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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Nature294
2 New England Journal of Medicine239
3 Nature Communications235
4 Science234
5 Lancet206
6 Advanced Materials204
7 Chemical Reviews178
8 Journal of the American Chemical Society174
- Cell174
10 Angewandte Chemie-International Edition171
- Nature Medicine171
12 Chemical Engineering Journal169
13 International Journal of Molecular Sciences159
- Science of the Total Environment159
15 Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy157
16 ACS Nano154
- Advanced Functional Materials154
18 JAMA-Journal of the American Medical Association145
19 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews144
- Applied Catalysis B-Environmental144
21 Journal of Cleaner Production143
- Chemical Society Reviews143
- Journal of Hazardous Materials143
24 Nucleic Acids Research142
25 Advanced Energy Materials138
26 Journal of Clinical Oncology134
- Energy & Environmental Science134
- Chemosphere134
- Science Advances134
30 Coordination Chemistry Reviews130
- IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence130
32 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America126
33 Journal of Environmental Management125
34 Nature Energy124
- Technological Forecasting and Social Change124
- Frontiers in Immunology124
37 Nano Energy123
38 Advanced Science122
39 IEEE Access121
- Energy121
41 Environmental Science & Technology120
- Energy Storage Materials120
43 Nano-Micro Letters119
- ACS Catalysis119
- Renewable Energy119
46 Nature Biotechnology118
- International Journal of Hydrogen Energy118
48 Scientific Reports116
- Expert Systems With Applications116
50 Molecules115
51 Nature Genetics114
- Sensors114
- Journal of Energy Storage114
54 Journal of Materials Science & Technology113
55 Sustainability112
- Small112
- Journal of Colloid and Interface Science112
- Circulation112
59 Water Research111
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics111
- Applied Energy111
62 Nature Materials110
- IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems110
- Food Chemistry110
65 Nature Nanotechnology109
66 Energy Economics108
67 IEEE Internet of Things Journal107
- Environmental Research107
- JAMA Network Open107
- IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems107
71 Cancer Cell106
- Journal of Hepatology106
- Nature Catalysis106
- Journal of Business Research106
- ACS Energy Letters106
- IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing106
- Lancet Oncology106
78 Bioresource Technology105
- Carbohydrate Polymers105
- Nutrients105
81 Polymers104
- Joule104
- Physical Review Letters104
84 MMWR-Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report103
- Journal of Energy Chemistry103
- Composites Part B-Engineering103
- ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces103
88 IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics102
- Food Hydrocolloids102
90 Nature Methods101
- Construction and Building Materials101
- International Journal of Biological Macromolecules101
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health101
94 Applied Sciences-Basel100
- Molecular Cancer100
- Environmental Pollution100
97 Journal of the American College of Cardiology99
- ACM Computing Surveys99
- Cells99
- Lancet Infectious Diseases99
- Fuel99
- Carbon99
103 Separation and Purification Technology98
- Energy Reports98
- European Heart Journal98
- Trends in Food Science & Technology98
107 Energy Conversion and Management97
- Sustainable Cities and Society97
109 IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications96
- Computers in Biology and Medicine96
111 Resources Policy95
- Antioxidants95
- Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy95
- Environmental Science and Pollution Research95
115 Journal of Materials Chemistry A94
116 Gastroenterology93
- Nature Photonics93
- Immunity93
- Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology93
120 Molecular Cell92
- Nature Reviews Microbiology92
- Nano Letters92
123 Cell Metabolism91
- Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing91
- Accounts of Chemical Research91
- Science Translational Medicine91
- Progress in Materials Science91
- Annals of Oncology91
129 Materials Today90
- Cancers90
- Heliyon90
- Lancet Respiratory Medicine90
- Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering90
- Light-Science & Applications90
- Energies90
- Resources Conservation and Recycling90
137 Environment International89
- Information Fusion89
- Journal of Hematology & Oncology89
- Nature Electronics89
141 Journal of Alloys and Compounds88
- Nature Neuroscience88
- BMJ-British Medical Journal88
- Biomaterials88
- Neurocomputing88
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics88
- Blood88
148 PLoS ONE87
- Finance Research Letters87
- Journal of Controlled Release87
- Nature Reviews Materials87
- Diabetes Care87
- Foods87
- Ecological Indicators87
155 Remote Sensing86
- Nature Reviews Immunology86
- Neuron86
- Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence86
- Nature Immunology86
- IEEE Transactions on Systems Man Cybernetics-Systems86
- Nature Chemistry86
- Pharmaceutics86
- Nanomaterials86
- Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews86
- Nature Microbiology86
166 Cell Death & Disease85
- Automation in Construction85
- Journal of Materials Research and Technology-JMR&T85
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics85
- Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology85
- IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology85
- Cell Reports85
173 Applied Surface Science84
- Nature Sustainability84
- Astrophysical Journal84
- IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials84
- Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services84
- Nature Physics84
- ACS Omega84
180 Materials83
- Nano Research83
- Electronics83
- Reliability Engineering & System Safety83
- Frontiers in Plant Science83
- eLife83
- Information Sciences83
- Business Strategy and the Environment83
- Lancet Neurology83
- Remote Sensing of Environment83
190 IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems82
- Journal of Molecular Liquids82
- Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials82
- Computers and Electronics in Agriculture82
- Global Change Biology82
- Redox Biology82
- Pattern Recognition82
197 RSC Advances81
- Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical81
- Plants-Basel81
- IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications81
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