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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Nature296
2 Nature Communications244
3 New England Journal of Medicine239
4 Science230
5 Advanced Materials204
- Lancet204
7 Journal of the American Chemical Society178
8 Chemical Reviews174
9 Nature Medicine173
10 Angewandte Chemie-International Edition171
11 Chemical Engineering Journal169
12 Cell167
- Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy167
14 Science of the Total Environment164
15 International Journal of Molecular Sciences160
- ACS Nano160
17 Advanced Functional Materials155
18 Chemical Society Reviews151
19 JAMA-Journal of the American Medical Association145
20 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental144
21 Nucleic Acids Research141
22 Energy & Environmental Science140
- Journal of Hazardous Materials140
- Advanced Energy Materials140
- Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews140
- Journal of Cleaner Production140
27 Science Advances139
28 Journal of Clinical Oncology135
- Chemosphere135
30 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence133
31 Nature Energy131
- IEEE Access131
33 Coordination Chemistry Reviews130
34 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America127
35 Journal of Environmental Management126
- Technological Forecasting and Social Change126
37 Advanced Science125
- Renewable Energy125
- Frontiers in Immunology125
40 Nano Energy124
- Energy124
42 Nano-Micro Letters123
43 ACS Catalysis122
- International Journal of Hydrogen Energy122
- Environmental Science & Technology122
46 Energy Storage Materials121
47 Expert Systems With Applications120
48 Scientific Reports119
- Journal of Energy Storage119
- Sensors119
51 Sustainability117
52 Nature Biotechnology116
- Journal of Materials Science & Technology116
- Molecules116
55 IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems114
- Circulation114
- Journal of Colloid and Interface Science114
- IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems114
59 Nature Genetics113
60 Nature Nanotechnology112
- Applied Energy112
- IEEE Internet of Things Journal112
63 Energy Economics111
- Small111
- Nature Materials111
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics111
67 Food Chemistry110
68 ACS Energy Letters109
69 Polymers108
- Water Research108
- IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing108
- Nature Catalysis108
73 Environmental Research107
- Journal of Business Research107
- Carbohydrate Polymers107
- Cancer Cell107
- Bioresource Technology107
78 JAMA Network Open106
- Joule106
- Molecular Cancer106
- Journal of Hepatology106
82 Journal of Energy Chemistry105
- Applied Sciences-Basel105
84 Physical Review Letters104
- Lancet Oncology104
- ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces104
87 Separation and Purification Technology103
- Nature Methods103
- Fuel103
- Nutrients103
- Construction and Building Materials103
92 Energy Reports102
- Food Hydrocolloids102
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health102
95 ACM Computing Surveys101
- International Journal of Biological Macromolecules101
- Lancet Infectious Diseases101
- Environmental Pollution101
- IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics101
100 Composites Part B-Engineering100
101 Journal of the American College of Cardiology99
- Journal of Materials Chemistry A99
- Carbon99
104 MMWR-Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report98
- Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy98
- Sustainable Cities and Society98
107 Progress in Materials Science97
- European Heart Journal97
- IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications97
110 Antioxidants96
- Cells96
- Nature Photonics96
- Resources Policy96
- Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology96
115 Nature Reviews Microbiology95
- Heliyon95
- Energy Conversion and Management95
- Trends in Food Science & Technology95
119 Immunity94
- Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing94
- Nano Letters94
122 Gastroenterology93
123 Accounts of Chemical Research92
- Computers in Biology and Medicine92
- Energies92
- Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence92
- Light-Science & Applications92
- Resources Conservation and Recycling92
129 Finance Research Letters91
- Nature Electronics91
- Cell Metabolism91
- Information Fusion91
- Environmental Science and Pollution Research91
- Nature Neuroscience91
135 Journal of Alloys and Compounds90
- Cancers90
- Environment International90
- Foods90
- IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials90
- Pharmaceutics90
141 Lancet Respiratory Medicine89
- Molecular Cell89
- Materials Today89
- Neuron89
- Diabetes Care89
- Science Translational Medicine89
- Journal of Controlled Release89
- Annals of Oncology89
149 Astrophysical Journal88
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics88
- ACS Omega88
- BMJ-British Medical Journal88
- Nature Microbiology88
- Journal of Hematology & Oncology88
- Nature Chemistry88
156 Automation in Construction87
- Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services87
- RSC Advances87
- Neurocomputing87
- Nature Immunology87
- Nanomaterials87
- Reliability Engineering & System Safety87
- Journal of Materials Research and Technology-JMR&T87
164 Biomaterials86
- Electronics86
- IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology86
- Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering86
- Frontiers in Plant Science86
- IEEE Transactions on Systems Man Cybernetics-Systems86
- IEEE Transactions on Image Processing86
- Nature Sustainability86
- Ecological Indicators86
- Cell Reports86
- Green Chemistry86
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics86
176 Remote Sensing85
- Nano Research85
- Cell Death & Disease85
- Pattern Recognition85
- Business Strategy and the Environment85
- Journal of Nanobiotechnology85
- PLoS ONE85
183 IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications84
- Nature Reviews Materials84
- Materials84
- Frontiers in Microbiology84
- Computers and Electronics in Agriculture84
- Lancet Neurology84
- Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews84
- Nature Physics84
- Knowledge-Based Systems84
- Chemical Science84
193 Technology in Society83
- Global Change Biology83
- Microorganisms83
- Nature Reviews Immunology83
- Plants-Basel83
- eLife83
- Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology83
200 Seminars in Cancer Biology82
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