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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Nature288
2 New England Journal of Medicine250
3 Science239
4 Nature Communications231
5 Lancet210
6 Advanced Materials203
7 Chemical Reviews179
8 Angewandte Chemie-International Edition176
9 Cell174
10 Journal of the American Chemical Society170
11 Nature Medicine169
12 Chemical Engineering Journal168
13 Science of the Total Environment163
14 Advanced Functional Materials155
15 International Journal of Molecular Sciences153
16 ACS Nano151
17 Journal of Hazardous Materials150
18 JAMA-Journal of the American Medical Association148
19 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental147
20 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews143
21 Journal of Cleaner Production141
22 Advanced Energy Materials138
23 Nucleic Acids Research134
24 Chemosphere133
25 Chemical Society Reviews132
26 Coordination Chemistry Reviews131
27 Journal of Clinical Oncology130
28 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America125
- Journal of Environmental Management125
30 Frontiers in Immunology124
- IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence124
32 Technological Forecasting and Social Change122
33 Energy & Environmental Science121
34 Renewable Energy120
35 Energy118
36 Environmental Science & Technology117
37 Nature Biotechnology115
38 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy114
- Lancet Oncology114
40 Water Research113
- Expert Systems With Applications113
42 Sensors112
- Journal of Business Research112
44 Journal of Materials Science & Technology111
- Circulation111
46 Small110
- Nature Materials110
- Food Chemistry110
- Nature Nanotechnology110
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics110
51 Molecules109
- IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems109
- MMWR-Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report109
- Journal of Colloid and Interface Science109
- Energy Economics109
56 Nature Genetics108
57 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces107
58 Cancer Cell105
- Bioresource Technology105
- Applied Energy105
- Carbohydrate Polymers105
62 Environmental Research104
63 Lancet Infectious Diseases103
- Nature Methods103
- Physical Review Letters103
- Journal of Hepatology103
67 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing102
68 Composites Part B-Engineering101
- Carbon101
- European Heart Journal101
71 Journal of the American College of Cardiology100
- Trends in Food Science & Technology100
- International Journal of Biological Macromolecules100
- Construction and Building Materials100
- Environmental Pollution100
76 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health99
- ACM Computing Surveys99
78 Environmental Science and Pollution Research98
79 Food Hydrocolloids97
80 Resources Policy96
81 Nature Reviews Microbiology95
- IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications95
- Computers in Biology and Medicine95
- Immunity95
85 Annals of Oncology94
- Fuel94
- BMJ-British Medical Journal94
- Separation and Purification Technology94
89 PLoS ONE93
- Nano Letters93
- Molecular Cancer93
- Cell Metabolism93
- Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology93
94 Energy Conversion and Management92
- Gastroenterology92
96 Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews91
- Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy91
98 Resources Conservation and Recycling90
- Energies90
- Science Translational Medicine90
- Accounts of Chemical Research90
102 Nature Neuroscience89
- Molecular Cell89
- Journal of Hematology & Oncology89
105 Progress in Materials Science88
- Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing88
- Nature Photonics88
108 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics87
- Ecological Indicators87
- Materials Today87
111 Nature Reviews Immunology86
- Journal of Alloys and Compounds86
- Journal of Controlled Release86
- Biomaterials86
115 Neuron85
- Blood85
- Finance Research Letters85
- Environment International85
- Nature Immunology85
- Journal of Molecular Liquids85
- Neurocomputing85
122 Nano Research84
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics84
- Nature Chemistry84
125 Cell Death & Disease83
- Automation in Construction83
- Information Sciences83
- Pharmaceutics83
- Information Fusion83
- Lancet Neurology83
- Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology83
132 IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications82
- Astrophysical Journal82
- Nature Physics82
- Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical82
- Remote Sensing of Environment82
- Global Change Biology82
- Applied Surface Science82
- IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems82
- Materials82
141 Computers and Electronics in Agriculture81
- Analytical Chemistry81
- Nature Climate Change81
- Nature Reviews Drug Discovery81
- IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology81
- Knowledge-Based Systems81
- Cell Host & Microbe81
- Frontiers in Plant Science81
- Diabetes Care81
150 Pattern Recognition80
- Reliability Engineering & System Safety80
- Astronomy & Astrophysics80
- Business Strategy and the Environment80
154 Applied Soft Computing79
- Ceramics International79
- Seminars in Cancer Biology79
- Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence79
- Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services79
- Materials & Design79
- Frontiers in Microbiology79
- Energy Policy79
162 Journal of Nanobiotechnology78
- IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics78
- IEEE Sensors Journal78
- Computers in Human Behavior78
- Frontiers in Pharmacology78
167 IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering77
- Radiology77
- Cell Stem Cell77
- Nature Reviews Cancer77
- Journal of Power Sources77
172 Hepatology76
- Advances in Colloid and Interface Science76
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society76
- Technology in Society76
- Journal of Medical Internet Research76
- Acta Materialia76
- Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases76
- Frontiers in Psychology76
- Gut76
181 Acta Biomaterialia75
- Astrophysical Journal Letters75
- IEEE Transactions on Image Processing75
- Alexandria Engineering Journal75
- Journal of Membrane Science75
- IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials75
- Applied Thermal Engineering75
- TRAC-Trends in Analytical Chemistry75
- IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology75
- Cement & Concrete Composites75
191 Measurement74
- Medical Image Analysis74
- Ageing Research Reviews74
- Artificial Intelligence Review74
195 IEEE Transactions on Communications73
- International Review of Financial Analysis73
- Nano Today73
- Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology73
- Nature Reviews Genetics73
- Chinese Chemical Letters73
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