISSN 1538-4357
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Physics | 5.400 | 5.200 | 1.130 | Q1 | IOP Publishing Ltd |
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SciPost Physics
ISSN 2542-4653 eISSN 2542-4653
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Physics | 5.400 | 5.400 | 1.480 | Q1 | SCIPOST FOUNDATION |
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Frontiers of Physics
ISSN 2095-0462 eISSN 2095-0470
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Physics | 5.300 | 5.200 | 1.200 | Q1 | HIGHER EDUCATION PRESS |
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PHYSICAL REVIEW D
ISSN 2470-0010 eISSN 2470-0029
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Physics | 5.300 | 4.900 | 1.170 | Q1 | AMER PHYSICAL SOC |
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SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL
ISSN 0924-4247 eISSN 1873-3069
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Physics | 4.900 | 4.800 | 1.060 | Q1 | ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA |
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EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C
ISSN 1434-6044 eISSN 1434-6052
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Physics | 4.800 | 4.500 | 1.100 | Q2 | SPRINGER |
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CHINESE JOURNAL OF PHYSICS
ISSN 0577-9073 eISSN 0577-9073
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Physics | 4.600 | 3.700 | 1.380 | Q1 | ELSEVIER |
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GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
ISSN 0094-8276 eISSN 1944-8007
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Physics | 4.600 | 5.100 | 1.190 | Q1 | AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION |
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Results in Physics
ISSN 2211-3797 eISSN 2211-3797
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Physics | 4.600 | 4.300 | 1.110 | Q1 | ELSEVIER |
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PHYSICS LETTERS B
ISSN 0370-2693 eISSN 1873-2445
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Physics | 4.500 | 4.200 | 1.350 | Q1 | ELSEVIER |
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Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics
ISSN 2367-3192 eISSN 2367-3192
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Physics | 4.500 | 0.000 | 0.530 | Q1 | SPRINGERNATURE |
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Physical Review Applied
ISSN 2331-7019 eISSN 2331-7019
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Physics | 4.400 | 4.500 | 0.890 | Q2 | AMER PHYSICAL SOC |
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Chemical Physics Impact
ISSN 2667-0224 eISSN 2667-0224
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Physics | 4.300 | 4.000 | 0.590 | Q2 | ELSEVIER |
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Journal of Physics-Materials
ISSN N/A eISSN 2515-7639
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Physics | 4.300 | 5.400 | 0.650 | Q2 | IOP Publishing Ltd |
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PHYSICS OF FLUIDS
ISSN 1070-6631 eISSN 1089-7666
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Physics | 4.300 | 4.200 | 1.270 | Q1 | AIP Publishing |
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TELLUS SERIES B-CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL METEOROLOGY
ISSN 1600-0889 eISSN 1600-0889
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Physics | 4.300 | 2.700 | 0.490 | Q2 | STOCKHOLM UNIV PRESS |
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BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR BASIS OF DISEASE
ISSN 0925-4439 eISSN 1879-260X
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Physics | 4.200 | 5.500 | 0.880 | Q1 | ELSEVIER |
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CHINESE PHYSICS LETTERS
ISSN 0256-307X eISSN 1741-3540
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Physics | 4.200 | 2.800 | 1.130 | Q1 | IOP Publishing Ltd |
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Physical Review Research
ISSN N/A eISSN 2643-1564
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Physics | 4.200 | 4.400 | 1.110 | Q1 | AMER PHYSICAL SOC |
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JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH
ISSN 2169-9313 eISSN 2169-9356
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Physics | 4.100 | 4.500 | 1.090 | Q1 | AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION |
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JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS
ISSN 2169-9097 eISSN 2169-9100
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Physics | 4.000 | 4.400 | 1.160 | Q1 | AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION |
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JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS
ISSN 0021-9991 eISSN 1090-2716
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Physics | 3.800 | 5.200 | 1.170 | Q1 | ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE |
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JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-EARTH SURFACE
ISSN 2169-9003 eISSN 2169-9011
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Physics | 3.800 | 4.300 | 0.970 | Q1 | AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION |
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BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH
ISSN 0167-4889 eISSN 1879-2596
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Physics | 3.700 | 5.000 | 0.680 | Q2 | ELSEVIER |
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Biophysical Reviews
ISSN 1867-2450 eISSN 1867-2469
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Physics | 3.700 | 0.000 | 0.750 | Q1 | SPRINGERNATURE |
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PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES
ISSN 1364-503X eISSN 1471-2962
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Physics | 3.700 | 4.700 | 1.040 | Q1 | ROYAL SOC |
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B
ISSN 2469-9950 eISSN 2469-9969
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Physics | 3.700 | 3.600 | 0.670 | Q2 | AMER PHYSICAL SOC |
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APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
ISSN 0003-6951 eISSN 1077-3118
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Physics | 3.600 | 3.600 | 0.770 | Q2 | AIP Publishing |
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Physical Review Physics Education Research
ISSN 2469-9896 eISSN 2469-9896
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Physics | 3.600 | 3.500 | 1.740 | Q1 | AMER PHYSICAL SOC |
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Progress in Physical Geography-Earth and Environment
ISSN 0309-1333 eISSN 1477-0296
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Physics | 3.600 | 3.600 | 0.770 | Q1 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD |
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European Review of Aging and Physical Activity
ISSN 1813-7253 eISSN 1861-6909
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Physics | 3.500 | 5.600 | 0.820 | Q2 | SPRINGER HEIDELBERG |
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Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences
ISSN 2169-8953 eISSN 2169-8961
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Physics | 3.500 | 4.200 | 0.810 | Q2 | AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION |
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JOURNAL OF PHYSICS G-NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE PHYSICS
ISSN 0954-3899 eISSN 1361-6471
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Physics | 3.500 | 3.200 | 1.170 | Q2 | IOP Publishing Ltd |
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PHYSICS TODAY
ISSN 0031-9228 eISSN 1945-0699
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Physics | 3.500 | 3.400 | 0.490 | Q1 | AMER INST PHYSICS |
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ACTA BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA SINICA
ISSN 1672-9145 eISSN 1745-7270
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Physics | 3.400 | 3.500 | 0.780 | Q1 | SCIENCE PRESS |
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COMPUTER PHYSICS COMMUNICATIONS
ISSN 0010-4655 eISSN 1879-2944
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Physics | 3.400 | 7.200 | 1.740 | Q1 | ELSEVIER |
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INFRARED PHYSICS & TECHNOLOGY
ISSN 1350-4495 eISSN 1879-0275
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Physics | 3.400 | 3.400 | 0.830 | Q2 | ELSEVIER |
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JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES
ISSN 2169-897X eISSN 2169-8996
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Physics | 3.400 | 4.400 | 0.860 | Q2 | AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION |
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JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
ISSN 2169-9275 eISSN 2169-9291
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Physics | 3.400 | 4.000 | 1.050 | Q1 | AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION |
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PHYSICAL REVIEW C
ISSN 2469-9985 eISSN 2469-9993
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Physics | 3.400 | 3.200 | 1.420 | Q2 | AMER PHYSICAL SOC |
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Physical Review Materials
ISSN 2475-9953 eISSN 2475-9953
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Physics | 3.400 | 3.700 | 0.610 | Q2 | AMER PHYSICAL SOC |
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PHYSICS-USPEKHI
ISSN 1063-7869 eISSN 1468-4780
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Physics | 3.400 | 2.800 | 0.390 | Q2 | Uspekhi Fizicheskikh Nauk |
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CONTEMPORARY PHYSICS
ISSN 0010-7514 eISSN 1366-5812
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Physics | 3.300 | 5.300 | 0.660 | Q2 | TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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European Physical Education Review
ISSN 1356-336X eISSN 1741-2749
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Physics | 3.300 | 3.800 | 1.390 | Q1 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD |
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EJNMMI Physics
ISSN 2197-7364 eISSN 2197-7364
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Physics | 3.200 | 3.700 | 1.060 | Q1 | SPRINGER |
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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL REFERENCE DATA
ISSN 0047-2689 eISSN 1529-7845
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Physics | 3.200 | 4.100 | 0.680 | Q2 | AIP Publishing |
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JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS
ISSN 0022-3727 eISSN 1361-6463
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Physics | 3.200 | 3.100 | 0.610 | Q2 | IOP Publishing Ltd |
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MEDICAL PHYSICS
ISSN 0094-2405 eISSN 2473-4209
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Physics | 3.200 | 3.800 | 1.040 | Q1 | WILEY |
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Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms
ISSN 1874-9399 eISSN 1876-4320
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Physics | 3.100 | 4.100 | 0.700 | Q2 | ELSEVIER |
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BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL
ISSN 0006-3495 eISSN 1542-0086
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Physics | 3.100 | 3.100 | 0.900 | Q2 | CELL PRESS |
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CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS
ISSN 0009-2614 eISSN 1873-4448
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Physics | 3.100 | 2.600 | 0.640 | Q2 | ELSEVIER |
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Chinese Physics C
ISSN 1674-1137 eISSN 2058-6132
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Physics | 3.100 | 3.100 | 1.230 | Q2 | IOP Publishing Ltd |
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Communications in Computational Physics
ISSN 1815-2406 eISSN 1991-7120
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Physics | 3.100 | 3.400 | 0.790 | Q1 | GLOBAL SCIENCE PRESS |
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CURRENT APPLIED PHYSICS
ISSN 1567-1739 eISSN 1878-1675
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Physics | 3.100 | 2.700 | 0.560 | Q2 | ELSEVIER |
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JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS
ISSN 0021-9606 eISSN 1089-7690
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Physics | 3.100 | 3.800 | 0.710 | Q2 | AIP Publishing |
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PHYSICA A-STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS
ISSN 0378-4371 eISSN 1873-2119
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Physics | 3.100 | 2.800 | 0.800 | Q2 | ELSEVIER |
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SciPost Physics Core
ISSN N/A eISSN 2666-9366
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Physics | 3.100 | 3.200 | 0.880 | Q2 | SCIPOST FOUNDATION |
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Annals of Physics
ISSN 0003-4916 eISSN 1096-035X
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Physics | 3.000 | 3.000 | 0.840 | Q2 | ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE |
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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
ISSN 0022-3670 eISSN 1520-0485
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Physics | 3.000 | 3.300 | 0.970 | Q1 | AMER METEOROLOGICAL SOC |
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Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy
ISSN 1740-8989 eISSN 1742-5786
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Physics | 3.000 | 4.200 | 1.390 | Q1 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES
ISSN 1364-5021 eISSN 1471-2946
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Physics | 3.000 | 3.300 | 0.830 | Q2 | ROYAL SOC |
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ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems
ISSN 2378-962X eISSN 2378-9638
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Physics | 2.900 | 2.800 | 0.540 | Q3 | ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY |
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ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS
ISSN 0927-6505 eISSN 1873-2852
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Physics | 2.900 | 3.200 | 0.920 | Q2 | ELSEVIER |
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COMMUNICATIONS IN THEORETICAL PHYSICS
ISSN 0253-6102 eISSN 1572-9494
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Physics | 2.900 | 2.300 | 0.830 | Q2 | IOP Publishing Ltd |
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European Physical Journal Plus
ISSN 2190-5444 eISSN 2190-5444
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Physics | 2.900 | 2.800 | 0.850 | Q2 | SPRINGER HEIDELBERG |
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JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS
ISSN 2169-9380 eISSN 2169-9402
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Physics | 2.900 | 3.000 | 0.590 | Q2 | AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION |
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PHYSICA D-NONLINEAR PHENOMENA
ISSN 0167-2789 eISSN 1872-8022
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Physics | 2.900 | 3.500 | 1.110 | Q1 | ELSEVIER |
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PHYSICA E-LOW-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS & NANOSTRUCTURES
ISSN 1386-9477 eISSN 1873-1759
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Physics | 2.900 | 2.800 | 0.470 | Q2 | ELSEVIER |
How to compare Physics journals
A broad research area can contain specialties with very different citation patterns. Start with the most relevant subsubject, then compare JIF, five-year JIF, JCI and quartile information alongside the journal's aims and scope, indexing, editorial standards, readership and publication model.
JIF
A journal-level citation measure that is most informative when comparing journals in related fields.
JCI
A field-normalized journal metric that provides another perspective on citation impact.
Quartile
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