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100 of 18,936 journals, ranked by Top-1000 mean. Click a column to sort the loaded rows. Metrics count papers published 1951–2026, not retracted, not an abstracting service's copy of a paper, categorized by OpenAlex as article, book, review, book-chapter or conference-paper, and cited at least 1 time. A column's info gives the years it covers.

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#	Name	Citations	Papers	Hit papers	Hit rate	Top-1000 mean rank	h-index	h-index since 2010	h-index since 2020
1	Nature	21,056,679	167,203	11,201	6.7%	3.41	1,601	987	429
2	Science	18,274,245	127,127	9,651	7.6%	3.31	1,551	914	373
3	New England Journal of Medicine	9,214,822	58,093	5,964	10.3%	3.15	1,283	827	355
4	The Lancet	7,762,531	126,019	4,061	3.2%	2.91	1,014	721	315
5	Cell	7,399,115	23,852	3,748	15.9%	2.45	1,093	656	294
6	Chemical Reviews	3,571,589	7,594	2,527	33.8%	2.42	941	678	291
7	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences	18,881,579	154,970	4,987	3.2%	2.37	1,023	603	217
8	Nucleic Acids Research	4,770,938	52,542	1,244	2.4%	2.32	755	538	193
9	JAMA	5,263,682	103,050	2,683	2.6%	2.32	853	504	252
10	Physical Review Letters	10,633,566	136,925	2,878	2.1%	2.25	837	418	158
11	Journal of the American Chemical Society	13,322,458	173,539	3,202	1.9%	2.10	832	601	258
12	Circulation	4,966,495	41,184	1,969	4.8%	2.05	735	423	174
13	Nature Communications	5,759,326	81,315	3,782	4.9%	2.00	646	646	382
14	The Journal of Chemical Physics	6,508,119	136,691	999	0.73%	1.99	623	200	80
15	Angewandte Chemie International Edition	7,132,722	68,865	2,548	3.8%	1.94	767	627	310
16	Chemical Society Reviews	2,179,645	6,920	1,668	24.6%	1.93	713	641	277
17	Advanced Materials	4,361,646	38,222	2,880	7.8%	1.92	705	634	328
18	Lecture notes in computer science	6,466,605	471,960	1,223	0.26%	1.91	587	398	179
19	Nature Medicine	2,051,703	11,686	1,462	12.8%	1.86	672	475	257
20	Nature Materials	1,432,489	5,545	997	18.5%	1.78	595	466	181
21	Journal of Biological Chemistry	14,822,176	185,230	1,396	0.75%	1.77	701	260	84
22	Journal of Clinical Oncology	3,190,212	25,716	1,458	5.7%	1.75	643	447	179
23	IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence	1,437,341	9,893	688	7.1%	1.73	477	292	151
24	Bioinformatics	2,001,405	18,090	541	3.0%	1.72	491	345	106
25	Reviews of Modern Physics	1,090,486	2,954	674	22.9%	1.70	530	243	77
26	Nature Genetics	2,318,891	9,215	1,172	12.9%	1.69	677	433	151
27	Journal of the American Statistical Association	1,809,944	18,577	581	3.1%	1.65	551	114	33
28	Journal of the American College of Cardiology	2,487,971	44,589	991	2.2%	1.64	528	386	157
29	Journal of Personality and Social Psychology	2,547,019	15,738	779	5.0%	1.64	660	192	52
30	Nature Biotechnology	1,456,372	11,332	721	6.4%	1.62	555	393	170
31	Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews	1,548,461	19,452	581	3.0%	1.61	493	86	29
32	PLoS ONE	9,676,740	307,556	1,040	0.34%	1.61	499	468	173
33	Journal of Clinical Investigation	4,108,553	33,515	1,106	3.3%	1.59	643	341	127
34	Psychological Bulletin	1,445,481	5,986	649	10.9%	1.59	572	224	58
35	ACS Nano	2,400,272	26,951	1,131	4.3%	1.58	526	505	239
36	Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology	948,225	3,008	665	22.3%	1.57	557	378	142
37	Annals of Internal Medicine	2,061,520	28,480	703	2.5%	1.56	508	267	103
38	European Heart Journal	1,256,183	27,883	508	1.8%	1.55	391	321	142
39	The Astrophysical Journal	3,979,694	96,811	804	0.84%	1.55	510	244	104
40	The Lancet Oncology	826,051	8,511	722	8.6%	1.55	452	404	175
41	Energy & Environmental Science	1,202,894	6,756	839	12.8%	1.53	490	484	226
42	Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews	1,681,255	15,514	917	6.1%	1.53	484	451	207
43	Nature Nanotechnology	900,185	4,164	614	15.0%	1.52	463	405	171
44	Gastroenterology	2,379,839	47,757	798	1.7%	1.52	512	341	150
45	Nano Letters	2,372,045	25,130	786	3.2%	1.52	553	440	152
46	American Sociological Review	1,029,432	8,510	506	6.0%	1.50	424	140	40
47	Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres	5,493,343	88,905	762	0.86%	1.50	577	238	61
48	BMJ	838,947	26,195	536	2.1%	1.50	339	328	182
49	Nature reviews. Cancer	926,195	2,934	613	21.1%	1.50	541	353	126
50	Accounts of Chemical Research	1,413,662	8,028	781	9.9%	1.50	527	384	152
51	Environmental Science & Technology	3,506,616	48,993	795	1.7%	1.49	527	395	195
52	Scientific Reports	5,966,648	263,506	790	0.31%	1.49	390	390	197
53	International Journal of Molecular Sciences	2,390,246	104,322	739	0.72%	1.48	358	354	248
54	Advanced Functional Materials	2,262,684	36,316	969	2.8%	1.48	452	416	255
55	Nature Methods	1,104,239	5,662	454	8.2%	1.47	422	373	139
56	Journal of Cleaner Production	2,441,772	45,109	900	2.0%	1.47	392	380	239
57	Blood	4,705,044	102,417	741	0.73%	1.46	568	353	130
58	The Science of The Total Environment	3,327,397	77,591	786	1.0%	1.45	434	392	271
59	Journal of Applied Physics	4,175,765	140,492	575	0.41%	1.45	473	190	79
60	Physiological Reviews	862,771	2,122	574	27.3%	1.44	507	245	80
61	Nature Reviews Microbiology	624,723	2,821	529	19.0%	1.44	424	339	151
62	IEEE Access	1,835,598	98,703	653	0.67%	1.44	307	307	224
63	The Journal of Experimental Medicine	2,732,648	19,876	691	3.5%	1.43	592	254	98
64	Neuron	2,222,232	13,496	669	5.0%	1.43	598	374	114
65	The Journal of Cell Biology	3,086,786	24,979	595	2.4%	1.43	543	228	65
66	Nature reviews. Immunology	836,761	3,210	531	16.7%	1.43	507	371	147
67	Applied Physics Letters	5,108,623	131,587	614	0.47%	1.43	506	247	80
68	Academy of Management Review	1,224,767	4,565	450	9.9%	1.43	517	165	46
69	IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control	1,189,541	21,397	538	2.5%	1.42	415	217	89
70	Science Advances	950,938	18,192	608	3.6%	1.40	327	327	229
71	Analytical Chemistry	3,497,316	75,473	453	0.61%	1.39	438	270	128
72	Nature Photonics	591,959	3,679	510	14.2%	1.38	395	358	126
73	Proceedings of the IEEE	963,137	13,752	417	3.0%	1.37	405	214	84
74	Journal of Molecular Biology	2,436,190	31,877	386	1.2%	1.37	433	153	62
75	Annual Review of Biochemistry	823,678	2,538	502	19.9%	1.37	501	189	55
76	American Economic Review	939,810	9,241	460	5.0%	1.37	423	241	70
77	Analytical Biochemistry	1,947,918	28,447	301	1.1%	1.36	383	101	42
78	PEDIATRICS	2,082,196	38,540	472	1.2%	1.35	428	277	95
79	Immunity	1,193,082	6,418	500	7.9%	1.35	511	371	150
80	Advanced Energy Materials	1,028,593	10,984	583	5.6%	1.35	391	391	235
81	NeuroImage	1,809,060	22,804	386	1.7%	1.35	456	314	88
82	Diabetes Care	1,467,237	18,703	440	2.4%	1.35	426	271	115
83	Nature reviews. Neuroscience	791,056	2,758	485	17.7%	1.34	499	312	97
84	American Psychologist	1,018,484	11,302	400	3.5%	1.34	439	152	60
85	Hepatology	1,637,993	21,883	426	2.0%	1.34	431	281	111
86	Nature Reviews Drug Discovery	632,485	4,164	462	11.2%	1.34	431	326	124
87	The Lancet Neurology	592,774	4,739	426	9.1%	1.34	395	312	115
88	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society	2,292,868	69,958	448	0.65%	1.34	376	271	123
89	Journal of Computational Physics	1,089,631	18,341	369	2.0%	1.33	366	170	71
90	Neurology	2,610,852	50,525	403	0.80%	1.33	452	253	102
91	Ecology	1,745,680	19,022	387	2.0%	1.33	445	176	51
92	Automatica	848,086	13,714	440	3.2%	1.32	354	229	82
93	Nature Neuroscience	1,243,036	6,918	466	6.8%	1.32	506	347	127
94	American Journal of Psychiatry	1,726,657	29,087	428	1.5%	1.32	467	212	71
95	Clinical Infectious Diseases	1,720,400	28,412	415	1.5%	1.31	418	289	149
96	Remote Sensing of Environment	1,101,357	10,750	420	4.0%	1.31	399	284	126
97	American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine	1,459,736	17,377	415	2.4%	1.31	433	264	104
98	Chemical Engineering Journal	2,943,520	69,748	519	0.79%	1.30	362	347	232
99	The Journal of Finance	1,081,355	9,910	377	3.8%	1.30	473	166	48
100	Cancer Cell	724,536	4,077	448	11.2%	1.30	432	334	158