New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Nature289
2 New England Journal of Medicine244
3 Science237
4 Nature Communications234
5 Lancet207
6 Advanced Materials205
7 Chemical Reviews181
8 Journal of the American Chemical Society174
9 Angewandte Chemie-International Edition173
10 Cell172
11 Chemical Engineering Journal169
12 Nature Medicine168
13 Science of the Total Environment159
14 International Journal of Molecular Sciences158
15 Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy156
16 Advanced Functional Materials155
17 ACS Nano153
18 JAMA-Journal of the American Medical Association147
- Journal of Hazardous Materials147
20 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental145
21 Journal of Cleaner Production143
- Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews143
23 Nucleic Acids Research141
24 Chemical Society Reviews138
25 Advanced Energy Materials136
26 Chemosphere135
27 Science Advances133
28 Journal of Clinical Oncology132
29 Coordination Chemistry Reviews130
- Energy & Environmental Science130
31 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America127
32 Journal of Environmental Management125
- IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence125
34 Frontiers in Immunology124
35 Technological Forecasting and Social Change122
- Nature Energy122
- Advanced Science122
38 Energy120
- Renewable Energy120
- Energy Storage Materials120
41 Nano Energy119
42 ACS Catalysis118
- Environmental Science & Technology118
- Nature Biotechnology118
45 IEEE Access117
46 Nano-Micro Letters116
47 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy115
48 Scientific Reports114
- Expert Systems With Applications114
50 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics113
- Molecules113
- Sensors113
- Journal of Energy Storage113
54 Water Research112
- Journal of Materials Science & Technology112
- Circulation112
57 Nature Genetics111
- Food Chemistry111
- Sustainability111
- Journal of Colloid and Interface Science111
- Journal of Business Research111
- Small111
63 ACS Energy Letters109
64 Nature Materials108
- IEEE Internet of Things Journal108
- Energy Economics108
- IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems108
- Applied Energy108
- MMWR-Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report108
- IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems108
- Lancet Oncology108
- Nature Nanotechnology108
- JAMA Network Open108
74 Joule107
75 Bioresource Technology105
- Journal of Hepatology105
- Nature Catalysis105
- Nutrients105
- Carbohydrate Polymers105
- Cancer Cell105
- Environmental Research105
82 Journal of Energy Chemistry104
- IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing104
- Polymers104
- ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces104
86 Physical Review Letters103
- European Heart Journal103
88 Composites Part B-Engineering102
- Nature Methods102
- IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics102
91 Food Hydrocolloids101
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health101
93 Lancet Infectious Diseases100
- Journal of the American College of Cardiology100
- Construction and Building Materials100
- Cells100
- International Journal of Biological Macromolecules100
- Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering100
99 Molecular Cancer99
- Carbon99
101 Applied Sciences-Basel98
- Trends in Food Science & Technology98
- Environmental Pollution98
104 Energy Reports97
- Fuel97
- Resources Policy97
- Computers in Biology and Medicine97
108 ACM Computing Surveys96
- Separation and Purification Technology96
- Energy Conversion and Management96
- Sustainable Cities and Society96
- Environmental Science and Pollution Research96
113 IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications95
114 Antioxidants94
- Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy94
- Immunity94
117 Annals of Oncology93
- Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology93
- Gastroenterology93
120 Nature Reviews Microbiology92
- Journal of Materials Chemistry A92
- Cell Metabolism92
- Nano Letters92
- Nature Photonics92
- Lancet Respiratory Medicine92
126 Accounts of Chemical Research91
- Light-Science & Applications91
- Molecular Cell91
129 Cancers90
- Energies90
- Science Translational Medicine90
- Resources Conservation and Recycling90
- Nature Neuroscience90
- Progress in Materials Science90
135 Journal of Hematology & Oncology89
- Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing89
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics89
- Nature Reviews Materials89
- BMJ-British Medical Journal89
- PLoS ONE89
- Information Fusion89
142 Biomaterials88
- Materials Today88
- Neurocomputing88
145 Remote Sensing87
- Environment International87
- Heliyon87
- Blood87
- Ecological Indicators87
- Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews87
- Neuron87
- Journal of Alloys and Compounds87
- Nature Electronics87
154 Nature Chemistry86
- IEEE Transactions on Systems Man Cybernetics-Systems86
- Nature Immunology86
- Journal of Controlled Release86
- Cell Reports86
- Nanomaterials86
- Finance Research Letters86
161 Foods85
- Astrophysical Journal85
- Nature Microbiology85
- Diabetes Care85
165 Nature Reviews Immunology84
- Cell Death & Disease84
- Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence84
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics84
- Nature Physics84
- Journal of Molecular Liquids84
- Information Sciences84
- Pharmaceutics84
- IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology84
- Automation in Construction84
175 Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology83
- Applied Surface Science83
- Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials83
- Lancet Neurology83
- Nature Climate Change83
- Journal of Materials Research and Technology-JMR&T83
- eLife83
- Materials83
- Nano Research83
184 Global Change Biology82
- IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems82
- Knowledge-Based Systems82
- Reliability Engineering & System Safety82
- Nature Sustainability82
- Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services82
- Electronics82
- Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B82
- Business Strategy and the Environment82
- Computers and Electronics in Agriculture82
- Frontiers in Plant Science82
- ACS Omega82
- Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical82
197 Journal of Nanobiotechnology81
- Pattern Recognition81
- IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications81
- Plants-Basel81
(This list is limited to max. 200 journals; click here to see the full list)
2.5012319087982