Best Physics Journals 2026 — Impact Factor, Scopus & Open Access Rankings

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Top Physics Journals — 2026
20 journals found
# Journal Citation Rate CiteScore Open Access APC Fee Details
1 Faraday Discussions of the Chemical Society
The Royal Society of Chemistry · ISSN: 0301-7249
65.00 N/A Subscription N/A View
2 Faraday Symposia of the Chemical Society
· ISSN: 0301-5696
28.00 N/A Subscription N/A View
3 Annual Review of Physical Chemistry
Annual Reviews · ISSN: 0066-426X
9.09 N/A Subscription N/A View
4 Journal of Molecular Modeling
Springer Science+Business Media · ISSN: 0948-5023
3.05 N/A Subscription N/A View
5 Computational and Theoretical Chemistry
Elsevier BV · ISSN: 2210-271X
2.80 N/A Subscription N/A View
6 Computer Physics Communications
Elsevier · ISSN: 0010-4655
2.66 N/A Subscription N/A View
7 International Journal of Quantum Chemistry
Wiley · ISSN: 0020-7608
2.61 N/A Subscription N/A View
8 Chemical Physics Letters
Elsevier BV · ISSN: 0009-2614
2.57 N/A Subscription N/A View
9 ChemPhysChem
Wiley · ISSN: 1439-4235
2.37 N/A Subscription N/A View
10 Chemical Physics
Elsevier · ISSN: 0301-0104
2.11 N/A Subscription N/A View
11 Theoretical Chemistry Accounts
Springer Science+Business Media · ISSN: 1432-2234
1.65 N/A Subscription N/A View
12 Structural Chemistry
Springer Science+Business Media · ISSN: 1040-0400
1.64 N/A Subscription N/A View
13 Israel Journal of Chemistry
Wiley · ISSN: 0021-2148
1.54 N/A Subscription N/A View
14 The European Physical Journal D
Springer Science+Business Media · ISSN: 1434-6060
1.53 N/A Subscription N/A View
15 Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy
Elsevier BV · ISSN: 0022-2852
1.20 N/A Subscription N/A View
16 Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena
Elsevier BV · ISSN: 0368-2048
1.11 N/A Subscription N/A View
17 International Journal of Mass Spectrometry
Elsevier BV · ISSN: 1387-3806
1.04 N/A Subscription N/A View
18 Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry
Wiley · ISSN: 0894-3230
1.02 N/A Subscription N/A View
19 International Journal of Chemical Kinetics
Wiley · ISSN: 0538-8066
0.99 N/A Subscription N/A View
20 Canadian Journal of Chemistry
Canadian Science Publishing · ISSN: 0008-4042
0.72 N/A Subscription N/A View

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