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Top 10 Medicine, Research & Experimental Journals by Impact Factor

Compare leading Medicine, Research & Experimental journals ranked by Journal Impact Factor. Each journal summary highlights key details authors often need when choosing where to submit, including publisher, impact factor, open access status, identifiers, and available submission profile information.

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

#1
NM
Nature Medicine

NATURE PORTFOLIO

JIF 50
Q1
Hybrid

Nature Medicine is a medical journal publishing research, reviews, analysis, news and comment on translational and clinical research across medicine.

Identifiers

ISSN 1078-8956
eISSN 1546-170X

Publication Cost

Article Processing Charge applies for gold open access articles when the manuscript is accepted.

Publishing Timeline

Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 4; Submission to acceptance (median days): 117
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#2
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Annual Review Of Medicine

ANNUAL REVIEWS

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.
Research
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#3
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Science Translational Medicine

American Association for the Advancement of Science

JIF 14.6
Q1
Closed

Science Translational Medicine is a weekly online journal publishing research at the intersection of science, engineering, and medicine. Its goal is to promote human health by providing a forum for communicating the latest research advances from biomedical, tr...

Identifiers

ISSN 1946-6234
eISSN 1946-6242

Publication Cost

Figure processing fees for both color and black and white illustrations will be assessed for Research Articles. There is no cost to have a manuscript evaluated.

Publishing Timeline

All papers undergo an initial screening by staff editors and the Advisory Board, and only those most likely to be ultimately published are sent for in-depth peer review.
Research
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#4
TI
Trends In Molecular Medicine

Elsevier BV

JIF 13.8
Q1
Hybrid

Trends in Molecular Medicine publishes concise and contextualized reviews and opinions on research at the interface between basic biology and clinical research, with emphasis on mechanisms of human biology and pathology that have implications for diagnostics,...

Identifiers

ISSN 1471-4914
eISSN 1471-499X

Publication Cost

APC fees start at US$1500 excluding tax; Trends review journals are listed at US$7,030 for hybrid open access.

Publishing Timeline

95 days submission to acceptance
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#5
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Interdisciplinary Medicine

WILEY

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.
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#6
JO
Journal Of Clinical Investigation

American Society for Clinical Investigation

JIF 13.6
Q1
Open

Identifiers

ISSN 0021-9738
eISSN 1558-8238
Research
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#7
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Theranostics

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.
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#8
EA
Experimental And Molecular Medicine

Springer Nature

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.
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#9
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Journal Of Biomedical Science

BioMed Central

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
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#10
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Molecular Therapy

Elsevier BV

JIF 12
Q1
Hybrid

Molecular Therapy is a peer-reviewed journal focused on gene transfer, vector development and design, stem cell manipulation, gene-, peptide-, protein-, oligonucleotide-, and cell-based therapeutics, vaccine development, pre-clinical target validation, safety...

Identifiers

ISSN 1525-0016
eISSN 1525-0024

Publication Cost

Open access APC: USD 4,500 excluding taxes; subscription publication: no publication fee charged to authors.

Publishing Timeline

136 days from submission to acceptance decision for accepted papers (median).
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