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Science Journals 2026 — Top Scientific Journals Ranked by Citation Rate

Browse 872+ science journals ranked by citation rate. 317 are open access with an average citation rate of 11.45. 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

Sports Sciences and Physical Education Review

Coral Publications, Coral Research and Education Systems

2959-3719 IF 56.90
Springer Proceedings in Behavioral & Health Sciences.

Springer Nature Singapore

3004-9482 IF 56.90
Springer Proceedings in Humanities and Social Sciences

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2948-2526 IF 56.90
Springer Science Reviews

Springer Nature

2213-7793 IF 56.90
Surface Science

Elsevier BV

0039-6028 IF 56.90
Terrestrial Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Chinese Geoscience Union

1017-0839 IF 56.90
The American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Elsevier BV

0002-9629 IF 56.90
The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences

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0019-5022 IF 56.90
The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences

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0367-8318 IF 56.90
The Open Atmospheric Science Journal

Bentham Science

1874-2823 IF 56.90
The Science of The Total Environment

Elsevier BV

0048-9697 IF 56.90
Trends in Food Science & Technology

Elsevier

0924-2244 IF 56.90
Trends in Plant Science

Elsevier

1360-1385 IF 56.90
Veterinary Integrative Sciences

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chiang Mai University

2629-9968 IF 56.90
Water Science & Technology

Pergamon Press

0273-1223 IF 56.90
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Cognitive Science

Wiley

1939-5078 IF 56.90
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Computational Molecular Science

Wiley

1759-0876 IF 56.90
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Forensic Science

Wiley

2573-9468 IF 56.90
npj Climate and Atmospheric Science

Springer Nature

2397-3722 IF 56.90
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

National Academy of Sciences

0027-8424 IF 54.05
Science Advances

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

2375-2548 IF 54.05
Living Reviews in Relativity

SpringerOpen

1433-8351 IF 27.41
IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence

IEEE

0162-8828 IF 24.30
Psychological Bulletin

American Psychological Association

0033-2909 IF 23.00
Nature Communications

Nature Portfolio

2041-1723 IF 17.70

Frequently Asked Questions

The top science journals by citation rate include Nature, Science, Cell, and The Lancet. These publish groundbreaking research across multiple scientific disciplines.

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