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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Nature294
2 New England Journal of Medicine240
3 Nature Communications239
4 Science234
5 Advanced Materials205
6 Lancet203
7 Journal of the American Chemical Society177
- Chemical Reviews177
9 Nature Medicine173
10 Angewandte Chemie-International Edition171
11 Cell167
- Chemical Engineering Journal167
13 Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy164
14 Science of the Total Environment163
15 International Journal of Molecular Sciences160
16 ACS Nano156
17 Advanced Functional Materials155
18 Chemical Society Reviews147
19 JAMA-Journal of the American Medical Association145
- Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews145
- Nucleic Acids Research145
22 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental144
23 Journal of Hazardous Materials142
- Journal of Cleaner Production142
25 Advanced Energy Materials139
26 Energy & Environmental Science138
27 Science Advances137
28 Chemosphere135
29 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence133
30 Journal of Clinical Oncology132
31 Coordination Chemistry Reviews131
32 IEEE Access127
- Nature Energy127
34 Journal of Environmental Management126
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America126
36 Advanced Science125
37 Technological Forecasting and Social Change124
- Frontiers in Immunology124
39 Nano Energy123
- Renewable Energy123
41 Energy122
- Energy Storage Materials122
43 Environmental Science & Technology121
- Nano-Micro Letters121
45 ACS Catalysis120
- International Journal of Hydrogen Energy120
47 Nature Biotechnology118
- Expert Systems With Applications118
49 Sensors117
- Scientific Reports117
51 Journal of Energy Storage115
- Journal of Materials Science & Technology115
53 Molecules114
- Sustainability114
- Journal of Colloid and Interface Science114
56 Circulation113
- Nature Genetics113
- Applied Energy113
59 Small111
- IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems111
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics111
- IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems111
- Nature Nanotechnology111
- Food Chemistry111
65 Energy Economics110
- Nature Materials110
- IEEE Internet of Things Journal110
68 Water Research108
- Nature Catalysis108
- ACS Energy Letters108
71 Journal of Hepatology107
- Environmental Research107
- Cancer Cell107
- Bioresource Technology107
75 Journal of Business Research106
- Carbohydrate Polymers106
- JAMA Network Open106
- IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing106
79 Polymers105
- Physical Review Letters105
- Lancet Oncology105
82 Nutrients104
- Joule104
- Journal of Energy Chemistry104
- ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces104
86 Nature Methods103
- ACM Computing Surveys103
- Molecular Cancer103
89 IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics102
- Applied Sciences-Basel102
- Fuel102
- Construction and Building Materials102
- Composites Part B-Engineering102
94 Environmental Pollution101
- International Journal of Biological Macromolecules101
- Food Hydrocolloids101
- Separation and Purification Technology101
98 Energy Reports100
- Carbon100
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health100
101 MMWR-Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report99
102 Journal of the American College of Cardiology98
- Trends in Food Science & Technology98
- Resources Policy98
- IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications98
106 Lancet Infectious Diseases97
- Sustainable Cities and Society97
- Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy97
- European Heart Journal97
110 Journal of Materials Chemistry A96
111 Cells95
- Antioxidants95
- Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology95
- Computers in Biology and Medicine95
- Energy Conversion and Management95
116 Environmental Science and Pollution Research94
- Progress in Materials Science94
- Nature Photonics94
119 Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering93
- Nature Reviews Microbiology93
- Nano Letters93
- Immunity93
123 Heliyon92
- Gastroenterology92
- Accounts of Chemical Research92
- Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing92
127 Cell Metabolism91
- Lancet Respiratory Medicine91
- Energies91
- Nature Electronics91
131 Information Fusion90
- Molecular Cell90
- Nature Neuroscience90
- Resources Conservation and Recycling90
- Light-Science & Applications90
- Finance Research Letters90
137 Environment International89
- Foods89
- Neurocomputing89
- Journal of Controlled Release89
- Cancers89
- Journal of Hematology & Oncology89
- Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence89
- Blood89
- Pharmaceutics89
- Science Translational Medicine89
- Materials Today89
- Journal of Alloys and Compounds89
149 IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials88
- BMJ-British Medical Journal88
- Nature Immunology88
- Neuron88
- Cell Death & Disease88
- Nature Chemistry88
- Annals of Oncology88
- Ecological Indicators88
157 Nature Microbiology87
- Nature Sustainability87
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics87
- IEEE Transactions on Systems Man Cybernetics-Systems87
- Diabetes Care87
162 PLoS ONE86
- Biomaterials86
- Astrophysical Journal86
- IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology86
- Cell Reports86
- ACS Omega86
- Automation in Construction86
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics86
170 Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews85
- Nanomaterials85
- Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services85
- IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications85
- IEEE Transactions on Image Processing85
- Frontiers in Plant Science85
- Nature Reviews Immunology85
- Nature Reviews Materials85
- Electronics85
- Reliability Engineering & System Safety85
- Journal of Materials Research and Technology-JMR&T85
181 Computers and Electronics in Agriculture84
- Nano Research84
- Business Strategy and the Environment84
- Nature Physics84
- Journal of Nanobiotechnology84
- Applied Surface Science84
- Remote Sensing84
188 Materials83
- Remote Sensing of Environment83
- Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials83
- RSC Advances83
- Knowledge-Based Systems83
- Information Sciences83
- Redox Biology83
- Pattern Recognition83
- Green Chemistry83
- Materials & Design83
- eLife83
- Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical83
200 Lancet Neurology82
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