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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Nature290
2 Nature Communications249
3 New England Journal of Medicine232
4 Science224
5 Advanced Materials205
6 Lancet203
7 Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy179
- Journal of the American Chemical Society179
9 Chemical Reviews175
10 Angewandte Chemie-International Edition173
11 Cell172
12 Nature Medicine169
13 International Journal of Molecular Sciences162
- Science of the Total Environment162
15 Advanced Functional Materials161
16 Chemical Engineering Journal156
17 ACS Nano155
18 JAMA-Journal of the American Medical Association144
- IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence144
- Applied Catalysis B-Environmental144
21 Journal of Cleaner Production141
22 Advanced Energy Materials140
23 Chemical Society Reviews139
24 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews138
25 Nucleic Acids Research137
- Science Advances137
27 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy134
28 Journal of Clinical Oncology133
29 Energy & Environmental Science132
30 Nature Energy129
- Sustainability129
- Scientific Reports129
33 Frontiers in Immunology128
- Expert Systems With Applications128
35 Coordination Chemistry Reviews127
- Journal of Energy Storage127
- ACS Catalysis127
38 Journal of Hazardous Materials126
- Nano-Micro Letters126
40 Molecules125
- IEEE Access125
42 Journal of Environmental Management123
- IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems123
44 Circulation122
- Journal of Materials Science & Technology122
- Energy122
47 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America121
- Environmental Science & Technology121
- Nano Energy121
50 Advanced Science119
- Sensors119
52 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems118
- Heliyon118
54 Technological Forecasting and Social Change116
- IEEE Internet of Things Journal116
- Water Research116
57 Chemosphere115
58 Nature Materials113
59 JAMA Network Open112
- Nature Nanotechnology112
61 Energy Storage Materials111
- Food Chemistry111
- Nature Genetics111
- Cancer Cell111
65 Nature Biotechnology110
- Small110
- Applied Energy110
68 Polymers109
- ACM Computing Surveys109
- Environmental Research109
- IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics109
72 International Journal of Biological Macromolecules108
- Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy108
- Renewable Energy108
- Applied Sciences-Basel108
- Energy Economics108
77 Physical Review Letters107
- Journal of Business Research107
79 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics106
- Journal of Hepatology106
- Energies106
- Carbohydrate Polymers106
83 ACS Energy Letters105
- Nature Methods105
- Fuel105
86 Carbon104
- European Heart Journal104
- Nature Catalysis104
89 Energy Reports103
- Nature Photonics103
- Molecular Cancer103
- Food Hydrocolloids103
- Journal of Energy Chemistry103
- ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces103
95 Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence102
- Information Fusion102
- Antioxidants102
- Progress in Materials Science102
99 Cells101
- Construction and Building Materials101
- Frontiers in Plant Science101
- Joule101
- Nutrients101
104 IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications100
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health100
- Journal of Colloid and Interface Science100
107 Immunity99
- Energy Conversion and Management99
- Cell Metabolism99
- Separation and Purification Technology99
111 Pharmaceutics98
- Foods98
- Lancet Oncology98
114 ACS Omega97
- Journal of the American College of Cardiology97
116 Lancet Infectious Diseases95
- Environmental Pollution95
118 Resources Policy94
- Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology94
- Nature Neuroscience94
- Accounts of Chemical Research94
122 Composites Part B-Engineering93
- Cancers93
- Redox Biology93
- Nature Reviews Microbiology93
- Astrophysical Journal93
- Sustainable Cities and Society93
128 IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications92
- BMJ-British Medical Journal92
- Nature Electronics92
- Finance Research Letters92
- Bioresource Technology92
- Neurocomputing92
- RSC Advances92
135 Journal of Alloys and Compounds91
- Automation in Construction91
- Diabetes Care91
- Journal of Hematology & Oncology91
- Frontiers in Microbiology91
- Computers and Electronics in Agriculture91
141 Reliability Engineering & System Safety90
- Trends in Food Science & Technology90
- Nature Chemistry90
- Nature Sustainability90
- Computers in Biology and Medicine90
- Journal of Materials Research and Technology-JMR&T90
- Nano Letters90
148 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics89
- Journal of Controlled Release89
- Gastroenterology89
- Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services89
- Remote Sensing89
- Journal of Materials Chemistry A89
- Plants-Basel89
155 Annals of Oncology88
- Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering88
- IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials88
158 Journal of Nanobiotechnology87
- Light-Science & Applications87
- Nature Reviews Materials87
- Electronics87
- IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing87
- npj Digital Medicine87
- Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing87
- Journal of Medical Internet Research87
166 Molecular Cell86
- Frontiers in Endocrinology86
- Astronomy & Astrophysics86
- Global Change Biology86
- Neuron86
- Astrophysical Journal Letters86
- Applied Thermal Engineering86
- Knowledge-Based Systems86
- Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews86
- Nature Microbiology86
- MMWR-Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report86
- Advances in Colloid and Interface Science86
- Nanomaterials86
179 IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering85
- Science Translational Medicine85
- IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology85
- Microorganisms85
183 Materials84
- International Review of Financial Analysis84
- Cardiovascular Diabetology84
- Materials Today84
- Information Sciences84
- Nature Immunology84
- Cell Death & Disease84
- Acta Materialia84
- Cell Reports84
192 Nano Research83
- Ecological Indicators83
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics83
- Resources Conservation and Recycling83
- TRAC-Trends in Analytical Chemistry83
- Blood83
- Analytical Chemistry83
- Nature Climate Change83
- Nature Machine Intelligence83
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