New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

Multidisciplinary

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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Nature296
2 Nature Communications249
3 Science225
4 Advanced Materials208
5 Journal of the American Chemical Society181
6 Chemical Reviews175
7 Angewandte Chemie-International Edition174
8 International Journal of Molecular Sciences167
9 Science of the Total Environment163
10 Advanced Functional Materials161
11 ACS Nano159
12 Chemical Society Reviews149
13 Journal of Cleaner Production142
14 Advanced Energy Materials141
15 Energy & Environmental Science140
- Science Advances140
17 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews138
18 Scientific Reports134
- IEEE Access134
20 Sustainability132
21 Nano-Micro Letters131
22 Molecules129
- Journal of Hazardous Materials129
24 Nature Energy128
25 Heliyon125
- Journal of Environmental Management125
27 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America123
28 Advanced Science122
- Journal of Materials Science & Technology122
30 Environmental Science & Technology119
31 Nano Energy117
32 Water Research115
33 IEEE Internet of Things Journal114
34 Energy Storage Materials113
35 Small112
- Chemosphere112
37 Environmental Research111
38 Nature Materials110
- Nature Nanotechnology110
- Applied Sciences-Basel110
41 Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence108
42 ACS Energy Letters107
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics107
44 Physical Review Letters106
- Progress in Materials Science106
46 Joule105
- Renewable Energy105
48 Carbon104
49 Construction and Building Materials103
- ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces103
51 Nature Photonics102
52 ACS Omega100
53 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health99
- RSC Advances99
55 Accounts of Chemical Research98
56 IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials97
57 Sustainable Cities and Society96
58 Environmental Pollution95
59 Journal of Materials Chemistry A93
- Composites Part B-Engineering93
- Nature Sustainability93
- Journal of Controlled Release93
- Resources Policy93
64 Journal of Materials Research and Technology-JMR&T91
- Computers and Electronics in Agriculture91
66 Nano Letters90
- IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing90
- Journal of Nanobiotechnology90
- Nature Chemistry90
- Nature Reviews Materials90
71 Electronics89
- Remote Sensing89
- Journal of Alloys and Compounds89
74 IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering88
- Nature Machine Intelligence88
- Computers in Biology and Medicine88
77 Materials86
- Acta Materialia86
- Ecological Indicators86
80 Global Change Biology85
- Materials Today85
82 Nature Climate Change84
- Information Sciences84
- Alexandria Engineering Journal84
- Nanomaterials84
- Green Chemistry84
87 Chemical Science83
- Applied Surface Science83
- Journal of Power Sources83
- PLoS ONE83
- Resources Conservation and Recycling83
- IEEE Transactions on Multimedia83
93 Chem82
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics82
- IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing82
96 Scientific Data81
- Technology in Society81
- Applied Soft Computing81
- Frontiers in Psychology81
- Environment International81
101 Education and Information Technologies79
- Business Strategy and the Environment79
- Remote Sensing of Environment79
- Journal of Hydrology79
105 Nano Research78
- Water78
- Matter78
- Advanced Healthcare Materials78
109 Science Bulletin77
- Materials & Design77
- Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials77
- Computers in Human Behavior77
- Measurement77
- Medical Image Analysis77
- Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety77
116 Cement and Concrete Research76
- Environmental Chemistry Letters76
- Nature Physics76
119 International Journal of Plasticity74
- ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing74
- National Science Review74
- IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging74
- ACS Sensors74
- Advanced Engineering Informatics74
- Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology74
126 iScience73
- ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering73
- Corrosion Science73
- Biosensors-Basel73
130 Journal of Advanced Research72
- Nature Human Behaviour72
- Materials Horizons72
- Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering72
- IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics72
- Environmental Impact Assessment Review72
136 Nature Reviews Chemistry71
- IEEE Sensors Journal71
138 Communications Earth & Environment70
- Computers & Industrial Engineering70
140 npj Computational Materials69
- Chaos Solitons & Fractals69
- Chinese Chemical Letters69
143 Internet of Things68
- Carbon Energy68
- Energy Policy68
- Advanced Fiber Materials68
147 Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing67
- Ultrasonics Sonochemistry67
- Computers & Security67
- Earth System Science Data67
151 Chemistry of Materials66
- Nature Geoscience66
- Gondwana Research66
154 Journal of King Saud University-Computer and Information Sciences65
- Micromachines65
- IEEE Wireless Communications65
157 Laser & Photonics Reviews64
- Multimedia Tools and Applications64
- ACS Applied Nano Materials64
- Earth-Science Reviews64
- Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management64
- Sustainable Production and Consumption64
- Tourism Management64
- Sustainable Development64
165 Landscape and Urban Planning63
- Nature Reviews Physics63
- Optics and Laser Technology63
- Nano Today63
- International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction63
- Small Methods63
- Rare Metals63
- Nanoscale63
- Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing63
- Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering63
- Engineering63
- Energy Research & Social Science63
177 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing62
- International Journal of Nanomedicine62
- ISA Transactions62
- Advanced Optical Materials62
- Frontiers in Environmental Science62
182 PRX Quantum61
- Toxics61
- Journal of Environmental Sciences61
- CATENA61
- Batteries-Basel61
187 Materials Chemistry and Physics60
- Engineering Geology60
- Physics Reports-Review Section of Physics Letters60
- Reviews of Modern Physics60
- International Journal of Information Management60
- IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering60
- Ain Shams Engineering Journal60
- Environmental Technology & Innovation60
195 Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry59
- Marine Pollution Bulletin59
- Frontiers in Chemistry59
- Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling59
- Coatings59
- Green Energy & Environment59
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