The latest available Science Citation Index—Journal Citation Reports published by the Institute for Scientific Information ranks over 6,000 journals by "impact factor." This ranking system is based upon the number of times an average article is cited.
| Annual Review of: |
Rank |
Category Name |
# Journals Cited In
Category |
Impact Factor |
Cited Half-Life |
| Anthropology |
9 |
Anthropology |
53 |
1.400 |
>10 |
| Astronomy and Astrophysics |
1 |
Astronomy and Astrophysics |
45 |
16.914 |
>10 |
| Biochemistry |
1 |
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
262 |
36.525 |
8.5 |
| Biomedical Engineering |
1 |
Biomedical Engineering |
42 |
10.533 |
4.8 |
| Biophysics |
1 |
Biophysics |
66 |
16.921 |
7.6 |
| Biophysics
and Biomol.Structure |
4 |
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
262 |
16.921 |
7.6 |
| Cell and Developmental Biology |
1 |
Developmental Biology |
34 |
26.576 |
6.3 |
| Cell
and Developmental Biology |
4 |
Cell Biology |
156 |
26.576 |
6.3 |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences |
1 |
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
131 |
7.683 |
9.9 |
| Earth
and Planetary Sciences |
4 |
Astronomy and Astrophysics |
45 |
7.683 |
9.9 |
| Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics |
2 |
Ecology |
114 |
9.784 |
>10.0 |
| Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics |
2 |
Evolutionary Biology |
34 |
9.784 |
>10.0 |
| Entomology |
1 |
Entomology |
69 |
8.714 |
>10.0 |
| Environment and Resources |
1 |
Environmental Studies
(Social Science) |
52 |
3.080 |
3.2 |
| Environment and Resources |
7 |
Environmental Studies (Science) |
144 |
3.080 |
3.2 |
| Fluid Mechanics |
1 |
Physics, Fluid and Plasmas |
24 |
12.469 |
>10.0 |
| Fluid
Mechanics |
1 |
Mechanics |
109 |
12.469 |
>10.0 |
| Genetics |
3 |
Genetics and Heredity |
131 |
19.098 |
7.1 |
| Genomics and Human Genetics |
7 |
Genetics and Heredity |
131 |
10.771 |
4.2 |
| Immunology |
1 |
Immunology |
117 |
47.237 |
6.3 |
| Materials Research |
3 |
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary |
175 |
10.400 |
7.0 |
| Medicine |
6 |
Medicine, General and Internal |
103 |
13.237 |
6.0 |
| Microbiology |
3 |
Microbiology |
88 |
14.553 |
8.0 |
| Neuroscience |
1 |
Neurosciences |
199 |
28.533 |
6.8 |
| Nuclear
and Particle Science |
1 |
Physics, Nuclear |
22 |
6.214 |
7.6 |
| Nuclear and Particle Science |
1 |
Physics, Particles and Fields |
21 |
6.214 |
7.6 |
| Nutrition |
2 |
Nutrition and Dietetics |
55 |
10.449 |
7.0 |
| Pharmacology and Toxicology |
1 |
Toxicology |
76 |
22.808 |
6.5 |
| Pharmacology and Toxicology |
1 |
Pharmacology and Pharmacy |
199 |
22.808 |
6.5 |
| Physical Chemistry |
2 |
Chemistry, Physical |
108 |
11.250 |
9.2 |
| Physiology |
2 |
Physiology |
79 |
15.356 |
7.6 |
| Phytopathology |
4 |
Plant Sciences |
147 |
9.000 |
>10.0 |
| Plant Biology |
1 |
Plant Sciences |
147 |
19.837 |
9.2 |
| Political Science |
10 |
Political Science |
85 |
1.368 |
|
| Psychology |
2 |
Psychology (Science) |
60 |
11.706 |
6.8 |
| Psychology |
2 |
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
(Social Science) |
99 |
11.706 |
6.8 |
| Public Health |
1 |
Public, Environmental and Occup. Health (Social Science) |
66 |
6.854 |
7.1 |
| Public
Health |
2 |
Public, Environmental and Occup. Health (Science) |
98 |
6.854 |
7.1 |
| Sociology |
1 |
Sociology |
93 |
3.275 |
9.1 |
