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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Nature296
2 Nature Communications247
3 New England Journal of Medicine237
4 Science231
5 Advanced Materials210
6 Lancet203
7 Journal of the American Chemical Society179
8 Nature Medicine175
9 Angewandte Chemie-International Edition171
10 Chemical Engineering Journal170
- Chemical Reviews170
12 Cell169
13 Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy168
14 Science of the Total Environment166
15 International Journal of Molecular Sciences163
16 Chemical Society Reviews159
- Advanced Functional Materials159
- ACS Nano159
19 Journal of Hazardous Materials146
- Energy & Environmental Science146
21 JAMA-Journal of the American Medical Association145
22 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews144
23 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental143
- Advanced Energy Materials143
25 Journal of Cleaner Production142
26 IEEE Access141
27 Science Advances140
28 Chemosphere137
29 Journal of Clinical Oncology136
30 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence134
31 Coordination Chemistry Reviews130
32 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy128
- Nature Energy128
34 Energy127
- Nucleic Acids Research127
36 Technological Forecasting and Social Change126
37 ACS Catalysis125
- Advanced Science125
39 Frontiers in Immunology124
40 Sensors123
41 Nano-Micro Letters122
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America122
43 Environmental Science & Technology121
- Scientific Reports121
- Renewable Energy121
- Journal of Energy Storage121
- Nano Energy121
48 Journal of Environmental Management120
- Journal of Materials Science & Technology120
- Expert Systems With Applications120
- Sustainability120
52 Molecules119
- Energy Storage Materials119
54 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems117
55 Circulation116
- Nature Genetics116
- Nature Biotechnology116
58 Journal of Colloid and Interface Science115
59 IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems114
- Nature Materials114
- IEEE Internet of Things Journal114
- Applied Energy114
63 Food Chemistry113
64 Energy Economics112
- Nature Nanotechnology112
66 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics111
- Water Research111
- IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing111
69 Molecular Cancer110
- Environmental Research110
71 Small109
72 Journal of Business Research108
73 ACS Energy Letters107
- Cancer Cell107
75 Joule106
- JAMA Network Open106
- Carbohydrate Polymers106
- Journal of Energy Chemistry106
- Polymers106
- Applied Sciences-Basel106
- Bioresource Technology106
82 IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics105
- Nature Methods105
- ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces105
85 Fuel104
- Nature Catalysis104
- Journal of Materials Chemistry A104
- Construction and Building Materials104
- Journal of Hepatology104
90 ACM Computing Surveys103
- Food Hydrocolloids103
92 International Journal of Biological Macromolecules102
- Nutrients102
- Physical Review Letters102
95 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health101
- Heliyon101
- Carbon101
- Progress in Materials Science101
99 Separation and Purification Technology100
- Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy100
- Nature Photonics100
102 Lancet Oncology99
- Lancet Infectious Diseases99
- Energy Conversion and Management99
- Antioxidants99
106 Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology98
- Cells98
108 Energies97
- European Heart Journal97
- IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications97
- Journal of the American College of Cardiology97
- Composites Part B-Engineering97
113 Environmental Pollution96
- Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing96
- Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence96
- IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials96
117 Nature Reviews Microbiology95
- Energy Reports95
- Sustainable Cities and Society95
- Information Fusion95
- Immunity95
- Nano Letters95
- MMWR-Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report95
124 Trends in Food Science & Technology94
- Pharmaceutics94
126 Foods93
- Accounts of Chemical Research93
- Cancers93
129 RSC Advances92
- BMJ-British Medical Journal92
- Computers in Biology and Medicine92
- Cell Metabolism92
- Gastroenterology92
- Nature Neuroscience92
135 Journal of Hematology & Oncology91
- Green Chemistry91
- Finance Research Letters91
- Journal of Controlled Release91
- ACS Omega91
- Light-Science & Applications91
- Neuron91
- Frontiers in Plant Science91
143 Molecular Cell90
- Annals of Oncology90
- Resources Policy90
- Astrophysical Journal90
- Neurocomputing90
148 Environmental Science and Pollution Research89
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics89
- Blood89
- Science Translational Medicine89
- Journal of Alloys and Compounds89
153 IEEE Transactions on Image Processing88
- Nature Chemistry88
- Reliability Engineering & System Safety88
- Nanomaterials88
- Resources Conservation and Recycling88
- Journal of Nanobiotechnology88
- IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology88
- Nature Electronics88
- Chemical Science88
- Remote Sensing88
163 Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services87
- Nature Immunology87
- Microorganisms87
- Automation in Construction87
- Journal of Materials Research and Technology-JMR&T87
- PLoS ONE87
- Computers and Electronics in Agriculture87
170 Lancet Neurology86
- Cell Death & Disease86
- Knowledge-Based Systems86
- IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering86
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics86
- Nature Microbiology86
- Business Strategy and the Environment86
- Pattern Recognition86
- Environment International86
- Electronics86
- Nature Reviews Materials86
- Frontiers in Microbiology86
182 Materials85
- Cell Reports85
- Plants-Basel85
- Global Change Biology85
- Biomaterials85
- IEEE Transactions on Systems Man Cybernetics-Systems85
- Nature Sustainability85
- Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering85
190 Nano Research84
- Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology84
- Theranostics84
- Materials Today84
- Diabetes Care84
- Advances in Colloid and Interface Science84
- Ecological Indicators84
- Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews84
198 Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials83
- Redox Biology83
- Applied Thermal Engineering83
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