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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Nature288
2 Nature Communications249
3 New England Journal of Medicine232
4 Science226
5 Advanced Materials206
6 Lancet202
7 Journal of the American Chemical Society178
- Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy178
9 Chemical Reviews173
10 Cell172
11 Angewandte Chemie-International Edition171
12 Nature Medicine170
13 Science of the Total Environment163
- International Journal of Molecular Sciences163
15 Advanced Functional Materials160
16 Chemical Engineering Journal156
17 ACS Nano155
18 JAMA-Journal of the American Medical Association145
- Applied Catalysis B-Environmental145
20 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence142
- Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews142
22 Nucleic Acids Research140
- Journal of Cleaner Production140
- Advanced Energy Materials140
25 Science Advances137
26 Chemical Society Reviews136
27 Journal of Clinical Oncology134
28 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy132
29 Scientific Reports129
- Journal of Hazardous Materials129
31 Coordination Chemistry Reviews128
- Energy & Environmental Science128
33 Journal of Energy Storage127
- Frontiers in Immunology127
- Nature Energy127
36 Expert Systems With Applications126
- Sustainability126
38 ACS Catalysis125
- Nano-Micro Letters125
- Molecules125
41 Circulation124
42 Environmental Science & Technology123
43 IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems122
- Journal of Environmental Management122
- Energy122
- Journal of Materials Science & Technology122
- Nano Energy122
48 IEEE Access121
49 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America120
50 Chemosphere119
- Advanced Science119
- Sensors119
53 Technological Forecasting and Social Change118
54 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems117
55 IEEE Internet of Things Journal116
56 Energy Storage Materials115
- Water Research115
- Nature Materials115
- Heliyon115
60 Nature Genetics114
- Nature Nanotechnology114
62 Food Chemistry112
- Nature Biotechnology112
- Cancer Cell112
65 Applied Energy111
- JAMA Network Open111
- Environmental Research111
68 Energy Economics110
- IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics110
- Renewable Energy110
- Small110
72 Nature Methods108
- International Journal of Biological Macromolecules108
74 Journal of Hepatology107
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics107
- Polymers107
77 ACM Computing Surveys106
- Applied Sciences-Basel106
- Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy106
- Journal of Business Research106
81 ACS Energy Letters105
- Fuel105
- Physical Review Letters105
- Carbohydrate Polymers105
85 Nature Catalysis104
86 Carbon103
- European Heart Journal103
- Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence103
- Energies103
- ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces103
- Molecular Cancer103
- Journal of Energy Chemistry103
- Nature Photonics103
94 Information Fusion102
- Energy Reports102
96 Journal of Colloid and Interface Science101
- Joule101
- Antioxidants101
- Food Hydrocolloids101
- Construction and Building Materials101
101 Nutrients100
- Frontiers in Plant Science100
- Progress in Materials Science100
104 IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications99
- Pharmaceutics99
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health99
- Separation and Purification Technology99
108 Energy Conversion and Management98
- Immunity98
- Journal of the American College of Cardiology98
- Cells98
112 Lancet Oncology97
- Cell Metabolism97
114 Lancet Infectious Diseases96
- Finance Research Letters96
116 ACS Omega95
- Sustainable Cities and Society95
- Environmental Pollution95
- Nature Neuroscience95
- Foods95
121 Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology94
- Accounts of Chemical Research94
- Nature Reviews Microbiology94
- Resources Policy94
125 Journal of Hematology & Oncology93
- Journal of Controlled Release93
- Bioresource Technology93
- Computers in Biology and Medicine93
- Cancers93
- Composites Part B-Engineering93
131 Reliability Engineering & System Safety92
- Nature Electronics92
133 Neurocomputing91
- Redox Biology91
- Frontiers in Microbiology91
- Astrophysical Journal91
- Nature Sustainability91
- Trends in Food Science & Technology91
- Journal of Alloys and Compounds91
- IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications91
- Light-Science & Applications91
- BMJ-British Medical Journal91
143 RSC Advances90
- Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services90
- Nature Chemistry90
- Nano Letters90
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics90
- Computers and Electronics in Agriculture90
149 Journal of Materials Research and Technology-JMR&T89
- Gastroenterology89
- Nature Microbiology89
- Diabetes Care89
- Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing89
- Automation in Construction89
155 Neuron88
- Plants-Basel88
- Remote Sensing88
- Annals of Oncology88
- Molecular Cell88
160 Astrophysical Journal Letters87
- Applied Thermal Engineering87
- Global Change Biology87
- Electronics87
- Nature Reviews Materials87
165 Astronomy & Astrophysics86
- Cell Death & Disease86
- Science Translational Medicine86
- IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering86
- Cell Reports86
- Journal of Materials Chemistry A86
- npj Digital Medicine86
- IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials86
- Knowledge-Based Systems86
- Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering86
- MMWR-Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report86
176 Nanomaterials85
- Advances in Colloid and Interface Science85
- Journal of Nanobiotechnology85
- IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology85
- Nano Research85
- Lancet Respiratory Medicine85
- Resources Conservation and Recycling85
- Frontiers in Endocrinology85
- Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews85
185 Nature Immunology84
- IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing84
- Journal of Medical Internet Research84
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics84
- Microorganisms84
- Information Sciences84
- Cardiovascular Diabetology84
- Acta Materialia84
- Materials84
- Lancet Neurology84
- International Review of Financial Analysis84
- Materials Today84
197 Blood83
- Biomaterials83
- eClinicalMedicine83
- Business Strategy and the Environment83
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