Clarivate has released the latest Journal Citation Reports (JCR) 2026.
JCR is an annual publication by Clarivate. The JCR provides updated Journal Impact Factors (JIFs), Journal Citation Indicators (JCIs), and performance metrics for thousands of scholarly journals worldwide.
The JCR is an authoritative resource for evaluating and comparing journals. The latest Impact Factor list, a part of the Journal Citation Reports, was released on 17th June 2026.
Only journals that have met the rigorous quality standards are included in the Journal Citation Report to ensure that researchers can rely on the information provided in the JCR.
Clarivate released the latest JCR on June 17th, 2026. We visited Clarivate’s official website to explore the JCR.
The JCR 2026’s insights are provided in this blog post. The 2026 edition includes data for 22,643 journals across 254 research categories.
JCR 2026 at a Glance
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Total Journals Indexed | 22,643 |
| Research Categories | 254 |
| Countries Represented | 113 |
| Science Journals | 15,023 |
| Social Sciences Journals | 7,721 |
| Arts & Humanities Journals | 3,460 |
| Gold Open Access Journals | 6,703 |
| Journals Receiving First JIF | 521 |
Major Highlights of Journal Citation Reports 2026
The 2026 release provides metrics for 22,643 journals.
One of the most notable findings is the continued growth of Open Access (OA) publishing. Gold OA journals are increased from 6,320 to 6,703.
Top fields with the largest number of Gold OA journals include:
- Education & Educational Research
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
- Medicine, General & Internal
521 Journals Receive Impact Factor for the First Time. These journals come from 47 countries and regions that demonstrate the increasing diversity of scholarly publishing worldwide.
Top 20 Journals by Impact Factor in JCR 2026
CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians remains the world’s highest-ranked journal with an Impact Factor of 685.2. The journal has accumulated more than 78,000 citations.
The following journals achieved some of the highest Impact Factors in the 2026 Journal Citation Reports.
| S. No. | Journal | Publisher | ISSN | JIF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CA-A CANCER JOURNAL FOR CLINICIANS | WILEY | 1542-4863 | 685.2 |
| 2 | NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY | NATURE PORTFOLIO | 1471-0080 | 118.0 |
| 3 | LANCET | ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC | 1474-547X | 109.0 |
| 4 | NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY | NATURE PORTFOLIO | 1740-1534 | 104.6 |
| 5 | MMWR Surveillance Summaries | CENTERS DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION | 1545-8636 | 96.9 |
| 6 | Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology | NATURE PORTFOLIO | 1759-4782 | 94.6 |
| 7 | NATURE REVIEWS DRUG DISCOVERY | NATURE PORTFOLIO | 1474-1784 | 91.2 |
| 8 | NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE | MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOC | 1533-4406 | 84.5 |
| 9 | Nature Reviews Materials | NATURE PORTFOLIO | 2058-8437 | 83.3 |
| 10 | Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy | SPRINGERNATURE | 2059-3635 | 81.2 |
| 11 | ANNALS OF ONCOLOGY | ELSEVIER | 1569-8041 | 80.4 |
| 12 | Nature Reviews Disease Primers | NATURE PORTFOLIO | 2056-676X | 79.8 |
| 13 | World Psychiatry | WILEY | 2051-5545 | 79.5 |
| 14 | Nature Reviews Earth & Environment | SPRINGERNATURE | 2662-138X | 74.1 |
| 15 | Nature Energy | NATURE PORTFOLIO | 2058-7546 | 70.1 |
| 16 | JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION | AMER MEDICAL ASSOC | 1538-3598 | 65.4 |
| 17 | Living Reviews in Relativity | SPRINGER INT PUBL AG | 1433-8351 | 64.6 |
| 18 | CHEMICAL REVIEWS | AMER CHEMICAL SOC | 1520-6890 | 64.2 |
| 19 | NATURE REVIEWS CANCER | NATURE PORTFOLIO | 1474-1768 | 60.7 |
| 20 | Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology | NATURE PORTFOLIO | 1759-5053 | 57.5 |
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