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100 of 18,937 journals, ranked by Top-1000 mean. Click a column to sort the loaded rows. Metrics count papers published 1951–2026, not retracted, categorized by OpenAlex as article, book, review, book-chapter or conference-paper, cited at least 1 time, and written by no more than 20 authors. A column's info gives the years it covers.

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Mean paper score of the entity's 1000 best papers; with fewer than 1000 papers the missing ones count as zero. Covers papers published 1951–2025, the years with paper scores.

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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	Science	17,141,279	124,696	8,868	7.1%	3.26	1,499	836	318
2	Nature	19,016,541	163,089	9,601	5.9%	3.24	1,508	846	327
3	New England Journal of Medicine	7,736,220	56,295	4,811	8.6%	2.84	1,145	640	247
4	The Lancet	6,864,013	124,533	3,375	2.7%	2.60	941	609	240
5	Chemical Reviews	3,550,584	7,568	2,578	34.6%	2.45	940	676	287
6	Cell	6,831,726	22,358	3,306	14.9%	2.39	1,049	580	218
7	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences	18,376,329	152,617	4,908	3.2%	2.36	1,006	581	206
8	JAMA	4,982,889	102,315	2,442	2.4%	2.26	824	454	214
9	Physical Review Letters	10,132,200	131,379	2,765	2.1%	2.21	824	398	146
10	Nucleic Acids Research	4,487,538	51,949	1,116	2.2%	2.21	713	482	156
11	Journal of the American Chemical Society	13,291,653	173,346	3,332	1.9%	2.11	830	598	256
12	Nature Communications	5,136,870	73,868	3,653	5.2%	1.99	626	626	368
13	The Journal of Chemical Physics	6,484,048	136,654	1,002	0.74%	1.98	618	196	75
14	Chemical Society Reviews	2,169,529	6,914	1,722	25.5%	1.96	711	639	275
15	Advanced Materials	4,324,727	37,826	2,998	8.2%	1.94	705	634	327
16	Lecture notes in computer science	6,467,153	472,962	1,239	0.26%	1.92	587	396	178
17	Circulation	4,559,595	40,057	1,772	4.4%	1.90	699	379	145
18	Angewandte Chemie International Edition	5,945,705	68,433	1,891	2.8%	1.83	693	560	280
19	Nature Materials	1,397,362	5,366	977	18.6%	1.78	591	456	172
20	Journal of Biological Chemistry	14,732,509	185,008	1,418	0.77%	1.78	698	258	84
21	IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence	1,435,208	9,887	696	7.2%	1.74	476	292	151
22	Bioinformatics	1,916,772	18,034	538	3.0%	1.72	481	339	103
23	Nature Medicine	1,658,428	10,145	1,021	10.2%	1.71	623	398	181
24	Reviews of Modern Physics	1,076,102	2,944	676	23.0%	1.71	522	237	77
25	Journal of Clinical Oncology	2,839,934	24,121	1,174	4.9%	1.67	606	395	124
26	Journal of the American Statistical Association	1,802,353	18,581	581	3.1%	1.65	550	114	33
27	Journal of Personality and Social Psychology	2,541,721	15,726	783	5.0%	1.64	658	191	52
28	Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews	1,548,058	19,455	588	3.0%	1.61	493	86	29
29	PLoS ONE	9,387,150	304,733	1,055	0.35%	1.60	485	457	168
30	Journal of Clinical Investigation	3,962,408	32,287	1,114	3.5%	1.60	635	320	110
31	Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology	932,671	3,003	687	23.1%	1.60	552	373	139
32	Psychological Bulletin	1,442,354	5,982	651	10.9%	1.59	571	223	58
33	ACS Nano	2,362,892	26,735	1,176	4.6%	1.58	522	503	236
34	Journal of the American College of Cardiology	2,236,256	43,456	872	2.0%	1.56	495	353	135
35	Nature Biotechnology	1,282,127	10,880	632	5.9%	1.55	518	352	148
36	Annals of Internal Medicine	1,985,991	28,293	691	2.4%	1.54	499	255	91
37	Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews	1,677,780	15,498	941	6.2%	1.54	483	450	206
38	Energy & Environmental Science	1,185,025	6,698	853	13.2%	1.54	488	480	224
39	Nature Nanotechnology	879,233	4,038	610	15.4%	1.53	459	402	163
40	Nano Letters	2,358,035	25,047	808	3.3%	1.53	551	439	152
41	International Journal of Molecular Sciences	2,364,653	103,961	845	0.83%	1.52	356	352	247
42	Nature reviews. Cancer	897,941	2,921	625	21.6%	1.52	531	346	121
43	Accounts of Chemical Research	1,410,348	8,035	823	10.4%	1.52	526	382	150
44	American Sociological Review	1,029,035	8,512	512	6.0%	1.51	424	140	40
45	Gastroenterology	2,251,769	46,865	755	1.6%	1.51	497	316	130
46	Scientific Reports	5,805,819	260,268	842	0.33%	1.50	386	386	195
47	Environmental Science & Technology	3,475,874	48,794	813	1.7%	1.50	525	391	195
48	Advanced Functional Materials	2,249,308	36,167	1,044	3.0%	1.49	451	415	254
49	Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres	5,342,240	88,391	744	0.84%	1.49	563	229	59
50	Journal of Cleaner Production	2,437,804	45,093	922	2.1%	1.48	391	379	239
51	The Astrophysical Journal	3,523,232	93,363	679	0.74%	1.47	473	199	81
52	The Science of The Total Environment	3,289,332	77,195	823	1.1%	1.46	432	391	269
53	Nature reviews. Immunology	817,082	3,207	557	17.6%	1.46	501	364	142
54	Physiological Reviews	853,968	2,121	586	27.9%	1.45	507	242	79
55	Journal of Applied Physics	4,168,806	140,455	585	0.42%	1.45	473	189	78
56	IEEE Access	1,832,539	98,668	669	0.69%	1.45	307	307	224
57	Nature Reviews Microbiology	605,999	2,806	533	19.2%	1.45	419	332	148
58	Nature Genetics	1,594,655	7,119	642	9.1%	1.44	579	278	101
59	The Journal of Cell Biology	3,068,513	24,920	608	2.4%	1.44	541	225	64
60	Nature Methods	989,655	5,390	426	8.0%	1.43	402	351	128
61	Applied Physics Letters	5,096,048	131,513	621	0.47%	1.43	505	246	80
62	The Journal of Experimental Medicine	2,650,326	19,396	678	3.5%	1.43	585	237	83
63	Academy of Management Review	1,224,340	4,565	451	9.9%	1.43	517	165	46
64	IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control	1,189,297	21,402	541	2.5%	1.42	415	217	88
65	Neuron	2,148,217	13,150	654	5.0%	1.42	588	362	103
66	Blood	4,346,129	97,738	655	0.67%	1.42	545	316	105
67	BMJ	659,465	25,906	482	1.9%	1.40	322	304	158
68	Analytical Chemistry	3,482,487	75,405	472	0.63%	1.40	437	269	127
69	Annual Review of Biochemistry	820,135	2,538	511	20.3%	1.38	499	187	53
70	Science Advances	867,107	17,095	599	3.7%	1.38	316	316	224
71	Journal of Molecular Biology	2,424,804	31,845	387	1.2%	1.37	432	152	61
72	Proceedings of the IEEE	958,017	13,755	421	3.1%	1.37	404	213	84
73	American Economic Review	939,542	9,248	465	5.0%	1.37	422	241	70
74	Analytical Biochemistry	1,943,780	28,439	306	1.1%	1.37	382	101	42
75	Nature Photonics	567,116	3,606	494	14.0%	1.37	386	348	120
76	Advanced Energy Materials	1,019,577	10,916	603	5.8%	1.36	390	390	234
77	Nature reviews. Neuroscience	781,991	2,754	493	18.0%	1.36	496	308	96
78	Nature Reviews Drug Discovery	610,285	4,131	467	11.4%	1.35	425	318	119
79	NeuroImage	1,769,728	22,653	380	1.7%	1.34	450	308	83
80	American Psychologist	1,014,971	11,297	402	3.6%	1.34	437	151	57
81	PEDIATRICS	2,034,079	38,428	465	1.2%	1.34	421	265	91
82	Journal of Computational Physics	1,087,364	18,340	373	2.0%	1.34	366	170	71
83	Hepatology	1,566,884	21,400	420	2.0%	1.34	421	267	101
84	Ecology	1,728,267	18,908	392	2.1%	1.33	442	172	49
85	Automatica	848,089	13,715	446	3.3%	1.33	354	229	82
86	Chemical Engineering Journal	2,940,054	69,728	559	0.85%	1.32	361	347	232
87	Circulation Research	1,642,891	16,830	445	2.7%	1.31	443	295	102
88	Immunity	1,072,337	5,874	456	7.8%	1.31	485	340	122
89	Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery	1,432,938	21,738	448	2.1%	1.31	404	182	55
90	American Journal of Psychiatry	1,696,596	28,969	421	1.5%	1.31	461	202	65
91	Remote Sensing of Environment	1,073,621	10,651	408	3.9%	1.31	394	277	122
92	Biomaterials	1,992,549	20,175	416	2.1%	1.31	450	302	131
93	Journal of Business Research	762,897	11,324	410	3.7%	1.31	337	268	171
94	The Journal of Finance	1,081,254	9,911	381	3.9%	1.30	473	166	48
95	Nature Reviews Genetics	658,548	2,994	419	14.2%	1.30	440	314	98
96	Diabetes Care	1,404,539	18,249	394	2.2%	1.30	416	257	100
97	Neurology	2,466,460	49,271	375	0.76%	1.30	440	238	89
98	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society	1,975,507	67,267	412	0.62%	1.30	343	235	100
99	Water Research	1,941,430	28,668	413	1.5%	1.30	416	308	173
100	Sustainability	1,652,983	98,721	443	0.46%	1.30	243	242	189