New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Nature299
2 Nature Communications245
3 New England Journal of Medicine240
4 Science234
5 Advanced Materials207
6 Lancet202
7 Journal of the American Chemical Society179
8 Nature Medicine174
9 Chemical Reviews171
10 Chemical Engineering Journal170
- Angewandte Chemie-International Edition170
12 Cell167
- Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy167
14 Science of the Total Environment164
15 ACS Nano161
16 International Journal of Molecular Sciences160
17 Advanced Functional Materials158
18 Chemical Society Reviews155
19 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental144
- JAMA-Journal of the American Medical Association144
21 Energy & Environmental Science143
- Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews143
23 Journal of Hazardous Materials142
24 Journal of Cleaner Production141
- Advanced Energy Materials141
26 Science Advances140
27 Journal of Clinical Oncology137
28 Chemosphere136
29 IEEE Access135
30 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence134
31 Nature Energy129
32 Coordination Chemistry Reviews128
- Nucleic Acids Research128
34 Technological Forecasting and Social Change127
35 Frontiers in Immunology126
36 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy125
- Nano-Micro Letters125
- Energy125
39 Advanced Science124
- ACS Catalysis124
41 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America123
- Renewable Energy123
43 Journal of Environmental Management122
- Expert Systems With Applications122
- Environmental Science & Technology122
- Nano Energy122
47 Journal of Energy Storage121
- Sensors121
49 Energy Storage Materials120
- Scientific Reports120
51 Molecules118
- Journal of Materials Science & Technology118
- Sustainability118
54 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems115
- IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems115
- Nature Genetics115
57 Journal of Colloid and Interface Science114
- Nature Biotechnology114
59 IEEE Internet of Things Journal113
- Nature Materials113
- Circulation113
62 Applied Energy112
- Energy Economics112
64 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics111
- Food Chemistry111
- Nature Nanotechnology111
67 Water Research110
- IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing110
69 Small109
70 Bioresource Technology108
- Molecular Cancer108
- Environmental Research108
73 ACS Energy Letters107
- Polymers107
- Cancer Cell107
76 JAMA Network Open106
- Journal of Hepatology106
- Joule106
- Journal of Business Research106
80 Carbohydrate Polymers105
- Applied Sciences-Basel105
- Nature Catalysis105
- Journal of Energy Chemistry105
84 Nutrients104
- ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces104
- Physical Review Letters104
87 International Journal of Biological Macromolecules103
- Fuel103
- Nature Methods103
- Construction and Building Materials103
91 Separation and Purification Technology102
- IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics102
- Food Hydrocolloids102
- Lancet Oncology102
95 Journal of Materials Chemistry A101
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health101
97 Progress in Materials Science100
- ACM Computing Surveys100
99 Carbon99
- Lancet Infectious Diseases99
- Environmental Pollution99
- MMWR-Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report99
103 Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy98
- Resources Policy98
- Heliyon98
- Energy Conversion and Management98
- Nature Photonics98
- IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications98
109 Trends in Food Science & Technology97
- Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology97
- Composites Part B-Engineering97
112 European Heart Journal96
- Cells96
- Antioxidants96
115 Immunity95
- Journal of the American College of Cardiology95
- Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing95
- Nano Letters95
- Sustainable Cities and Society95
120 Energies94
- Information Fusion94
- Computers in Biology and Medicine94
123 Accounts of Chemical Research93
- Energy Reports93
- Pharmaceutics93
- Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence93
- Nature Neuroscience93
128 Foods92
- Nature Reviews Microbiology92
- Diabetes Care92
- IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials92
- Cell Metabolism92
- Cancers92
- Gastroenterology92
135 BMJ-British Medical Journal91
136 Blood90
- RSC Advances90
- ACS Omega90
- Annals of Oncology90
- Nature Electronics90
- Journal of Controlled Release90
- Light-Science & Applications90
143 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics89
- Frontiers in Plant Science89
- Finance Research Letters89
- Science Translational Medicine89
- Green Chemistry89
- Astrophysical Journal89
- Neuron89
150 Nanomaterials88
- Molecular Cell88
- Nature Microbiology88
- Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering88
- Automation in Construction88
- Environmental Science and Pollution Research88
- Reliability Engineering & System Safety88
- Neurocomputing88
158 Materials87
- Computers and Electronics in Agriculture87
- Nature Immunology87
- Resources Conservation and Recycling87
- Nature Chemistry87
- Journal of Hematology & Oncology87
- Nature Sustainability87
- IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology87
166 Materials Today86
- Cell Death & Disease86
- IEEE Transactions on Image Processing86
- Microorganisms86
- Lancet Respiratory Medicine86
- Pattern Recognition86
- Chemical Science86
- Journal of Nanobiotechnology86
- Knowledge-Based Systems86
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics86
- PLoS ONE86
- Biomaterials86
- Environment International86
- Electronics86
- Remote Sensing86
181 Frontiers in Microbiology85
- Nano Research85
- Lancet Neurology85
- Plants-Basel85
- Ecological Indicators85
- IEEE Transactions on Systems Man Cybernetics-Systems85
- Cell Reports85
188 Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews84
- Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services84
- Journal of Materials Research and Technology-JMR&T84
- Business Strategy and the Environment84
- Nature Reviews Materials84
193 Astronomy & Astrophysics83
- Nature Physics83
- IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications83
- Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical83
- Global Change Biology83
- Advances in Colloid and Interface Science83
- Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology83
- IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering83
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