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Top 10 Open Access Medicine, Research & Experimental Journals by Impact Factor

Compare leading open access Medicine, Research & Experimental journals ranked by Journal Impact Factor. Each journal summary highlights details authors often need when choosing where to submit.

Rankings are based on the latest Journal Impact Factor data currently available in our journal database.

#1
AR
JIF 22.1
Q1
Open

Annual Review of Medicine is an active journal published since 1950 that covers significant developments across medicine, including AIDS/HIV, cardiology, clinical pharmacology, dermatology, endocrinology and metabolism, gastroenterology, genetics, immunology,...

Identifiers

ISSN 0066-4219
eISSN 1545-326X

Publication Cost

2025 and 2026 single-journal pricing is provided via downloadable spreadsheets; pricing and journal information brochures are also available.
#2
IM
JIF 13.6
Q1
Open

Interdisciplinary Medicine is an open access, peer-reviewed, rapid publication journal that publishes significant interdisciplinary biomedicine research. Topics of interest include laboratory medicine, biomaterials, computational biology, imaging and nuclear m...

Identifiers

ISSN 2832-6237
eISSN 2832-6245

Publication Cost

APC: $4,000 USD / £3,330 GBP / €3,840 EUR; Short Communication: $2,000 USD / £1,670 GBP / €1,920 EUR; Position Paper: $1,000 USD / £830 GBP / €960 EUR; Editorial and Letter to the Editor waived.

Publishing Timeline

Submission to first decision (median): 6 days; submission to acceptance (median): 112 days; acceptance to publication (median): 29 days.
#3
JO
Journal Of Clinical Investigation

American Society for Clinical Investigation

JIF 13.6
Q1
Open

Identifiers

ISSN 0021-9738
eISSN 1558-8238
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#4
Th

Ivyspring International Publisher

JIF 13.3
Q1
Open

Theranostics publishes innovative research articles in in vitro diagnostics and prognostics, in vivo molecular imaging, molecular therapeutics, image-guided therapy, biosensors, system biology, translational medicine, personalized medicine, and related biomedi...

Identifiers

ISSN 1838-7640
eISSN 1838-7640

Publication Cost

AUD 5000 publication fee for research papers, reviews, short research communications, and others; payable only upon acceptance.

Publishing Timeline

Authors must submit revisions within 1 month for minor revisions, 3 months for major revisions, and 4 months for de novo resubmissions.
#5
EA
JIF 12.9
Q1
Open

Experimental & Molecular Medicine is a medical research journal publishing articles and review articles in experimental and molecular medicine. It features current issues, collections, and announcements, and its content is published open access.

Identifiers

ISSN 1226-3613
eISSN 2092-6413

Publication Cost

APC: £3290.00 / $4690.00 / €3990.00, subject to VAT or local taxes where applicable.

Publishing Timeline

Median submission to first editorial decision and median submission to accept are reported for Nature Portfolio journals.
#6
JO
JIF 12.1
Q1
Open

Journal of Biomedical Science encompasses all fundamental and molecular aspects of basic medical sciences, with an emphasis on molecular studies of biomedical problems and molecular mechanisms.

Identifiers

ISSN 1021-7770
eISSN 1423-0127

Publication Cost

There is no fee to publish because the article processing charge is covered by the National Science and Technology Council.

Publishing Timeline

Submission to first decision (median): 25 days
#7
BR

BioMed Central

JIF 11.5
Q1
Open

Biomarker Research encompasses every aspect of biomarker investigation across biomedical disciplines, including identification and validation of biomarkers in drug development and in disease diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, and prevention. It is a peer-reviewe...

Identifiers

eISSN 2050-7771

Publication Cost

APC: £2890.00 GBP / $4090.00 USD / €3190.00 EUR, plus VAT or local taxes where applicable.

Publishing Timeline

Submission to first decision (median): 11 days
#8
Eb

Elsevier BV

JIF 10.8
Q1
Open

eBioMedicine is a gold open access journal for translational biomedical research. It publishes original research, reviews, commentaries, and opinion pieces focused on disease pathways and mechanisms, determinants of human health and disease, therapeutic target...

Identifiers

ISSN 2352-3964
eISSN 2352-3964

Publication Cost

Article Publishing Charge (APC): USD 6,810 (excluding taxes).

Publishing Timeline

2 days submission to first decision; 161 days submission to acceptance
#9
Me

WILEY

JIF 10.7
Q1
Open

MedComm is a multidisciplinary open access journal publishing pioneering medical science advances that aim to improve human health. It has a broad scope ranging from cell biology to clinical medicine and emphasizes original findings that advance knowledge of p...

Identifiers

eISSN 2688-2663

Publication Cost

Open access article publication charge (APC) applies and payment requests are sent after acceptance.

Publishing Timeline

Submission to first decision (median): 21 days; submission to acceptance (median): 251 days; acceptance to publication (median): 37 days.
#10
CR
JIF 10.6
Q1
Open

Cell Reports Medicine is a premium open-access Cell Press journal publishing translational and clinical biomedical research that informs human health and medicine. It publishes original research across human biology, health, disease, clinical work, translation...

Identifiers

ISSN 2666-3791
eISSN 2666-3791

Publication Cost

Elsevier APCs are set on a per-journal basis and range between approximately $200 and $11,400 USD excluding tax.

Publishing Timeline

6 days submission to first decision; 43 days submission to decision after review; 205 days submission to acceptance; 27 days acceptance to online publication
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