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Science Journals 2026 — Top Scientific Journals Ranked by Citation Rate

Browse 1006+ science journals ranked by citation rate. 337 are open access with an average citation rate of 10.27. 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
Nature Neuroscience
Springer Nature · ISSN: 1097-6256
CR: 64.80
#4
Nature Reports Climate Change
Springer Nature · ISSN: 1753-9315
CR: 64.80
#5
Nature reviews. Neuroscience
Springer Nature · ISSN: 1471-003X
CR: 64.80
#6
Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
Springer · ISSN: 1420-9071
CR: 64.50
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#7
Journal of Cell Science
The Company of Biologists · ISSN: 0021-9533
CR: 64.50
#8
Science
American Association for the Advancement of Science · ISSN: 0036-8075
CR: 63.70
#9
Nature Climate Change
Springer Nature · ISSN: 1758-678X
CR: 61.56
#10
Nature Geoscience
Springer Nature · ISSN: 1752-0894
CR: 61.56

All Science Journals

Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences

Frontiers Media

2296-889X IF 3.33
Electrical Engineering

Springer Science+Business Media

0948-7921 IF 3.32
Food Science and Biotechnology

Springer Science+Business Media

1226-7708 IF 3.32
Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

Springer Science+Business Media

1618-2642 IF 3.31
Food Science & Nutrition

Wiley

2048-7177 IF 3.31
Archives of Microbiology

Springer Science+Business Media

0302-8933 IF 3.31
Royal Society Open Science

Royal Society

2054-5703 IF 3.30
Chaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science

American Institute of Physics

1054-1500 IF 3.28
Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology

Taylor & Francis

0169-4243 IF 3.28
BMC Oral Health

BioMed Central

1472-6831 IF 3.27
IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

1545-598X IF 3.27
Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Elsevier BV

0278-5846 IF 3.27
International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition

Taylor & Francis

0963-7486 IF 3.26
Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems

Elsevier BV

0169-7439 IF 3.24
Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Wiley

0022-5142 IF 3.23
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences

Royal Society

1364-503X IF 3.23
eNeuro

Society for Neuroscience

2373-2822 IF 3.22
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology

Elsevier BV

1011-1344 IF 3.19
Catalysis Science & Technology

Royal Society of Chemistry

2044-4753 IF 3.19
Dyes and Pigments

Elsevier BV

0143-7208 IF 3.19
Brain Sciences

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

2076-3425 IF 3.19
Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan

Oxford University Press

0009-2673 IF 3.18
Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Wiley

0905-7188 IF 3.15
BMC Health Services Research

BioMed Central

1472-6963 IF 3.15
International Journal of Engineering Science

Elsevier BV

0020-7225 IF 3.14

Frequently Asked Questions

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