Journal Finder
Your research deserves the right home. Use this free tool to browse top journals by specialty, quartile, impact factor, and more — and instantly access each journal’s specific formatting requirements through the links below (we are continually adding more journal requirements!)
Average citations per article over the past two years.
Subscription (Hybrid): Primarily paywalled; optional open access with an APC.
Open Access and Subscription: Mix of open access and paywalled articles.
Open Access Only: All articles are freely available; APC usually applies.
Quartiles are based on how the journal's impact factor (IF) ranks compared to other journals within its primary category.
Q1 represents the top 25% of journals in their category, Q2 the next 25%, etc.
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Q
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Categories
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CC
Ca-a Cancer Journal For Clinicians
WILEY |
232.4 | ||||
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NR
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery
Springer Nature |
101.8 | ||||
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KI
Kidney International Supplements
ELSEVIER |
89.6 | ||||
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La
Lancet
ELSEVIER |
88.5 | ||||
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NR
Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology
Springer Nature |
82.2 | ||||
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NE
New England Journal Of Medicine
New England Journal of Medicine |
78.5 | ||||
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NR
Nature Reviews Cancer
Springer Nature |
66.8 | ||||
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WP
World Psychiatry
WILEY |
65.8 | ||||
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AO
Annals Of Oncology
ELSEVIER |
65.4 | ||||
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NR
Nature Reviews Immunology
Springer Nature |
60.9 | ||||
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NR
Nature Reviews Disease Primers
NATURE PORTFOLIO |
60.6 | ||||
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MR
Mmwr Recommendations And Reports
CENTERS DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION |
60.1 | ||||
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JO
Jama-journal Of The American Medical Association
AMER MEDICAL ASSOC |
55 | ||||
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NR
Nature Reviews Genetics
NATURE PORTFOLIO |
52 | ||||
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NR
Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology
NATURE PORTFOLIO |
51 | ||||
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NM
Nature Medicine
NATURE PORTFOLIO |
50 | ||||
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MS
Mmwr Surveillance Summaries
CENTERS DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION |
49.8 | ||||
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LN
Lancet Neurology
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC |
45.5 | ||||
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CC
Cancer Cell
CELL PRESS |
44.5 | ||||
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NR
Nature Reviews Cardiology
NATURE PORTFOLIO |
44.2 | ||||
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BM
Bmj-british Medical Journal
BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP |
42.7 | ||||
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JO
Journal Of Clinical Oncology
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS |
41.9 | ||||
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LD
Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC |
41.8 | ||||
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JO
Journal Of Hematology & Oncology
BMC |
40.4 | ||||
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NR
Nature Reviews Endocrinology
NATURE PORTFOLIO |
40 |
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