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)
46. MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING R- REPORTS: 36.214
Publisher: Elsevier
47. NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE: 34.87
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group (United States)
48. Nature Reviews Chemistry: 34.035
Nature Reviews Chemistry is an online-only journal publishing Reviews, Perspectives, Comments, and Highlights in all disciplines.
49. Nature Electronics: 33.686
Nature Electronics is a Transformative Journal; authors can publish using the traditional publishing route OR via immediate gold Open Access.
50. ANNALS OF ONCOLOGY: 32.976
Publisher: Elsevier
Source: Clarivate
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