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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Nature299
2 Nature Communications245
3 New England Journal of Medicine240
4 Science234
5 Advanced Materials207
6 Lancet202
7 Journal of the American Chemical Society179
8 Nature Medicine174
9 Chemical Reviews171
10 Chemical Engineering Journal170
- Angewandte Chemie-International Edition170
12 Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy167
- Cell167
14 Science of the Total Environment164
15 ACS Nano161
16 International Journal of Molecular Sciences160
17 Advanced Functional Materials158
18 Chemical Society Reviews155
19 JAMA-Journal of the American Medical Association144
- Applied Catalysis B-Environmental144
21 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews143
- Energy & Environmental Science143
23 Journal of Hazardous Materials142
24 Advanced Energy Materials141
- Journal of Cleaner Production141
26 Science Advances140
27 Journal of Clinical Oncology137
28 Chemosphere136
29 IEEE Access135
30 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence134
31 Nature Energy129
32 Nucleic Acids Research128
- Coordination Chemistry Reviews128
34 Technological Forecasting and Social Change127
35 Frontiers in Immunology126
36 Energy125
- Nano-Micro Letters125
- International Journal of Hydrogen Energy125
39 Advanced Science124
- ACS Catalysis124
41 Renewable Energy123
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America123
43 Expert Systems With Applications122
- Journal of Environmental Management122
- Nano Energy122
- Environmental Science & Technology122
47 Sensors121
- Journal of Energy Storage121
49 Scientific Reports120
- Energy Storage Materials120
51 Molecules118
- Journal of Materials Science & Technology118
- Sustainability118
54 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems115
- IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems115
- Nature Genetics115
57 Journal of Colloid and Interface Science114
- Nature Biotechnology114
59 IEEE Internet of Things Journal113
- Circulation113
- Nature Materials113
62 Applied Energy112
- Energy Economics112
64 Nature Nanotechnology111
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics111
- Food Chemistry111
67 Water Research110
- IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing110
69 Small109
70 Environmental Research108
- Bioresource Technology108
- Molecular Cancer108
73 Cancer Cell107
- ACS Energy Letters107
- Polymers107
76 JAMA Network Open106
- Journal of Business Research106
- Journal of Hepatology106
- Joule106
80 Carbohydrate Polymers105
- Nature Catalysis105
- Journal of Energy Chemistry105
- Applied Sciences-Basel105
84 Physical Review Letters104
- Nutrients104
- ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces104
87 International Journal of Biological Macromolecules103
- Construction and Building Materials103
- Fuel103
- Nature Methods103
91 Food Hydrocolloids102
- Separation and Purification Technology102
- IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics102
- Lancet Oncology102
95 Journal of Materials Chemistry A101
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health101
97 ACM Computing Surveys100
- Progress in Materials Science100
99 MMWR-Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report99
- Carbon99
- Environmental Pollution99
- Lancet Infectious Diseases99
103 Nature Photonics98
- IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications98
- Energy Conversion and Management98
- Heliyon98
- Resources Policy98
- Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy98
109 Composites Part B-Engineering97
- Trends in Food Science & Technology97
- Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology97
112 European Heart Journal96
- Cells96
- Antioxidants96
115 Sustainable Cities and Society95
- Nano Letters95
- Journal of the American College of Cardiology95
- Immunity95
- Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing95
120 Computers in Biology and Medicine94
- Energies94
- Information Fusion94
123 Nature Neuroscience93
- Accounts of Chemical Research93
- Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence93
- Pharmaceutics93
- Energy Reports93
128 Gastroenterology92
- Nature Reviews Microbiology92
- Diabetes Care92
- Foods92
- Cell Metabolism92
- IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials92
- Cancers92
135 BMJ-British Medical Journal91
136 ACS Omega90
- Nature Electronics90
- RSC Advances90
- Journal of Controlled Release90
- Annals of Oncology90
- Light-Science & Applications90
- Blood90
143 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics89
- Frontiers in Plant Science89
- Astrophysical Journal89
- Science Translational Medicine89
- Green Chemistry89
- Finance Research Letters89
- Neuron89
150 Neurocomputing88
- Environmental Science and Pollution Research88
- Automation in Construction88
- Nanomaterials88
- Nature Microbiology88
- Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering88
- Reliability Engineering & System Safety88
- Molecular Cell88
158 Materials87
- Nature Sustainability87
- Nature Immunology87
- Resources Conservation and Recycling87
- IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology87
- Journal of Hematology & Oncology87
- Computers and Electronics in Agriculture87
- Nature Chemistry87
166 Environment International86
- Pattern Recognition86
- Cell Death & Disease86
- IEEE Transactions on Image Processing86
- Materials Today86
- Microorganisms86
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics86
- Lancet Respiratory Medicine86
- Knowledge-Based Systems86
- Biomaterials86
- Chemical Science86
- PLoS ONE86
- Journal of Nanobiotechnology86
- Electronics86
- Remote Sensing86
181 Cell Reports85
- Nano Research85
- Plants-Basel85
- Frontiers in Microbiology85
- Lancet Neurology85
- Ecological Indicators85
- IEEE Transactions on Systems Man Cybernetics-Systems85
188 Journal of Materials Research and Technology-JMR&T84
- Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services84
- Business Strategy and the Environment84
- Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews84
- Nature Reviews Materials84
193 IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications83
- Nature Physics83
- Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical83
- IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering83
- Global Change Biology83
- Advances in Colloid and Interface Science83
- Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology83
- Astronomy & Astrophysics83
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