Physics Journal Ranking 2026 | High SJR & Impact Factor Journals


S.No. Journal Title Publisher ISSN SJR Impact Factor
1 Living Reviews in Relativity Springer International Publishing AG 14338351, 23673613 14.227 64.6
2 Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics Annual Reviews Inc. 15454282, 00664146 14.119 37.3
3 Nature Materials Nature Publishing Group 14764660, 14761122 13.131 38.0
4 Nature Nanotechnology Nature Research 17483387, 17483395 13.056 37.5
5 Reviews of Modern Physics American Physical Society 00346861, 15390756 13.041 48.9
6 Nature Photonics Nature Research 17494885, 17494893 12.491 38.1
7 Nature Electronics Nature Publishing Group 25201131 12.430 42.3
8 Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics Annual Reviews Inc. 19475454, 19475462 10.044 29.0
9 Nature Reviews Physics Springer International Publishing 25225820 9.588 46.6
10 Astronomy and Astrophysics Review Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH 09354956, 14320754 9.300 20.1
11 Living Reviews in Solar Physics Springer International Publishing AG 16144961, 23673648 8.871 29.4
12 Advances in Optics and Photonics Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA) 19438206 8.026 30.1
13 eLight Springer 26628643, 20971710 7.423 31.4
14 Nature Physics Nature Research 17452473, 17452481 6.581 18.0
15 Physical Review X American Physical Society 21603308 6.494 16.8
16 Progress in Polymer Science Elsevier Ltd 796700 6.250 32.8
17 Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics Annual Reviews Inc. 15454479, 00664189 6.119 26.1
18 New Astronomy Reviews Elsevier B.V. 13876473 5.925 15.2
19 Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences Annual Reviews Inc. 846597 5.413 15.6
20 Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics Elsevier B.V. 1466410 5.361 15.9
21 Physics Reports Elsevier B.V. 3701573 5.320 0.0
22 PRX Quantum American Physical Society 26913399 5.222 12.3
23 Advanced Functional Materials John Wiley and Sons Inc 16163028, 1616301X 5.022 19.9
24 Light: Science and Applications Springer Nature 20477538, 20955545 4.946 0.0
25 Materials Today Elsevier B.V. 13697021, 18734103 4.909 24.1
26 Nature Communications Nature Research 20411723 4.904 18.1
27 Advanced Photonics SPIE 25775421 4.365 19.5
28 Materials Science and Engineering R: Reports Elsevier B.V. 0927796X 4.184 0.0
29 Nature Astronomy Nature Publishing Group 23973366 4.169 15.2
30 ACS Nano American Chemical Society 1936086X, 19360851 4.102 17.3
31 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 24732397, 21686831 4.065 13.7
32 Reports on Progress in Physics IOP Publishing Ltd. 13616633, 00344885 3.983 15.4
33 PhotoniX Springer International Publishing 26621991 3.949 18.0
34 Astrophysical Journal Letters American Astronomical Society 20418213, 20418205 3.878 11.1
35 ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Elsevier B.V. 9242716 3.694 12.9
36 Advances in Colloid and Interface Science Elsevier B.V. 18686 3.602 23.7
37 Opto-Electronic Science 20970382 3.494 26.9
38 Superconductivity Elsevier B.V. 27728307 3.472 9.2
39 Annals of PDE Springer Science + Business Media 21992576, 25245317 3.464 3.0
40 Opto-Electronic Advances Chinese Academy of Sciences 20964579 3.315 22.4
41 Advanced Science John Wiley and Sons Inc 21983844 3.288 14.1
42 Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series American Astronomical Society 15384365, 00670049 3.269 7.7
43 Optica Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA) 23342536 2.995 8.8
44 Probability and Mathematical Physics Mathematical Sciences Publishers 26900998, 26901005 2.819 0.0
45 Physical Review Letters American Physical Society 10797114, 00319007 2.790 9.4
46 npj Spintronics Springer Nature 29482119 2.780 0.0
47 Journal of Remote Sensing (United States) American Association for the Advancement of Science 26941589, 20970064 2.727 0.0
48 npj Quantum Information Nature Partner Journals 20566387 2.697 9.0
49 Nano Letters American Chemical Society 15306992, 15306984 2.594 9.1
50 Progress in Quantum Electronics Elsevier Ltd 796727 2.589 10.8
51 Applied Physics Reviews American Institute of Physics 19319401 2.540 10.8
52 Advances in Physics: X Taylor and Francis Ltd. 23746149 2.522 9.9
53 Space Science Reviews Springer Netherlands 15729672, 00386308 2.501 9.8
54 Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific Institute of Physics 00046280, 15383873 2.492 6.8
55 Laser and Photonics Reviews Wiley-VCH Verlag 18638880, 18638899 2.455 0.0
56 Astrodynamics Tsinghua University Press 25220098 2.422 8.1
57 npj 2D Materials and Applications Nature Publishing Group 23977132 2.384 9.2
58 Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science Annual Reviews Inc. 1638998 2.362 8.8
59 Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering Elsevier B.V. 457825 2.323 7.6
60 npj Quantum Materials Nature Publishing Group 23974648 2.285 6.6