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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.

Biology Physics Chemistry Medicine Engineering Computer Science

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

Bijdragen tot de taal- land- en volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia

Brill

0006-2294 IF 0.14
Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses

SAGE Publishing

0008-4298 IF 0.14
Sociologie du Travail

Elsevier BV

0038-0296 IF 0.14
the Journal of Academic Social Sciences

-

2148-2489 IF 0.13
Ciência & Trópico

Fundação Joaquim Nabuco (Joaquim Nabuco Foundation)

0304-2685 IF 0.13
Antropologías del Sur

Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano

0719-4498 IF 0.13
Przegląd Politologiczny

Adam Mickiewicz University

1426-8876 IF 0.13
The British Journal for the History of Science

Cambridge University Press

0007-0874 IF 0.12
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research/Advances in social science, education and humanities research

-

2352-5398 IF 0.12
Études Caribéennes

Université des Antilles

1779-0980 IF 0.12
Revue française de science politique

Presses de Sciences Po

0035-2950 IF 0.11
Harmoni Sosial: Jurnal Pendidikan IPS

Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta

2460-7916 IF 0.11
Journal of Chinese Humanities

Brill

2352-1333 IF 0.11
Современные проблемы науки и образования (Modern Problems of Science and Education)

-

1817-6321 IF 0.10
Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences

Korean Society for Aeronautical and Space Science

1225-1348 IF 0.10
Ciência da Informação em Revista

Universidade Federal de Alagoas

2358-0763 IF 0.10
The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences

THE KOREAN INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION SCIENCES (KICS)

1226-4717 IF 0.10
Asia Pacific

University of Sindh

1810-035X IF 0.10
Zamani: A Journal of African Historical Studies

Pluto Journals

2961-6484 IF 0.10
International Journal of Biosciences (IJB)

-

2220-6655 IF 0.09
Doxa

Universidade Estadual Paulista

1413-2060 IF 0.09
Aleph UCLA Undergraduate Research Journal for the Humanities and Social Sciences

-

2639-6440 IF 0.09
Open Journal of Legal Science

-

2329-7360 IF 0.09
Daluang

Universitas Islam Negeri Walisongo, Unit Pelaksana Teknis Perpustakaan

2797-3131 IF 0.08
Jurnal informatika UPGRIS

Universitas PGRI Semarang

2460-4801 IF 0.08

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