New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Nature296
2 Nature Communications249
3 New England Journal of Medicine237
4 Science225
5 Advanced Materials208
6 Lancet201
7 Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy186
8 Journal of the American Chemical Society181
9 Chemical Reviews175
10 Nature Medicine174
- Angewandte Chemie-International Edition174
12 Cell170
13 International Journal of Molecular Sciences167
14 Science of the Total Environment163
15 Advanced Functional Materials161
16 ACS Nano159
17 Chemical Engineering Journal157
18 JAMA-Journal of the American Medical Association150
19 Chemical Society Reviews149
20 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence145
21 Nucleic Acids Research144
22 Journal of Cleaner Production142
23 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental141
- Advanced Energy Materials141
25 Energy & Environmental Science140
- Science Advances140
27 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews138
28 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy135
29 IEEE Access134
- Journal of Clinical Oncology134
- Scientific Reports134
32 Expert Systems With Applications132
- Sustainability132
34 Coordination Chemistry Reviews131
- Nano-Micro Letters131
36 Molecules129
- Journal of Hazardous Materials129
38 Frontiers in Immunology128
- ACS Catalysis128
- Journal of Energy Storage128
- Nature Energy128
42 Circulation126
- IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems126
44 Journal of Environmental Management125
- Heliyon125
- Energy125
47 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America123
48 Journal of Materials Science & Technology122
- Advanced Science122
- Sensors122
51 Environmental Science & Technology119
52 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems118
53 Cancer Cell117
- Nano Energy117
55 Technological Forecasting and Social Change116
56 Water Research115
- JAMA Network Open115
- ACM Computing Surveys115
59 Applied Energy114
- IEEE Internet of Things Journal114
61 Energy Storage Materials113
62 Chemosphere112
- Food Chemistry112
- Small112
65 International Journal of Biological Macromolecules111
- Energies111
- Environmental Research111
- Nature Biotechnology111
- Nature Genetics111
70 Applied Sciences-Basel110
- Nature Nanotechnology110
- Nature Materials110
- Polymers110
74 Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy109
75 IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics108
- Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence108
- Energy Economics108
- Journal of Business Research108
79 Nature Methods107
- European Heart Journal107
- Journal of Hepatology107
- ACS Energy Letters107
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics107
- Fuel107
- Molecular Cancer107
- Carbohydrate Polymers107
87 Antioxidants106
- Journal of Energy Chemistry106
- Energy Reports106
- Progress in Materials Science106
- Information Fusion106
- Physical Review Letters106
93 Food Hydrocolloids105
- Cell Metabolism105
- Renewable Energy105
- Pharmaceutics105
- Joule105
98 Carbon104
- IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications104
- Nature Catalysis104
101 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces103
- Nutrients103
- Frontiers in Plant Science103
- Immunity103
- Construction and Building Materials103
106 Energy Conversion and Management102
- Foods102
- Nature Photonics102
- Journal of Colloid and Interface Science102
110 Cells101
111 ACS Omega100
- Journal of the American College of Cardiology100
113 RSC Advances99
- Lancet Oncology99
- Separation and Purification Technology99
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health99
117 Accounts of Chemical Research98
118 IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials97
119 Sustainable Cities and Society96
120 Nature Reviews Microbiology95
- Astrophysical Journal95
- Environmental Pollution95
123 Reliability Engineering & System Safety94
- Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology94
- BMJ-British Medical Journal94
- Nature Neuroscience94
- Cancers94
128 Composites Part B-Engineering93
- Journal of Controlled Release93
- Journal of Materials Chemistry A93
- npj Digital Medicine93
- Nature Sustainability93
- Frontiers in Microbiology93
- Resources Policy93
135 Plants-Basel92
- Redox Biology92
- Bioresource Technology92
- Lancet Infectious Diseases92
- Annals of Oncology92
- Automation in Construction92
141 Journal of Materials Research and Technology-JMR&T91
- Diabetes Care91
- IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications91
- Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services91
- Computers and Electronics in Agriculture91
146 Nature Chemistry90
- Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing90
- IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing90
- Nature Electronics90
- Journal of Medical Internet Research90
- Nano Letters90
- Trends in Food Science & Technology90
- Journal of Nanobiotechnology90
- Nature Reviews Materials90
155 Gastroenterology89
- Electronics89
- Astrophysical Journal Letters89
- Journal of Alloys and Compounds89
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics89
- Astronomy & Astrophysics89
- Remote Sensing89
162 Journal of Hematology & Oncology88
- IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering88
- Nature Machine Intelligence88
- Finance Research Letters88
- Neuron88
- Knowledge-Based Systems88
- Computers in Biology and Medicine88
169 Neurocomputing87
- IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology87
171 Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology86
- Science Translational Medicine86
- Nature Microbiology86
- TRAC-Trends in Analytical Chemistry86
- Ecological Indicators86
- MMWR-Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report86
- eClinicalMedicine86
- Materials86
- Nature Immunology86
- Acta Materialia86
181 Frontiers in Endocrinology85
- Cell Reports85
- Global Change Biology85
- Cell Death & Disease85
- Diagnostics85
- Microorganisms85
- Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering85
- Pattern Recognition85
- Materials Today85
- Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews85
- Applied Thermal Engineering85
192 Information Sciences84
- Green Chemistry84
- Alexandria Engineering Journal84
- Molecular Cell84
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society84
- Nanomaterials84
- Frontiers in Pharmacology84
- Analytical Chemistry84
- Biomedicines84
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