New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Nature289
2 Nature Communications249
3 New England Journal of Medicine237
4 Advanced Materials207
5 Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy184
6 Journal of the American Chemical Society179
7 Chemical Reviews175
8 Angewandte Chemie-International Edition174
9 Cell172
10 Nature Medicine170
11 International Journal of Molecular Sciences165
12 Science of the Total Environment162
- Advanced Functional Materials162
14 Chemical Engineering Journal157
- ACS Nano157
16 Chemical Society Reviews145
17 Advanced Energy Materials142
- Journal of Cleaner Production142
19 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence141
- Nucleic Acids Research141
21 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental140
22 Science Advances139
23 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews138
24 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy136
- Energy & Environmental Science136
26 Journal of Clinical Oncology135
27 Scientific Reports132
28 Expert Systems With Applications131
- IEEE Access131
30 Nano-Micro Letters130
- Sustainability130
- Frontiers in Immunology130
33 Journal of Energy Storage128
- Nature Energy128
- Journal of Hazardous Materials128
- Coordination Chemistry Reviews128
- ACS Catalysis128
38 Molecules127
39 Circulation125
- Energy125
- IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems125
42 Journal of Environmental Management124
43 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America123
44 Environmental Science & Technology122
- Heliyon122
46 Journal of Materials Science & Technology121
47 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems120
- JAMA-Journal of the American Medical Association120
- Nano Energy120
- Advanced Science120
- Sensors120
52 Technological Forecasting and Social Change116
53 Water Research115
54 IEEE Internet of Things Journal114
- Chemosphere114
- Cancer Cell114
57 Nature Nanotechnology113
58 ACM Computing Surveys112
- Applied Energy112
- Energy Storage Materials112
- JAMA Network Open112
62 Polymers111
- Nature Biotechnology111
- Food Chemistry111
- Nature Materials111
66 Energies110
- Environmental Research110
- Small110
- IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics110
70 Applied Sciences-Basel109
71 Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy108
- Fuel108
73 ACS Energy Letters107
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics107
- Molecular Cancer107
76 Information Fusion106
- Journal of Hepatology106
- Carbohydrate Polymers106
- Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence106
80 Journal of Business Research105
- Nature Methods105
- Progress in Materials Science105
- Energy Reports105
- Renewable Energy105
- European Heart Journal105
86 Journal of Energy Chemistry104
- Antioxidants104
- Food Hydrocolloids104
- Joule104
- Carbon104
- Nutrients104
92 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces103
- Cell Metabolism103
- Nature Catalysis103
- Construction and Building Materials103
96 Immunity102
- IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications102
- Frontiers in Plant Science102
- Pharmaceutics102
- Nature Photonics102
101 Cells101
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health101
- Foods101
- Journal of Colloid and Interface Science101
105 Journal of the American College of Cardiology100
- Energy Conversion and Management100
107 Energy Economics99
- Separation and Purification Technology99
- Lancet Oncology99
- ACS Omega99
111 BMJ-British Medical Journal97
112 RSC Advances96
- Nature Reviews Microbiology96
114 Environmental Pollution95
- Lancet Infectious Diseases95
116 Frontiers in Microbiology94
- Astrophysical Journal94
- Sustainable Cities and Society94
119 Cancers93
- Nature Genetics93
- IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials93
- Bioresource Technology93
- IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications93
- Nature Neuroscience93
- Journal of Hematology & Oncology93
- Diabetes Care93
- Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology93
- Resources Policy93
129 Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services92
- Nature Sustainability92
- Automation in Construction92
- Redox Biology92
- Composites Part B-Engineering92
- Journal of Controlled Release92
- Reliability Engineering & System Safety92
136 npj Digital Medicine91
- Trends in Food Science & Technology91
- Journal of Alloys and Compounds91
- Plants-Basel91
- Journal of Materials Research and Technology-JMR&T91
- Journal of Materials Chemistry A91
- Nano Letters91
- Nature Chemistry91
- Neurocomputing91
- Nature Electronics91
146 Annals of Oncology90
- Nature Reviews Materials90
- Gastroenterology90
149 Computers in Biology and Medicine89
- Remote Sensing89
- Accounts of Chemical Research89
- Electronics89
- Astrophysical Journal Letters89
- Journal of Medical Internet Research89
- Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing89
156 Knowledge-Based Systems88
- Journal of Nanobiotechnology88
- IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing88
159 Science Translational Medicine87
- Finance Research Letters87
- IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering87
- Cell Death & Disease87
- Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews87
164 Nature Immunology86
- Applied Thermal Engineering86
- Global Change Biology86
- IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology86
- Neuron86
- Nature Microbiology86
- Microorganisms86
- Nanomaterials86
- Nature Machine Intelligence86
173 Light-Science & Applications85
- MMWR-Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report85
- Acta Materialia85
- Frontiers in Endocrinology85
- Materials Today85
- Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology85
- Materials85
- Cell Reports85
181 Resources Conservation and Recycling84
- Molecular Cell84
- Lancet Neurology84
- TRAC-Trends in Analytical Chemistry84
- eClinicalMedicine84
- Information Sciences84
- Ecological Indicators84
- Cement & Concrete Composites84
- Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering84
- Cardiovascular Diabetology84
- Applied Surface Science84
192 Pattern Recognition83
- Science83
- Blood83
- Diagnostics83
- Alexandria Engineering Journal83
- PLoS ONE83
- Frontiers in Pharmacology83
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics83
- Radiology83
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