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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Nature287
2 New England Journal of Medicine246
3 Science239
4 Nature Communications232
5 Lancet209
6 Advanced Materials206
7 Chemical Reviews181
8 Angewandte Chemie-International Edition176
9 Nature Medicine172
- Cell172
11 Journal of the American Chemical Society171
12 Chemical Engineering Journal168
13 Science of the Total Environment161
14 International Journal of Molecular Sciences153
- Advanced Functional Materials153
16 ACS Nano151
17 Journal of Hazardous Materials149
18 JAMA-Journal of the American Medical Association146
19 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental145
20 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews144
21 Journal of Cleaner Production143
22 Nucleic Acids Research138
23 Advanced Energy Materials136
24 Chemical Society Reviews135
25 Chemosphere134
26 Coordination Chemistry Reviews132
27 Journal of Clinical Oncology130
28 Energy & Environmental Science126
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America126
30 Journal of Environmental Management124
- Frontiers in Immunology124
32 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence123
33 Technological Forecasting and Social Change122
34 Energy120
35 Renewable Energy119
36 Environmental Science & Technology118
37 Nature Biotechnology117
- Expert Systems With Applications117
39 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy116
40 Sensors113
41 Journal of Materials Science & Technology112
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics112
- Water Research112
- Circulation112
- Journal of Business Research112
46 Food Chemistry111
- Lancet Oncology111
- Molecules111
- Small111
50 Journal of Colloid and Interface Science110
- Nature Genetics110
52 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems109
- MMWR-Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report109
- Nature Nanotechnology109
- Energy Economics109
56 Nature Materials108
57 Applied Energy106
58 Cancer Cell105
- ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces105
- Bioresource Technology105
61 Journal of Hepatology104
- Environmental Research104
- Carbohydrate Polymers104
64 Physical Review Letters102
- International Journal of Biological Macromolecules102
- European Heart Journal102
- IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing102
- Nature Methods102
69 Composites Part B-Engineering101
70 ACM Computing Surveys100
- Environmental Pollution100
- Lancet Infectious Diseases100
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health100
- Journal of the American College of Cardiology100
75 Construction and Building Materials99
- Carbon99
- Food Hydrocolloids99
78 Environmental Science and Pollution Research98
- Trends in Food Science & Technology98
80 Resources Policy97
81 Computers in Biology and Medicine96
82 IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications95
- Separation and Purification Technology95
- Molecular Cancer95
- Fuel95
- Immunity95
87 Gastroenterology94
- Energy Conversion and Management94
- Annals of Oncology94
90 Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology93
- BMJ-British Medical Journal93
92 Nano Letters92
- Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy92
- Cell Metabolism92
95 Science Translational Medicine91
- Nature Reviews Microbiology91
97 Progress in Materials Science90
- Journal of Hematology & Oncology90
- Resources Conservation and Recycling90
- Nature Photonics90
101 Molecular Cell89
- Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing89
- Nature Neuroscience89
- PLoS ONE89
105 Environment International88
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics88
- Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews88
- Biomaterials88
109 Journal of Controlled Release87
- Nature Immunology87
- Journal of Alloys and Compounds87
112 Neurocomputing86
- Ecological Indicators86
- Materials Today86
- Neuron86
- Finance Research Letters86
117 Blood85
- Journal of Molecular Liquids85
- Nature Reviews Immunology85
- Nature Chemistry85
- Information Fusion85
122 Nature Physics84
- Pharmaceutics84
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics84
- Automation in Construction84
- Diabetes Care84
127 Astrophysical Journal83
- Cell Death & Disease83
- Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology83
- IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology83
- Information Sciences83
- Lancet Neurology83
- Materials83
- Nano Research83
135 Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence82
- Global Change Biology82
- Applied Surface Science82
- IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems82
- Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical82
- IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications82
141 Knowledge-Based Systems81
- Reliability Engineering & System Safety81
- Remote Sensing of Environment81
- Cell Host & Microbe81
- Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services81
- Business Strategy and the Environment81
147 Pattern Recognition80
- Frontiers in Microbiology80
- Nature Reviews Drug Discovery80
- Seminars in Cancer Biology80
- Applied Soft Computing80
- Computers and Electronics in Agriculture80
- Nature Climate Change80
154 Radiology79
- Materials & Design79
- Frontiers in Pharmacology79
- Frontiers in Plant Science79
- Astronomy & Astrophysics79
- Analytical Chemistry79
- Ceramics International79
- Nature Reviews Cancer79
162 Advances in Colloid and Interface Science78
- IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics78
- Journal of Nanobiotechnology78
- Energy Policy78
- Technology in Society78
- IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials78
168 IEEE Transactions on Image Processing77
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society77
- Acta Materialia77
- Frontiers in Psychology77
- IEEE Sensors Journal77
- Computers in Human Behavior77
- Medical Image Analysis77
- Cement & Concrete Composites77
176 Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases76
- Applied Thermal Engineering76
- IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering76
- Ageing Research Reviews76
- Journal of Membrane Science76
- Journal of Power Sources76
- Hepatology76
183 International Review of Financial Analysis75
- Journal of Medical Internet Research75
- Astrophysical Journal Letters75
- Gut75
- TRAC-Trends in Analytical Chemistry75
- Green Chemistry75
- Cell Stem Cell75
- Alexandria Engineering Journal75
- Nature Reviews Genetics75
192 IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology74
- Building and Environment74
- Artificial Intelligence Review74
- Journal of Manufacturing Systems74
- Acta Biomaterialia74
- Chinese Chemical Letters74
- Chemical Science74
199 Journal of Hydrology73
- IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid73
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