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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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 CA-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians230.850
2 Chemical Reviews86.831
3 Reviews of Modern Physics73.855
4 Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology70.367
5 Cell68.058
6 Progress in Energy and Combustion Science63.490
7 Physiological Reviews62.972
8 Nature Reviews Microbiology60.094
9 Progress in Materials Science57.821
10 New England Journal of Medicine55.384
11 Cellular & Molecular Immunology54.750
12 Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology53.563
13 IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials52.113
14 Annual Review Plant Biology50.476
15 International Journal of Information Management49.165
16 Annual Review of Pathology-Mechanisms of Disease48.378
17 Fungal Diversity47.902
18 Nature Reviews Cancer46.888
19 Chemical Society Reviews46.173
20 Journal of Financial Economics46.151
21 Cancer Cell45.514
22 Nature Nanotechnology44.646
23 Journal of Hematology & Oncology43.930
24 Annual Review of Immunology42.127
25 Nature Reviews Genetics42.104
26 Coordination Chemistry Reviews41.208
27 Progress in Polymer Science41.193
28 Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics41.170
29 Cell Metabolism40.959
30 Nature Medicine40.931
31 Experimental and Molecular Medicine40.574
32 ACM Computing Surveys39.846
33 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental39.759
34 Nature Reviews Immunology39.742
35 Endocrine Reviews39.409
36 Clinical Reviews in Allergy & Immunology38.905
37 Molecular Cancer38.657
38 International Journal of Oral Science38.476
39 Annual Review of Psychology37.800
40 Immunity37.739
41 Artificial Intelligence Review37.733
42 Environmental Chemistry Letters37.471
43 Annual Review of Biochemistry37.238
44 Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews36.981
45 Cell Research36.909
46 Nature Genetics36.825
47 Advances in Optics and Photonics36.268
48 Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics36.205
49 Nature Materials36.151
50 Seminars in Cancer Biology35.373
51 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews35.237
52 MMWR-Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report34.257
53 Nature Methods33.869
54 Annual Review of Neuroscience33.345
55 Science33.226
56 Annual Review of Medicine33.078
57 Energy & Environmental Science32.601
58 Nature Photonics32.440
59 Quarterly Journal of Economics31.868
60 Advanced Materials31.699
61 Advances in Colloid and Interface Science31.623
62 Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology31.612
63 Trends in Food Science & Technology31.251
64 Progress in Retinal and Eye Research30.098
65 Nature Reviews Drug Discovery30.037
66 Science Translational Medicine29.840
67 Annual Review of Physiology29.554
68 Nature Protocols29.468
69 Cell Stem Cell29.424
70 American Economic Review29.133
71 Nature Biotechnology29.103
72 Journal of Materials Science & Technology29.040
73 Clinical Microbiology Reviews29.011
74 Nucleic Acids Research28.993
75 Nature28.794
76 Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters28.697
77 Technological Forecasting and Social Change28.387
78 Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports28.376
79 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence28.283
80 Lancet28.148
81 Advanced Energy Materials28.033
82 EPMA Journal28.000
83 International Materials Reviews27.563
84 Reports on Progress in Physics27.513
85 Progress in Lipid Research27.390
86 Nature Neuroscience27.363
87 Annual Review of Public Health27.360
88 Biotechnology Advances27.263
89 Accounts of Chemical Research27.184
90 Human Reproduction Update26.988
91 Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics26.954
92 Journal of Manufacturing Systems26.881
93 Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics26.835
94 Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology26.831
95 Cell Host & Microbe26.658
96 International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture26.615
97 Information Fusion26.535
98 Nature Chemistry26.102
99 Molecular Cell26.019
100 Materials Today26.013
101 Nature Reviews Cardiology25.887
102 Periodontology 200025.696
103 Journal of Business Research25.597
104 Annual Review of Microbiology25.526
105 Nature Reviews Neuroscience25.459
106 Academy of Management Annals25.400
107 Physics Reports-Review Section of Physics Letters25.366
108 Biomaterials25.244
109 Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews25.170
110 Composites Part B-Engineering25.142
111 Molecular Neurodegeneration25.060
112 Educational Psychologist25.051
113 Nature Communications24.995
114 Pharmacology & Therapeutics24.964
115 Radiologia Medica24.948
116 NPG Asia Materials24.924
117 Tourism Management24.891
118 Journal of the American Chemical Society24.855
119 Neuron24.679
120 Nature Reviews Nephrology24.571
121 Annual Review of Genetics24.527
122 Journal of Extracellular Vesicles24.466
123 Nature Immunology24.442
124 Pharmacological Reviews24.381
125 EMBO Journal24.315
126 Technology in Society24.258
127 Drug Resistance Updates24.014
128 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Computational Molecular Science23.972
129 Annual Review of Economics23.863
130 Annual Review of Entomology23.814
131 Human Resource Management Review23.758
132 Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services23.756
133 Lancet Neurology23.695
134 Biotechnology for Biofuels23.672
135 ACS Nano23.657
136 Medical Image Analysis23.655
137 Cement and Concrete Research23.604
138 Molecular Plant23.535
139 Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology23.504
140 Proceedings of the IEEE23.446
141 Annual Review of Phytopathology23.442
142 Ageing Research Reviews23.229
143 Basic Research in Cardiology23.152
144 Cement & Concrete Composites23.108
145 Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing22.936
146 Energy Economics22.904
147 Journal of Finance22.892
148 Journal of Hazardous Materials22.842
149 Annual Review of Marine Science22.564
150 Computers & Education22.491
151 Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science22.458
152 IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications22.381
153 Carbohydrate Polymers22.375
154 Progress in Aerospace Sciences22.144
155 Cell Death and Differentiation22.037
156 Earth System Science Data22.025
157 Drugs21.925
158 Review of Financial Studies21.841
159 Computer Science Review21.832
160 Remote Sensing of Environment21.801
161 Angewandte Chemie-International Edition21.796
162 Review of Finance21.779
163 Evidence-Based Mental Health21.571
164 Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering21.557
165 Journal of Headache and Pain21.546
166 Resources Conservation and Recycling21.528
167 Annual Review of Biophysics21.500
168 Nature Reviews Endocrinology21.496
169 Lancet Oncology21.353
170 Water Research21.315
171 Food Hydrocolloids21.310
172 Computers in Human Behavior21.134
173 Sleep Medicine Reviews21.123
174 IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering21.099
175 EMBO Molecular Medicine20.965
176 Automation in Construction20.939
177 Nature Cell Biology20.904
178 Nature Climate Change20.884
179 Academy of Management Review20.883
180 Energy Policy20.825
181 Clinical Psychology Review20.787
182 Diabetes Care20.636
183 Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering20.579
184 Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions20.543
185 Gut20.495
186 Implementation Science20.402
187 Bioresource Technology20.399
188 Genome Medicine20.331
189 TRAC-Trends in Analytical Chemistry20.294
190 Advanced Functional Materials20.268
191 Genes and Immunity20.185
192 Technovation20.156
193 Chemical Engineering Journal20.155
194 Applied Mechanics Reviews20.152
195 Reliability Engineering & System Safety20.116
196 Nature Reviews Neurology20.115
197 Business Strategy and the Environment20.093
198 Academy of Management Journal20.090
199 Annual Review of Clinical Psychology20.071
200 Computers in Industry19.979
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