Google Scholar is a Scholarly search engine. Researchers use this search engine to download and read research papers for free. In this blog post, We will provide the Google Scholar indexed journals list. Further, you will be able to know how to check if a journal is indexed in Google Scholar.
All the journals indexed in Scopus, Web of Science, UGC CARE list, DOAJ, and PubMed/ Medline are indexed in Google Scholar. Moreover, other peer-reviewed journals are also being indexed in Google Scholar.
So if you want to publish your research paper in a Google Scholar-indexed journal, you can select a journal from Scopus/ Web of Science/ UGC CARE list/ DOAJ. For this, Researchers can use PhDTalks’s journal finder free of cost.
Top 25 Google Scholar indexed journals
The top 25 journals based on their impact factor indexed in Google Scholar are listed below.
| S. No. | Journal Title | ISSN | E-ISSN | Journal Scope | Citations | Journal Impact Factor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CA-A CANCER JOURNAL FOR CLINICIANS | 0007-9235 | 1542-4863 | ONCOLOGY – SCIE(Q1) | 61124 | 286.130 |
| 2 | LANCET | 0140-6736 | 1474-547X | MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL – SCIE(Q1) | 403221 | 202.731 |
| 3 | NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE | 0028-4793 | 1533-4406 | MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL – SCIE(Q1) | 506069 | 176.079 |
| 4 | JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION | 0098-7484 | 1538-3598 | MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL – SCIE(Q1) | 242479 | 157.335 |
| 5 | NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY | 1471-0072 | 1471-0080 | CELL BIOLOGY – SCIE(Q1) | 66072 | 113.915 |
| 6 | NATURE REVIEWS DRUG DISCOVERY | 1474-1776 | 1474-1784 | PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACY – SCIE(Q1); BIOTECHNOLOGY … | 47615 | 112.288 |
| 7 | NATURE REVIEWS IMMUNOLOGY | 1474-1733 | 1474-1741 | IMMUNOLOGY – SCIE(Q1) | 67751 | 108.555 |
| 8 | Lancet Respiratory Medicine | 2213-2600 | N/A | RESPIRATORY SYSTEM – SCIE(Q1); CRITICAL CARE MEDIC… | 29214 | 102.642 |
| 9 | BMJ-British Medical Journal | 0959-535X | 1756-1833 | MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL – SCIE(Q1) | 183681 | 93.333 |
| 10 | NATURE MEDICINE | 1078-8956 | 1546-170X | MEDICINE, RESEARCH & EXPERIMENTAL – SCIE(Q1); CELL… | 141857 | 87.241 |
| 11 | Lancet Microbe | N/A | 2666-5247 | INFECTIOUS DISEASES – SCIE(Q1); MICROBIOLOGY – SCI… | 3096 | 86.208 |
| 12 | World Psychiatry | 1723-8617 | 2051-5545 | PSYCHIATRY – SCIE(Q1); PSYCHIATRY – SSCI(Q1) | 11951 | 79.683 |
| 13 | NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY | 1740-1526 | 1740-1534 | MICROBIOLOGY – SCIE(Q1) | 51100 | 78.297 |
| 14 | Lancet Psychiatry | 2215-0374 | N/A | PSYCHIATRY – SCIE(Q1); PSYCHIATRY – SSCI(Q1) | 21986 | 77.056 |
| 15 | Nature Reviews Materials | 2058-8437 | 2058-8437 | NANOSCIENCE & NANOTECHNOLOGY – SCIE(Q1); MATERIALS… | 27820 | 76.679 |
| 16 | Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology | 1759-5045 | 1759-5053 | GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY – SCIE(Q1) | 21962 | 73.082 |
| 17 | Lancet Public Health | 2468-2667 | 2468-2667 | PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH – SCIE… | 10449 | 72.427 |
| 18 | CHEMICAL REVIEWS | 0009-2665 | 1520-6890 | CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY – SCIE(Q1) | 243908 | 72.087 |
| 19 | LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES | 1473-3099 | 1474-4457 | INFECTIOUS DISEASES – SCIE(Q1) | 52835 | 71.421 |
| 20 | NATURE REVIEWS CANCER | 1474-175X | 1474-1768 | ONCOLOGY – SCIE(Q1) | 66699 | 69.800 |
| 21 | NATURE | 0028-0836 | 1476-4687 | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES – SCIE(Q1) | 1008544 | 69.504 |
| 22 | NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY | 1087-0156 | 1546-1696 | BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY – SCIE(Q1) | 91927 | 68.164 |
| 23 | Nature Energy | 2058-7546 | 2058-7546 | MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY – SCIE(Q1); E… | 37355 | 67.439 |
| 24 | CELL | 0092-8674 | 1097-4172 | CELL BIOLOGY – SCIE(Q1); BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR … | 362236 | 66.850 |
| 25 | Nature Reviews Disease Primers | 2056-676X | 2056-676X | MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL – SCIE(Q1) | 21565 | 65.038 |
Frequently Asked Questions
All the journals indexed in Scopus, Web of Science, UGC CARE list, DOAJ, and PubMed/ Medline are indexed in Google Scholar. Besides that, many other journals are being indexed in Google Scholar.
In my experience, many predatory/ fake journals are also indexed in Google Scholar. So researchers are advised to check the reputation of research journals before making submissions.
Go to the official website of Google Scholar and enter the journal title into the search box. If you find the name of the journal in the search results, it means that Google Scholar indexes the journal.