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Science Journals 2026 — Top Scientific Journals Ranked by Citation Rate

Browse 1104+ science journals ranked by citation rate. 360 are open access with an average citation rate of 10.09. This complete list of science journals covers biology, physics, chemistry, engineering, medicine, and multidisciplinary science.

About Science Journals

Science journals publish original research, reviews, and commentary across the natural sciences. The most prestigious — like Nature, Science, and Cell — are multidisciplinary, while thousands of specialized journals focus on specific fields like molecular biology, astrophysics, or organic chemistry. All journals listed here are peer reviewed and indexed in major databases.

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Top 10 Science Journals by Citation Rate

#1
Nature
Nature Portfolio · ISSN: 0028-0836
CR: 69.50
#2
Cell
Elsevier · ISSN: 0092-8674
CR: 66.80
#3
Faraday Discussions of the Chemical Society
The Royal Society of Chemistry · ISSN: 0301-7249
CR: 65.00
#4
Nature Neuroscience
Springer Nature · ISSN: 1097-6256
CR: 64.80
#5
Nature Reports Climate Change
Springer Nature · ISSN: 1753-9315
CR: 64.80
#6
Nature reviews. Neuroscience
Springer Nature · ISSN: 1471-003X
CR: 64.80
#7
American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology
American Physiological Society · ISSN: 0363-6143
CR: 64.50
#8
Cell Calcium
Elsevier · ISSN: 0143-4160
CR: 64.50
#9
Cell Proliferation
Wiley · ISSN: 0960-7722
CR: 64.50
OA
#10
Cell Reports
Elsevier · ISSN: 2211-1247
CR: 64.50
OA

All Science Journals

ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering

American Chemical Society

2373-9878 IF 5.17
Information Sciences

Elsevier BV

0020-0255 IF 5.15
Chinese Journal of Physics

Elsevier BV

0577-9073 IF 5.10
Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing

Elsevier BV

1369-8001 IF 5.09
Gondwana Research

Elsevier BV

1342-937X IF 5.07
Safety Science

Elsevier BV

0925-7535 IF 5.00
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

Institute of Physics

0067-0049 IF 4.98
IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

1545-5955 IF 4.97
Journal of Experimental Botany

Oxford University Press

0022-0957 IF 4.97
Food Bioscience

Elsevier BV

2212-4292 IF 4.92
Development Genes and Evolution

Springer Science+Business Media

0949-944X IF 4.92
Journal of Climate

American Meteorological Society

0894-8755 IF 4.90
Journal of Catalysis

Elsevier BV

0021-9517 IF 4.86
Energy Geoscience

KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.

2666-7592 IF 4.81
Current Biology

Elsevier

0960-9822 IF 4.80
Neurochemistry International

Elsevier BV

0197-0186 IF 4.78
Catalysis Today

Elsevier BV

0920-5861 IF 4.76
Science Signaling

American Association for the Advancement of Science

1937-9145 IF 4.74
Pharmaceutical Biology

Taylor & Francis

1388-0209 IF 4.71
Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Elsevier BV

0981-9428 IF 4.71
Materials Science and Engineering B

Elsevier BV

0921-5107 IF 4.68
Toxicological Sciences

Oxford University Press

1096-0929 IF 4.68
Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Elsevier

1369-5266 IF 4.66
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

Palgrave Macmillan

2662-9992 IF 4.66
International Journal of Electrochemical Science

Elsevier BV

1452-3981 IF 4.65

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