In this blog post, we list Elsevier journals with low Impact Factors.
Clarivate recently announced the Impact Factors through the Journal Citation Reports (JCR). More than 20,000 journals received Impact Factors.
Elsevier publishes over 2900 research journals across all areas of science.
Impact Factor is a measure of the number of times an average paper in a particular journal is cited during the last two years.
This blog post lists Elsevier journals with an Impact Factor of less than 3. Low impact factor journals have high acceptance rate. According to the Clarivate’s JCR 2025 and Elsevier official website, there are 789 Elsevier journals with an Impact Factor of less than 3.
List of Journals with Impact Factor less than 1
List of Free Publishing Elsevier Journals
List of Low Impact Factor Journals from Elsevier
50 Low Impact Factor Journals (Impact Factor less than 3) published by Elsevier are listed in this blog post. All other low impact journals from Elsevier can be found in this link (Elsevier Official Website).
| Journal Title | ISSN | Publication Area | Journal Quartile | Impact Factor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regional Science and Urban Economics | 18792308, 01660462 | Economics, Econometrics and Finance; Social Sciences | Q1 | 2.9 |
| Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery | 15326500, 10582746 | Health Professions; Medicine | Q1 | 2.9 |
| Journal of Migration and Health | 26666235 | Medicine; Social Sciences | Q1 | 2.9 |
| Cognitive and Behavioral Practice | 1878187X, 10777229 | Psychology | Q1 | 2.9 |
| Astroparticle Physics | 9276505 | Physics and Astronomy | Q1 | 2.9 |
| Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders | 22110356, 22110348 | Medicine; Neuroscience | Q1 | 2.9 |
| Biological Psychology | 03010511, 18736246 | Neuroscience; Psychology | Q1 | 2.9 |
| Journal of Structural Geology | 1918141 | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Q1 | 2.9 |
| Sedimentary Geology | 370738 | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Q1 | 2.9 |
| Online Social Networks and Media | 24686964 | Computer Science; Social Sciences | Q1 | 2.9 |
| New Ideas in Psychology | 0732118X | Arts and Humanities; Psychology | Q1 | 2.9 |
| Clinica Chimica Acta | 00098981, 18733492 | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medi… | Q1 | 2.9 |
| Ocean Modelling | 14635003, 14635011 | Computer Science; Earth and Planetary Sciences | Q1 | 2.9 |
| Safety and Health at Work | 20937997, 20937911 | Chemical Engineering; Engineering; Medicine; Socia… | Q1 | 2.9 |
| Journal of Reproductive Immunology | 18727603, 01650378 | Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine | Q2 | 2.9 |
| Journal of Aerosol Science | 18791964, 00218502 | Chemical Engineering; Earth and Planetary Sciences | Q1 | 2.9 |
| Materialia | 25891529 | Materials Science | Q2 | 2.9 |
| Toxicology Letters | 03784274, 18793169 | Medicine; Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical | Q2 | 2.9 |
| Burns | 03054179, 18791409 | Medicine | Q1 | 2.9 |
| Computational Toxicology | 24681113 | Computer Science; Environmental Science; Pharmacology | Q2 | 2.9 |
| IBRO Neuroscience Reports | 26672421 | Neuroscience | Q3 | 2.9 |
| Geochemistry | 92819 | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Q2 | 2.9 |
| European Journal of Radiology Open | 23520477 | Medicine | Q2 | 2.9 |
| Alcohol | 18736823, 07418329 | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medicine | Q2 | 2.9 |
| Journal of Sea Research | 13851101 | Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Earth and Planetry Sciences | Q2 | 2.9 |
| Journal of Thermal Biology | 18790992, 03064565 | Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Biochemistry | Q1 | 2.9 |
| Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering | 13474421, 13891723 | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Chemistry | Q2 | 2.9 |
| Cognition | 18737838, 00100277 | Neuroscience; Psychology; Social Sciences | Q1 | 2.8 |
| Academic Pediatrics | 18762859, 18762867 | Medicine | Q1 | 2.8 |
| Intelligence | 1602896 | Arts and Humanities; Psychology | Q1 | 2.8 |
| Addictive Behaviors Reports | 23528532 | Medicine; Psychology | Q1 | 2.8 |
| International Journal of Intercultural Relations | 1471767 | Business, Management and Accounting; Psychology; | Q1 | 2.8 |
| Neuroscience | 03064522, 18737544 | Neuroscience | Q2 | 2.8 |
| Applied Mathematics Letters | 18735452, 08939659 | Mathematics | Q1 | 2.8 |
| Immunology Letters | 01652478, 18790542 | Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine | Q2 | 2.8 |
| Neuromuscular Disorders | 18732364, 09608966 | Medicine; Neuroscience | Q1 | 2.8 |
| Spanish Journal of Psychiatry and Mental Health | 29502853 | Medicine | Q2 | 2.8 |
| Nuclear Physics B | 5503213 | Physics and Astronomy | Q1 | 2.8 |
| Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics | 3770257 | Chemical Engineering; Engineering; Materials Science | Q1 | 2.8 |
| Reproductive Toxicology | 08906238, 18731708 | Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | Q2 | 2.8 |
| Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open | 26659131 | Engineering; Medicine | Q1 | 2.8 |
| Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology | 20905920, 1687157X | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | Q2 | 2.8 |
| Chemistry and Physics of Lipids | 18732941, 00093084 | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Chemistry | Q2 | 2.8 |
| Infectious Medicine | 2772431X, 20970684 | Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine | Q2 | 2.8 |
| Advances in Space Research | 02731177, 18791948 | Earth and Planetary Sciences; Engineering; Physics | Q1 | 2.8 |
| Journal of Proteomics | 18743919, 18767737 | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | Q2 | 2.8 |
| Life Sciences in Space Research | 22145532, 22145524 | Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Environmenta | Q1 | 2.8 |
| Neurotoxicology and Teratology | 08920362, 18729738 | Neuroscience; Pharmacology, Toxicology | Q2 | 2.8 |
| Journal of Food Protection | 19449097, 0362028X | Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Immunology | Q2 | 2.8 |
| Annales de Dermatologie et de Venereologie | 1519638 | Medicine | Q2 | 2.8 |