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 Science of the Total Environment159
- International Journal of Molecular Sciences159
15 Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy157
16 ACS Nano154
- Advanced Functional Materials154
18 JAMA-Journal of the American Medical Association145
19 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental144
- Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews144
21 Journal of Hazardous Materials143
- Journal of Cleaner Production143
- Chemical Society Reviews143
24 Nucleic Acids Research142
25 Advanced Energy Materials138
26 Science Advances134
- Journal of Clinical Oncology134
- Chemosphere134
- Energy & Environmental Science134
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 Frontiers in Immunology124
- Nature Energy124
- Technological Forecasting and Social Change124
37 Nano Energy123
38 Advanced Science122
39 Energy121
- IEEE Access121
41 Energy Storage Materials120
- Environmental Science & Technology120
43 ACS Catalysis119
- Nano-Micro Letters119
- Renewable Energy119
46 Nature Biotechnology118
- International Journal of Hydrogen Energy118
48 Scientific Reports116
- Expert Systems With Applications116
50 Molecules115
51 Journal of Energy Storage114
- Nature Genetics114
- Sensors114
54 Journal of Materials Science & Technology113
55 Journal of Colloid and Interface Science112
- Sustainability112
- Small112
- Circulation112
59 Applied Energy111
- Water Research111
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics111
62 IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems110
- Food Chemistry110
- Nature Materials110
65 Nature Nanotechnology109
66 Energy Economics108
67 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems107
- JAMA Network Open107
- IEEE Internet of Things Journal107
- Environmental Research107
71 ACS Energy Letters106
- Cancer Cell106
- Lancet Oncology106
- Journal of Hepatology106
- IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing106
- Journal of Business Research106
- Nature Catalysis106
78 Nutrients105
- Bioresource Technology105
- Carbohydrate Polymers105
81 Polymers104
- Physical Review Letters104
- Joule104
84 MMWR-Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report103
- Composites Part B-Engineering103
- ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces103
- Journal of Energy Chemistry103
88 IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics102
- Food Hydrocolloids102
90 Construction and Building Materials101
- International Journal of Biological Macromolecules101
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health101
- Nature Methods101
94 Molecular Cancer100
- Environmental Pollution100
- Applied Sciences-Basel100
97 ACM Computing Surveys99
- Lancet Infectious Diseases99
- Journal of the American College of Cardiology99
- Cells99
- Carbon99
- Fuel99
103 Separation and Purification Technology98
- European Heart Journal98
- Energy Reports98
- Trends in Food Science & Technology98
107 Sustainable Cities and Society97
- Energy Conversion and Management97
109 IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications96
- Computers in Biology and Medicine96
111 Resources Policy95
- Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy95
- Environmental Science and Pollution Research95
- Antioxidants95
115 Journal of Materials Chemistry A94
116 Gastroenterology93
- Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology93
- Nature Photonics93
- Immunity93
120 Nano Letters92
- Nature Reviews Microbiology92
- Molecular Cell92
123 Progress in Materials Science91
- Cell Metabolism91
- Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing91
- Science Translational Medicine91
- Accounts of Chemical Research91
- Annals of Oncology91
129 Energies90
- Materials Today90
- Heliyon90
- Cancers90
- Resources Conservation and Recycling90
- Lancet Respiratory Medicine90
- Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering90
- Light-Science & Applications90
137 Environment International89
- Nature Electronics89
- Information Fusion89
- Journal of Hematology & Oncology89
141 Neurocomputing88
- Biomaterials88
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics88
- Nature Neuroscience88
- Blood88
- Journal of Alloys and Compounds88
- BMJ-British Medical Journal88
148 Finance Research Letters87
- Ecological Indicators87
- Journal of Controlled Release87
- Nature Reviews Materials87
- Diabetes Care87
- PLoS ONE87
- Foods87
155 IEEE Transactions on Systems Man Cybernetics-Systems86
- Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence86
- Nature Microbiology86
- Neuron86
- Nanomaterials86
- Nature Reviews Immunology86
- Nature Chemistry86
- Pharmaceutics86
- Nature Immunology86
- Remote Sensing86
- Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews86
166 Cell Reports85
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics85
- Journal of Materials Research and Technology-JMR&T85
- Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology85
- Cell Death & Disease85
- IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology85
- Automation in Construction85
173 Nature Physics84
- Astrophysical Journal84
- ACS Omega84
- IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials84
- Applied Surface Science84
- Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services84
- Nature Sustainability84
180 Reliability Engineering & System Safety83
- Information Sciences83
- Electronics83
- Remote Sensing of Environment83
- Frontiers in Plant Science83
- Lancet Neurology83
- Business Strategy and the Environment83
- Materials83
- Nano Research83
- eLife83
190 Redox Biology82
- Journal of Molecular Liquids82
- IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems82
- Pattern Recognition82
- Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials82
- Global Change Biology82
- Computers and Electronics in Agriculture82
197 Knowledge-Based Systems81
- IEEE Transactions on Image Processing81
- Chem81
- Journal of Nanobiotechnology81
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