New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 CA-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians170.138
2 Chemical Reviews89.615
3 Progress in Energy and Combustion Science74.235
4 Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy73.619
5 Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology73.346
6 Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior72.765
7 Electrochemical Energy Reviews70.172
8 Reviews of Modern Physics68.320
9 Nature Reviews Microbiology68.030
10 Progress in Materials Science66.268
11 Cell66.132
12 IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials65.635
13 International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education60.376
14 Nature Reviews Disease Primers59.424
15 Physiological Reviews59.127
16 Biochar57.444
17 Cancer Cell56.054
18 Nature Reviews Materials55.381
19 Journal of Hematology & Oncology55.213
20 Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology54.504
21 Advances in Optics and Photonics53.962
22 Chemical Society Reviews53.668
23 Environmental Chemistry Letters51.658
24 Annual Review of Pathology-Mechanisms of Disease51.621
25 Annual Review of Immunology50.564
26 New England Journal of Medicine50.284
27 Annual Review of Psychology50.027
28 Nature Energy49.239
29 Nano-Micro Letters48.776
30 ACM Computing Surveys48.105
31 Reviews of Geophysics48.074
32 Evidence-Based Mental Health47.750
33 Cell Metabolism47.090
34 Nature Catalysis45.960
35 International Journal of Information Management44.917
36 Molecular Cancer44.266
37 Nature Medicine43.880
38 Joule43.256
39 Nature Nanotechnology42.390
40 Nature Reviews Immunology42.159
41 Annual Review Plant Biology42.080
42 Nature Reviews Cancer41.489
43 International Journal of Oral Science41.208
44 Energy & Environmental Science40.798
45 Nature Reviews Genetics40.494
46 Progress in Polymer Science39.943
47 Seminars in Cancer Biology39.489
48 Fungal Diversity39.250
49 Nature Reviews Chemistry39.240
50 Immunity39.177
51 Endocrine Reviews39.026
52 Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters38.017
53 Nature Machine Intelligence37.694
54 Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics37.353
55 Coordination Chemistry Reviews37.230
56 Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews36.585
57 Nature Photonics36.395
58 Annual Review of Biochemistry36.359
59 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental35.970
60 Nature Materials35.583
61 Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics35.175
62 Annual Review of Economics35.169
63 Advances in Colloid and Interface Science34.503
64 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews34.265
65 Annual Review of Neuroscience34.233
66 Journal of Materials Science & Technology34.034
67 Nature Genetics33.558
68 Advanced Materials33.511
69 Journal of Financial Economics33.174
70 Nature Reviews Nephrology33.172
71 Human Reproduction Update32.667
72 Nature Sustainability31.825
73 Human Resource Management Review31.719
74 Nature Methods31.686
75 Technological Forecasting and Social Change31.610
76 IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering31.496
77 Nano Energy31.350
78 Nucleic Acids Research31.167
79 Progress in Aerospace Sciences31.028
80 Academy of Management Annals31.010
81 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence30.839
82 Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology30.802
83 Annual Review of Marine Science30.684
84 International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture30.568
85 MMWR-Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report30.529
86 Annual Review of Physiology30.395
87 Cell Stem Cell30.232
88 Topics in Current Chemistry30.167
89 Nature Reviews Cardiology30.147
90 Science30.073
91 Accounts of Chemical Research30.056
92 Lancet Digital Health29.821
93 Nature Protocols29.712
94 Advanced Energy Materials29.590
95 Advanced Fiber Materials29.567
96 Nature Biotechnology29.559
97 Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology29.438
98 NPG Asia Materials29.400
99 EMBO Journal29.049
100 Nature Biomedical Engineering28.947
101 Physics Reports-Review Section of Physics Letters28.922
102 Annual Review of Medicine28.752
103 Nature Electronics28.675
104 Nature Reviews Physics28.642
105 Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics28.575
106 Clinical Microbiology Reviews28.561
107 Nature28.439
108 Science Immunology28.431
109 Molecular Neurodegeneration28.335
110 Nature Neuroscience28.326
111 Journal of Finance28.270
112 Journal of Manufacturing Systems28.189
113 Drug Resistance Updates28.181
114 Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry28.000
115 Proceedings of the IEEE27.928
116 Journal of Innovation & Knowledge27.732
117 Journal of Energy Chemistry27.611
118 Nature Metabolism27.527
119 Annual Review of Microbiology27.479
120 Science Translational Medicine27.453
121 Lancet27.414
122 Annual Review of Entomology27.413
123 Implementation Science27.350
124 Progress in Lipid Research27.333
125 ACS Energy Letters27.332
126 Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics27.316
127 Pharmacology & Therapeutics27.299
128 Cement & Concrete Composites27.273
129 Cell Host & Microbe27.149
130 Progress in Retinal and Eye Research26.958
131 Molecular Plant26.893
132 Nature Communications26.700
133 Ageing Research Reviews26.629
134 Medical Image Analysis26.595
135 Nature Microbiology26.562
136 Nature Chemistry26.553
137 International Materials Reviews26.437
138 Information Fusion26.400
139 Nature Reviews Drug Discovery26.390
140 Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing26.386
141 Nature Cancer26.364
142 Periodontology 200026.210
143 Light-Science & Applications26.195
144 Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services26.118
145 Acta Neuropathologica26.090
146 ACM Transactions on Graphics26.059
147 Cement and Concrete Research25.770
148 International Journal of Plasticity25.748
149 Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology25.730
150 Neuron25.727
151 Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry25.711
152 eTransportation25.596
153 ACS Nano25.574
154 Translational Neurodegeneration25.556
155 Journal of Headache and Pain25.533
156 IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics25.531
157 American Economic Review25.389
158 Computers in Human Behavior25.315
159 Trends in Cell Biology25.275
160 Tourism Management25.273
161 Applied Mechanics Reviews25.267
162 Biotechnology Advances25.090
163 Science Robotics25.061
164 World Psychiatry25.038
165 Journal of the American Chemical Society24.970
166 Microbiome24.953
167 Pharmacological Reviews24.921
168 Computers & Education24.889
169 Opto-Electronic Advances24.839
170 Lancet Neurology24.809
171 Computational Visual Media24.784
172 Trends in Food Science & Technology24.743
173 Molecular Cell24.713
174 Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports24.674
175 Diabetes Care24.609
176 IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems24.482
177 International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing24.408
178 Chem24.400
179 Food Hydrocolloids24.317
180 Nature Reviews Neuroscience24.309
181 Educational Psychologist24.250
182 Government Information Quarterly24.170
183 Computer Science Review24.168
184 Energy Storage Materials24.081
185 Gut Microbes24.017
186 Redox Biology23.991
187 Cancer and Metastasis Reviews23.957
188 EMBO Molecular Medicine23.940
189 Journal of Statistical Software23.933
190 Journal of Business Research23.818
191 Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology23.725
192 Automation in Construction23.675
193 Annual Review of Public Health23.649
194 International Journal of Mining Science and Technology23.638
195 Materials Today23.570
196 TRAC-Trends in Analytical Chemistry23.530
197 Applied Energy23.472
198 Technology in Society23.420
199 Energy Economics23.402
200 Annual Review of Clinical Psychology23.388
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