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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 Cell174
2 Nature Medicine169
3 Science of the Total Environment163
4 International Journal of Molecular Sciences153
5 Journal of Hazardous Materials150
6 Journal of Cleaner Production141
7 Nucleic Acids Research134
8 Chemosphere133
9 Journal of Environmental Management125
10 Energy & Environmental Science121
11 Environmental Science & Technology117
12 Nature Biotechnology115
13 Water Research113
14 Food Chemistry110
15 Molecules109
16 Nature Genetics108
17 Cancer Cell105
- Bioresource Technology105
19 Environmental Research104
20 Nature Methods103
21 Environmental Pollution100
- Trends in Food Science & Technology100
- International Journal of Biological Macromolecules100
24 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health99
25 Environmental Science and Pollution Research98
26 Food Hydrocolloids97
27 Computers in Biology and Medicine95
- Nature Reviews Microbiology95
29 Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology93
- Cell Metabolism93
- Molecular Cancer93
32 Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews91
- Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy91
34 Resources Conservation and Recycling90
- Science Translational Medicine90
36 Molecular Cell89
- Nature Neuroscience89
38 Ecological Indicators87
39 Journal of Controlled Release86
40 Neuron85
- Environment International85
42 Biosensors & Bioelectronics84
43 Cell Death & Disease83
- Pharmaceutics83
45 Global Change Biology82
- Remote Sensing of Environment82
47 Cell Host & Microbe81
- Computers and Electronics in Agriculture81
- Nature Climate Change81
- Nature Reviews Drug Discovery81
51 Frontiers in Microbiology79
- Energy Policy79
53 Frontiers in Pharmacology78
- Journal of Nanobiotechnology78
55 Cell Stem Cell77
56 Ageing Research Reviews74
57 Nature Reviews Genetics73
58 Clinical Infectious Diseases72
- Molecular Psychiatry72
60 Pharmacological Research71
- Nature Cell Biology71
- Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety71
- Environmental Chemistry Letters71
64 Food Research International70
- Briefings in Bioinformatics70
- Brain70
67 Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews68
- Nature Protocols68
- Journal of Medicinal Chemistry68
- LWT-Food Science and Technology68
- Industrial Crops and Products68
72 Viruses-Basel67
- Molecular Plant67
74 Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry66
- Neuroimage66
76 Nature Reviews Neuroscience65
- Pharmaceuticals65
78 Journal of Neuroinflammation64
- Current Biology64
80 Nature Chemical Biology63
- Biotechnology Advances63
- Molecular Therapy63
83 Pharmacology & Therapeutics62
- Drugs62
- Marine Pollution Bulletin62
86 Food Control61
- European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry61
- Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety61
- Journal of Medical Virology61
90 Free Radical Biology and Medicine60
91 Physiological Reviews59
- Marine Drugs59
- Phytomedicine59
94 Waste Management58
- Plant Cell58
- Stem Cell Research & Therapy58
- Environmental Research Letters58
- Trends in Ecology & Evolution58
- Bioinformatics58
100 Cell Death and Differentiation57
- Neural Networks57
- Journal of Extracellular Vesicles57
- Frontiers in Physiology57
- Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling57
105 Journal of Environmental Sciences56
- Clinical Microbiology and Infection56
- Autophagy56
108 Developmental Cell55
- Trends in Biotechnology55
- Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences55
- Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition55
- Journal of Ethnopharmacology55
- Plant Biotechnology Journal55
- Life Sciences55
115 Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces54
- Nature Structural & Molecular Biology54
- International Immunopharmacology54
- International Journal of Biological Sciences54
- Gut Microbes54
- Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience54
- Frontiers in Neurology54
- Frontiers in Neuroscience54
- Drug Discovery Today54
- EMBO Journal54
- Trends in Cell Biology54
- Trends in Neurosciences54
- ISME Journal54
128 Trends in Cognitive Sciences53
- Journal of Biological Chemistry53
- Biological Psychiatry53
- Biological Reviews53
132 Environment Development and Sustainability52
- Sleep Medicine Reviews52
- International Journal of Nanomedicine52
- Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience52
- Journal of Molecular Biology52
- International Journal of Pharmaceutics52
- Agricultural Water Management52
139 Molecular Neurodegeneration51
- Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions51
- Frontiers in Genetics51
- Trends in Microbiology51
- Brain Behavior and Immunity51
144 Oncogene50
- Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences50
- American Journal of Human Genetics50
- Food and Chemical Toxicology50
- Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment50
- Bioorganic Chemistry50
150 Genome Medicine49
- Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics49
- Neuropsychopharmacology49
- Journal of Integrative Plant Biology49
- Trends in Pharmacological Sciences49
- Biochemical Pharmacology49
- Aquaculture49
157 Cell Communication and Signaling48
- Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences48
- Ecological Economics48
- Environmental Health Perspectives48
- Trends in Biochemical Sciences48
- Agricultural and Forest Meteorology48
163 Current Opinion in Biotechnology47
- Meat Science47
- FEBS Journal47
- Journal of Infectious Diseases47
- Trends in Genetics47
- Microbiological Research47
- Alzheimers Research & Therapy47
170 Current Opinion in Structural Biology46
- Fertility and Sterility46
- Genetics in Medicine46
- British Journal of Pharmacology46
- Aging Cell46
- Journal of Cell Biology46
- Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity46
- Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience46
- Phytotherapy Research46
179 Environmental Science & Policy45
- Reviews in Aquaculture45
- Water Resources Research45
- Acta Pharmacologica Sinica45
- Annals of Neurology45
- Biomass & Bioenergy45
- Fish & Shellfish Immunology45
- Journal of Food Engineering45
- European Journal of Pharmacology45
188 Current Opinion in Microbiology44
- Field Crops Research44
- EMBO Reports44
- Trends in Molecular Medicine44
- Biomacromolecules44
- Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology44
- Drug Resistance Updates44
- Postharvest Biology and Technology44
196 Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies43
- International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology43
- Modern Pathology43
- Neurobiology of Disease43
- Food Quality and Preference43
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