New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 CA-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians209.971
2 Chemical Reviews87.514
3 Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology77.205
4 Progress in Energy and Combustion Science73.662
5 Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy70.967
6 Reviews of Modern Physics70.722
7 Cell66.530
8 Electrochemical Energy Reviews66.487
9 Nature Reviews Microbiology64.034
10 Progress in Materials Science63.875
11 Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior62.859
12 IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials59.805
13 Artificial Intelligence Review58.033
14 Physiological Reviews57.466
15 Nature Reviews Disease Primers56.535
16 Annual Review Plant Biology56.526
17 Nature Reviews Materials55.179
18 International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education54.973
19 Cancer Cell54.818
20 Journal of Hematology & Oncology54.783
21 Biochar54.435
22 Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology52.446
23 Advances in Optics and Photonics51.906
24 Reviews of Geophysics49.837
25 Chemical Society Reviews49.716
26 New England Journal of Medicine49.669
27 Environmental Chemistry Letters49.373
28 Nature Energy49.346
29 Nature Catalysis47.399
30 Nano-Micro Letters47.170
31 Annual Review of Pathology-Mechanisms of Disease46.966
32 Annual Review of Immunology45.485
33 Cell Metabolism45.269
34 Joule44.732
35 ACM Computing Surveys44.429
36 Annual Review of Psychology44.354
37 Nature Medicine43.512
38 Nature Nanotechnology43.045
39 Annual Review of Biochemistry42.983
40 International Journal of Information Management42.683
41 Evidence-Based Mental Health42.391
42 Fungal Diversity42.346
43 Molecular Cancer41.605
44 Nature Reviews Immunology41.382
45 International Journal of Oral Science40.939
46 Seminars in Cancer Biology40.409
47 Nature Reviews Genetics39.857
48 Nature Reviews Chemistry39.564
49 Endocrine Reviews39.493
50 Progress in Polymer Science39.414
51 Nature Reviews Cancer39.200
52 Immunity38.076
53 Energy & Environmental Science37.919
54 Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters37.823
55 Coordination Chemistry Reviews37.636
56 Nature Materials37.476
57 Journal of Financial Economics37.393
58 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental37.289
59 Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics36.750
60 Nature Photonics36.684
61 Nature Methods36.573
62 Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews36.321
63 Nature Machine Intelligence35.917
64 Quarterly Journal of Economics35.783
65 Review of Finance35.764
66 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews34.617
67 Annual Review of Economics34.592
68 Advances in Colloid and Interface Science34.195
69 Journal of Materials Science & Technology33.746
70 Nature Genetics33.657
71 Science33.604
72 Human Resource Management Review33.514
73 Advanced Materials32.793
74 Nature Reviews Nephrology32.218
75 Science Robotics32.190
76 Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics32.025
77 Annual Review of Clinical Psychology31.854
78 Nano Energy31.783
79 Human Reproduction Update31.728
80 Nature Sustainability31.651
81 Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology31.602
82 Technological Forecasting and Social Change31.438
83 Annual Review of Neuroscience31.319
84 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence30.698
85 Lancet Digital Health30.479
86 Nucleic Acids Research30.313
87 Nature Protocols30.227
88 Cell Stem Cell30.150
89 MMWR-Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report30.091
90 Nature Electronics29.945
91 Advanced Fiber Materials29.738
92 International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture29.711
93 Academy of Management Annals29.660
94 Nature Biotechnology29.572
95 Nature Neuroscience29.448
96 Progress in Lipid Research29.337
97 Advanced Energy Materials29.330
98 Physics Reports-Review Section of Physics Letters29.249
99 Nature Biomedical Engineering29.227
100 IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering29.114
101 Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics29.015
102 Nature Reviews Physics28.929
103 Annual Review of Biophysics28.746
104 Accounts of Chemical Research28.732
105 Progress in Aerospace Sciences28.723
106 Nature28.633
107 Nature Reviews Cardiology28.607
108 Molecular Neurodegeneration28.191
109 NPG Asia Materials28.048
110 Journal of Finance27.947
111 Annual Review of Marine Science27.946
112 EMBO Journal27.918
113 Science Immunology27.861
114 Topics in Current Chemistry27.803
115 Science Translational Medicine27.690
116 Journal of Energy Chemistry27.618
117 Nature Metabolism27.578
118 Light-Science & Applications27.522
119 International Materials Reviews27.479
120 Pharmacology & Therapeutics27.438
121 Cell Host & Microbe27.427
122 Journal of Manufacturing Systems27.406
123 Clinical Microbiology Reviews27.282
124 Proceedings of the IEEE27.148
125 Annual Review of Physiology27.135
126 Molecular Cell27.111
127 Nature Microbiology27.110
128 Ageing Research Reviews27.109
129 Nature Chemistry27.088
130 Journal of Innovation & Knowledge27.085
131 Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry27.007
132 ACS Energy Letters26.844
133 Drug Resistance Updates26.794
134 Journal of Headache and Pain26.685
135 Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology26.678
136 Lancet26.640
137 Medical Image Analysis26.587
138 Nature Communications26.567
139 American Economic Review26.275
140 Nature Reviews Drug Discovery26.256
141 Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology26.225
142 Neuron26.102
143 Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services26.073
144 Annual Review of Medicine26.021
145 Progress in Retinal and Eye Research25.969
146 Nature Cancer25.898
147 Information Fusion25.892
148 eTransportation25.822
149 Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics25.806
150 Annual Review of Microbiology25.714
151 Molecular Plant25.680
152 World Psychiatry25.631
153 Nature Reviews Neuroscience25.606
154 Cement & Concrete Composites25.524
155 Educational Psychologist25.469
156 Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry25.410
157 Trends in Food Science & Technology25.338
158 Cement and Concrete Research25.304
159 Annual Review of Phytopathology25.233
160 IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications25.155
161 Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing25.132
162 Implementation Science25.130
163 IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics25.075
164 Energy Storage Materials25.018
165 Journal of the American Chemical Society25.007
166 ACS Nano24.955
167 Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology24.778
168 Acta Neuropathologica24.768
169 International Journal of Plasticity24.734
170 Tourism Management24.725
171 Carbon Energy24.647
172 Periodontology 200024.536
173 Microbiome24.531
174 Applied Mechanics Reviews24.489
175 Computers & Education24.265
176 Trends in Cell Biology24.206
177 Lancet Neurology24.187
178 Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology24.168
179 Computers in Human Behavior24.124
180 Chem24.039
181 Redox Biology23.984
182 Computational Visual Media23.966
183 Energy Economics23.944
184 Biotechnology Advances23.937
185 International Journal of Mining Science and Technology23.926
186 Translational Neurodegeneration23.886
187 Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials23.833
188 Journal of Business Research23.801
189 Basic Research in Cardiology23.769
190 Government Information Quarterly23.704
191 Annual Review of Entomology23.676
192 Opto-Electronic Advances23.660
193 Journal of Extracellular Vesicles23.562
194 Diabetes Care23.560
195 Technology in Society23.488
196 IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems23.472
197 ACM Transactions on Graphics23.432
198 International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing23.388
199 Pharmacological Reviews23.356
200 Food Hydrocolloids23.323
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