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Top journals from China
The top 100 of 347 ranked journals whose publisher is in China, ordered by the ITS Journal Score (2021–2025, open OpenAlex data).
China in numbers
China has 347 journals with an ITS Journal Score, #25 of 148 countries by number of ranked journals. Together they published 235,813 papers in 2021–2025, and 63% of these papers are open access. 192 of the journals (55%) are listed in DOAJ. The most common fields are Engineering (107), Medicine (47), Environmental Science (31) journals.
Country here is the publisher's country as recorded in OpenAlex. A journal's editors and authors may be based elsewhere.
Top 100 journals
| Rank in country | Global rank | Journal | Field | Score | Papers 2021–2025 | h-index | Open access | DOAJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #61 | Journal of Material Science and Technology Elsevier BV | Engineering | 94.0 | 4,608 | 188 | 8% | — |
| 2 | #103 | Journal of Energy Chemistry Elsevier BV | Engineering | 92.9 | 3,567 | 173 | 11% | — |
| 3 | #143 | Cellular and Molecular Immunology Springer Nature | Immunology and Microbiology | 91.9 | 778 | 175 | 98% | — |
| 4 | #229 | CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION) Elsevier BV | Energy | 90.2 | 1,175 | 142 | 5% | — |
| 5 | #324 | Molecular Plant Elsevier BV | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 89.0 | 997 | 232 | 47% | — |
| 6 | #383 | Carbon Energy Wiley | Engineering | 88.5 | 821 | 103 | 100% | Yes |
| 7 | #410 | Bioactive Materials Elsevier BV | Engineering | 88.3 | 2,211 | 157 | 100% | Yes |
| 8 | #432 | National Science Review Oxford University Press | Engineering | 88.0 | 1,946 | 165 | 100% | Yes |
| 9 | #506 | eScience Elsevier BV | Engineering | 87.4 | 338 | 103 | 100% | Yes |
| 10 | #545 | Bone Research Springer Nature | Medicine | 87.1 | 359 | 106 | 100% | Yes |
| 11 | #549 | InfoMat Wiley | Engineering | 87.0 | 669 | 113 | 100% | Yes |
| 12 | #555 | Journal of Advanced Ceramics Springer Science+Business Media | Materials Science | 87.0 | 813 | 103 | 100% | Yes |
| 13 | #568 | Rare Metals Springer Science+Business Media | Engineering | 86.9 | 2,200 | 97 | 12% | — |
| 14 | #687 | Engineering Elsevier BV | Engineering | 85.9 | 1,605 | 143 | 100% | Yes |
| 15 | #724 | Petroleum Exploration and Development Elsevier BV | Engineering | 85.7 | 596 | 113 | 100% | Yes |
| 16 | #831 | Opto-Electronic Advances Editorial Office of Opto-Electronic Journals Group, Institute of Optics and Electronics, CAS, China | Engineering | 85.0 | 297 | 73 | 100% | Yes |
| 17 | #839 | Translational Neurodegeneration BioMed Central | Medicine | 85.0 | 307 | 92 | 100% | Yes |
| 18 | #868 | International Journal of Oral Science Springer Nature | Dentistry | 84.8 | 294 | 97 | 100% | Yes |
| 19 | #898 | Exploration Wiley | Engineering | 84.7 | 500 | 83 | 100% | Yes |
| 20 | #911 | International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials Springer Science+Business Media | Engineering | 84.6 | 1,133 | 77 | 7% | — |
| 21 | #921 | Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering Elsevier BV | Engineering | 84.5 | 1,660 | 112 | 100% | Yes |
| 22 | #942 | MedComm Wiley | Medicine | 84.5 | 1,315 | 79 | 100% | Yes |
| 23 | #949 | Science China Chemistry Springer Science+Business Media | Engineering | 84.4 | 2,147 | 108 | 5% | — |
| 24 | #1,089 | Science China Information Sciences Springer Nature | Engineering | 83.7 | 1,706 | 103 | 10% | — |
| 25 | #1,114 | Environmental Science and Ecotechnology Elsevier BV | Environmental Science | 83.6 | 405 | 65 | 100% | Yes |
| 26 | #1,139 | Horticulture Research Nature Portfolio | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 83.5 | 1,654 | 120 | 100% | Yes |
| 27 | #1,175 | Journal of sport and health science/Journal of Sport and Health Science Elsevier BV | Medicine | 83.3 | 448 | 106 | 100% | Yes |
| 28 | #1,206 | Frontiers of Computer Science Higher Education Press | Computer Science | 83.2 | 701 | 60 | 11% | — |
| 29 | #1,318 | CCS Chemistry Chinese Chemical Society | Chemistry | 82.7 | 1,564 | 87 | 100% | Yes |
| 30 | #1,330 | Green Energy & Environment KeAi | Engineering | 82.6 | 667 | 95 | 100% | Yes |
| 31 | #1,346 | Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica Peking University Press | Energy | 82.6 | 555 | 63 | 37% | — |
| 32 | #1,347 | Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering Higher Education Press | Environmental Science | 82.6 | 703 | 81 | 21% | — |
| 33 | #1,382 | Protein & Cell Springer Science+Business Media | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 82.4 | 421 | 133 | 100% | Yes |
| 34 | #1,400 | Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China Elsevier BV | Engineering | 82.4 | 1,470 | 111 | 100% | — |
| 35 | #1,410 | Journal of Environmental Sciences Elsevier BV | Environmental Science | 82.3 | 2,787 | 161 | 9% | — |
| 36 | #1,427 | Advanced Powder Materials Elsevier BV | Engineering | 82.3 | 238 | 58 | 100% | Yes |
| 37 | #1,485 | Journal of Rare Earths Elsevier BV | Materials Science | 82.1 | 1,313 | 91 | 6% | — |
| 38 | #1,553 | Military Medical Research BioMed Central | Medicine | 81.8 | 385 | 77 | 100% | Yes |
| 39 | #1,593 | Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy Springer Nature | Engineering | 81.7 | 852 | 93 | 100% | Yes |
| 40 | #1,697 | Chinese Journal of Aeronautics Elsevier BV | Engineering | 81.4 | 2,263 | 105 | 100% | — |
| 41 | #1,706 | Science China Technological Sciences Springer Science+Business Media | Engineering | 81.4 | 1,356 | 100 | 7% | — |
| 42 | #1,780 | Science China Physics Mechanics and Astronomy Springer Science+Business Media | Physics and Astronomy | 81.1 | 1,172 | 84 | 39% | — |
| 43 | #1,781 | International Journal of Coal Science & Technology Springer International Publishing | Engineering | 81.1 | 455 | 63 | 100% | Yes |
| 44 | #1,787 | Anesthesia & Analgesia Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | Medicine | 81.1 | 2,624 | 301 | 18% | — |
| 45 | #1,798 | Science China Life Sciences Springer Science+Business Media | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 81.1 | 1,263 | 109 | 15% | — |
| 46 | #1,854 | Journal of Materiomics Elsevier BV | Materials Science | 80.9 | 730 | 84 | 100% | Yes |
| 47 | #1,944 | Animal nutrition KeAi | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 80.7 | 795 | 89 | 100% | Yes |
| 48 | #1,986 | Chinese Medical Journal Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | Social Sciences | 80.6 | 2,635 | 93 | 100% | Yes |
| 49 | #2,231 | Science China Earth Sciences Springer Science+Business Media | Earth and Planetary Sciences | 79.8 | 1,057 | 119 | 11% | — |
| 50 | #2,244 | Building Simulation Springer Science+Business Media | Engineering | 79.7 | 627 | 73 | 26% | — |
| 51 | #2,281 | EcoMat Wiley | Engineering | 79.6 | 533 | 67 | 100% | Yes |
| 52 | #2,343 | Cyborg and Bionic Systems American Association for the Advancement of Science | Engineering | 79.4 | 245 | 49 | 100% | Yes |
| 53 | #2,355 | Journal of Geographical Sciences Springer Nature | Environmental Science | 79.4 | 592 | 100 | 6% | — |
| 54 | #2,369 | Genomics Proteomics & Bioinformatics Elsevier BV | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 79.3 | 510 | 103 | 100% | Yes |
| 55 | #2,375 | Friction Springer Nature | Engineering | 79.3 | 790 | 81 | 100% | Yes |
| 56 | #2,442 | Underground Space Elsevier BV | Engineering | 79.1 | 468 | 60 | 100% | Yes |
| 57 | #2,548 | Advances in Atmospheric Sciences Springer Science+Business Media | Earth and Planetary Sciences | 78.9 | 865 | 108 | 28% | — |
| 58 | #2,569 | Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Elsevier BV | Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | 78.8 | 284 | 91 | 100% | Yes |
| 59 | #2,622 | Sensors International Elsevier BV | Engineering | 78.7 | 243 | 56 | 100% | Yes |
| 60 | #2,624 | Frontiers of Engineering Management Higher Education Press | Engineering | 78.7 | 250 | 51 | 38% | — |
| 61 | #2,656 | Petroleum Science Elsevier BV | Engineering | 78.6 | 1,468 | 80 | 100% | Yes |
| 62 | #2,661 | Materials Science for Energy Technologies Elsevier BV | Materials Science | 78.5 | 209 | 67 | 100% | Yes |
| 63 | #2,740 | Frontiers in Energy Higher Education Press | Engineering | 78.4 | 312 | 53 | 11% | — |
| 64 | #2,781 | Defence Technology Elsevier BV | Engineering | 78.3 | 1,159 | 77 | 100% | Yes |
| 65 | #2,783 | Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering Higher Education Press | Materials Science | 78.3 | 629 | 64 | 12% | — |
| 66 | #2,834 | ICT Express Elsevier BV | Engineering | 78.1 | 683 | 70 | 100% | Yes |
| 67 | #2,865 | Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering China Machine Press | Engineering | 78.0 | 856 | 69 | 100% | Yes |
| 68 | #2,963 | Fundamental Research Elsevier BV | Energy | 77.8 | 1,177 | 56 | 100% | Yes |
| 69 | #3,021 | Frontiers of Medicine Higher Education Press | Medicine | 77.6 | 350 | 76 | 20% | — |
| 70 | #3,038 | Journal of Central South University Springer Nature | Engineering | 77.6 | 1,485 | 64 | 3% | — |
| 71 | #3,040 | Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters) Springer Science+Business Media | Engineering | 77.6 | 766 | 64 | 6% | — |
| 72 | #3,067 | Journal of the National Cancer Center Elsevier BV | Medicine | 77.5 | 243 | 25 | 100% | Yes |
| 73 | #3,132 | Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE B Springer Science+Business Media | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 77.4 | 461 | 98 | 97% | — |
| 74 | #3,158 | Particuology Elsevier BV | Engineering | 77.3 | 1,067 | 96 | 21% | — |
| 75 | #3,206 | Plant Phenomics American Association for the Advancement of Science | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 77.1 | 382 | 53 | 100% | Yes |
| 76 | #3,434 | Cancer Biology and Medicine Chinese Anti-Cancer Association | Medicine | 76.7 | 514 | 71 | 100% | Yes |
| 77 | #3,450 | Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering Higher Education Press | Engineering | 76.6 | 550 | 54 | 13% | — |
| 78 | #3,476 | Journal of Bionic Engineering Elsevier BV | Engineering | 76.6 | 814 | 80 | 20% | — |
| 79 | #3,536 | Energy Material Advances American Association for the Advancement of Science | Engineering | 76.4 | 236 | 47 | 100% | Yes |
| 80 | #3,540 | Neuroscience Bulletin Springer Science+Business Media | Neuroscience | 76.4 | 925 | 90 | 98% | — |
| 81 | #3,564 | Horticultural Plant Journal KeAi | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 76.3 | 684 | 56 | 100% | Yes |
| 82 | #3,612 | Non-coding RNA Research Elsevier BV | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 76.2 | 382 | 44 | 100% | Yes |
| 83 | #3,659 | Advances in Climate Change Research KeAi | Earth and Planetary Sciences | 76.1 | 568 | 70 | 100% | Yes |
| 84 | #3,680 | Energy and Built Environment Elsevier BV | Engineering | 76.0 | 371 | 52 | 100% | Yes |
| 85 | #3,705 | Food Frontiers Wiley | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 76.0 | 707 | 52 | 100% | Yes |
| 86 | #3,725 | Ecological Processes Springer Nature | Environmental Science | 75.9 | 381 | 69 | 100% | Yes |
| 87 | #3,800 | Big Data Mining and Analytics Tsinghua University Press | Computer Science | 75.7 | 296 | 55 | 100% | Yes |
| 88 | #3,837 | Acta Mechanica Sinica Springer Science+Business Media | Engineering | 75.6 | 943 | 70 | 12% | — |
| 89 | #3,880 | Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture Elsevier BV | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 75.5 | 224 | 50 | 100% | Yes |
| 90 | #3,906 | Pedosphere Elsevier BV | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 75.5 | 619 | 108 | 9% | — |
| 91 | #3,928 | High Voltage Institution of Engineering and Technology | Materials Science | 75.4 | 629 | 60 | 100% | Yes |
| 92 | #3,933 | Journal of Semiconductors IOP Publishing | Engineering | 75.4 | 742 | 64 | 18% | — |
| 93 | #3,936 | Journal of Earth Science Springer Science+Business Media | Earth and Planetary Sciences | 75.4 | 821 | 58 | 17% | — |
| 94 | #4,029 | Chinese Optics Letters Optica Publishing Group | Engineering | 75.2 | 1,370 | 46 | 79% | — |
| 95 | #4,076 | Forest Ecosystems Springer Science+Business Media | Environmental Science | 75.1 | 482 | 60 | 100% | Yes |
| 96 | #4,079 | Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering Higher Education Press | Engineering | 75.1 | 262 | 54 | 22% | — |
| 97 | #4,113 | CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems China Electric Power Research Institute | Engineering | 75.0 | 729 | 71 | 100% | Yes |
| 98 | #4,129 | Journal of Forestry Research Springer Science+Business Media | Environmental Science | 75.0 | 699 | 68 | 46% | — |
| 99 | #4,131 | Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology Elsevier BV | Environmental Science | 75.0 | 404 | 44 | 100% | Yes |
| 100 | #4,140 | Chemical Research in Chinese Universities Springer International Publishing | Multidisciplinary | 75.0 | 830 | 41 | 6% | — |
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How the ITS Journal Score works
One formula applies to every ranked journal, using open data from OpenAlex: 45% citation impact, 35% h-index and 20% size (papers published 2021–2025). Citation impact is the smaller of the journal's two-year mean citedness and its five-year citations per paper, so a journal whose output collapsed cannot jump to the top on old citations. Each part is half a percentile and half a log-scaled value, so the very top is still separated. Growth and open-access share are shown separately and are not part of the score.
A journal is ranked only if it published at least 50 papers in 2021–2025 and was active in at least five of the last six years. Field rankings compare a journal only with journals in the same field; the field is the OpenAlex field with most of the journal's recent papers, or "Multidisciplinary" when no field has 30% of them.
What this is not: the ITS Journal Score is not a Journal Impact Factor, CiteScore or SJR, and this site does not say whether a journal is indexed in Scopus, Web of Science or PubMed. Always confirm aims and scope, indexing, peer review and fees on the journal's own website before you submit.