Top Cited Journals
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Chemical & Material Sciences
Engineering & Computer Science
Health & Medical Sciences
Life Sciences & Earth Sciences
Physics & Mathematics
Social Sciences
Humanities, Literature & Arts
Business, Economics & Management
Chemical & Material Sciences
| Journals | h5-index / h5-median |
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|---|---|---|
| 1 | Advanced Materials | 273 / 369 |
| 2 | Chemical Reviews | 267 / 438 |
| 3 | Chemical Society reviews | 240 / 368 |
| 4 | Journal of the American Chemical Society | 236 / 324 |
| 5 | Angewandte Chemie | 229 / 316 |
| 6 | Energy & Environmental Science | 199 / 289 |
| 7 | ACS Nano | 193 / 257 |
| 8 | Nature Materials | 184 / 283 |
| 9 | Nano Letters | 183 / 241 |
| 10 | Advanced Energy Materials | 181 / 250 |
| 11 | Advanced Functional Materials | 172 / 221 |
| 12 | Journal of Materials Chemistry. A | 161 / 216 |
| 13 | Nature Nanotechnology | 160 / 272 |
| 14 | ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces | 160 / 200 |
| 15 | Applied Catalysis B: Environmental | 153 / 189 |
| 16 | Accounts of Chemical Research | 149 / 220 |
| 17 | Nano Energy | 147 / 192 |
| 18 | ACS Catalysis | 146 / 207 |
| 19 | Chemistry of Materials | 140 / 189 |
| 20 | Chemical engineering journal | 134 / 171 |
Engineering & Computer Science
| Journals | h5-index / h5-median |
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|---|---|---|
| 1 | IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition | 299 / 509 |
| 2 | Advanced Materials | 273 / 369 |
| 3 | International Conference on Learning Representations | 203 / 359 |
| 4 | Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews | 201 / 263 |
| 5 | Energy & Environmental Science | 199 / 289 |
| 6 | Neural Information Processing Systems | 198 / 377 |
| 7 | ACS Nano | 193 / 257 |
| 8 | Nature Materials | 184 / 283 |
| 9 | Nano Letters | 183 / 241 |
| 10 | Advanced Energy Materials | 181 / 250 |
| 11 | IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision | 176 / 295 |
| 12 | Advanced Functional Materials | 172 / 221 |
| 13 | International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) | 171 / 309 |
| 14 | Journal of Materials Chemistry A | 161 / 216 |
| 15 | Nature Nanotechnology | 160 / 272 |
| 16 | ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces | 160 / 200 |
| 17 | Journal of Cleaner Production | 154 / 208 |
| 18 | Applied Catalysis B: Environmental | 153 / 189 |
| 19 | Nano Energy | 147 / 192 |
| 20 | European Conference on Computer Vision | 144 / 286 |
Health & Medical Sciences
| Journals | h5-index / h5-median |
|
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The New England Journal of Medicine | 365 / 639 |
| 2 | The Lancet | 301 / 493 |
| 3 | Cell | 269 / 417 |
| 4 | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 228 / 299 |
| 5 | JAMA | 220 / 337 |
| 6 | Journal of Clinical Oncology | 202 / 300 |
| 7 | The Lancet Oncology | 183 / 300 |
| 8 | Nature Genetics | 180 / 266 |
| 9 | PLoS ONE | 175 / 237 |
| 10 | Nature Medicine | 173 / 288 |
| 11 | Circulation | 166 / 260 |
| 12 | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 164 / 232 |
| 13 | Neuron | 154 / 199 |
| 14 | European Heart Journal | 153 / 245 |
| 15 | Nature Neuroscience | 152 / 219 |
| 16 | BMJ | 150 / 222 |
| 17 | Gastroenterology | 148 / 222 |
| 18 | Blood, The Journal of the American Society of Hematology | 148 / 192 |
| 19 | Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews | 147 / 218 |
| 20 | Immunity | 137 / 204 |
Life Sciences & Earth Sciences
| Journals | h5-index / h5-median |
|
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nature | 376 / 552 |
| 2 | Science | 356 / 526 |
| 3 | Nature Communications | 273 / 366 |
| 4 | Cell | 269 / 417 |
| 5 | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 228 / 299 |
| 6 | Nucleic Acids Research | 219 / 475 |
| 7 | Nature Genetics | 180 / 266 |
| 8 | Scientific Reports | 178 / 226 |
| 9 | PLoS ONE | 175 / 237 |
| 10 | Nature Biotechnology | 154 / 269 |
| 11 | Neuron | 154 / 199 |
| 12 | Nature Methods | 151 / 242 |
| 13 | Science Advances | 142 / 213 |
| 14 | Environmental Science & Technology | 138 / 185 |
| 15 | Nature Reviews. Molecular Cell Biology | 137 / 264 |
| 16 | Cell Metabolism | 137 / 191 |
| 17 | Nature Climate Change | 136 / 213 |
| 18 | Molecular Cell | 133 / 181 |
| 19 | Science of The Total Environment | 131 / 176 |
| 20 | Cell Reports | 128 / 165 |
Physics & Mathematics
| Journals | h5-index / h5-median |
|
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Physical Review Letters | 209 / 288 |
| 2 | The Astrophysical Journal | 167 / 231 |
| 3 | Journal of High Energy Physics | 158 / 209 |
| 4 | Physical Review D | 148 / 208 |
| 5 | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | 146 / 193 |
| 6 | Nature Photonics | 144 / 245 |
| 7 | Nature Physics | 140 / 217 |
| 8 | Physical Review B | 128 / 156 |
| 9 | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 120 / 170 |
| 10 | Physical Review X | 119 / 169 |
| 11 | The European Physical Journal C | 115 / 163 |
| 12 | Physics Letters B | 109 / 143 |
| 13 | Optics Express | 102 / 127 |
| 14 | IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control | 100 / 152 |
| 15 | Reviews of Modern Physics | 99 / 246 |
| 16 | Journal of Molecular Liquids | 97 / 138 |
| 17 | IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing | 97 / 137 |
| 18 | Applied Physics Letters | 96 / 116 |
| 19 | International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer | 95 / 134 |
| 20 | IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing | 93 / 133 |
Humanities, Literature & Arts
| Journals | h5-index / h5-median |
|
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Digital Journalism | 51 / 90 |
| 2 | Journal of Communication | 49 / 87 |
| 3 | International Journal of Communication | 48 / 72 |
| 4 | The Modern Language Journal | 43 / 62 |
| 5 | Journalism Studies | 42 / 57 |
| 6 | Applied Linguistics | 41 / 72 |
| 7 | Journalism | 41 / 57 |
| 8 | Political Communication | 40 / 56 |
| 9 | System | 40 / 52 |
| 10 | Synthese | 40 / 49 |
| 11 | TESOL Quarterly | 38 / 65 |
| 12 | Media, Culture & Society | 38 / 54 |
| 13 | Public Opinion Quarterly | 36 / 54 |
| 14 | Language Learning | 36 / 53 |
| 15 | Studies in Second Language Acquisition | 36 / 50 |
| 16 | Philosophical Studies | 36 / 49 |
| 17 | Journalism Practice | 35 / 54 |
| 18 | Gender & Society | 35 / 48 |
| 19 | Philosophy and Phenomenological Research | 35 / 46 |
| 20 | Journal of Pragmatics | 35 / 44 |
Business, Economics & Management
| Journals | h5-index / h5-median |
|
|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Economic Review | 146 / 227 |
| 2 | Journal of Financial Economics | 120 / 188 |
| 3 | Journal of Business Research | 108 / 147 |
| 4 | Tourism Management | 106 / 159 |
| 5 | The Quarterly Journal of Economics | 105 / 197 |
| 6 | Journal of Business Ethics | 105 / 142 |
| 7 | The Journal of Finance | 104 / 173 |
| 8 | The Review of Financial Studies | 99 / 153 |
| 9 | Journal of Management | 97 / 143 |
| 10 | International Journal of Production Economics | 95 / 133 |
| 11 | Management Science | 93 / 131 |
| 12 | Academy of Management Journal | 91 / 127 |
| 13 | Strategic Management Journal | 90 / 137 |
| 14 | Technological Forecasting and Social Change | 87 / 122 |
| 15 | Journal of Political Economy | 86 / 152 |
| 16 | World Development | 84 / 126 |
| 17 | International Journal of Information Management | 83 / 130 |
| 18 | International Journal of Project Management | 83 / 119 |
| 19 | Journal of Economic Perspectives | 78 / 145 |
| 20 | Energy Economics | 77 / 106 |
Social Sciences
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