Physical Sciences

91 journals in P1.03 Physical Sciences (Natural Sciences), ranked by POSI Citation Score, 2026 edition. No Core Collection journal is ranked in this category yet. How PCS is calculated.

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Rank	Journal	PCS	Items	Percentile	Quartile	Status	PCI
1/91	New Astronomy Reviews Elsevier BV, ISSN 1387-6473	43.95	40	99.5	PCS-Q1	Indexed	n/a
2/91	Physics Reports Elsevier BV, ISSN 0370-1573	41.96	412	98.3	PCS-Q1	Indexed	28.80
3/91	Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics Elsevier BV, ISSN 0146-6410	39.34	129	97.3	PCS-Q1	Indexed	n/a
4/91	Nature Nature Portfolio, ISSN 0028-0836	39.23	17,360	96.2	PCS-Q1	Indexed	21.63
5/91	Physical Review Letters American Physical Society, ISSN 0031-9007	19.98	9,860	95.0	PCS-Q1	Indexed	9.76
6/91	Progress in Quantum Electronics Elsevier BV, ISSN 0079-6727	19.01	87	94.0	PCS-Q1	Indexed	n/a
7/91	Computer Physics Communications Elsevier BV, ISSN 0010-4655	18.42	1,427	92.9	PCS-Q1	Indexed	n/a
8/91	The European Physical Journal C Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 1434-6044	16.67	279	91.8	PCS-Q1	Indexed	4.81
9/91	Superconductivity Elsevier BV, ISSN 2772-8307	16.10	151	90.7	PCS-Q1	Indexed	n/a
10/91	Reviews in Physics Elsevier BV, ISSN 2405-4283	14.43	46	89.6	PCS-Q1	Indexed	n/a
11/91	Surface Science Reports Elsevier BV, ISSN 0167-5729	13.86	36	88.5	PCS-Q1	Indexed	n/a
12/91	Physics of the Dark Universe Elsevier BV, ISSN 2212-6864	13.15	1,159	87.4	PCS-Q1	Indexed	n/a
13/91	Astronomy and Astrophysics EDP Sciences, ISSN 0004-6361	13.02	11,976	86.3	PCS-Q1	Indexed	5.80
14/91	Journal of High Energy Astrophysics Elsevier BV, ISSN 2214-4048	12.88	295	85.2	PCS-Q1	Indexed	n/a
15/91	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Oxford University Press, ISSN 0035-8711	12.78	12,963	84.1	PCS-Q1	Indexed	5.22
16/91	Chaos, Solitons & Fractals Elsevier BV, ISSN 0960-0779	12.52	5,328	83.0	PCS-Q1	Indexed	n/a
17/91	The Astrophysical Journal IOP Publishing, ISSN 0004-637X	12.52	14,221	81.9	PCS-Q1	Indexed	5.64
18/91	The Astronomical Journal Institute of Physics, ISSN 0004-6256	12.04	2,421	80.8	PCS-Q1	Indexed	5.64
19/91	Physical review. D/Physical review. D. American Physical Society, ISSN 2470-0010	11.81	18,195	79.7	PCS-Q1	Indexed	5.50
20/91	Journal of High Energy Physics Springer Nature, ISSN 1029-8479	11.72	10,369	78.6	PCS-Q1	Indexed	4.88
21/91	The European Physical Journal A Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 1434-6001	10.83	58	77.5	PCS-Q1	Indexed	3.08
22/91	Chinese Journal of Physics Elsevier BV, ISSN 0577-9073	10.74	1,675	76.4	PCS-Q1	Indexed	n/a
23/91	Results in Physics Elsevier BV, ISSN 2211-3797	10.37	3,165	75.3	PCS-Q1	Indexed	n/a
24/91	Physics Letters B Elsevier BV, ISSN 0370-2693	10.34	3,094	74.2	PCS-Q2	Indexed	4.37
25/91	Progress in Surface Science Elsevier BV, ISSN 0079-6816	9.77	48	73.1	PCS-Q2	Indexed	n/a
26/91	Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation Elsevier BV, ISSN 1007-5704	8.91	2,384	72.0	PCS-Q2	Indexed	n/a
27/91	Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications Elsevier BV, ISSN 0378-4371	8.46	3,181	70.9	PCS-Q2	Indexed	3.64
28/91	Physical review. B./Physical review. B American Physical Society, ISSN 2469-9950	8.42	20,900	69.8	PCS-Q2	Indexed	4.02
29/91	Social Networks Elsevier BV, ISSN 0378-8733	8.35	300	68.7	PCS-Q2	Indexed	n/a
30/91	Applied Physics Letters American Institute of Physics, ISSN 0003-6951	8.09	10,072	67.6	PCS-Q2	Indexed	3.93
31/91	The Journal of Chemical Physics American Institute of Physics, ISSN 0021-9606	7.92	8,473	66.5	PCS-Q2	Indexed	3.89
32/91	Advances in Space Research Elsevier BV, ISSN 0273-1177	7.87	3,270	65.4	PCS-Q2	Indexed	3.49
33/91	Icarus Elsevier BV, ISSN 0019-1035	7.80	1,499	64.3	PCS-Q2	Indexed	n/a
34/91	Optics Letters Optica Publishing Group, ISSN 0146-9592	7.80	7,114	63.2	PCS-Q2	Indexed	3.47
35/91	Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures Elsevier BV, ISSN 1386-9477	7.64	1,062	62.1	PCS-Q2	Indexed	n/a
36/91	Physica B Condensed Matter Elsevier BV, ISSN 0921-4526	7.29	3,791	61.0	PCS-Q2	Indexed	3.44
37/91	Astroparticle Physics Elsevier BV, ISSN 0927-6505	6.85	230	59.9	PCS-Q2	Indexed	n/a
38/91	Ultramicroscopy Elsevier BV, ISSN 0304-3991	6.82	493	58.8	PCS-Q2	Indexed	n/a
39/91	Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences Frontiers Media SA, ISSN 2296-987X	6.74	1,221	57.7	PCS-Q2	Indexed	n/a
40/91	Chemical Physics Letters Elsevier BV, ISSN 0009-2614	6.74	2,798	56.6	PCS-Q2	Indexed	2.81
41/91	Nuclear Physics B Elsevier BV, ISSN 0550-3213	6.65	1,427	55.5	PCS-Q2	Indexed	2.93
42/91	Solid State Communications Elsevier BV, ISSN 0038-1098	6.63	1,259	54.4	PCS-Q2	Indexed	2.93
43/91	Annals of Physics Elsevier BV, ISSN 0003-4916	6.59	1,058	53.3	PCS-Q2	Indexed	n/a
44/91	Frontiers in Physics Frontiers Media SA, ISSN 2296-424X	6.32	3,338	52.2	PCS-Q2	Indexed	n/a
45/91	Frontiers in Quantum Science and Technology Frontiers Media SA, ISSN 2813-2181	6.31	81	51.1	PCS-Q2	Indexed	n/a
46/91	Journal of Applied Physics American Institute of Physics, ISSN 0021-8979	6.24	7,154	50.0	PCS-Q2	Indexed	2.80
47/91	Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables Elsevier BV, ISSN 0092-640X	6.22	117	48.9	PCS-Q3	Indexed	n/a
48/91	Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena Elsevier BV, ISSN 0167-2789	5.84	1,404	47.8	PCS-Q3	Indexed	n/a
49/91	Space Policy Elsevier BV, ISSN 0265-9646	5.75	159	46.7	PCS-Q3	Indexed	n/a
50/91	Physical review. E American Physical Society, ISSN 2470-0045	5.75	7,171	45.6	PCS-Q3	Indexed	2.68
51/91	Astronomy and Computing Elsevier BV, ISSN 2213-1337	5.54	328	44.5	PCS-Q3	Indexed	n/a
52/91	Physics Letters A Elsevier BV, ISSN 0375-9601	5.53	2,408	43.4	PCS-Q3	Indexed	2.48
53/91	Journal of the Physical Society of Japan Physical Society of Japan, ISSN 0031-9015	5.34	1,217	42.3	PCS-Q3	Indexed	1.72
54/91	Chemical Physics Elsevier BV, ISSN 0301-0104	5.32	1,290	41.2	PCS-Q3	Indexed	n/a
55/91	Physics of Plasmas American Institute of Physics, ISSN 1070-664X	5.18	3,414	40.1	PCS-Q3	Indexed	2.51
56/91	Frontiers in Space Technologies Frontiers Media SA, ISSN 2673-5075	5.18	129	39.0	PCS-Q3	Indexed	n/a
57/91	Annalen der Physik Wiley, ISSN 0003-3804	5.15	792	37.9	PCS-Q3	Indexed	2.24
58/91	Nuclear Physics A Elsevier BV, ISSN 0375-9474	5.13	578	36.8	PCS-Q3	Indexed	2.10
59/91	Journal of Physics Condensed Matter IOP Publishing, ISSN 0953-8984	5.12	2,651	35.7	PCS-Q3	Indexed	2.50
60/91	New Astronomy Elsevier BV, ISSN 1384-1076	5.07	515	34.6	PCS-Q3	Indexed	n/a
61/91	Surface Science Elsevier BV, ISSN 0039-6028	5.04	584	33.5	PCS-Q3	Indexed	2.44
62/91	Physica Scripta IOP Publishing, ISSN 0031-8949	4.80	10,808	32.4	PCS-Q3	Indexed	2.62
63/91	Europhysics Letters (EPL) Institute of Physics, ISSN 0295-5075	4.66	1,354	31.3	PCS-Q3	Indexed	2.09
64/91	Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena Elsevier BV, ISSN 0368-2048	4.42	243	30.2	PCS-Q3	Indexed	n/a
65/91	Applied Radiation and Isotopes Elsevier BV, ISSN 0969-8043	4.42	1,873	29.1	PCS-Q3	Indexed	n/a
66/91	Planetary and Space Science Elsevier BV, ISSN 0032-0633	4.40	463	28.0	PCS-Q3	Indexed	n/a
67/91	Radiation Measurements Elsevier BV, ISSN 1350-4487	4.29	589	26.9	PCS-Q3	Indexed	n/a
68/91	IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity IEEE Council on Superconductivity, ISSN 1051-8223	4.23	3,354	25.8	PCS-Q3	Indexed	1.87
69/91	Newton Elsevier BV, ISSN 2950-6360	4.12	163	24.7	PCS-Q4	Indexed	n/a
70/91	Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics Elsevier BV, ISSN 1364-6826	4.07	617	23.6	PCS-Q4	Indexed	n/a
71/91	IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, ISSN 0018-9499	4.05	1,752	22.5	PCS-Q4	Indexed	2.11
72/91	Review of Scientific Instruments American Institute of Physics, ISSN 0034-6748	3.98	3,600	21.4	PCS-Q4	Indexed	1.72
73/91	Nuclear Data Sheets Elsevier BV, ISSN 0090-3752	3.82	98	20.3	PCS-Q4	Indexed	n/a
74/91	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment Elsevier BV, ISSN 0168-9002	3.77	3,600	19.2	PCS-Q4	Indexed	1.59
75/91	physica status solidi (b) Wiley, ISSN 0370-1972	3.76	1,298	18.1	PCS-Q4	Indexed	1.56
76/91	Nuclear Analysis Elsevier BV, ISSN 2773-1839	3.75	95	17.0	PCS-Q4	Indexed	n/a
77/91	Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 0236-5731	3.70	2,505	15.9	PCS-Q4	Indexed	1.82
78/91	Physics Open Elsevier BV, ISSN 2666-0326	3.67	224	14.8	PCS-Q4	Indexed	n/a
79/91	Frontiers in Complex Systems Frontiers Media SA, ISSN 2813-6187	3.52	50	13.7	PCS-Q4	Indexed	n/a
80/91	Materials Today Quantum Elsevier BV, ISSN 2950-2578	3.52	56	12.6	PCS-Q4	Indexed	n/a
81/91	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms Elsevier BV, ISSN 0168-583X	3.48	1,195	11.5	PCS-Q4	Indexed	1.59
82/91	Journal of Mathematical Physics American Institute of Physics, ISSN 0022-2488	3.03	1,763	10.4	PCS-Q4	Indexed	1.25
83/91	Physica C Superconductivity Elsevier BV, ISSN 0921-4534	2.99	512	9.3	PCS-Q4	Indexed	1.53
84/91	High Energy Density Physics Elsevier BV, ISSN 1574-1818	2.63	154	8.2	PCS-Q4	Indexed	n/a
85/91	Reports on Mathematical Physics Elsevier BV, ISSN 0034-4877	2.50	196	7.1	PCS-Q4	Indexed	n/a
86/91	Fundamental Plasma Physics Elsevier BV, ISSN 2772-8285	2.32	82	6.0	PCS-Q4	Indexed	n/a
87/91	Nonlinear Science Elsevier BV, ISSN 3050-5178	1.78	82	5.0	PCS-Q4	Indexed	n/a
88/91	Chinese Astronomy and Astrophysics Elsevier BV, ISSN 0275-1062	0.91	175	3.9	PCS-Q4	Indexed	n/a
89/91	Nuclear and Particle Physics Proceedings Elsevier BV, ISSN 2405-6014	0.75	319	2.8	PCS-Q4	Indexed	n/a
90/91	Journal of Subatomic Particles and Cosmology Elsevier BV, ISSN 3050-4805	0.61	261	1.6	PCS-Q4	Indexed	n/a
91/91	New Scientist Elsevier BV, ISSN 0262-4079	0.07	9,016	0.6	PCS-Q4	Indexed	n/a

PCS-Q-1.0. PCS determines the PCS-Q ranking only; it does not determine Citation Rank, Citation Percentile or Citation Quartile. Item counts in amber are below 20 and should be read as a limited sample. 3 further journals are assigned to this category with low subject confidence and are not ranked in it.