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Search 62,158 ranked journals by topic, compare them with a transparent score, and open a full profile for each journal: papers, citations, h-index, open access, fees where known, topics and similar journals.

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Journal rankings by field

Each field ranking compares journals only with journals in the same field, so mathematics journals are not judged against medicine.

Top 10 journals overall

RankJournalFieldScorePapers 2021–2025h-index2-yr mean citednessOpen access
#1Advanced Materials
Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)		Engineering99.615,91174722.647%
#2Science
American Association for the Advancement of Science		Multidisciplinary99.311,7691,76220.828%
#3Nature
Nature Portfolio		Multidisciplinary99.221,1811,85518.838%
#4The Lancet
Elsevier BV		Medicine98.77,8371,21120.447%
#5Nature Communications
Nature Portfolio		Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology98.747,55775317.4100%
#6New England Journal of Medicine
Massachusetts Medical Society		Medicine98.55,3401,51231.331%
#7Journal of the American Chemical Society
American Chemical Society		Chemistry98.217,11989817.041%
#8ACS Nano
American Chemical Society		Materials Science98.011,90856617.328%
#9Nature Medicine
Nature Portfolio		Immunology and Microbiology97.93,18677031.459%
#10Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Wiley		Chemistry97.822,81173415.352%

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Transparent methodology

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.

Questions

How do I choose a journal for my paper?

Start with fit: paste your title or abstract into the journal finder. It matches your words to OpenAlex research topics and lists journals that publish most on those topics, with their score, open-access share and fee where it is recorded. Then read each shortlisted journal's aims and scope, recent articles, peer-review policy and fees on its own website.

Is the ITS Journal Score an impact factor?

No. It is an independent score from open OpenAlex data (citation impact, h-index and size). The Journal Impact Factor belongs to Clarivate and is not shown here.

Does this site tell me if a journal is in Scopus or Web of Science?

No. Indexing status changes and must be checked on Scopus, Web of Science or the journal's own website. DOAJ listing is shown because it is verified against DOAJ's open data.

How often is the data updated?

Journal data is refreshed continuously in the background, and rankings are rebuilt automatically as new data arrives. Each page shows complete calendar years only.