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Hottest Journals of the Decade |
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High-Impact
Journals in 9 Fields,
Ranked by Citations Per Paper, 1992-2002
(Among non-review journals that published continuously, January 1992 to December 2002) |
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Molecular
Biology & Genetics |
| Rank |
Journal |
#
of papers,
1992-2002 |
Cites
per paper |
| 1 |
Cell |
4,535 |
175 |
| 2 |
Nature |
1,658 |
124 |
| 3 |
Science |
1,368 |
108 |
| 4 |
Nature
Genetics |
2,062 |
98 |
| 5 |
Genes & Development |
2,931 |
80 |
| 6 |
J. Cell Biology |
5,480 |
59 |
| 7 |
EMBO Journal |
7,199 |
56 |
| 8 |
Molec. Cell Biology |
8,530 |
42 |
| 9 |
Development |
4,793 |
41 |
| 10 |
PNAS |
5,246 |
41 |
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Physics |
| Rank |
Journal |
#
of papers,
1992-2002 |
Cites
per paper |
| 1 |
Science |
839 |
77 |
| 2 |
Nature |
943 |
70 |
| 3 |
Physical Review Letters |
28,908 |
25 |
| 4 |
PNAS |
214 |
14 |
| 5 |
Nuclear Physics B |
10,740 |
14 |
| 6 |
Physics Letters B |
16,751 |
13 |
| 7 |
Applied Physics Letters |
27,418 |
13 |
| 8 |
Physical Review D |
18,074 |
12 |
| 9 |
Physical Review B |
51,163 |
12 |
| 10 |
Journal of Rheology |
891 |
11 |
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Biology
& Biochemistry |
| Rank |
Journal |
#
of papers,
1992-2002 |
Cites
per paper |
| 1 |
Nature |
1,512 |
172 |
| 2 |
Science |
1,436 |
163 |
| 3 |
PNAS |
7,745 |
49 |
| 4 |
FASEB Journal |
2,535 |
38 |
| 5 |
Molecular Endocrinology |
2,004 |
32 |
| 6 |
J. Biological Chemistry |
55,168 |
30 |
| 7 |
Systematic Biology |
411 |
27 |
| 8 |
Bio/Technology |
801 |
27 |
| 9 |
Nucleic Acids Research |
9,507 |
24 |
| 10 |
J. Bone Mineral Research |
2,601 |
23 |
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Plant
& Animal Science |
| Rank |
Journal |
#
of papers,
1992-2002 |
Cites
per paper |
| 1 |
Science |
402 |
84 |
| 2 |
Nature |
446 |
55 |
| 3 |
Plant Cell |
1,898 |
45 |
| 4 |
PNAS |
1,335 |
41 |
| 5 |
Plant Journal |
2,549 |
25 |
| 6 |
Plant Physiology |
6,178 |
19 |
| 7 |
Limnology &
Oceanography |
2,065 |
18 |
| 8 |
Ann.
Mis. Botan. Garden |
367 |
17 |
| 9 |
Plant Molecular Biology |
3,283 |
17 |
| 10 |
J. Animal Ecology |
932 |
16 |
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Chemistry |
| Rank |
Journal |
#
of papers,
1992-2002 |
Cites
per paper |
| 1 |
Nature |
587 |
97 |
| 2 |
Science |
1,057 |
83 |
| 3 |
PNAS |
769 |
31 |
| 4 |
J. Amer. Chem. Soc. |
24,590 |
24 |
| 5 |
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. |
7,906 |
20 |
| 6 |
Analytical Chemistry |
8,797 |
18 |
| 7 |
J. Medicinal Chemistry |
5,921 |
17 |
| 8 |
J. Computational Chem. |
1,604 |
16 |
| 9 |
J. Physical Chemistry
B |
19,794 |
15 |
| 10 |
Journal of Catalysis |
3,983 |
15 |
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Space
Science |
| Rank |
Journal |
#
of papers,
1992-2002 |
Cites
per paper |
| 1 |
Nature |
688 |
48 |
| 2 |
Science |
476 |
32 |
| 3 |
Astrophys. J.
Suppl. Ser. |
1,482 |
26 |
| 4 |
Astrophysical Journal |
23,529 |
18 |
| 5 |
Astronomical Journal |
5,114 |
16 |
| 6 |
Mon. Not. Royal
Ast. Soc. |
8,417 |
13 |
| 7 |
J.
Geophys. Res.-Planets |
1,340 |
11 |
| 8 |
Icarus |
2,245 |
11 |
| 9 |
Publ. Astron. Soc. Pacific |
1,704 |
10 |
| 10 |
Astronomy & Astrophysics |
14,476 |
10 |
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Pharmacology
& Toxicology |
| Rank |
Journal |
#
of papers,
1992-2002 |
Cites
per paper |
| 1 |
Nature |
23 |
152 |
| 2 |
PNAS |
114 |
73 |
| 3 |
Molecular
Pharmacology |
3,448 |
25 |
| 4 |
Drugs |
1,614 |
18 |
| 5 |
J.
Pharmacol. Exp. Therap. |
7,931 |
17 |
| 6 |
British
J. Pharmacology |
7,254 |
16 |
| 7 |
Chem. Res. Toxicology |
1,765 |
14 |
| 8 |
Toxicol.
Appl. Pharmacology |
2,500 |
14 |
| 9 |
Biochemical Pharmacology |
5,248 |
13 |
| 10 |
Naunyn-Schmied. Arch.
Pharm. |
2,037 |
11 |
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Neuroscience
& Behavior |
| Rank |
Journal |
#
of papers,
1992-2002 |
Cites
per paper |
| 1 |
Science |
846 |
137 |
| 2 |
Nature |
1,020 |
137 |
| 3 |
Neuron |
2,851 |
70 |
| 4 |
PNAS |
2,677 |
54 |
| 5 |
Annals of Neurology |
2,545 |
36 |
| 6 |
Journal of Neuroscience |
9,198 |
34 |
| 7 |
Brain |
1,726 |
30 |
| 8 |
J.
Cerebr. Blood Flow Metabol. |
1,604 |
25 |
| 9 |
Brain Pathology |
531 |
24 |
| 10 |
Cerebral Cortex |
772 |
23 |
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Clinical
Medicine |
| Rank |
Journal |
#
of papers,
1992-2002 |
Cites
per paper |
| 1 |
Nature |
624 |
272 |
| 2 |
Science |
746 |
270 |
| 3 |
New Engl. J. Medicine |
4,331 |
104 |
| 4 |
PNAS |
3,872 |
76 |
| 5 |
J. Experimental Med. |
4,596 |
71 |
| 6 |
J. Clinical Investigation |
6,143 |
54 |
| 7 |
J. Natl. Cancer Institute |
1,882 |
49 |
| 8 |
Ann. Internal Medicine |
2,509 |
47 |
| 9 |
JAMA-J. Am. Med. Assn. |
5,349 |
43 |
| 10 |
The Lancet |
7,690 |
40 |
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Microbiology |
| Rank |
Journal |
#
of papers,
1992-2002 |
Cites
per paper |
| 1 |
Nature |
186 |
125 |
| 2 |
Science |
275 |
112 |
| 3 |
PNAS |
1,745 |
44 |
| 4 |
Journal of Virology |
13,103 |
24 |
| 5 |
Molecular Microbiology |
4,960 |
24 |
| 6 |
Journal of Bacteriology |
11,240 |
18 |
| 7 |
Virology |
6,462 |
17 |
| 8 |
Appl. Environ. Microbiology |
8,746 |
16 |
| 9 |
Antimicrob. Agents Chemo. |
6,453 |
16 |
| 10 |
J. General Virology |
4,265 |
15 |
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Immunology |
| Rank |
Journal |
#
of papers,
1992-2002 |
Cites
per paper |
| 1 |
Nature |
387 |
249 |
| 2 |
Science |
476 |
199 |
| 3 |
PNAS |
1,565 |
55 |
| 4 |
Journal of Immunology |
16,546 |
29 |
| 5 |
European J. Immunology |
5,097 |
25 |
| 6 |
J. Infectious Diseases |
6,122 |
21 |
| 7 |
AIDS |
3,108 |
19 |
| 8 |
J. Leukocyte Biology |
2,455 |
18 |
| 9 |
Infection and Immunity |
9,651 |
18 |
| 10 |
J.
Acq. Imm. Def. Syn. |
1,570 |
17 |
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