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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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Nature286
2 New England Journal of Medicine252
3 Science238
4 Nature Communications230
5 Lancet214
6 Advanced Materials202
7 Angewandte Chemie-International Edition179
8 Chemical Reviews177
9 Cell176
10 Nature Medicine173
11 Journal of the American Chemical Society167
- Chemical Engineering Journal167
13 Science of the Total Environment163
14 Advanced Functional Materials154
15 International Journal of Molecular Sciences151
- Journal of Hazardous Materials151
17 ACS Nano150
18 Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy149
- JAMA-Journal of the American Medical Association149
20 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental148
21 Journal of Cleaner Production146
- Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews146
23 Advanced Energy Materials137
24 Nucleic Acids Research134
- Chemosphere134
26 Journal of Clinical Oncology130
- Coordination Chemistry Reviews130
28 Science Advances129
29 Chemical Society Reviews126
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America126
31 Journal of Environmental Management125
32 Nano Energy124
33 Frontiers in Immunology123
34 Renewable Energy122
- IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence122
36 Advanced Science121
37 ACS Catalysis120
- Technological Forecasting and Social Change120
39 Lancet Oncology119
40 Energy118
41 Energy & Environmental Science117
- Nature Energy117
- Energy Storage Materials117
- Environmental Science & Technology117
45 Journal of Business Research114
- Nature Biotechnology114
47 Water Research113
48 Expert Systems With Applications112
- Nature Materials112
- Sensors112
- Circulation112
- Joule112
- IEEE Internet of Things Journal112
- Nano-Micro Letters112
55 Energy Economics111
- Scientific Reports111
- International Journal of Hydrogen Energy111
- MMWR-Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report111
59 Nature Nanotechnology110
- Small110
61 Food Chemistry109
- Journal of Colloid and Interface Science109
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics109
- Nature Genetics109
- Journal of Materials Science & Technology109
- ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces109
67 Molecules108
- ACS Energy Letters108
- IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems108
70 Sustainability107
71 Journal of Energy Storage106
72 IEEE Access105
- Applied Energy105
- Carbohydrate Polymers105
- Nature Methods105
76 Cancer Cell104
- Lancet Infectious Diseases104
- IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems104
- JAMA Network Open104
80 ACM Computing Surveys103
- Trends in Food Science & Technology103
- Nature Catalysis103
- Environmental Research103
- Bioresource Technology103
- Journal of Energy Chemistry103
- Polymers103
87 Journal of Hepatology102
- Physical Review Letters102
89 Nutrients101
- Environmental Science and Pollution Research101
- European Heart Journal101
- IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing101
93 IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics100
- Carbon100
- Environmental Pollution100
- International Journal of Biological Macromolecules100
- Composites Part B-Engineering100
98 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health99
- Construction and Building Materials99
100 Cells98
101 Applied Sciences-Basel97
- Journal of the American College of Cardiology97
103 Nature Reviews Microbiology96
- Immunity96
- Food Hydrocolloids96
- Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering96
107 BMJ-British Medical Journal95
- Annals of Oncology95
- Sustainable Cities and Society95
- Computers in Biology and Medicine95
- PLoS ONE95
- Lancet Respiratory Medicine95
113 Resources Policy94
- Fuel94
- Energy Conversion and Management94
- Cell Metabolism94
117 IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications93
- Separation and Purification Technology93
- Nano Letters93
120 Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology92
- Nature Reviews Materials92
122 Gastroenterology91
- Resources Conservation and Recycling91
- Energy Reports91
- Accounts of Chemical Research91
126 Molecular Cancer90
- Journal of Hematology & Oncology90
- Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy90
- Science Translational Medicine90
130 Light-Science & Applications89
- Antioxidants89
- Nature Neuroscience89
- IEEE Transactions on Systems Man Cybernetics-Systems89
- Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews89
135 Progress in Materials Science88
- Cell Reports88
- Cancers88
- Nature Electronics88
- Molecular Cell88
140 Energies87
- Nature Reviews Immunology87
- Biomaterials87
- Blood87
- Nature Photonics87
- Materials Today87
146 Ecological Indicators86
- eLife86
- Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing86
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics86
- Remote Sensing86
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics86
152 Nature Biomedical Engineering85
- Neuron85
- Nature Immunology85
- Nano Research85
- Nature Chemistry85
- Journal of Alloys and Compounds85
158 Journal of Molecular Liquids84
- Journal of Controlled Release84
- Neurocomputing84
- Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials84
- Journal of Materials Chemistry A84
- Nanomaterials84
- Information Fusion84
- Environment International84
166 Information Sciences83
- Nature Reviews Drug Discovery83
- Nature Microbiology83
- IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems83
- Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology83
- Automation in Construction83
- Finance Research Letters83
- Lancet Neurology83
174 Analytical Chemistry82
- Business Strategy and the Environment82
- Heliyon82
- Journal of Materials Research and Technology-JMR&T82
- Global Change Biology82
- Cell Death & Disease82
- Knowledge-Based Systems82
- Chem82
182 Pharmaceutics81
- Nature Climate Change81
- Applied Surface Science81
- IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology81
- Redox Biology81
- Astrophysical Journal81
- IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications81
- Foods81
- Materials81
- Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical81
- Remote Sensing of Environment81
- Nature Physics81
- Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services81
195 Frontiers in Pharmacology80
- Frontiers in Plant Science80
- Nature Sustainability80
- Electronics80
- Diabetes Care80
- Cancer Discovery80
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