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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Springer Nature
New England Journal of Medicine
Springer Nature
WILEY
ELSEVIER
Springer Nature
NATURE PORTFOLIO
CENTERS DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION
AMER MEDICAL ASSOC
NATURE PORTFOLIO
CENTERS DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
CELL PRESS
BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
BMC
Finding the right journal is time-consuming, fragmented, and often requires jumping across multiple publisher websites. This free Journal Finder gives you a centralized, searchable index of leading journals across life sciences, medicine, and clinical research.
Filter by quartile, impact factor, specialty, or publisher. Explore individual journal pages for scope, article types, and complete writing/formatting instructions.
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