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Rank Target OA? Entries (Citations, Articles) Total Citations Distinct Articles ⁠Citations/article⁠
1 Nature (journal) Hybrid 60352 33653 1.793
2 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Delayed 44521 26583 1.675
3 Science (journal) Delayed 43591 25617 1.702
4 Journal of Biological Chemistry Open 33391 13693 2.439
5 The Astrophysical Journal Open 32016 11753 2.724
6 Astronomy & Astrophysics Unflagged 27134 10097 2.687
7 PLOS One Open 23429 16606 1.411
8 Zootaxa Hybrid 20504 16187 1.267
9 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Open 16629 8294 2.005
10 Frontiers Media Open 14990 10588 1.416
11 The Astronomical Journal Open 14702 7843 1.875
12 ZooKeys Open 12933 9926 1.303
13 Scientific Reports Open 12901 9411 1.371
14 The BMJ Open 11995 7722 1.553
15 Cell (journal) Delayed 11976 7201 1.663
16 Journal of the American Chemical Society Hybrid 11570 5812 1.991
17 Nature Communications Open 10566 7443 1.420
18 The Lancet Hybrid 10414 6704 1.553
19 Physical Review Letters Hybrid 10383 4525 2.295
20 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Delayed 9902 7447 1.330
21 Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Unflagged 9786 4678 2.092
22 List of MDPI academic journals Unflagged 9701 8168 1.188
23 Proceedings of the Royal Society Hybrid 9666 6724 1.438
24 Lloyd's List Unflagged 9605 417 23.034
25 The New England Journal of Medicine Delayed 9548 6222 1.535
26 Genome Research Delayed 9408 5873 1.602
27 Physical Review Unflagged 8182 3565 2.295
28 Nucleic Acids Research Open 8073 4716 1.712
29 Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society Unflagged 7401 6039 1.226
30 Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution Unflagged 7348 6236 1.178
31 Current Biology Delayed 7282 5259 1.385
32 Cochrane Library Unflagged 7200 3247 2.217
33 Journal of Geophysical Research Unflagged 7016 3670 1.912
34 Trends (journals) Hybrid 6738 5192 1.298
35 Nature Genetics Hybrid 6666 5008 1.331
36 Icarus (journal) Unflagged 6238 3086 2.021
37 Flight International Unflagged 6063 1904 3.184
38 The New York Times Unflagged 6044 3046 1.984
39 Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications Unflagged 6009 4314 1.393
40 JAMA Delayed 5984 4268 1.402
41 Cretaceous Research Unflagged 5974 2043 2.924
42 Molecular and Cellular Biology Delayed 5792 3220 1.799
43 Angewandte Chemie Unflagged 5434 3122 1.741
44 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta Hybrid 5238 3983 1.315
45 The EMBO Journal Delayed 5220 3498 1.492
46 American Journal of Human Genetics Unflagged 5200 3055 1.702
47 Journal of Paleontology Hybrid 5152 2875 1.792
48 Genomics (journal) Hybrid 5081 3908 1.300
49 PeerJ Open 4963 3382 1.467
50 Gene (journal) Unflagged 4885 3169 1.541
51 The American Historical Review Unflagged 4816 3263 1.476
52 Biochemistry (journal) Hybrid 4561 3199 1.426
53 Journal of Natural History Unflagged 4558 4036 1.129
54 BioMed Central Open 4185 3559 1.176
55 Biochemical Journal Delayed 4169 3193 1.306
56 Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society Open 4134 2689 1.537
57 Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Unflagged 4083 2230 1.831
58 FEBS Letters Delayed 4068 3195 1.273
59 Smithsonian Contributions and Studies Series Unflagged 4041 3566 1.133
60 The Journal of Neuroscience Unflagged 3964 2346 1.690
61 Journal of Molecular Biology Hybrid 3954 2749 1.438
62 Current Opinion (Elsevier) Unflagged 3904 3141 1.243
63 List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature Unflagged 3902 3889 1.003
64 Blood (journal) Delayed 3898 2217 1.758
65 Journal of Zoology Unflagged 3893 3158 1.233
66 IUCN Red List Unflagged 3868 3075 1.258
67 Journal of Cell Biology Open 3817 2285 1.670
68 Comptes rendus de l'Académie des Sciences Unflagged 3757 2768 1.357
69 Mycologia Unflagged 3756 2492 1.507
70 Entomological Society of America Unflagged 3707 2868 1.293
71 Boletín Oficial del Estado Unflagged 3655 847 4.315
72 American Journal of Botany Unflagged 3643 2692 1.353
73 Historical Biology Unflagged 3628 1916 1.894
74 Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History Unflagged 3612 3262 1.107
75 List of Hindawi academic journals Unflagged 3599 3193 1.127
76 The Lancet Group Unflagged 3598 2582 1.393
77 Science Advances Open 3597 2680 1.342
78 Geophysical Research Letters Open 3597 2129 1.690
79 Journal of Medicinal Chemistry Unflagged 3584 2552 1.404
80 Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society Unflagged 3558 2180 1.632
81 Palaeontology (journal) Hybrid 3548 2374 1.495
82 Journal of Bacteriology Delayed 3546 2275 1.559
83 The Lichenologist Unflagged 3514 2194 1.602
84 Variety (magazine) Unflagged 3473 2387 1.455
85 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Delayed 3470 2770 1.253
86 Journal of Systematic Palaeontology Unflagged 3403 2229 1.527
87 Cancer Research (journal) Unflagged 3358 2359 1.423
88 List of E. Schweizerbart serials Unflagged 3341 2601 1.285
89 Oncogene (journal) Unflagged 3338 2009 1.662
90 Scientific American Unflagged 3301 2877 1.147
91 Journal of Immunology Delayed 3253 1845 1.763
92 Journal of Virology Delayed 3217 1769 1.819
93 Chemical Reviews Unflagged 3169 2373 1.335
94 Ornithology (journal) Unflagged 3155 2138 1.476
95 Physical Review B Hybrid 3145 1517 2.073
96 Acta Palaeontologica Polonica Open 3119 2028 1.538
97 Physics Today Unflagged 3115 2371 1.314
98 Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Unflagged 3105 1274 2.437
99 Molecular Biology and Evolution Open 3102 2109 1.471
100 American Museum Novitates Open 3042 2379 1.279
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Compilation last updated on 8 October 2026. The results are based on the database dump of 1 October 2026, with these exclusions.