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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

Doklady Earth Sciences

Pleiades Publishing

1028-334X IF 0.72
Canadian Journal of Chemistry

Canadian Science Publishing

0008-4042 IF 0.72
Color Research & Application

Wiley

0361-2317 IF 0.71
Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Professional Medical Publications

1681-715X IF 0.71
Ascarya

Perkumpulan Alumni dan Santri Mahyajatul Qurro'

2798-5083 IF 0.71
Journal of the Indian Chemical Society

Elsevier

0019-4522 IF 0.70
American Journal of Physics

American Association of Physics Teachers

0002-9505 IF 0.69
Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Asian Network for Scientific Information

1028-8880 IF 0.69
Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie

Wiley

0044-2313 IF 0.66
Eastern-European Journal of Enterprise Technologies

Kharkiv State Academy of Physical Culture

1729-3774 IF 0.66
Metal Science and Heat Treatment

Springer Science+Business Media

0026-0673 IF 0.66
Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition

Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition

1226-3311 IF 0.65
˜The œEuropean Proceedings of Social & Behavioural Sciences

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2357-1330 IF 0.65
Вісник Київського національного університету імені Тараса Шевченка. Серія Економіка

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

1728-2667 IF 0.65
Chinese Science Bulletin (Chinese Version)

Science China Press

0023-074X IF 0.64
Trames

Estonian Academy Publishers

1406-0922 IF 0.64
International Journal of Qualitative Research

CV. Literasi Indonesia

2798-6047 IF 0.63
Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences Physics

Pleiades Publishing

1062-8738 IF 0.61
Canadian Journal of Political Science

Cambridge University Press

0008-4239 IF 0.61
Nuclear Medicine and Biology

Elsevier BV

0969-8051 IF 0.61
Journal of Clinical and Translational Science

Cambridge University Press

2059-8661 IF 0.61
Foro Internacional

El Colegio de México

0185-013X IF 0.60
The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

University of Oxford

1461-1457 IF 0.60
Journal of Equine Veterinary Science

Elsevier BV

0737-0806 IF 0.60
Society

Springer Science+Business Media

0147-2011 IF 0.60

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