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Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. 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 H4-Index
1 Nature288
2 New England Journal of Medicine250
3 Science239
4 Nature Communications231
5 Lancet210
6 Advanced Materials203
7 Chemical Reviews179
8 Angewandte Chemie-International Edition176
9 Cell174
10 Journal of the American Chemical Society170
11 Nature Medicine169
12 Chemical Engineering Journal168
13 Science of the Total Environment163
14 Advanced Functional Materials155
15 International Journal of Molecular Sciences153
16 ACS Nano151
17 Journal of Hazardous Materials150
18 JAMA-Journal of the American Medical Association148
19 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental147
20 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews143
21 Journal of Cleaner Production141
22 Advanced Energy Materials138
23 Nucleic Acids Research134
24 Chemosphere133
25 Chemical Society Reviews132
26 Coordination Chemistry Reviews131
27 Journal of Clinical Oncology130
28 Journal of Environmental Management125
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America125
30 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence124
- Frontiers in Immunology124
32 Technological Forecasting and Social Change122
33 Energy & Environmental Science121
34 Renewable Energy120
35 Energy118
36 Environmental Science & Technology117
37 Nature Biotechnology115
38 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy114
- Lancet Oncology114
40 Water Research113
- Expert Systems With Applications113
42 Sensors112
- Journal of Business Research112
44 Circulation111
- Journal of Materials Science & Technology111
46 Nature Nanotechnology110
- Nature Materials110
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics110
- Food Chemistry110
- Small110
51 Molecules109
- Energy Economics109
- IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems109
- MMWR-Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report109
- Journal of Colloid and Interface Science109
56 Nature Genetics108
57 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces107
58 Carbohydrate Polymers105
- Bioresource Technology105
- Applied Energy105
- Cancer Cell105
62 Environmental Research104
63 Lancet Infectious Diseases103
- Journal of Hepatology103
- Physical Review Letters103
- Nature Methods103
67 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing102
68 Composites Part B-Engineering101
- European Heart Journal101
- Carbon101
71 Trends in Food Science & Technology100
- Journal of the American College of Cardiology100
- International Journal of Biological Macromolecules100
- Construction and Building Materials100
- Environmental Pollution100
76 ACM Computing Surveys99
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health99
78 Environmental Science and Pollution Research98
79 Food Hydrocolloids97
80 Resources Policy96
81 Computers in Biology and Medicine95
- Nature Reviews Microbiology95
- Immunity95
- IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications95
85 Annals of Oncology94
- Fuel94
- Separation and Purification Technology94
- BMJ-British Medical Journal94
89 PLoS ONE93
- Molecular Cancer93
- Nano Letters93
- Cell Metabolism93
- Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology93
94 Gastroenterology92
- Energy Conversion and Management92
96 Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews91
- Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy91
98 Accounts of Chemical Research90
- Resources Conservation and Recycling90
- Energies90
- Science Translational Medicine90
102 Molecular Cell89
- Journal of Hematology & Oncology89
- Nature Neuroscience89
105 Nature Photonics88
- Progress in Materials Science88
- Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing88
108 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics87
- Ecological Indicators87
- Materials Today87
111 Biomaterials86
- Journal of Alloys and Compounds86
- Nature Reviews Immunology86
- Journal of Controlled Release86
115 Neuron85
- Nature Immunology85
- Blood85
- Environment International85
- Finance Research Letters85
- Neurocomputing85
- Journal of Molecular Liquids85
122 Nano Research84
- Nature Chemistry84
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics84
125 Cell Death & Disease83
- Information Fusion83
- Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology83
- Automation in Construction83
- Pharmaceutics83
- Information Sciences83
- Lancet Neurology83
132 Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical82
- IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems82
- IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications82
- Astrophysical Journal82
- Nature Physics82
- Global Change Biology82
- Materials82
- Applied Surface Science82
- Remote Sensing of Environment82
141 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology81
- Diabetes Care81
- Frontiers in Plant Science81
- Nature Reviews Drug Discovery81
- Computers and Electronics in Agriculture81
- Analytical Chemistry81
- Knowledge-Based Systems81
- Cell Host & Microbe81
- Nature Climate Change81
150 Astronomy & Astrophysics80
- Reliability Engineering & System Safety80
- Business Strategy and the Environment80
- Pattern Recognition80
154 Energy Policy79
- Seminars in Cancer Biology79
- Frontiers in Microbiology79
- Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence79
- Ceramics International79
- Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services79
- Applied Soft Computing79
- Materials & Design79
162 Computers in Human Behavior78
- Frontiers in Pharmacology78
- Journal of Nanobiotechnology78
- IEEE Sensors Journal78
- IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics78
167 IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering77
- Journal of Power Sources77
- Cell Stem Cell77
- Radiology77
- Nature Reviews Cancer77
172 Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases76
- Gut76
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society76
- Frontiers in Psychology76
- Hepatology76
- Advances in Colloid and Interface Science76
- Journal of Medical Internet Research76
- Acta Materialia76
- Technology in Society76
181 IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology75
- Astrophysical Journal Letters75
- Acta Biomaterialia75
- Journal of Membrane Science75
- Applied Thermal Engineering75
- IEEE Transactions on Image Processing75
- TRAC-Trends in Analytical Chemistry75
- Alexandria Engineering Journal75
- Cement & Concrete Composites75
- IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials75
191 Measurement74
- Medical Image Analysis74
- Ageing Research Reviews74
- Artificial Intelligence Review74
195 Building and Environment73
- Nature Reviews Genetics73
- Chemical Science73
- Chinese Chemical Letters73
- Nano Today73
- Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology73
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