Top 60 Medical Journals List

This list highlights the top 60 journals in medicine, curated from rankings published by Research.com. To ensure relevance to our Department, we have filtered the selection to include only medical journals. Research.com, a leading platform for academic rankings and bibliometric analysis since 2014, determines these rankings using a unique bibliometric score that considers the h-index, endorsements from leading scientists, and impact factor.

Rank

Journal Details

Impact Score

1

The Lancet

172.30

2

New England Journal of Medicine

163.20

3

Nature Medicine

91.10

4

The Lancet Oncology

79.60

5

Journal of Clinical Oncology

79.30

6

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

77.50

7

European Heart Journal

74.90

8

Circulation

68.30

9

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

67.50

10

JAMA oncology

61.60

11

Cancer Cell

57.70

12

Annals of Oncology

55.40

13

The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

55.30

14

BMJ

53.70

15

The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology

53.10

16

Gastroenterology

49.60

17

International Journal of Epidemiology

49.50

18

Blood

49.40

19

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

44.90

20

JAMA Cardiology

43.20

21

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

42.80

22

Gut

42.50

23

Cancer Discovery

41.20

24

Clinical Cancer Research

40.10

25

Science Translational Medicine

40.10

26

Immunity

40.10

27

Brain

38.50

28

The Lancet Global Health

37.20

29

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

36.80

30

Annals of Internal Medicine

36.70

31

The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology

35.90

32

Journal of Clinical Investigation

35.70

33

Journal of Hepatology

35.10

34

Clinical Infectious Diseases

34.30

35

Hepatology

34.00

36

PLoS Medicine

33.70

37

JAMA Network Open

33.40

38

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

33.20

39

Leukemia

32.70

40

European Urology

32.70

41

Nature Reviews Disease Primers

31.90

42

Cell Metabolism

31.60

43

JAMA Internal Medicine

30.90

44

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

30.40

45

Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology

30.30

46

European Journal of Heart Failure

30.20

47

Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer

29.80

48

European Respiratory Journal

29.70

49

American Journal of Epidemiology

29.60

50

Nature Immunology

29.60

51

Kidney International

29.10

52

Diabetes Care

28.90

53

The Lancet Haematology

28.80

54

The Lancet Public Health

28.30

55

Nature Reviews Cardiology

28.30

56

Cancer

28.00

57

JCI insight

27.70

58

Frontiers in Immunology

26.80

59

European Journal of Cancer

26.80

60

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

26.70

Last Updated: 2025-03-06

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