New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 CA-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians215.164
2 Chemical Reviews91.998
3 Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior77.176
4 Reviews of Modern Physics75.110
5 Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy75.083
6 Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology75.014
7 Progress in Energy and Combustion Science72.951
8 Electrochemical Energy Reviews71.197
9 IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials69.888
10 Nature Reviews Microbiology69.735
11 Progress in Materials Science67.718
12 Cell65.388
13 Artificial Intelligence Review65.017
14 International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education63.683
15 Physiological Reviews62.057
16 Cancer Cell57.235
17 Advances in Optics and Photonics56.923
18 Biochar56.680
19 Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology56.322
20 Chemical Society Reviews55.891
21 Nature Reviews Disease Primers55.702
22 Nature Reviews Materials55.284
23 Journal of Hematology & Oncology54.607
24 Annual Review of Pathology-Mechanisms of Disease54.149
25 Annual Review of Immunology53.455
26 Annual Review of Psychology53.053
27 Environmental Chemistry Letters52.722
28 ACM Computing Surveys50.313
29 Nature Energy49.740
30 New England Journal of Medicine49.510
31 Nano-Micro Letters48.438
32 Cell Metabolism47.307
33 Nature Catalysis46.177
34 Nature Medicine45.117
35 International Journal of Information Management44.585
36 Annual Review Plant Biology44.357
37 Molecular Cancer44.079
38 Joule42.916
39 Energy & Environmental Science42.025
40 Seminars in Cancer Biology41.502
41 Nature Nanotechnology41.349
42 Nature Reviews Cancer41.243
43 Progress in Polymer Science40.795
44 Immunity40.270
45 Nature Reviews Immunology40.169
46 Reviews of Geophysics40.122
47 Nature Reviews Genetics39.867
48 Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters39.188
49 Nature Reviews Chemistry39.076
50 Nature Machine Intelligence38.976
51 Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics38.850
52 Endocrine Reviews38.481
53 Quarterly Journal of Economics38.156
54 Coordination Chemistry Reviews37.872
55 Annual Review of Biochemistry37.057
56 Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics36.763
57 Annual Review of Economics36.746
58 Nature Photonics36.613
59 Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews36.577
60 Human Resource Management Review36.281
61 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental35.930
62 Fungal Diversity35.741
63 Nature Materials35.052
64 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews34.904
65 Journal of Materials Science & Technology34.167
66 Advances in Colloid and Interface Science33.947
67 NPG Asia Materials33.943
68 Journal of Financial Economics33.761
69 Science33.595
70 Nature Reviews Nephrology33.562
71 Advanced Materials33.456
72 Nature Methods32.630
73 IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering32.566
74 Human Reproduction Update32.514
75 Nucleic Acids Research32.497
76 Nature Genetics32.463
77 Nature Sustainability32.280
78 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence31.885
79 Technological Forecasting and Social Change31.734
80 Annual Review of Physiology31.663
81 Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology31.418
- Annual Review of Marine Science31.418
83 Topics in Current Chemistry31.303
84 Progress in Aerospace Sciences31.274
85 International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture30.901
86 Nano Energy30.868
87 MMWR-Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report30.766
88 Cell Stem Cell30.567
89 Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology30.161
90 Lancet Digital Health30.038
91 Annual Review of Medicine29.909
92 Nature Protocols29.861
93 Nature Biotechnology29.855
94 Progress in Lipid Research29.800
95 Accounts of Chemical Research29.747
96 Physics Reports-Review Section of Physics Letters29.733
97 Advanced Fiber Materials29.730
98 EMBO Journal29.725
99 Clinical Microbiology Reviews29.710
100 Nature29.678
101 Advanced Energy Materials29.455
102 Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry29.208
103 Nature Reviews Physics29.203
104 Drug Resistance Updates29.153
105 Nature Electronics29.087
106 Journal of Finance28.986
107 Molecular Neurodegeneration28.677
108 Nature Neuroscience28.661
109 Nature Reviews Cardiology28.553
110 Pharmacology & Therapeutics28.398
111 Academy of Management Annals28.387
112 Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics28.000
113 Lancet27.989
114 Annual Review of Entomology27.973
115 Applied Mechanics Reviews27.884
116 Science Immunology27.784
117 Implementation Science27.705
118 Nature Biomedical Engineering27.631
119 Journal of Energy Chemistry27.610
120 Nature Metabolism27.567
121 Science Translational Medicine27.416
122 ACS Energy Letters27.401
123 Ageing Research Reviews27.341
124 Nature Reviews Drug Discovery27.270
125 Cement & Concrete Composites27.211
126 Cell Host & Microbe27.156
127 Journal of Headache and Pain27.155
128 Annual Review of Microbiology27.150
129 Molecular Plant27.105
130 Proceedings of the IEEE27.074
131 eTransportation27.020
132 Nature Chemistry26.915
133 Acta Neuropathologica26.852
134 Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry26.806
135 Nature Communications26.709
136 Journal of Manufacturing Systems26.668
137 Information Fusion26.633
138 Nature Cancer26.551
139 Neuron26.507
140 World Psychiatry26.502
141 Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology26.485
142 Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports26.350
143 Periodontology 200026.345
144 Journal of Innovation & Knowledge26.219
145 International Journal of Plasticity26.203
146 Nature Microbiology26.166
147 ACS Nano26.085
148 Translational Neurodegeneration26.020
149 Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing25.950
150 International Materials Reviews25.944
151 Biotechnology Advances25.800
152 Computers in Human Behavior25.725
153 Tourism Management25.713
154 Science Robotics25.702
155 Medical Image Analysis25.681
156 Cement and Concrete Research25.635
157 Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics25.613
158 Trends in Cell Biology25.581
159 Light-Science & Applications25.484
160 Opto-Electronic Advances25.475
161 Computational Visual Media25.393
162 Annual Review of Public Health25.360
163 Journal of Statistical Software25.344
164 Computers & Education25.319
165 Journal of the American Chemical Society25.304
166 Diabetes Care25.205
167 IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics25.179
168 Cancer and Metastasis Reviews25.148
169 Progress in Retinal and Eye Research25.105
170 Food Hydrocolloids25.088
171 Nature Reviews Neuroscience25.069
172 Lancet Neurology25.015
173 Microbiome24.925
174 Annual Review of Clinical Psychology24.894
175 American Economic Review24.886
176 Trends in Food Science & Technology24.878
177 Molecular Cell24.766
178 Redox Biology24.743
179 Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services24.698
180 IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems24.684
181 EMBO Molecular Medicine24.569
182 Journal of Business Research24.402
183 International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing24.383
184 Journal of Extracellular Vesicles24.294
185 Annual Review of Food Science and Technology24.261
186 Annual Review of Phytopathology24.260
187 British Journal of Educational Technology24.229
188 Applied Energy24.205
189 Energy Storage Materials23.984
190 Government Information Quarterly23.980
191 Chem23.936
192 Gut Microbes23.883
193 Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology23.766
194 Energy Economics23.745
195 Materials Today23.737
196 Journal of Economic Perspectives23.724
197 Automation in Construction23.646
198 IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications23.599
199 International Journal of Mining Science and Technology23.520
200 TRAC-Trends in Analytical Chemistry23.496
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