Top Peer Reviewed Journals Physics Presented to Iowa State University Presented by Thomson Reuters 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.Acoustics7. Physics, Fluids & Plasmas 2.Imaging Science & Photographic Technology8. Physics, Mathematical 3.Optics9.Physics, Multidisciplinary 4.Physics, Applied10.Physics, Nuclear 5.Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical11.Physics, Particles & Fields 6.Physics, Condensed Matter The chart below provides an ordered view of the top peer reviewed journals within the 1stquartileforPhysicsbasedonImpactFactors(IF),threeyearaveragesandtheir quartile ranking. Journal2009 IF2010 IF2011 IFAverage IF REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS33.1451.6943.9342.92 Nature Photonics22.8626.529.2726.21 ADVANCES IN PHYSICS19.6321.213725.95 PHYSICS REPORTS-REVIEW SECTION OF PHYSICS LETTERS 17.7519.4320.3919.19 Nature Physics15.4918.4318.9617.63 Living Reviews in Relativity10.612.6217.4613.56 REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS11.4413.8514.7213.34 Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics 12.3812.38 PROGRESS IN SURFACE SCIENCE7.9110.368.638.97 ANNUAL REVIEW OF NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE SCIENCE 11.967.886.458.76 Laser & Photonics Reviews5.819.317.387.50 PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS7.327.627.377.44 LASER PHYSICS LETTERS5.56.019.977.16 CRITICAL REVIEWS IN SOLID STATE AND MATERIALS SCIENCES 5.166.149.466.92 JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS6.016.045.835.96 PHYSICS TODAY4.434.435.644.83 PHYSICAL REVIEW D4.924.964.554.81 PHYSICS LETTERS B5.085.253.954.76 NUCLEAR PHYSICS B4.344.644.664.55 Advances in High Energy Physics 4.524.52 Journal of Physical Chemistry C4.224.524.84.51 ACTA PHYSICA SLOVACA7.453.252.164.29 PROGRESS IN OPTICS2.664.25.954.27 Solid State Physics 4.663.334.00 NUCLEAR FUSION4.273.34.093.89 NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS3.313.844.173.77 ADVANCES IN ATOMIC MOLECULAR AND OPTICAL PHYSICS 3.084.943.293.77 APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS3.553.843.843.74 LASER AND PARTICLE BEAMS 3.65 3.65 PHYSICAL REVIEW B3.473.773.693.64 LASER PHYSICS 3.63.60 OPTICS EXPRESS3.273.753.583.53 PROGRESS IN PARTICLE AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS 3.554.022.613.39 PHYSICAL REVIEW C3.473.413.33.39 CHAOS SOLITONS & FRACTALS3.31 3.31 OPTICS LETTERS3.053.313.393.25 EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C2.743.243.633.20 JOURNAL OF PHYSICS G-NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE PHYSICS 2.12 4.173.15 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM GRAVITY3.023.093.323.14 MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS3.033.2533.09 QUANTUM INFORMATION & COMPUTATION 2.98 2.98 JOURNAL OF RHEOLOGY2.643.112.972.91 PHYSICS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY2.783.052.822.88 PHYSICAL REVIEW A2.862.862.872.86 RIVISTA DEL NUOVO CIMENTO3.52.442.572.84 JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL REFERENCE DATA 2.093.213.172.82 ANNALS OF PHYSICS2.672.912.852.81 COMPUTER PHYSICS COMMUNICATIONS 2.33.262.78 CONTEMPORARY PHYSICS2.783.242.082.70 JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL MECHANICS-THEORY AND EXPERIMENT 2.67 2.67 Applied Physics Express2.222.773.012.67 JOURNAL OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 2.572.92.362.61 EPL2.892.752.172.60 SUPERCONDUCTOR SCIENCE &2.692.42.662.58 TECHNOLOGY GENERAL RELATIVITY AND GRAVITATION 2.612.53 2.57 PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION 2.42.462.732.53 Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters2.562.812.212.53 JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION 2.332.722.53 PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES 2.292.452.772.50 IEEE JOURNAL OF QUANTUM ELECTRONICS 2.48 2.48 ISPRS JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING 2.32.182.882.45 Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications 2.132.75 2.44 JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER 2.332.542.44 SOLID STATE IONICS2.162.492.642.43 JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY2.182.252.782.40 PROGRESS OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS2.362.552.292.40 EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL A 2.592.192.39 RHEOLOGICA ACTA 2.38 2.38 PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2.382.212.522.37 PHYSICS-USPEKHI2.622.242.152.34 JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS2.362.342.312.34 PHYSICAL REVIEW E2.42.352.252.33 IEEE Photonics Journal 2.342.322.33 PHYSICS OF PLASMAS2.472.322.142.31 Physical Review Special Topics-Physics Education Research 2.3 2.30 JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS2.082.12.542.24 APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS AND OPTICS 2.242.182.21 IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS 2.192.19 ATOMIC DATA AND NUCLEAR DATA TABLES 2.182.162.17 INVERSE PROBLEMS2.132.13 JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS 2.082.092.182.12 JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS2.072.162.12 JOURNAL OF LUMINESCENCE2.12.10 EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL E2.092.09 Communications in Computational Physics2.072.07 CHAOS2.072.07 COMMUNICATIONS IN MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS 2.062.06 Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics 2.032.03 Year 2009 JournalImpact FactorRanking REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS33.141/275 Nature Photonics22.862/275 ADVANCES IN PHYSICS19.633/275 PHYSICS REPORTS-REVIEW SECTION OF PHYSICS LETTERS 17.754/275 Nature Physics15.495/275 ANNUAL REVIEW OF NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE SCIENCE11.966/275 REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS11.447/275 Living Reviews in Relativity10.68/275 PROGRESS IN SURFACE SCIENCE7.919/275 ACTA PHYSICA SLOVACA7.4510/275 PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS7.3211/275 JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS6.0112/275 Laser & Photonics Reviews5.8113/275 LASER PHYSICS LETTERS5.514/275 CRITICAL REVIEWS IN SOLID STATE AND MATERIALS SCIENCES 5.1615/275 PHYSICS LETTERS B5.0816/275 PHYSICAL REVIEW D4.9217/275 PHYSICS TODAY4.4318/275 NUCLEAR PHYSICS B4.3419/275 NUCLEAR FUSION4.2720/275 Journal of Physical Chemistry C4.2221/275 APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS3.5522/275 PROGRESS IN PARTICLE AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS3.5522/275 RIVISTA DEL NUOVO CIMENTO3.524/275 PHYSICAL REVIEW B3.4725/275 PHYSICAL REVIEW C3.4725/275 CHAOS SOLITONS & FRACTALS3.3127/275 NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS3.3127/275 OPTICS EXPRESS3.2729/275 ADVANCES IN ATOMIC MOLECULAR AND OPTICAL PHYSICS 3.0830/275 OPTICS LETTERS3.0531/275 MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS3.0332/275 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM GRAVITY3.0233/275 QUANTUM INFORMATION & COMPUTATION2.9834/275 EPL2.8935/275 PHYSICAL REVIEW A2.8636/275 CONTEMPORARY PHYSICS2.7837/275 PHYSICS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY2.7837/275 EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C2.7439/275 SUPERCONDUCTOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2.6940/275 ANNALS OF PHYSICS2.6741/275 JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL MECHANICS-THEORY AND EXPERIMENT 2.6741/275 PROGRESS IN OPTICS2.6643/275 JOURNAL OF RHEOLOGY2.6444/275 PHYSICS-USPEKHI2.6245/275 GENERAL RELATIVITY AND GRAVITATION2.6146/275 JOURNAL OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN2.5747/275 Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters2.5648/275 PHYSICS OF PLASMAS2.4749/275 PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION2.450/275 PHYSICAL REVIEW E2.450/275 PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2.3852/275 PROGRESS OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS2.3653/275 JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS2.3653/275 ISPRS JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING 2.355/275 PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES 2.2956/275 Applied Physics Express2.2257/275 JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY2.1858/275 SOLID STATE IONICS2.1659/275 Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications2.1360/275 JOURNAL OF PHYSICS G-NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE PHYSICS 2.1261/275 JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL REFERENCE DATA 2.0962/275 JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS 2.0863/275 JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS2.0863/275 Communications in Computational Physics2.0765/275 JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS2.0765/275 COMMUNICATIONS IN MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS2.0667/275 Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics2.0368/275 Year 2010 JournalImpact FactorRanking REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS51.691/293 Nature Photonics26.52/293 ADVANCES IN PHYSICS21.213/293 PHYSICS REPORTS-REVIEW SECTION OF PHYSICS LETTERS 19.434/293 Nature Physics18.435/293 REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS13.856/293 Living Reviews in Relativity12.627/293 PROGRESS IN SURFACE SCIENCE10.368/293 Laser & Photonics Reviews9.319/293 Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science7.8810/293 PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS7.6211/293 CRITICAL REVIEWS IN SOLID STATE AND MATERIALS SCIENCES 6.1412/293 JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS6.0413/293 LASER PHYSICS LETTERS6.0114/293 PHYSICS LETTERS B5.2515/293 PHYSICAL REVIEW D4.9616/293 Advances In Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics4.9417/293 Solid State Physics4.6618/293 NUCLEAR PHYSICS B4.6419/293 Journal of Physical Chemistry C4.5220/293 PHYSICS TODAY4.4321/293 Progress in Optics4.222/293 PROGRESS IN PARTICLE AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS4.0223/293 APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS3.8424/293 NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS3.8424/293 PHYSICAL REVIEW B3.7726/293 OPTICS EXPRESS3.7527/293 LASER AND PARTICLE BEAMS3.6528/293 PHYSICAL REVIEW C3.4129/293 OPTICS LETTERS3.3130/293 NUCLEAR FUSION3.331/293 ACTA PHYSICA SLOVACA3.2532/293 MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS3.2532/293 EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C3.2434/293 CONTEMPORARY PHYSICS3.2434/293 JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL REFERENCE DATA 3.2136/293 JOURNAL OF RHEOLOGY3.1137/293 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM GRAVITY3.0938/293 PHYSICS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY3.0539/293 ANNALS OF PHYSICS2.9140/293 JOURNAL OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN2.941/293 PHYSICAL REVIEW A2.8642/293 Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters2.8143/293 Applied Physics Express2.7744/293 Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications2.7545/293 EPL2.7545/293 EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL A2.5947/293 PROGRESS OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS2.5548/293 GENERAL RELATIVITY AND GRAVITATION2.5349/293 SOLID STATE IONICS2.4950/293 IEEE JOURNAL OF QUANTUM ELECTRONICS2.4851/293 PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION2.4652/293 PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES 2.4553/293 RIVISTA DEL NUOVO CIMENTO2.4454/293 SUPERCONDUCTOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2.455/293 RHEOLOGICA ACTA2.3856/293 PHYSICAL REVIEW E2.3557/293 JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS2.3458/293 IEEE Photonics Journal2.3458/293 JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER2.3360/293 JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION2.3360/293 PHYSICS OF PLASMAS2.3262/293 COMPUTER PHYSICS COMMUNICATIONS2.363/293 Physical Review Special Topics-Physics Education Research2.363/293 JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY2.2565/293 PHYSICS-USPEKHI2.2466/293 APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS AND OPTICS2.2466/293 PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2.2168/293 ATOMIC DATA AND NUCLEAR DATA TABLES2.1869/293 ISPRS JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING 2.1869/293 INVERSE PROBLEMS2.1371/293 JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS2.172/293 EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL E2.0973/293 JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS 2.0973/293 Year 2011 JournalImpact FactorRanking REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS43.931/299 ADVANCES IN PHYSICS372/299 Nature Photonics29.273/299 PHYSICS REPORTS-REVIEW SECTION OF PHYSICS LETTERS 20.394/299 Nature Physics18.965/299 Living Reviews in Relativity17.466/299 REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS14.727/299 Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics12.388/299 LASER PHYSICS LETTERS9.979/299 CRITICAL REVIEWS IN SOLID STATE AND MATERIALS SCIENCES 9.4610/299 PROGRESS IN SURFACE SCIENCE8.6311/299 Laser & Photonics Reviews7.3812/299 PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS7.3713/299 Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science6.4514/299 Progress in Optics5.9515/299 JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS5.8316/299 PHYSICS TODAY5.6417/299 Journal of Physical Chemistry C4.818/299 NUCLEAR PHYSICS B4.6619/299 PHYSICAL REVIEW D4.5520/299 Advances in High Energy Physics4.5221/299 JOURNAL OF PHYSICS G-NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE PHYSICS 4.1722/299 NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS4.1722/299 NUCLEAR FUSION4.0924/299 PHYSICS LETTERS B3.9525/299 APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS3.8426/299 PHYSICAL REVIEW B3.6927/299 EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C3.6328/299 LASER PHYSICS3.629/299 OPTICS EXPRESS3.5830/299 OPTICS LETTERS3.3931/299 Solid State Physics3.3332/299 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM GRAVITY3.3233/299 PHYSICAL REVIEW C3.334/299 Advances In Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics3.2935/299 COMPUTER PHYSICS COMMUNICATIONS3.2636/299 JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL REFERENCE DATA 3.1737/299 Applied Physics Express3.0138/299 MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS339/299 JOURNAL OF RHEOLOGY2.9740/299 ISPRS JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING 2.8841/299 PHYSICAL REVIEW A2.8742/299 ANNALS OF PHYSICS2.8543/299 PHYSICS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY2.8244/299 JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY2.7845/299 PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES 2.7746/299 PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION2.7347/299 JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION2.7248/299 SUPERCONDUCTOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2.6649/299 SOLID STATE IONICS2.6450/299 PROGRESS IN PARTICLE AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS2.6151/299 RIVISTA DEL NUOVO CIMENTO2.5752/299 JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER2.5453/299 JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS2.5453/299 PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2.5255/299 JOURNAL OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN2.3656/299 IEEE Photonics Journal2.3257/299 JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS2.3158/299 PROGRESS OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS2.2959/299 PHYSICAL REVIEW E2.2560/299 Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters2.2161/299 EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL A2.1962/299 IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS2.1962/299 APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS AND OPTICS2.1864/299 JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS 2.1864/299 EPL2.1766/299 JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS2.1667/299 ACTA PHYSICA SLOVACA2.1667/299 ATOMIC DATA AND NUCLEAR DATA TABLES2.1667/299 PHYSICS-USPEKHI2.1570/299 PHYSICS OF PLASMAS2.1471/299 JOURNAL OF LUMINESCENCE2.172/299 CONTEMPORARY PHYSICS2.0873/299 CHAOS2.0774/299