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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 Advanced Materials203
2 Cell174
3 Nature Medicine169
4 Chemical Engineering Journal168
5 Advanced Functional Materials155
6 International Journal of Molecular Sciences153
7 ACS Nano151
8 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental147
9 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews143
10 Advanced Energy Materials138
11 Nucleic Acids Research134
12 Coordination Chemistry Reviews131
13 Energy & Environmental Science121
14 Renewable Energy120
15 Energy118
16 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy114
17 Sensors112
18 Nature Nanotechnology110
- Food Chemistry110
- Small110
- Nature Materials110
22 Molecules109
- Journal of Colloid and Interface Science109
24 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces107
25 Bioresource Technology105
- Applied Energy105
- Carbohydrate Polymers105
28 Nature Methods103
29 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing102
30 Carbon101
31 International Journal of Biological Macromolecules100
- Trends in Food Science & Technology100
33 Food Hydrocolloids97
34 Fuel94
- Separation and Purification Technology94
36 Molecular Cancer93
- Nano Letters93
38 Energy Conversion and Management92
39 Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews91
- Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy91
41 Energies90
42 Molecular Cell89
43 Journal of Controlled Release86
- Journal of Alloys and Compounds86
45 Journal of Molecular Liquids85
46 Biosensors & Bioelectronics84
- Nano Research84
48 Pharmaceutics83
49 Applied Surface Science82
- Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical82
- Materials82
52 Nature Reviews Drug Discovery81
- Analytical Chemistry81
54 Energy Policy79
55 Journal of Nanobiotechnology78
- Frontiers in Pharmacology78
57 Journal of Power Sources77
58 Advances in Colloid and Interface Science76
59 Journal of Membrane Science75
- Applied Thermal Engineering75
- TRAC-Trends in Analytical Chemistry75
62 Nano Today73
63 Molecular Psychiatry72
- Process Safety and Environmental Protection72
65 Pharmacological Research71
66 Food Research International70
- Briefings in Bioinformatics70
- Energy and Buildings70
69 Desalination69
70 Journal of Medicinal Chemistry68
- Ocean Engineering68
- Chemistry of Materials68
- Nature Protocols68
- LWT-Food Science and Technology68
75 Molecular Plant67
76 Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry66
- Solar Energy66
78 Energy & Fuels65
- Pharmaceuticals65
80 Journal of Molecular Structure64
- Current Biology64
82 Nature Chemical Biology63
- Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing63
- Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters63
85 Pharmacology & Therapeutics62
- Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects62
- Drugs62
88 Food Control61
- Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety61
- European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry61
91 Inorganic Chemistry60
- Free Radical Biology and Medicine60
93 Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering59
- Phytomedicine59
- Electrochimica Acta59
- Progress in Polymer Science59
- Marine Drugs59
98 Bioinformatics58
- Plant Cell58
- Talanta58
101 Progress in Energy and Combustion Science57
- International Journal of Energy Research57
- Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling57
- Cell Death and Differentiation57
105 European Polymer Journal56
- Analytica Chimica Acta56
- Nanoscale56
108 Journal of Ethnopharmacology55
- Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition55
- Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences55
- Life Sciences55
112 Fuel Processing Technology54
- Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry54
- Drug Discovery Today54
- Macromolecules54
- Inorganic Chemistry Communications54
- International Immunopharmacology54
- International Journal of Biological Sciences54
- Nature Structural & Molecular Biology54
- EMBO Journal54
- Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces54
- Combustion and Flame54
123 IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy53
- Journal of Biological Chemistry53
125 International Journal of Pharmaceutics52
- Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells52
- Powder Technology52
- Microchemical Journal52
- IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters52
- International Journal of Nanomedicine52
- Scripta Materialia52
- Journal of Molecular Biology52
133 Organic Letters51
- Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation51
- Trends in Microbiology51
136 Bioorganic Chemistry50
- Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research50
- Food and Chemical Toxicology50
- Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy50
- Oncogene50
- Journal of Catalysis50
- Langmuir50
143 Biochemical Pharmacology49
- Journal of Physical Chemistry C49
- Journal of Integrative Plant Biology49
- Trends in Pharmacological Sciences49
- Neuropsychopharmacology49
148 Trends in Biochemical Sciences48
- Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers48
- Polymer Degradation and Stability48
151 FEBS Journal47
- Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics47
- Meat Science47
- Catalysis Today47
- Current Opinion in Biotechnology47
156 Polymer Composites46
- Current Opinion in Structural Biology46
- Ocean & Coastal Management46
- IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion46
- Phytotherapy Research46
- Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis46
- Silicon46
- British Journal of Pharmacology46
164 Biomass & Bioenergy45
- Minerals Engineering45
- Journal of the Electrochemical Society45
- European Journal of Pharmacology45
- Journal of Chemical Physics45
- Acta Pharmacologica Sinica45
- Journal of Food Engineering45
171 Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry44
- Trends in Molecular Medicine44
- Drug Resistance Updates44
- EMBO Reports44
- Biomacromolecules44
- Polymer44
- Postharvest Biology and Technology44
- Chemical Engineering Science44
179 Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies43
- Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering43
- Radiation Physics and Chemistry43
- Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A-Chemistry43
- Polymer Testing43
- Chemical Engineering Research & Design43
- Dyes and Pigments43
- Food Quality and Preference43
- Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics43
188 Food & Function42
- Journal of Nanomaterials42
- Journal of Dairy Science42
- Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy42
- Neuropharmacology42
- Genome Research42
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer42
- BMC Bioinformatics42
- Microporous and Mesoporous Materials42
- Cellulose42
- Chemical Physics Letters42
- Drug Design Development and Therapy42
200 IEEE-ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics41
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