New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

Multidisciplinary

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The 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 Papers
1 Scientific Reports142987
2 PLoS ONE69594
3 International Journal of Molecular Sciences58149
4 Sustainability55090
5 Applied Sciences-Basel51659
6 IEEE Access45065
7 Nature Communications43860
8 Heliyon35098
9 Materials26755
10 Science of the Total Environment26501
11 Molecules25890
12 Journal of Alloys and Compounds24769
13 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces23495
14 Advanced Functional Materials20764
15 Frontiers in Psychology20712
16 Electronics20301
17 Angewandte Chemie-International Edition20167
18 ACS Omega20139
19 Remote Sensing19892
20 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health19495
21 Construction and Building Materials18588
22 Nature17671
23 Small17599
24 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America16540
25 Journal of Cleaner Production16505
26 Journal of the American Chemical Society15938
27 Advanced Science15761
28 Water15262
29 IEEE Sensors Journal14901
30 Journal of Environmental Management14827
31 Advanced Materials14783
32 Journal of Hazardous Materials13820
33 RSC Advances13604
34 IEEE Internet of Things Journal13374
35 Journal of Materials Research and Technology-JMR&T12848
36 Applied Surface Science12584
37 Physica Scripta12285
38 Materials Today Communications11966
39 iScience11965
40 Chemical Communications11738
41 Journal of Materials Chemistry A11576
42 ChemistrySelect11011
43 Environmental Research10795
44 Physical Review Letters10630
45 ACS Nano10625
46 Science Advances10595
47 Applied Physics Letters10577
48 Chemosphere10225
49 Langmuir10201
50 Nanomaterials9937
51 Measurement9917
52 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing9595
53 Environmental Science & Technology9519
54 JoVE-Journal of Visualized Experiments9474
55 Land9396
56 Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics9284
57 ACS Applied Nano Materials9274
58 Journal of Physical Chemistry C9248
59 Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence9011
60 New Scientist8828
61 Chemistry-A European Journal8791
62 Symmetry-Basel8523
63 Environmental Pollution8250
64 Renewable Energy8155
65 Science8121
66 New Journal of Chemistry7963
67 Nano Letters7903
68 Journal of Power Sources7806
69 Materials Letters7747
70 Nanoscale7716
71 PeerJ7715
72 Chemical Science7624
73 Geophysical Research Letters7593
74 Journal of Materials Chemistry C7484
75 Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance7448
76 ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering7443
77 Surfaces and Interfaces7405
78 Journal of Applied Physics7198
79 Micromachines7161
80 Coatings7038
81 Journal of Hydrology7010
82 Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters6912
83 Water Research6686
84 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety6681
85 Optics and Laser Technology6655
86 AIP Advances6622
87 Metals6615
88 Measurement Science and Technology6603
89 Atmosphere6482
90 BMC Medical Education6327
- Scientific Data6327
92 Current Psychology6299
93 Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology6158
94 Microscopy and Microanalysis6154
95 Ecological Indicators6135
96 Materials Chemistry and Physics6118
97 Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing6114
98 Journal of Materials Science5806
99 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing5767
100 Materials & Design5766
101 Chaos Solitons & Fractals5725
102 Entropy5709
103 ACS Applied Energy Materials5694
104 Behavioral Sciences5566
105 ACS Applied Polymer Materials5513
106 Applied Soft Computing5493
107 Marine Pollution Bulletin5491
108 Frontiers in Environmental Science5474
109 SAGE Open5447
110 Computers in Biology and Medicine5431
111 Advanced Healthcare Materials5398
112 Chinese Chemical Letters5369
113 Advanced Optical Materials5314
114 Information Sciences5307
115 Advanced Energy Materials5284
116 Optical Materials5167
117 Crystals5145
118 Case Studies in Construction Materials5050
119 European Physical Journal Plus4967
120 Frontiers in Earth Science4931
121 IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices4837
122 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics4811
123 Diamond and Related Materials4483
124 Green Chemistry4476
125 Carbon4446
126 Alexandria Engineering Journal4436
127 Computers and Electronics in Agriculture4410
128 Chinese Physics B4371
129 Surface & Coatings Technology4359
130 Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering4320
131 Chemistry & Biodiversity4304
132 BMC Psychology4279
133 Nano Energy4274
134 Nano Research4268
135 Materials Characterization4247
136 Chemistry of Materials4206
137 Physical Review Applied4156
138 Advances in Space Research4115
139 Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing4102
140 Toxics4095
141 Advanced Engineering Materials4035
142 Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials3988
143 CMC-Computers Materials & Continua3984
144 Water Air and Soil Pollution3975
145 Crystal Growth & Design3934
146 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications3930
147 Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics3914
148 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews3861
149 IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity3845
150 Vacuum3842
151 Biosensors & Bioelectronics3790
152 Journal of Controlled Release3745
153 Acta Materialia3725
154 IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing3702
155 Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling3688
156 Laser & Photonics Reviews3682
157 IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics3672
158 Environmental Research Letters3656
159 ACS Applied Electronic Materials3648
160 Advanced Materials Technologies3640
161 Soft Computing3628
162 Review of Scientific Instruments3608
163 Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing3591
164 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters3571
165 Soft Matter3568
166 Journal of Materials Science & Technology3561
167 Sustainable Cities and Society3549
168 Social Science & Medicine3519
169 Biosensors-Basel3512
170 CATENA3471
171 IEEE Transactions on Multimedia3422
172 Acta Crystallographica A-Foundation and Advances3398
173 Japanese Journal of Applied Physics3380
174 Materials Science and Engineering B-Advanced Functional Solid-State Materials3376
175 Communications Earth & Environment3352
176 ChemSusChem3348
177 Systems3347
178 Computers & Industrial Engineering3328
179 Fractal and Fractional3322
180 IEEE Wireless Communications Letters3313
181 Acta Physica Sinica3305
182 Journal of Nanobiotechnology3285
183 Energy Storage Materials3236
184 Signal Image and Video Processing3232
185 Journal of Electronic Materials3194
186 Physica A-Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications3189
187 Small Methods3177
188 Corrosion Science3161
189 Composites Part B-Engineering3159
190 JOM3158
191 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics3151
192 Environmental Monitoring and Assessment3142
193 Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering3110
194 CrystEngComm3086
195 International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction3085
196 Environment International3044
197 Journal of Computational Physics3042
198 Journal of the Franklin Institute-Engineering and Applied Mathematics3014
199 Computers and Geotechnics2996
200 International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction2977
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