New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 CA-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians250.301
2 Chemical Reviews88.369
3 Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology76.032
4 Reviews of Modern Physics71.538
5 Nature Reviews Materials64.248
6 Progress in Energy and Combustion Science63.993
7 Cell62.433
8 Progress in Materials Science61.086
9 Nature Reviews Microbiology58.998
10 Cellular & Molecular Immunology58.648
11 Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy56.194
12 IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials55.667
13 Electrochemical Energy Reviews55.445
14 Annual Review of Pathology-Mechanisms of Disease54.222
15 New England Journal of Medicine54.085
16 Physiological Reviews53.497
17 Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology52.617
18 Nature Catalysis50.719
19 Chemical Society Reviews50.139
20 Biochar50.095
21 Fungal Diversity49.350
22 International Journal of Information Management48.071
23 Nano-Micro Letters48.000
24 Nature Energy47.781
25 Annual Review of Immunology47.775
26 Journal of Financial Economics47.588
27 Nature Reviews Disease Primers47.197
28 Joule46.231
29 Cancer Cell45.775
30 Journal of Hematology & Oncology45.724
31 Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics44.385
32 Nature Reviews Genetics43.923
33 Nature Nanotechnology43.507
34 Nature Reviews Cancer43.444
35 Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior43.179
36 Cell Metabolism43.058
37 Annual Review of Psychology42.957
38 Nature Reviews Chemistry41.970
39 Annual Review Plant Biology41.705
40 Molecular Cancer41.492
41 Coordination Chemistry Reviews41.324
42 Reviews of Geophysics41.123
43 International Journal of Oral Science40.987
44 Experimental and Molecular Medicine40.976
45 Nature Medicine40.784
46 Artificial Intelligence Review40.605
47 Endocrine Reviews40.601
48 Environmental Chemistry Letters40.594
49 Progress in Polymer Science40.229
50 Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics39.654
51 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental39.593
52 Advances in Optics and Photonics38.891
53 ACM Computing Surveys38.818
54 Nature Reviews Immunology37.921
55 Nature Genetics37.279
56 Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews37.271
57 Immunity37.185
58 Horticulture Research36.718
59 Annual Review of Medicine36.681
60 Seminars in Cancer Biology35.934
61 Nature Materials35.868
62 Cell Research35.455
63 International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education35.417
64 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews35.230
65 Energy & Environmental Science35.213
66 Nature Methods35.141
67 Science34.051
68 MMWR-Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report34.010
69 Quarterly Journal of Economics33.960
70 Nature Photonics33.583
71 Annual Review of Biochemistry32.871
72 Annual Review of Physiology32.301
73 Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology32.253
74 Advanced Materials32.045
75 Advances in Colloid and Interface Science31.926
76 Nature Electronics31.817
77 Nature Biomedical Engineering31.512
78 Nature Sustainability30.876
79 Nano Energy30.874
80 Nucleic Acids Research30.564
81 EPMA Journal30.517
82 Annual Review of Public Health30.495
83 Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters30.409
84 Trends in Food Science & Technology30.279
85 Nature Biotechnology30.003
86 Nature Machine Intelligence29.966
87 Journal of Materials Science & Technology29.806
88 Science Immunology29.659
89 Energy Storage Materials29.590
90 Technological Forecasting and Social Change29.448
91 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence29.417
92 Science Translational Medicine29.396
93 Cell Stem Cell29.333
94 Lancet Digital Health29.324
95 Nature Protocols29.288
96 Science Robotics29.260
97 American Economic Review28.958
98 Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics28.949
99 Journal of Energy Chemistry28.829
100 Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology28.743
101 Human Reproduction Update28.728
102 Advanced Fiber Materials28.506
103 ACS Energy Letters28.456
104 Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials28.332
105 Nature Reviews Drug Discovery28.276
106 Advanced Energy Materials28.158
107 Nature Neuroscience28.149
108 Information Fusion28.084
109 Periodontology 200027.933
110 Accounts of Chemical Research27.901
111 Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics27.872
112 Nature Reviews Physics27.812
113 Progress in Retinal and Eye Research27.632
114 Progress in Lipid Research27.517
115 Journal of Manufacturing Systems27.412
116 Lancet27.295
117 Reports on Progress in Physics27.293
118 Nature27.199
119 Light-Science & Applications27.197
120 International Materials Reviews27.176
121 Opto-Electronic Advances27.068
122 Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry27.007
123 Physics Reports-Review Section of Physics Letters26.979
124 Molecular Cell26.955
125 Technology in Society26.749
126 Biotechnology Advances26.715
127 Nature Chemistry26.621
128 Journal of Business Research26.544
129 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Computational Molecular Science26.454
130 Annual Review of Genetics26.430
131 Annual Review of Entomology26.422
132 Clinical Microbiology Reviews26.303
133 Nature Reviews Cardiology26.266
134 International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture26.185
135 Pharmacology & Therapeutics25.922
136 Tourism Management25.907
137 Nature Reviews Neuroscience25.870
138 Annual Review of Microbiology25.866
139 Human Resource Management Review25.771
140 eTransportation25.765
141 Annual Review of Economics25.640
142 Educational Psychologist25.617
143 Biomaterials25.605
144 Cell Host & Microbe25.429
145 Nature Reviews Nephrology25.412
146 Nature Communications25.240
147 Neuron25.233
148 Composites Part B-Engineering25.063
149 Journal of Finance25.033
150 Molecular Neurodegeneration24.975
151 Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology24.876
152 Radiologia Medica24.875
153 EMBO Journal24.858
154 Materials Today24.834
155 Journal of Advanced Ceramics24.797
156 Nature Immunology24.759
157 Journal of the American Chemical Society24.724
158 Lancet Neurology24.684
159 Lancet Public Health24.654
160 Nature Microbiology24.649
161 Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews24.552
162 Molecular Plant24.537
163 Lancet Planetary Health24.505
164 Drug Resistance Updates24.463
165 Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services24.429
166 Journal of Extracellular Vesicles24.369
167 Journal of Innovation & Knowledge24.348
168 Annual Review of Neuroscience24.344
- Ageing Research Reviews24.344
170 Nature Metabolism24.294
171 Academy of Management Annals24.191
172 Nature Cancer24.158
173 Cement & Concrete Composites23.984
174 Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing23.979
175 Progress in Aerospace Sciences23.968
176 Cement and Concrete Research23.915
177 Annual Review of Biophysics23.913
178 Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology23.821
179 ACS Nano23.640
180 Annual Review of Phytopathology23.632
181 Annual Review of Marine Science23.574
182 IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering23.538
183 International Journal of Mining Science and Technology23.500
184 Review of Finance23.427
185 Medical Image Analysis23.372
186 Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports23.286
187 Carbon Energy23.250
188 Basic Research in Cardiology23.232
189 Chem23.204
190 Cell Death and Differentiation23.181
191 Translational Neurodegeneration22.976
192 Microbiome22.939
193 Annual Review of Clinical Psychology22.929
194 Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science22.856
195 npj Flexible Electronics22.773
196 Carbohydrate Polymers22.722
197 IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics22.712
198 IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications22.710
199 Computer Science Review22.559
200 Food Hydrocolloids22.512
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