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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Nature294
2 New England Journal of Medicine240
3 Nature Communications239
4 Science234
5 Advanced Materials205
6 Lancet203
7 Journal of the American Chemical Society177
- Chemical Reviews177
9 Nature Medicine173
10 Angewandte Chemie-International Edition171
11 Chemical Engineering Journal167
- Cell167
13 Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy164
14 Science of the Total Environment163
15 International Journal of Molecular Sciences160
16 ACS Nano156
17 Advanced Functional Materials155
18 Chemical Society Reviews147
19 Nucleic Acids Research145
- JAMA-Journal of the American Medical Association145
- Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews145
22 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental144
23 Journal of Cleaner Production142
- Journal of Hazardous Materials142
25 Advanced Energy Materials139
26 Energy & Environmental Science138
27 Science Advances137
28 Chemosphere135
29 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence133
30 Journal of Clinical Oncology132
31 Coordination Chemistry Reviews131
32 IEEE Access127
- Nature Energy127
34 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America126
- Journal of Environmental Management126
36 Advanced Science125
37 Frontiers in Immunology124
- Technological Forecasting and Social Change124
39 Nano Energy123
- Renewable Energy123
41 Energy Storage Materials122
- Energy122
43 Nano-Micro Letters121
- Environmental Science & Technology121
45 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy120
- ACS Catalysis120
47 Expert Systems With Applications118
- Nature Biotechnology118
49 Scientific Reports117
- Sensors117
51 Journal of Energy Storage115
- Journal of Materials Science & Technology115
53 Journal of Colloid and Interface Science114
- Sustainability114
- Molecules114
56 Nature Genetics113
- Applied Energy113
- Circulation113
59 Food Chemistry111
- Nature Nanotechnology111
- IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems111
- Small111
- IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems111
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics111
65 IEEE Internet of Things Journal110
- Nature Materials110
- Energy Economics110
68 Nature Catalysis108
- ACS Energy Letters108
- Water Research108
71 Bioresource Technology107
- Environmental Research107
- Journal of Hepatology107
- Cancer Cell107
75 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing106
- Journal of Business Research106
- Carbohydrate Polymers106
- JAMA Network Open106
79 Polymers105
- Physical Review Letters105
- Lancet Oncology105
82 Joule104
- Journal of Energy Chemistry104
- ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces104
- Nutrients104
86 Nature Methods103
- Molecular Cancer103
- ACM Computing Surveys103
89 Construction and Building Materials102
- IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics102
- Applied Sciences-Basel102
- Fuel102
- Composites Part B-Engineering102
94 Separation and Purification Technology101
- International Journal of Biological Macromolecules101
- Environmental Pollution101
- Food Hydrocolloids101
98 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health100
- Energy Reports100
- Carbon100
101 MMWR-Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report99
102 Journal of the American College of Cardiology98
- Resources Policy98
- Trends in Food Science & Technology98
- IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications98
106 European Heart Journal97
- Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy97
- Lancet Infectious Diseases97
- Sustainable Cities and Society97
110 Journal of Materials Chemistry A96
111 Computers in Biology and Medicine95
- Energy Conversion and Management95
- Cells95
- Antioxidants95
- Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology95
116 Progress in Materials Science94
- Nature Photonics94
- Environmental Science and Pollution Research94
119 Nature Reviews Microbiology93
- Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering93
- Immunity93
- Nano Letters93
123 Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing92
- Gastroenterology92
- Accounts of Chemical Research92
- Heliyon92
127 Cell Metabolism91
- Lancet Respiratory Medicine91
- Nature Electronics91
- Energies91
131 Resources Conservation and Recycling90
- Nature Neuroscience90
- Information Fusion90
- Light-Science & Applications90
- Molecular Cell90
- Finance Research Letters90
137 Materials Today89
- Neurocomputing89
- Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence89
- Journal of Controlled Release89
- Cancers89
- Journal of Hematology & Oncology89
- Pharmaceutics89
- Science Translational Medicine89
- Foods89
- Journal of Alloys and Compounds89
- Blood89
- Environment International89
149 Cell Death & Disease88
- Nature Immunology88
- Annals of Oncology88
- IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials88
- Nature Chemistry88
- Ecological Indicators88
- Neuron88
- BMJ-British Medical Journal88
157 Diabetes Care87
- IEEE Transactions on Systems Man Cybernetics-Systems87
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics87
- Nature Microbiology87
- Nature Sustainability87
162 Biosensors & Bioelectronics86
- Astrophysical Journal86
- ACS Omega86
- Automation in Construction86
- IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology86
- Biomaterials86
- PLoS ONE86
- Cell Reports86
170 Journal of Materials Research and Technology-JMR&T85
- Reliability Engineering & System Safety85
- IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications85
- Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services85
- Electronics85
- Nature Reviews Materials85
- IEEE Transactions on Image Processing85
- Nature Reviews Immunology85
- Frontiers in Plant Science85
- Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews85
- Nanomaterials85
181 Nano Research84
- Nature Physics84
- Remote Sensing84
- Applied Surface Science84
- Journal of Nanobiotechnology84
- Business Strategy and the Environment84
- Computers and Electronics in Agriculture84
188 Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials83
- RSC Advances83
- Materials83
- Knowledge-Based Systems83
- Information Sciences83
- Pattern Recognition83
- eLife83
- Green Chemistry83
- Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical83
- Remote Sensing of Environment83
- Redox Biology83
- Materials & Design83
200 Lancet Neurology82
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