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Best Multidisciplinary journals

219 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Multidisciplinary. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 56 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Nature 77.7 99th Q1 SCIE No
2 Science 44.6 99th Q1 SCIE Yes
3 Exploration 32.8 98th Q1 ESCI Yes
4 Innovation 32.6 98th Q1 ESCI Yes
5 BenchCouncil Transactions on Benchmarks, Standards and Evaluations 25.7 97th Q1 Yes
6 Nature Communications 24.3 97th Q1 SCIE Yes
7 Journal of Advanced Research 21.7 97th Q1 SCIE Yes
8 Science Bulletin 19.4 96th Q1 SCIE No
9 Science Advances 19 96th Q1 SCIE Yes
10 Patterns 18 95th Q1 ESCI Yes
11 National Science Review 17.9 95th Q1 SCIE Yes
12 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 14.7 94th Q1 SCIE No
13 Research 13.5 94th Q1 SCIE Yes
14 Transactions of Tianjin University 13 93th Q1 ESCI No
15 Electron 11.8 93th Q1 ESCI Yes
16 Fundamental Research 11.5 93th Q1 ESCI Yes
17 Global Challenges 11.5 92th Q1 SCIE Yes
18 Tsinghua Science and Technology 10.6 92th Q1 SCIE Yes
19 Journal of King Saud University - Science 10.2 91th Q1 SCIE Yes
20 Encyclopedia 10.1 91th Q1 Yes
21 Precision Chemistry 8.4 90th Q1 ESCI Yes
22 Emerging Science Journal 8.1 90th Q1 Yes
23 Heliyon 7.8 89th Q1 SCIE Yes
24 Forum Scientiae Oeconomia 7.5 89th Q1 Yes
25 iScience 7.4 89th Q1 SCIE Yes
26 Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering 7.1 88th Q1 SCIE No
27 PNAS Nexus 6.7 88th Q1 ESCI Yes
28 Scientific African 6.7 87th Q1 ESCI Yes
29 Scientific Reports 6.4 87th Q1 SCIE Yes
30 National Science Open 6.4 86th Q1 Yes
31 International Journal of Service Science, Management, Engineering, and Technology 6.2 86th Q1 No
32 Complexity 6.1 85th Q1 SCIE Yes
33 Journal of the Indian Institute of Science 5.9 85th Q1 SCIE No
34 Sci 5.4 84th Q1 ESCI Yes
35 Advanced Theory and Simulations 5.3 84th Q1 SCIE No
36 Royal Society Open Science 5.2 84th Q1 SCIE Yes
37 Health Data Science 5.1 83th Q1 ESCI Yes
38 PLOS ONE 4.8 83th Q1 SCIE Yes
39 Frontiers in Network Physiology 4.7 82th Q1 ESCI Yes
40 Natural Sciences 4.7 82th Q1 ESCI Yes
41 Science, Technology and Society 4.6 81th Q1 SSCI B No
42 Chaos Theory and Applications 4.5 81th Q1 Yes
43 Karbala International Journal of Modern Science 4.5 80th Q1 Yes
44 Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 4.3 80th Q1 SCIE No
45 MethodsX 4.3 80th Q1 ESCI Yes
46 International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos 4.3 79th Q1 SCIE No
47 Kuwait Journal of Science 4 79th Q1 SCIE Yes
48 Facets 4 78th Q1 SCIE Yes
49 Citizen Science: Theory and Practice 3.9 78th Q1 ESCI Yes
50 International Journal of Technology 3.8 77th Q1 ESCI Yes
51 Science Progress 3.8 77th Q1 SCIE Yes
52 Experimental Results 3.6 76th Q1 Yes
53 Applied Network Science 3.4 76th Q1 ESCI Yes
54 Data in Brief 3.4 76th Q1 ESCI Yes
55 Peer Community Journal 3.3 75th Q1 ESCI Yes
56 European Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies 3.2 75th Q1 Yes
57 European Journal of STEM Education 3.2 74th Q2 Yes
58 Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science 3.1 74th Q2 ESCI Yes
59 Narra X 3.1 73th Q2 No
60 PRX Life 3.1 73th Q2 Yes
61 Foundations of Science 3 72th Q2 AHCI, SCIE No
62 Sadhana - Academy Proceedings in Engineering Sciences 2.9 72th Q2 SCIE No
63 Synthesis Lectures on Engineering, Science, and Technology 2.8 71th Q2 No
64 Transdisciplinary Journal of Engineering and Science 2.8 71th Q2 Yes
65 Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technology and Society 2.7 71th Q2 ESCI Yes
66 Journal of Dance Medicine and Science 2.7 70th Q2 ESCI No
67 Perspectives on Science 2.7 70th Q2 No
68 Journal of the Geographical Institute Jovan Cvijic SASA 2.7 69th Q2 ESCI Yes
69 Chinese Science Bulletin 2.6 69th Q2 ESCI No
70 Open Research Europe 2.6 68th Q2 Yes
71 Shanghai Jiaotong Daxue Xuebao/Journal of Shanghai Jiaotong University 2.6 68th Q2 Yes
72 Gazi University Journal of Science 2.5 67th Q2 ESCI No
73 Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research 2.5 67th Q2 SCIE Yes
74 Springer Handbooks 2.5 67th Q2 No
75 Applied Research 2.4 66th Q2 ESCI No
76 Trends in Sciences 2.4 66th Q2 No
77 Interaction Design and Architecture(s) 2.4 65th Q2 ESCI Yes
78 World Review of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development 2.3 65th Q2 C No
79 Xinan Jiaotong Daxue Xuebao/Journal of Southwest Jiaotong University 2.3 64th Q2 No
80 Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias 2.2 64th Q2 SCIE Yes
81 Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology 2.2 63th Q2 SCIE Yes
82 Journal of Applied Science and Engineering 2.2 63th Q2 ESCI Yes
83 SN Social Sciences 2.2 63th Q2 No
84 Fundamental Plasma Physics 2.1 62th Q2 ESCI Yes
85 Open Research Africa 2.1 62th Q2 Yes
86 Natural Resources for Human Health 2.1 61th Q2 No
87 Russian Journal of Biomechanics 2.1 61th Q2 No
88 Journal of Multidisciplinary Applied Natural Science 2.1 60th Q2 No
89 International Journal of Agile Systems and Management 2 60th Q2 No
90 Journal of Current Science and Technology 1.9 59th Q2 No
91 Public Health Challenges 1.9 59th Q2 ESCI Yes
92 Jilin Daxue Xuebao (Gongxueban)/Journal of Jilin University (Engineering and Technology Edition) 1.9 58th Q2 No
93 Sains Malaysiana 1.9 58th Q2 SCIE No
94 Proceedings of Engineering and Technology Innovation 1.8 58th Q2 No
95 Xi'an Shiyou Daxue Xuebao (Ziran Kexue Ban)/Journal of Xi'an Shiyou University, Natural Sciences Edition 1.8 57th Q2 No
96 Journal of Shanghai Jiaotong University (Science) 1.7 57th Q2 No
97 Journal of Food Technology Research 1.7 56th Q2 No
98 Latin American Research Review 1.7 56th Q2 SSCI Yes
99 International Academic Journal of Science and Engineering 1.7 55th Q2 No
100 International Journal of Applied Power Engineering 1.7 55th Q2 No

Rank and percentile are within the Multidisciplinary Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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