Table 1. Quality of research papers in nature index journal in chemistry between U.S. and China
  Nature index Journals in life sciences Amount of US Amount of China Mainland Ratio of US/China
1 Advanced Materials 1351 2690 0.5
2 Analytical Chemistry 1744 2792 0.6
3 Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2086 4474 0.5
4 Chemical Communications 1143 4766 0.2
5 Chemical Science 1191 1452 0.8
6 Inorganic Chemistry 1330 2075 0.6
7 Journal of the American Chemical Society 3583 2334 1.5
8 Macromolecules 1026 873 1.2
9 Nano Letters 1510 1454 1.0
10 Nature Chemical Biology 392 89 4.4
11 Nature Chemistry 303 105 2.9
12 Nature Materials 443 167 2.7
13 Nature Nanotechnology 305 151 2.0
14 Organic Letters 2904 856 3.4
15 The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 1362 1693 0.8
16 Nature 3184 665 4.8
17 Science 3223 601 5.4
18 Nature Communications 9528 5001 1.9
19 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America   8162   1679 4.9
20 Science Advances 3220 1432 2.2
Total 47990 35349 1.4
 
Table 2. Quality of research papers in nature index journal in Earth & Environmental Sciences between U.S. and China
  Nature index Journals in life sciences Amount of US Amount of China Mainland Ratio of US/China
1 Earth and Planetary Science Letters 789 368 2.1
2 Ecology Letters 348 59 5.9
3 Environmental Science and Technology 2269 2134 1.1
4 Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 778 382 2.0
5 Geology 461 161 2.9
6 Geophysical Research Letters 3025 1295 2.3
7 Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 1246 837 1.5
8 Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 982 579 1.7
9 Nature Climate Change 359 67 5.4
10 Nature Geoscience 320 72 4.4
11 Water Research 751 1591 0.5
12 Nature 3184 665 4.8
13 Science 3223 601 5.4
14 Nature Communications 9528 5001 1.9
15 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America   8162   1679 4.9
16 Science Advances 3220 1432 2.2
Total 38645 16923 2.3
 
 
 
 
 
Table 3. Quality of research papers in nature index journal in life sciences between U.S. and China
  Nature index Journals in life sciences Amount of US Amount of China Mainland Ratio of US/China
1 American Journal of Human Genetics 449 61 7.4
2 Cancer Cell 395 68 5.8
3 Cancer Research 13108 1695 7.7
4 Cell Host & Microbe 446 48 9.3
5 Cell Metabolism 445 111 4.0
6 Cell Stem Cell 391 72 5.4
7 Current Biology 1399 191 7.3
8 Developmental Cell 566 100 5.7
9 Ecology Letters 348 59 5.9
10 eLife 3540 427 8.3
11 Genes & Development 267 24 11.1
12 Genome Research 356 73 4.9
13 Immunity 461 86 5.4
14 Journal of Biological Chemistry 2483 630 3.9
15 Journal of Cell Biology 514 74 6.9
16 Journal of Clinical Investigation 1371 221 6.2
17 Journal of Experimental Medicine 540 102 5.3
18 Journal of Neuroscience 1394 168 8.3
19 Molecular Cell 828 167 5.0
20 Molecular Psychiatry 762 183 4.2
21 Nature Biotechnology 462 86 5.4
22 Nature Cell Biology 281 84 3.3
23 Nature Chemical Biology 392 89 4.4
24 Nature Genetics 410 108 3.8
25 Nature Immunology 400 57 7.0
26 Nature Medicine 671 72 9.3
27 Nature Methods 397 79 5.0
28 Nature Neuroscience 458 61 7.5
29 Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 278 50 5.6
30 Neuron 909 108 8.4
31 PLOS Biology 612 143 4.3
32 PLOS Genetics 954 220 4.3
33 Proceedings of the Royal Society B 826 100 8.3
34 Science Translational Medicine 728 134 5.4
35 The EMBO Journal 343 141 2.4
36 The ISME Journal: Multidisciplinary Journal of Microbial Ecology 424 163 2.6
37 The Plant Cell 393 253 1.6
38 Cell 1211 201 6.0
39 Nature 3184 665 4.8
40 Science 3223 601 5.4
41 Nature Communications 9528 5001 1.9
42 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America   8162   1679 4.9
43 Science Advances 3220 1432 2.2
Total 67529 16087 4.2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Table 4. Quality of research papers in nature index journal in Physical Sciences between U.S. and China
  Nature index Journals in life sciences Amount of US Amount of China Mainland Ratio of US/China
1 ACS Nano 1705 2065 0.8
2 Advanced Functional Materials 1412 3592 0.4
3 Advanced Materials 1351 2690 0.5
4 Applied Physics Letters 1810 2246 0.8
5 Astronomy & Astrophysics 2231 592 3.8
6 European Physical Journal C 492 855 0.6
7 Journal of High Energy Physics 2471 1054 2.3
8 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters 5237 1454 3.6
9 Nano Letters 1510 1454 1.0
10 Nature Materials 443 167 2.7
11 Nature Nanotechnology 305 151 2.0
12 Nature Photonics 201 99 2.0
13 Nature Physics 421 117 3.6
14 Physical Review A 1665 1863 0.9
15 Physical Review B 4761 3100 1.5
16 Physical Review D 3859 2208 1.7
17 Physical Review Letters 3487 1677 2.1
18 Physical Review X 409 101 4.0
19 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1372 428 3.2
20 Nature 3184 665 4.8
21 Science 3223 601 5.4
22 Nature Communications 9528 5001 1.9
23 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America   8162   1679 4.9
24 Science Advances 3220 1432 2.2
Total 62459 35291 1.8
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Table 5. Quality of research papers in all nature index journals of U.S. and China
    Amount of US Amount of China Mainland Ratio of US/China
1 Nature 3184 665 4.8
2 Science 3223 601 5.4
3 Nature Communications 9528 5001 1.9
4 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America   8162   1679 4.9
5 Science Advances 3220 1432 2.2
6 Advanced Materials 1351 2690 0.5
7 Analytical Chemistry 1744 2792 0.6
8 Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2086 4474 0.5
9 Chemical Communications 1143 4766 0.2
10 Chemical Science 1191 1452 0.8
11 Inorganic Chemistry 1330 2075 0.6
12 Journal of the American Chemical Society 3583 2334 1.5
13 Macromolecules 1026 873 1.2
14 Nano Letters 1510 1454 1.0
15 Nature Chemical Biology 392 89 4.4
16 Nature Chemistry 303 105 2.9
17 Nature Materials 443 167 2.7
18 Nature Nanotechnology 305 151 2.0
19 Organic Letters 2904 856 3.4
20 The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 1362 1693 0.8
21 Earth and Planetary Science Letters 789 368 2.1
22 Ecology Letters 348 59 5.9
23 Environmental Science and Technology 2269 2134 1.1
24 Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 778 382 2.0
25 Geology 461 161 2.9
26 Geophysical Research Letters 3025 1295 2.3
27 Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 1246 837 1.5
28 Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 982 579 1.7
29 Nature Climate Change 359 67 5.4
30 Nature Geoscience 320 72 4.4
31 Water Research 751 1591 0.5
32 American Journal of Human Genetics 449 61 7.4
33 Cancer Cell 395 68 5.8
34 Cancer Research 13108 1695 7.7
35 Cell Host & Microbe 446 48 9.3
36 Cell Metabolism 445 111 4.0
37 Cell Stem Cell 391 72 5.4
38 Current Biology 1399 191 7.3
39 Developmental Cell 566 100 5.7
40 eLife 3540 427 8.3
41 Genes & Development 267 24 11.1
42 Genome Research 356 73 4.9
43 Immunity 461 86 5.4
44 Journal of Biological Chemistry 2483 630 3.9
45 Journal of Cell Biology 514 74 6.9
46 Journal of Clinical Investigation 1371 221 6.2
47 Journal of Experimental Medicine 540 102 5.3
48 Journal of Neuroscience 1394 168 8.3
49 Molecular Cell 828 167 5.0
50 Molecular Psychiatry 762 183 4.2
51 Nature Biotechnology 462 86 5.4
52 Nature Cell Biology 281 84 3.3
53 Nature Genetics 410 108 3.8
54 Nature Immunology 400 57 7.0
55 Nature Medicine 671 72 9.3
56 Nature Methods 397 79 5.0
57 Nature Neuroscience 458 61 7.5
58 Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 278 50 5.6
59 Neuron 909 108 8.4
60 PLOS Biology 612 143 4.3
61 PLOS Genetics 954 220 4.3
62 Proceedings of the Royal Society B 826 100 8.3
63 Science Translational Medicine 728 134 5.4
64 The EMBO Journal 343 141 2.4
65 The ISME Journal: Multidisciplinary Journal of Microbial Ecology 424 163 2.6
66 The Plant Cell 393 253 1.6
67 Cell 1211 201 6.0
68 ACS Nano 1705 2065 0.8
69 Advanced Functional Materials 1412 3592 0.4
70 Applied Physics Letters 1810 2246 0.8
71 Astronomy & Astrophysics 2231 592 3.8
72 European Physical Journal C 492 855 0.6
73 Journal of High Energy Physics 2471 1054 2.3
74 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters 5237 1454 3.6
75 Nature Photonics 201 99 2.0
76 Nature Physics 421 117 3.6
77 Physical Review A 1665 1863 0.9
78 Physical Review B 4761 3100 1.5
79 Physical Review D 3859 2208 1.7
80 Physical Review Letters 3487 1677 2.1
81 Physical Review X 409 101 4.0
82 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1372 428 3.2
Total 130323 70906 1.8