Best research journals with the highest impact factors

Best research journals are those that publish high-quality and original research. High-quality research is done by sophisticated researchers.

Research journals are helpful to disseminate the research worldwide. There are more than one lakh journals all over the world. Among them, many of them are predatory journals that charge a hefty amount to publish research. In contrast, reputed research journals follow a rigorous process to accept and publish research.

Research journals are considered reputed on the basis of their impact factors. In this blog post, we have listed the top 50 research journals with the highest impact factor.

List of best research journals with the highest impact factors

1. CA-A CANCER JOURNAL FOR CLINICIANS: 508.702

CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians is a bimonthly peer-reviewed medical journal published for the American Cancer Society by Wiley-Blackwell. The journal covers aspects of cancer research on diagnosis, therapy, and prevention.

2. NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY: 94.444

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology is a peer-reviewed monthly review journal that was established in October 2000 and is published by Springer Nature. It covers all aspects of molecular and cell biology.

3. NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE: 91.245

The New England Journal of Medicine is a weekly medical journal published by the Massachusetts Medical Society. It is among the most prestigious peer-reviewed medical journals as well as the oldest continuously published one.

4. NATURE REVIEWS DRUG DISCOVERY: 84.694

Nature Reviews Drug Discovery is a peer-reviewed review journal covering drug discovery and development.

5. LANCET: 79.321

The Lancet is a weekly peer-reviewed general medical journal. It is among the world’s oldest and best-known general medical journals.

6. Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology: 66.675

Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology is a peer-reviewed journal for oncologists.

7. Nature Reviews Materials: 66.308

Nature Reviews Materials is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Nature Publishing Group.

8. Nature Energy: 60.858

Nature Energy is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Nature Publishing Group.

9. NATURE REVIEWS CANCER: 60.716

Nature Reviews Cancer is a monthly review journal covering the field of oncology.

10. NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY: 60.633

It publishes reviews and perspectives on microbiology, bridging fundamental research and its clinical, industrial, and environmental applications.

11. CHEMICAL REVIEWS: 60.622

This journal is published by the American Chemical Society. It publishes review articles on all aspects of chemistry.

12. MMWR Surveillance Summaries: 58.769

13. JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION: 56.272

It is a peer-reviewed medical journal published 48 times a year by the American Medical Association. It publishes original research, reviews, and editorials covering all aspects of biomedicine.

14. MMWR Recommendations and Reports: 55.857

15. NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY: 54.908

Publisher: Nature Portfolio

16. CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS: 54.564

Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry (United Kingdom)

17. REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS: 54.494

Publisher: American Physical Society (United States)

18. NATURE MEDICINE: 53.44

Publisher: Nature Portfolio

19. NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS: 53.242

Publisher: Nature Portfolio

20. NATURE REVIEWS IMMUNOLOGY: 53.106

21. Nature Reviews Disease Primers: 52.329

Publisher: Nature Portfolio

22. NATURE: 49.962

Publisher: Nature Research (a subsidiary of Springer Nature) (United Kingdom)

23. World Psychiatry: 49.548

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the World Psychiatric Association

23. World Psychiatry: 49.548

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the World Psychiatric Association

25. SCIENCE: 47.728

Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science

26. Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology: 46.802

Publisher: Nature Publishing Group

27. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY: 44.544

Publisher: American Society of Clinical Oncology (United States)

28. LANCET NEUROLOGY: 44.182

Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC.

29. NATURE MATERIALS: 43.841

Publisher: Nature Publishing Group (United Kingdom)

30. Nature Reviews Endocrinology: 43.33

Publisher: Nature Portfolio

31. Nature Reviews Neurology: 42.937

Nature Reviews Neurology is part of the Nature Reviews portfolio of journals.

32. Nature Catalysis: 41.813

Nature Catalysis is a monthly, online-only journal incorporating the best research from all areas of catalysis.

33. CELL: 41.582

Publisher: Cell Press

34. LANCET ONCOLOGY: 41.316

35. Joule: 41.248

Joule is a research journal that publishes research in the field of Energy (all). This journal is published by Elsevier. The ISSN of this journal is 25424351.

36. Living Reviews in Relativity: 40.429

Publisher: Springer Science+Business Media

37. BMJ-British Medical Journal: 39.89

Publisher: BMA (United Kingdom)

38. PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE: 39.58

Progress in Materials Science is a journal publishing review articles covering most areas of materials science, published by the Pergamon imprint of Elsevier.

39. Cancer Discovery: 39.397

CANCER DISCOVERY is a research journal that publishes research in the field of Oncology. This journal is published by American Association for Cancer Research. The ISSN of this journal is 21598290.

40. Nature Nanotechnology: 39.213

Publisher: Nature Portfolio

41. Nature Photonics: 38.771

Publisher: Nature Publishing Group (United Kingdom)

42. Energy & Environmental Science: 38.532

Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry (United Kingdom)

43. NATURE GENETICS: 38.33

Publisher: Nature Portfolio

44. Psychological Science in the Public Interest: 37.857

Publisher: SAGE Publications on behalf of the Association for Psychological Science

45. PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS: 37.312

Publisher: The American Physiological Society (United States)