Top 100 Impact Factor Journals of Science

Indexed in ISI Web of Science (JCR Science Citation Index, 2016)

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Top 100 Impact Factor Journals of Science 2016

Rank Journal Title ISSN Impact Factor

1 CA-A CANCER JOURNAL FOR CLINICIANS 0007-9235 187.040

2 NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE 0028-4793 72.406
3 NATURE REVIEWS DRUG DISCOVERY 1474-1776 57.000
4 CHEMICAL REVIEWS 0009-2665 47.928
5 LANCET 0140-6736 47.831
6 NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY 1471-0072 46.602
7 JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 0098-7484 44.405
8 NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY 1087-0156 41.667
9 NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS 1471-0056 40.282
10 NATURE 0028-0836 40.137
11 NATURE REVIEWS IMMUNOLOGY 1474-1733 39.932
12 NATURE MATERIALS 1476-1122 39.737
13 Nature Nanotechnology 1748-3387 38.986
14 CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS 0306-0012 38.618
15 Nature Photonics 1749-4885 37.852
16 SCIENCE 0036-8075 37.205
17 NATURE REVIEWS CANCER 1474-175X 37.147
18 REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS 0034-6861 36.917
19 LANCET ONCOLOGY 1470-2045 33.900
20 PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE 0079-6425 31.140
21 Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics 0066-4146 30.733
22 CELL 0092-8674 30.410
23 NATURE MEDICINE 1078-8956 29.886
24 Energy & Environmental Science 1754-5692 29.518
25 Living Reviews in Relativity 1433-8351 29.300
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Top 100 Impact Factor Journals of Science 2016

Rank Journal Title ISSN Impact Factor

26 MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING R-REPORTS 0927-796X 29.280

27 NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE 1471-003X 28.880
28 Annual Review of Immunology 0732-0582 28.396
29 NATURE GENETICS 1061-4036 27.959
30 CANCER CELL 1535-6108 27.407
31 PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS 0031-9333 27.312
32 Annual Review of Pathology-Mechanisms of Disease 1553-4006 26.853
33 NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY 1740-1526 26.819
34 World Psychiatry 1723-8617 26.561
35 LANCET NEUROLOGY 1474-4422 26.284
36 Nature Chemistry 1755-4330 25.870
37 PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE 0079-6700 25.766
38 NATURE METHODS 1548-7091 25.062
39 JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY 0732-183X 24.008
40 Cell Stem Cell 1934-5909 23.394
41 IMMUNITY 1074-7613 22.845
42 Annual Review of Plant Biology 1543-5008 22.808
43 Nature Physics 1745-2473 22.806
44 ADVANCES IN PHYSICS 0001-8732 21.818
45 Materials Today 1369-7021 21.695
46 NATURE IMMUNOLOGY 1529-2908 21.506
47 BMJ-British Medical Journal 1756-1833 20.785
48 Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology 1759-4774 20.693
49 ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH 0001-4842 20.268
50 Nature Reviews Neurology 1759-4758 20.257

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Top 100 Impact Factor Journals of Science 2016

Rank Journal Title ISSN Impact Factor

51 EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL 0195-668X 20.212

52 NATURE CELL BIOLOGY 1465-7392 20.060
53 Cancer Discovery 2159-8274 20.011
54 CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS 0893-8512 19.958
55 Annual Review of Psychology 0066-4308 19.950
56 Annual Review of Biochemistry 0066-4154 19.939
57 JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY 0735-1097 19.896
58 LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES 1473-3099 19.864
59 ADVANCED MATERIALS 0935-9648 19.791
60 Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology 2213-8587 19.742
61 CIRCULATION 0009-7322 19.309
62 Nature Climate Change 1758-678X 19.304
63 Lancet Respiratory Medicine 2213-2600 19.287
64 Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics 1947-5454 18.588
65 GASTROENTEROLOGY 0016-5085 18.392
66 Nature Reviews Endocrinology 1759-5029 18.318
67 Cell Metabolism 1550-4131 18.164
68 PHARMACOLOGICAL REVIEWS 0031-6997 17.893
69 NATURE NEUROSCIENCE 1097-6256 17.839
70 Advances in Optics and Photonics 1943-8206 17.833
71 Lancet Global Health 2214-109X 17.686
72 Nano Today 1748-0132 17.476
73 PHYSICS REPORTS-REVIEW SECTION OF PHYSICS LETTERS 0370-1573 17.425
74 PROGRESS IN ENERGY AND COMBUSTION SCIENCE 0360-1285 17.382
75 ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE 0003-4819 17.202

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Top 100 Impact Factor Journals of Science 2016

Rank Journal Title ISSN Impact Factor

76 IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials 1553-877X 17.188
77 PSYCHOLOGICAL BULLETIN 0033-2909 16.793
78 Science Translational Medicine 1946-6234 16.761
79 Advanced Energy Materials 1614-6832 16.721
80 GUT 0017-5749 16.658
81 TRENDS IN BIOCHEMICAL SCIENCES 0968-0004 16.630
82 JAMA Oncology 2374-2437 16.559
83 JAMA Internal Medicine 2168-6106 16.538
84 EUROPEAN UROLOGY 0302-2838 16.265
85 ENDOCRINE REVIEWS 0163-769X 15.745
86 Annual Review of Neuroscience 0147-006X 15.630
87 CELL RESEARCH 1001-0602 15.606
88 TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES 1364-6613 15.402
89 TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY 0962-8924 15.333
90 JAMA Psychiatry 2168-622X 15.307
91 TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION 0169-5347 15.268
92 Nature Chemical Biology 1552-4450 15.066
93 Cell Host & Microbe 1931-3128 14.946
94 Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology 1081-0706 14.917
95 JOURNAL OF MANAGED CARE PHARMACY 1083-4087 14.789
96 Annual Review of Physical Chemistry 0066-426X 14.741
97 MOLECULAR CELL 1097-2765 14.714
98 MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS 1092-2172 14.533
99 REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS 0034-4885 14.311
100 Nature Reviews Cardiology 1759-5002 14.299

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