List of Google Scholar indexed journals

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 TitleISSNE-ISSNJournal ScopeCitationsJournal Impact Factor
1CA-A CANCER JOURNAL FOR CLINICIANS0007-92351542-4863ONCOLOGY – SCIE(Q1)61124286.130
2LANCET0140-67361474-547XMEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL – SCIE(Q1)403221202.731
3NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE0028-47931533-4406MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL – SCIE(Q1)506069176.079
4JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION0098-74841538-3598MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL – SCIE(Q1)242479157.335
5NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY1471-00721471-0080CELL BIOLOGY – SCIE(Q1)66072113.915
6NATURE REVIEWS DRUG DISCOVERY1474-17761474-1784PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACY – SCIE(Q1); BIOTECHNOLOGY …47615112.288
7NATURE REVIEWS IMMUNOLOGY1474-17331474-1741IMMUNOLOGY – SCIE(Q1)67751108.555
8Lancet Respiratory Medicine2213-2600N/ARESPIRATORY SYSTEM – SCIE(Q1); CRITICAL CARE MEDIC…29214102.642
9BMJ-British Medical Journal0959-535X1756-1833MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL – SCIE(Q1)18368193.333
10NATURE MEDICINE1078-89561546-170XMEDICINE, RESEARCH & EXPERIMENTAL – SCIE(Q1); CELL…14185787.241
11Lancet MicrobeN/A2666-5247INFECTIOUS DISEASES – SCIE(Q1); MICROBIOLOGY – SCI…309686.208
12World Psychiatry1723-86172051-5545PSYCHIATRY – SCIE(Q1); PSYCHIATRY – SSCI(Q1)1195179.683
13NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY1740-15261740-1534MICROBIOLOGY – SCIE(Q1)5110078.297
14Lancet Psychiatry2215-0374N/APSYCHIATRY – SCIE(Q1); PSYCHIATRY – SSCI(Q1)2198677.056
15Nature Reviews Materials2058-84372058-8437NANOSCIENCE & NANOTECHNOLOGY – SCIE(Q1); MATERIALS…2782076.679
16Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology1759-50451759-5053GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY – SCIE(Q1)2196273.082
17Lancet Public Health2468-26672468-2667PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH – SCIE…1044972.427
18CHEMICAL REVIEWS0009-26651520-6890CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY – SCIE(Q1)24390872.087
19LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES1473-30991474-4457INFECTIOUS DISEASES – SCIE(Q1)5283571.421
20NATURE REVIEWS CANCER1474-175X1474-1768ONCOLOGY – SCIE(Q1)6669969.800
21NATURE0028-08361476-4687MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES – SCIE(Q1)100854469.504
22NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY1087-01561546-1696BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY – SCIE(Q1)9192768.164
23Nature Energy2058-75462058-7546MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY – SCIE(Q1); E…3735567.439
24CELL0092-86741097-4172CELL BIOLOGY – SCIE(Q1); BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR …36223666.850
25Nature Reviews Disease Primers2056-676X2056-676XMEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL – SCIE(Q1)2156565.038
google scholar indexed journals

Frequently Asked Questions

Which journals are 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. Besides that, many other journals are being indexed in Google Scholar.

Are Google Scholar-indexed journals good?

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.

How do I know if my journal is indexed by Google Scholar?

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.

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