165 Physics and Astronomy journals in ORBIT Tier 2 with at least 10 papers in 2025. ORBIT Tier 2: second quarter of Physics and Astronomy by citation impact, our own ranking. Not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
As of 2 October 2026. From OpenAlex, Crossref and DOAJ. ORBIT Tier is our own ranking within a field, not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
| Journal | ISSN | Papers in 2025 | ORBIT Tier | Fee to publish | Open access | DOAJ | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Journal of Instrumentation | 1748-0221 | 1,086 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment | 0168-9002 | 939 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity | 1051-8223 | 798 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Review of Scientific Instruments | 0034-6748 | 794 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| International Journal of High Speed Electronics and Systems | 0129-1564 | 712 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Singapore |
| Applied Radiation and Isotopes | 0969-8043 | 664 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Physics Condensed Matter | 0953-8984 | 577 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science | 0018-9499 | 505 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Mathematical Physics | 0022-2488 | 487 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics | 1526-9914 | 469 | 2 | ≈ ₹97,292 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion | 0741-3335 | 417 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Indian Journal of Physics | 0019-5480 | 383 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | India |
| International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics | 0219-8878 | 372 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Singapore |
| Journal of the Optical Society of America B | 0740-3224 | 364 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Research Notes of the AAS | 2515-5172 | 353 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| International Journal of Modern Physics A | 0217-751X | 334 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Singapore |
| Modern Physics Letters A | 0217-7323 | 320 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Singapore |
| Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics | 1674-4527 | 320 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | China |
| physica status solidi (b) | 0370-1972 | 318 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Russian Physics Journal | 1064-8887 | 312 | 2 | ≈ ₹3,16,921 to publish | No | No | Netherlands |
| Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express | 2057-1976 | 310 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Europhysics Letters (EPL) | 0295-5075 | 305 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | France |
| Journal of the Physical Society of Japan | 0031-9015 | 300 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Japan |
| Journal of Optics | 0150-536X | 267 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Letters | 0021-3640 | 264 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Physics Education | 0031-9120 | 260 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| International Journal of Modern Physics C | 0129-1831 | 256 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Singapore |
| Clinical Oncology | 0936-6555 | 250 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Applied Physics B | 0721-7269 | 237 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics | 1364-6826 | 237 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems | 2329-4124 | 235 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Advances in Radiation Oncology | 2452-1094 | 234 | 2 | ≈ ₹2,40,821 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Molecular Physics | 0026-8976 | 234 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Nuclear Physics A | 0375-9474 | 232 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism | 1557-1939 | 229 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| International Journal of Modern Physics B | 0217-9792 | 216 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Singapore |
| Low Temperature Physics | 1063-777X | 211 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology | 2405-6316 | 206 | 2 | ≈ ₹2,00,363 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics | 2050-3911 | 195 | 2 | ≈ ₹79,266 to publish | Yes | Yes | Japan |
| Newton | 2950-6360 | 194 | 2 | ≈ ₹5,25,954 to publish | No | No | |
| Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology | 2405-6308 | 192 | 2 | ≈ ₹2,43,711 to publish | Yes | Yes | Ireland |
| Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences | 2296-987X | 191 | 2 | ≈ ₹2,24,883 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Practical Radiation Oncology | 1879-8500 | 185 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine | 2662-4729 | 184 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Switzerland |
| Semiconductor Science and Technology | 0268-1242 | 184 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Surface Review and Letters | 0218-625X | 171 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Singapore |
| Journal of Statistical Physics | 0022-4715 | 170 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Studies in Applied Mathematics | 0022-2526 | 167 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Radiation Measurements | 1350-4487 | 166 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Plasma Science and Technology | 1009-0630 | 164 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| The European Physical Journal D | 1434-6060 | 163 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | France |
| Strahlentherapie und Onkologie | 0179-7158 | 158 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Semiconductors | 1063-7826 | 155 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Laser Physics Letters | 1612-2011 | 153 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| International Journal of Modern Physics D | 0218-2718 | 151 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Singapore |
| Theoretical and Mathematical Physics | 0040-5779 | 150 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Germany |
| Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics | 0953-4075 | 141 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology | 1754-9477 | 137 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | |
| Plasma Physics Reports | 1063-780X | 136 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Computer Optics | 0134-2452 | 133 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Physica C Superconductivity | 0921-4534 | 124 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Radiation Detection Technology and Methods | 2509-9930 | 123 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Singapore |
| Reports of Practical Oncology & Radiotherapy | 1428-2267 | 122 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| International Journal of Modern Physics E | 0218-3013 | 120 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Singapore |
| Radio Science | 0048-6604 | 120 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics | 1003-7713 | 115 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | China |
| Cancer/Radiothérapie | 1278-3218 | 114 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | France |
| New Astronomy | 1384-1076 | 113 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Laser Physics | 1054-660X | 112 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Russia |
| Contributions to Plasma Physics | 0863-1042 | 111 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Planetary and Space Science | 0032-0633 | 110 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Astronomy and Computing | 2213-1337 | 107 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Advances in Complex Systems | 0219-5259 | 104 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Singapore |
| Earth and Planetary Physics | 2096-3955 | 104 | 2 | ≈ ₹2,29,882 to publish | Yes | Yes | China |
| Particles | 2571-712X | 104 | 2 | ≈ ₹1,84,520 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Journal of Medical Physics | 0971-6203 | 102 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | India |
| Atoms | 2218-2004 | 100 | 2 | ≈ ₹1,72,987 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Journal of Low Temperature Physics | 0022-2291 | 99 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Theoretical Chemistry Accounts | 1432-2234 | 95 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Complexity | 1076-2787 | 91 | 2 | ≈ ₹2,92,839 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Foundations of Physics | 0015-9018 | 89 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Journal of Modern Physics | 2153-1196 | 88 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | United States |
| Canadian Journal of Physics | 0008-4204 | 86 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Canada |
| Fluctuation and Noise Letters | 0219-4775 | 86 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Singapore |
| Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy | 0250-6335 | 86 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | India |
| Journal of Ocean Engineering and Science | 2096-0522 | 82 | 2 | ≈ ₹1,73,391 to publish | Yes | Yes | China |
| Applied Network Science | 2364-8228 | 77 | 2 | ≈ ₹1,62,160 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Journal of Physics Complexity | 2632-072X | 75 | 2 | ≈ ₹2,53,044 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Technical Innovations & Patient Support in Radiation Oncology | 2405-6324 | 73 | 2 | ≈ ₹1,35,823 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Physics | 2624-8174 | 72 | 2 | ≈ ₹1,61,455 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Color Research & Application | 0361-2317 | 71 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Zeitschrift für Medizinische Physik | 0939-3889 | 71 | 2 | ≈ ₹2,40,821 to publish | Yes | Yes | Germany |
| Romanian Journal of Physics | 1221-146X | 70 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Romania |
| Journal of Contemporary Physics (Armenian Academy of Sciences) | 1068-3372 | 68 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Fusion Energy | 0164-0313 | 68 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Regular and Chaotic Dynamics | 1468-4845 | 67 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials | 0218-1991 | 66 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Singapore |
| RAS Techniques and Instruments | 2752-8200 | 66 | 2 | ≈ ₹1,59,348 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Semiconductor Physics Quantum Electronics & Optoelectronics | 1560-8034 | 66 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Ukraine |
| High Energy Density Physics | 1574-1818 | 65 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
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