Are you looking for a list of physics and astronomy journals? Then you are in the right place.
Here, we provide an updated list of scholarly, peer-reviewed physics and astronomy journals.
Some of these are open access journals, while others have a high impact factor.
Additionally, many of these journals are indexed in various databases like PubMed, Scopus, Medline, Embase, DOAJ, Google Scholar, and Web of Science (WOS).
This list includes the best national and international academic journals.
Some of them are top-ranking and highly scientific journals with a high H-index and ranking.
For the most recent list of physics and astronomy journals, see the list below.
Journals List | Subject | ISSN | Impact Factor | Payment (APC) |
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Advanced Electromagnetics | Physics and Astronomy | 2119-0275 | 0.8 | ❌ |
Acta Physica Polonica B, Proceedings Supplement | Physics and Astronomy | 1899-2358 | ❌ | |
Acta Mathematica Scientia | Physics and Astronomy | 1572-9087 | 1.2 | ❌ |
AAPPS Bulletin | Physics and Astronomy | 2309-4710 | ✅ | |
ISA Transactions | Physics and Astronomy | 1879-2022 | 7.3 | ✅ |
Physical Review D | Physics and Astronomy | 2470-0029 | 5.0 | ✅ |
Microsystems and Nanoengineering | Physics and Astronomy | 2055-7434 | 7.7 | ✅ |
International Journal of Mechanical Sciences | Physics and Astronomy | 1879-2162 | 7.3 | ✅ |
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Austra... | Physics and Astronomy | 1448-6083 | 6.3 | ✅ |
Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Scie... | Physics and Astronomy | 1547-6561 | 11.1 | ✅ |
2D Materials | Physics and Astronomy | 2053-1583 | 5.5 | ✅ |
Progress in Solid State Chemistry | Physics and Astronomy | 0079-6786 | 12 | ❌ |
Progress in Surface Science | Physics and Astronomy | 1878-4240 | 6.4 | ✅ |
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids | Physics and Astronomy | 0022-5096 | 5.3 | ✅ |
Physical Review Research | Physics and Astronomy | 2643-1564 | 4.2 | ✅ |
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | Physics and Astronomy | 1745-3933 | 4.7 | ✅ |
Communications Physics | Physics and Astronomy | 2399-3650 | 5.5 | ✅ |
Scripta Materialia | Physics and Astronomy | 1872-8456 | 6 | ✅ |
IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniqu... | Physics and Astronomy | 1557-9670 | 4.3 | ✅ |
APL Photonics | Physics and Astronomy | 2378-0967 | 5.6 | ✅ |
Advances in Physics X | Physics and Astronomy | 2374-6149 | 7.7 | ✅ |
International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biolog... | Physics and Astronomy | 1879-355X | 7 | ✅ |
Astrophysical Journal | Physics and Astronomy | 1538-4357 | 4.9 | ✅ |
Photonics Research | Physics and Astronomy | 2327-9125 | 7.6 | ✅ |
Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics | Physics and Astronomy | 2050-3911 | 8.3 | ✅ |
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pa... | Physics and Astronomy | 1538-3873 | 3.5 | ✅ |
Astronomical Journal | Physics and Astronomy | 1538-3881 | 5.3 | ✅ |
IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation | Physics and Astronomy | 1558-2221 | 5.7 | ✅ |
Quantum Science and Technology | Physics and Astronomy | 2058-9565 | 6.7 | ✅ |
NPG Asia Materials | Physics and Astronomy | 1884-4057 | 9.7 | ✅ |
Cell Reports Physical Science | Physics and Astronomy | 2666-3864 | 8.9 | ✅ |
Progress in Photovoltaics | Physics and Astronomy | 1099-159X | 6.7 | ✅ |
NPJ Quantum Materials | Physics and Astronomy | 2397-4648 | 6.3 | ✅ |
Materials Today Nano | Physics and Astronomy | 2588-8420 | 10.3 | ✅ |
IEEE Wireless Communications Letters | Physics and Astronomy | 2162-2345 | 6.3 | ✅ |
Progress in Quantum Electronics | Physics and Astronomy | 0079-6727 | 11.7 | ✅ |
Physical Review Letters | Physics and Astronomy | 1079-7114 | 8.6 | ✅ |
npj 2D Materials and Applications | Physics and Astronomy | 2397-7132 | 11.0 | ✅ |
Astrophysical Journal Letters | Physics and Astronomy | 2041-8213 | 7.9 | ✅ |
Materials Today Physics | Physics and Astronomy | 2542-5293 | 11.5 | ✅ |
AVS Quantum Science | Physics and Astronomy | 2639-0213 | ✅ | |
Nano Letters | Physics and Astronomy | 1530-6992 | 10.8 | ✅ |
IUCrJ | Physics and Astronomy | 2052-2525 | 3.9 | ✅ |
Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series | Physics and Astronomy | 1538-4365 | 8.7 | ✅ |
Nature Astronomy | Physics and Astronomy | 2397-3366 | 13.2 | ✅ |
npj Quantum Information | Physics and Astronomy | 2056-6387 | ✅ | |
Optica | Physics and Astronomy | 2334-2536 | 10.4 | ✅ |
Applied Physics Reviews | Physics and Astronomy | 1931-9401 | 15 | ✅ |
Reports on Progress in Physics | Physics and Astronomy | 1361-6633 | 18.1 | ✅ |
Nature Communications | Physics and Astronomy | 2041-1723 | 16.6 | ✅ |
Light Science and Applications | Physics and Astronomy | 2047-7538 | 19.1 | ✅ |
Progress in Polymer Science | Physics and Astronomy | 0079-6700 | 27.1 | ✅ |
PRX Quantum | Physics and Astronomy | 2691-3399 | 9.7 | ✅ |
Nature Physics | Physics and Astronomy | 1745-2473 | 20.9 | ✅ |
Nature Reviews Physics | Physics and Astronomy | 2522-5820 | 40.5 | ✅ |
Nature Electronics | Physics and Astronomy | 2520-1131 | 38.6 | ✅ |
Nature Photonics | Physics and Astronomy | 1749-4893 | 38.2 | ✅ |
Advances in Physics | Physics and Astronomy | 1460-6976 | ❌ | |
Nature Nanotechnology | Physics and Astronomy | 1748-3395 | 39.9 | ✅ |
Nature Materials | Physics and Astronomy | 1476-1122 | 47.656 | ✅ |
Wuli Xuebao Acta Physica Sinica | Physics and Astronomy | 1000-3290 | ❌ | |
Zhongguo Youse Jinshu Xuebao Chinese Journal of No... | Physics and Astronomy | 1004-0609 | ❌ | |
Physical Review X | Physics and Astronomy | 2160-3308 | 14.417 | ✅ |
Chinese Optics | Physics and Astronomy | 2097-1842 | ❌ | |
Acta Optica Sinica | Physics and Astronomy | 0253-2239 | 2.119 | ❌ |
Chinese Journal of Lasers | Physics and Astronomy | 0258-7025 | 2.487 | ❌ |
Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics | Physics and Astronomy | 1947-5462 | 22.6 | ❌ |
Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics | Physics and Astronomy | 0975-1041 | 0.846 | ❌ |
Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy | Physics and Astronomy | 2454-9983 | 0.8 | ❌ |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences In... | Physics and Astronomy | 2250-1762 | 1.1 | ✅ |
Journal of Radars | Physics and Astronomy | 2095-283X | ✅ | |
JP Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer | Physics and Astronomy | 0973-5763 | ✅ | |
Defence Science Journal | Physics and Astronomy | 0976-464X | 0.9 | ❌ |
Journal of Thermal Science | Physics and Astronomy | 1993-033X | 34 | ❌ |
Journal of Microscopy and Ultrastructure | Physics and Astronomy | 2213-8803 | ❌ | |
Mapan Journal of Metrology Society of India | Physics and Astronomy | 0974-9853 | 0.9 | ✅ |
Journal of Hydrodynamics | Physics and Astronomy | 1878-0342 | 2.84 | ❌ |
Chinese Optics Letters | Physics and Astronomy | 1671-7694 | 3.5 | ❌ |
Experimental and Computational Multiphase Flow | Physics and Astronomy | 2661-8877 | 6.1 | ❌ |
Science China Physics, Mechanics and Astronomy | Physics and Astronomy | 1674-7348 | 4.6 | ❌ |
Frontiers of Physics | Physics and Astronomy | 2095-0470 | 4.4 | ❌ |
Rare Metals | Physics and Astronomy | 1867-7185 | 6.4 | ❌ |
Nano Research | Physics and Astronomy | 1998-0000 | 9.2 | ❌ |
Opto Electronic Advances | Physics and Astronomy | 2096-4579 | 14.38 | ✅ |
Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy | Physics and Astronomy | 0973-7758 | 1.5 | ❌ |
Reviews of Modern Physics | Physics and Astronomy | 1539-0756 | 54.494 | ❌ |