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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 CA-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians245.065
2 Chemical Reviews87.070
3 Reviews of Modern Physics77.440
4 Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology73.404
5 Progress in Energy and Combustion Science69.159
6 Progress in Materials Science65.391
7 Cell62.415
8 Nature Reviews Microbiology61.754
9 IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials61.245
10 Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy60.890
11 Electrochemical Energy Reviews59.299
12 Nature Reviews Materials58.481
13 Biochar57.453
14 Annual Review of Pathology-Mechanisms of Disease57.426
15 Physiological Reviews55.104
16 Chemical Society Reviews53.809
17 Annual Review of Immunology53.637
18 Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology53.252
19 Cellular & Molecular Immunology53.125
20 New England Journal of Medicine52.896
21 Fungal Diversity52.778
22 Nature Catalysis52.187
23 Experimental and Molecular Medicine50.016
24 Nature Energy50.010
25 Nano-Micro Letters49.362
26 Journal of Hematology & Oncology48.350
27 Nature Reviews Disease Primers47.856
28 Cancer Cell47.546
29 Journal of Financial Economics47.540
30 Annual Review Plant Biology46.741
31 Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics46.406
32 International Journal of Information Management46.238
33 Joule45.637
34 Molecular Cancer45.255
35 Reviews of Geophysics44.832
36 Nature Nanotechnology44.299
37 Nature Reviews Cancer43.943
38 Artificial Intelligence Review43.924
39 Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior43.563
40 Cell Metabolism43.510
41 Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics43.321
42 Annual Review of Psychology42.794
43 Coordination Chemistry Reviews42.545
44 Advances in Optics and Photonics42.404
45 Environmental Chemistry Letters42.123
46 ACM Computing Surveys41.723
47 Nature Medicine41.686
48 Cell Research41.667
49 International Journal of Oral Science41.130
50 Progress in Polymer Science40.543
51 Nature Reviews Chemistry40.345
52 Endocrine Reviews40.065
53 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental39.914
54 International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education39.303
55 Nature Reviews Immunology39.128
56 Annual Review of Medicine39.117
57 Nature Reviews Genetics38.624
58 Energy & Environmental Science38.328
59 Horticulture Research38.000
60 Annual Review of Biochemistry37.258
61 Immunity37.141
62 Seminars in Cancer Biology36.916
63 Nature Materials36.537
64 Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews36.159
65 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews35.959
66 Nature Methods35.937
67 Nature Photonics35.402
68 Nature Genetics35.046
69 Annual Review of Physiology34.646
70 Annual Review of Public Health34.514
71 Science34.439
72 Quarterly Journal of Economics33.478
73 Nature Sustainability32.711
74 MMWR-Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report32.327
75 Nucleic Acids Research32.171
- Nature Electronics32.171
77 Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters31.937
78 Advanced Materials31.926
79 Nature Machine Intelligence31.759
80 Advances in Colloid and Interface Science31.545
81 Nano Energy31.289
82 Nature Biotechnology31.277
83 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence31.001
- Nature Biomedical Engineering31.001
85 Technological Forecasting and Social Change30.603
86 Progress in Lipid Research30.513
87 Journal of Materials Science & Technology30.502
88 American Economic Review30.332
89 Lancet Digital Health30.126
90 Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology30.104
91 Advanced Fiber Materials30.093
92 Science Robotics29.902
93 Nature Protocols29.774
94 Science Immunology29.496
95 Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology29.353
96 Cell Stem Cell29.271
97 Energy Storage Materials29.162
98 Science Translational Medicine29.105
99 Human Reproduction Update28.981
100 Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials28.954
101 Journal of Manufacturing Systems28.802
102 Information Fusion28.776
103 Advanced Energy Materials28.744
104 Accounts of Chemical Research28.710
105 Trends in Food Science & Technology28.656
106 Nature Neuroscience28.560
107 Educational Psychologist28.550
108 Physics Reports-Review Section of Physics Letters28.464
109 Opto-Electronic Advances28.421
110 ACS Energy Letters28.301
111 Journal of Energy Chemistry28.150
112 Clinical Microbiology Reviews28.075
113 Nature Reviews Drug Discovery27.947
114 Nature27.892
115 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Computational Molecular Science27.716
116 EPMA Journal27.667
117 International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture27.625
118 Human Resource Management Review27.421
119 International Materials Reviews27.266
120 Annual Review of Neuroscience27.215
121 Lancet27.084
122 Light-Science & Applications27.024
123 Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics26.993
124 Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics26.941
125 Technology in Society26.867
126 Nature Reviews Nephrology26.738
127 Academy of Management Annals26.639
128 Nature Chemistry26.515
129 Annual Review of Economics26.483
130 Molecular Cell26.481
131 Nature Reviews Cardiology26.472
132 Progress in Retinal and Eye Research26.408
133 Biotechnology Advances26.372
134 Journal of Finance26.334
135 Annual Review of Biophysics26.283
136 IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering26.256
137 Annual Review of Entomology26.177
138 Drug Resistance Updates26.141
139 Annual Review of Clinical Psychology26.119
140 Pharmacology & Therapeutics26.094
141 Nature Communications25.945
142 Periodontology 200025.838
143 Composites Part B-Engineering25.819
144 Cell Host & Microbe25.760
145 eTransportation25.759
146 Tourism Management25.751
147 Annual Review of Microbiology25.745
148 Nature Reviews Neuroscience25.725
149 Review of Finance25.594
150 Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry25.591
151 Journal of Innovation & Knowledge25.476
152 Reports on Progress in Physics25.372
153 Lancet Public Health25.360
154 Molecular Neurodegeneration25.329
155 Molecular Plant25.292
156 Annual Review of Genetics25.280
157 Nature Reviews Physics25.266
158 Neuron25.249
159 Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing25.176
160 Nature Metabolism25.174
161 Nature Immunology25.161
162 Materials Today25.147
163 Cement and Concrete Research25.094
164 Nature Microbiology25.035
165 Biomaterials24.992
166 Lancet Neurology24.971
167 Lancet Planetary Health24.901
168 Journal of Advanced Ceramics24.894
169 Medical Image Analysis24.880
170 Radiologia Medica24.833
171 Journal of the American Chemical Society24.783
172 Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services24.778
173 Evidence-Based Mental Health24.769
174 Journal of Business Research24.768
175 Ageing Research Reviews24.575
176 Progress in Aerospace Sciences24.530
177 Nature Cancer24.484
178 Translational Neurodegeneration24.457
179 Carbon Energy24.421
180 Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology24.400
181 Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews24.202
182 Journal of Headache and Pain24.159
183 Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology24.068
184 Annual Review of Marine Science23.973
185 EMBO Journal23.884
186 International Journal of Mining Science and Technology23.871
187 ACS Nano23.793
188 Chem23.787
189 Microbiome23.771
190 Cement & Concrete Composites23.765
191 Journal of Extracellular Vesicles23.740
192 Food Hydrocolloids23.591
193 Computer Science Review23.585
194 NPG Asia Materials23.574
195 Carbohydrate Polymers23.560
196 Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science23.393
197 IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications23.381
198 Computers & Education23.376
199 Basic Research in Cardiology23.373
200 Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports23.291
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