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List of top research journals in 2025

This web page aims to provide the latest list of top research journals. These journals are Web of Science and Scopus indexed. The journals are ranked from one to 210 based on Scopus SJR (SCImago Journal Rank).


Top research journals

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Top research journals
RankJournal TitlePublisherSJRQuartile
1Ca-A Cancer Journal for CliniciansJohn Wiley and Sons Inc145.004Q1
2MMWR Recommendations and ReportsCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)41.754Q1
3Nature Reviews Molecular Cell BiologyNature Research37.353Q1
4Quarterly Journal of EconomicsOxford University Press35.995Q1
5Nature Reviews Drug DiscoveryNature Research30.506Q1
6Nature Reviews Clinical OncologyNature Publishing Group28.675Q1
7American Economic ReviewAmerican Economic Association25.102Q1
8Nature Reviews CancerNature Publishing Group24.378Q1
9Journal of FinanceWiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd22.836Q1
10Foundations and Trends in Machine LearningNow Publishers Inc22.797Q1
11CellElsevier B.V.22.612Q1
12EconometricaWiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd21.091Q1
13Nature Reviews MaterialsNature Publishing Group19.43Q1
14Review of Economic StudiesOxford University Press19.166Q1
15New England Journal of MedicineMassachussetts Medical Society19.076Q1
16Annals of OncologyElsevier Ltd19.072Q1
17Cancer CellCell Press19.027Q1
18Nature BiotechnologyNature Research19.006Q1
19World PsychiatryWiley-Blackwell18.419Q1
20Nature MedicineNature Research18.333Q1
21NatureNature Research18.288Q1
22Reviews of Modern PhysicsAmerican Physical Society18.08Q1
23Nature Reviews Disease PrimersNature Publishing Group17.995Q1
24Journal of Financial EconomicsElsevier B.V.17.669Q1
25Nature EnergySpringer Nature17.599Q1
26Nature Reviews ImmunologyNature Research17.458Q1
27Nature MethodsNature Research17.251Q1
28Journal of Political EconomyUniversity of Chicago Press17.087Q1
29Nature GeneticsNature Research16.586Q1
30Review of Financial StudiesOxford University Press16.546Q1
31Chemical ReviewsAmerican Chemical Society16.455Q1
32Annual Review of ImmunologyAnnual Reviews Inc.16.428Q1
33Nature Reviews GeneticsNature Research16.364Q1
34National Vital Statistics ReportsPublic Health Services, US Dept of Health and Human Services15.519Q1
35MMWR Surveillance SummariesCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)15.326Q1
36Nature Reviews Methods PrimersSpringer Nature15.026Q1
37Nature NanotechnologyNature Publishing Group14.612Q1
38Living Reviews in RelativitySpringer International Publishing AG14.562Q1
39Academy of Management ReviewAcademy of Management14.402Q1
40Nature MaterialsNature Publishing Group14.204Q1
41IEEE Communications Surveys and TutorialsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.14.184Q1
42Nature CatalysisNature Publishing Group14.132Q1
43Academy of Management AnnalsAcademy of Management13.877Q1
44Nature Reviews MicrobiologyNature Research13.861Q1
45Annual Review of PsychologyAnnual Reviews Inc.13.786Q1
46American Economic Journal: MacroeconomicsAmerican Economic Association13.528Q1
47Nature Reviews Earth and EnvironmentSpringer International Publishing13.465Q1
48Nature Reviews ChemistryNature Publishing Group13.441Q1
49Journal of MarketingAmerican Marketing Association13.394Q1
50Journal of Economic LiteratureAmerican Economic Association12.749Q1
51Annual Review of Astronomy and AstrophysicsAnnual Reviews Inc.12.736Q1
52Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational BehaviorAnnual Reviews Inc.12.191Q1
53The Lancet Diabetes and EndocrinologyElsevier Ltd12.19Q1
54Annual Review of Pathology: Mechanisms of DiseaseAnnual Reviews Inc.12.185Q1
55Journal of EconometricsElsevier B.V.12.168Q1
56Physiological ReviewsAmerican Physiological Society12.167Q1
57ImmunityCell Press12.163Q1
58Signal Transduction and Targeted TherapySpringer Nature12.135Q1
59The LancetElsevier B.V.12.113Q1
60Cell MetabolismCell Press11.989Q1
61Nature CancerNature Research11.941Q1
62The Lancet NeurologyElsevier Ltd11.729Q1
63MMWR supplementsEpidemiology Program Office11.672Q1
64Nature PhotonicsNature Publishing Group11.546Q1
65Chemical Society ReviewsRoyal Society of Chemistry11.467Q1
66The Lancet Gastroenterology and HepatologyElsevier Ltd11.398Q1
67eLightSpringer11.392Q1
68The Lancet OncologyElsevier Ltd11.319Q1
69Journal of Clinical OncologyLippincott Williams and Wilkins11.205Q1
70Nature NeuroscienceNature Research11.197Q1
71Nature ElectronicsNature Publishing Group11.082Q1
72JouleCell Press10.868Q1
73Kidney International SupplementsElsevier B.V.10.788Q1
74Nature Reviews CardiologyNature Research10.662Q1
75Journal of HepatologyElsevier B.V.10.575Q1
76Reviews of GeophysicsJohn Wiley and Sons Inc10.546Q1
77Energy and Environmental ScienceRoyal Society of Chemistry10.529Q1
78Academy of Management JournalAcademy of Management10.528Q1
79ScienceAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science10.416Q1
80Administrative Science QuarterlyJohnson School at Cornell University10.393Q1
81Nature ImmunologyNature Research10.39Q1
82Handbook of Industrial OrganizationElsevier B.V.Q1
83Journal of Hematology and OncologyBioMed Central Ltd10.192Q1
84Organizational Research MethodsSAGE Publications Inc.10.181Q1
85Strategic Management JournalJohn Wiley and Sons Ltd10.176Q1
86Nature Biomedical EngineeringNature Research10.105Q1
87Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and HepatologyNature Research9.911Q1
88Nature Reviews PhysicsSpringer International Publishing9.803Q1
89Annual Review of Condensed Matter PhysicsAnnual Reviews Inc.9.795Q1
90NBER Macroeconomics AnnualUniversity of Chicago Press9.76Q1
91eScienceKeAi Communications Co.9.726Q1
92Morbidity and Mortality Weekly ReportDepartment of Health and Human Services9.559Q1
93Annual Review of BiochemistryAnnual Reviews Inc.9.52Q1
94Astronomy and Astrophysics ReviewSpringer Verlag9.465Q1
95Nature Reviews NeuroscienceSpringer Nature9.331Q1
96Cell Stem CellCell Press9.313Q1
97Molecular CancerBioMed Central Ltd9.263Q1
98Endocrine ReviewsThe Endocrine Society9.175Q1
99Annals of Mathematics StudiesPrinceton UniversityQ1
100Acta MathematicaSpringer Netherlands9.069Q1
101Molecular CellCell Press9.051Q1
102Journal of the American College of CardiologyElsevier Inc.9.015Q1
103GutBMJ Publishing Group8.874Q1
104Advanced MaterialsWiley-Blackwell8.851Q1
105Cell ResearchSpringer Nature8.74Q1
106Psychological BulletinAmerican Psychological Association8.696Q1
107CirculationLippincott Williams and Wilkins8.668Q1
108Journal of ManagementSAGE Publications Inc.8.636Q1
109Annals of MathematicsDepartment of Mathematics at Princeton University8.627Q1
110American Economic Journal: Applied EconomicsAmerican Economic Association8.597Q1
111Progress in Materials ScienceElsevier Ltd8.566Q1
112Journal of Consumer ResearchOxford University Press8.562Q1
113European UrologyElsevier B.V.8.529Q1
114The Lancet Public HealthElsevier Ltd8.408Q1
115Journal of Accounting ResearchWiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd8.396Q1
116Advanced Energy MaterialsJohn Wiley and Sons Inc8.378Q1
117JAMA OncologyAmerican Medical Association8.377Q1
118Annual Review of Public HealthAnnual Reviews Inc.8.291Q1
119Journal of Economic PerspectivesAmerican Economic Association8.262Q1
120Annual Review of Fluid MechanicsAnnual Reviews Inc.8.258Q1
121Annual Review of Plant BiologyAnnual Reviews Inc.8.258Q1
122Review of FinanceOxford University Press8.22Q1
123Science ImmunologyAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science8.22Q1
124InnovationCell Press8.218Q1
125Nano-Micro LettersOpen Access Science Online8.188Q1
126Annual Review of EconomicsAnnual Reviews Inc.8.094Q1
127Nature Climate ChangeNature Research8.046Q1
128Progress in Energy and Combustion ScienceElsevier B.V.8.031Q1
129Organization ScienceINFORMS Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences8.026Q1
130Annual Review of Clinical PsychologyAnnual Reviews Inc.8.021Q1
131Nature Reviews BioengineeringSpringer Nature7.993Q1
132Advances in Optics and PhotonicsOptica Publishing Group (formerly OSA)7.982Q1
133Journal of Thoracic OncologyElsevier Inc.7.948Q1
134American Economic Journal: Economic PolicyAmerican Economic Association7.94Q1
135Nature Reviews EndocrinologyNature Publishing Group7.884Q1
136Journal of Monetary EconomicsElsevier B.V.7.872Q1
137Annual Review of PhysiologyAnnual Reviews Inc.7.82Q1
138Electrochemical Energy ReviewsSpringer Science and Business Media B.V.7.79Q1
139Nucleic Acids ResearchOxford University Press7.776Q1
140Nature Cell BiologyNature Research7.711Q1
141Marketing ScienceINFORMS Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences7.543Q1
142Nature MetabolismSpringer Berlin7.529Q1
143Journal of Accounting and EconomicsElsevier B.V.7.505Q1
144Journal of the European Economic AssociationWiley-Blackwell7.503Q1
145The Lancet PsychiatryElsevier Ltd7.458Q1
146Living Reviews in Solar PhysicsSpringer International Publishing AG7.431Q1
147Review of Economics and StatisticsMIT Press Journals7.425Q1
148Interdisciplinary MaterialsJohn Wiley and Sons Inc7.351Q1
149Nature Reviews NephrologyNature Publishing Group7.309Q1
150Foundations and Trends in Signal ProcessingNow Publishers Inc7.305Q1
151Nature SustainabilityNature Publishing Group7.292Q1
152Cancer DiscoveryAmerican Association for Cancer Research Inc.7.283Q1
153GastroenterologyW.B. Saunders7.195Q1
154Nature PhysicsNature Publishing Group7.125Q1
155Annual Review of NeuroscienceAnnual Reviews Inc.7.112Q1
156Nature AgingSpringer7.081Q1
157Cell Host and MicrobeCell Press7.067Q1
158Nature Reviews PsychologyNature Publishing Group7.064Q1
159Materials Science and Engineering R: ReportsElsevier B.V.7.056Q1
160Journal of the American Mathematical SocietyAmerican Mathematical Society7.033Q1
161IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in CommunicationsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.7.023Q1
162Neuro-OncologyOxford University Press6.974Q1
163Journal of Marketing ResearchAmerican Marketing Association6.961Q1
164Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological ScienceSAGE Publications Inc.6.947Q1
165Annual Review of Political ScienceAnnual Reviews Inc.6.903Q1
166Journal of the Academy of Marketing ScienceSpringer New York6.896Q1
167Nature MicrobiologyNature Research6.893Q1
168Entrepreneurship Theory and PracticeSAGE Publications Ltd6.876Q1
169Organization TheorySAGE Publications Ltd6.872Q1
170The Lancet Digital HealthElsevier Ltd6.838Q1
171Journal of Applied PsychologyAmerican Psychological Association6.803Q1
172ACS Energy LettersAmerican Chemical Society6.799Q1
173Annual Review of MedicineAnnual Reviews Inc.6.794Q1
174Annual Review of Cell and Developmental BiologyAnnual Reviews Inc.6.788Q1
175The Lancet Respiratory MedicineElsevier Ltd6.788Q1
176Publications Mathematiques de l'Institut des Hautes Etudes ScientifiquesSpringer Verlag6.783Q1
177NeuronCell Press6.755Q1
178Science Translational MedicineAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science6.722Q1
179Nature ChemistryNature Publishing Group6.71Q1
180Clinical Psychology ReviewElsevier Inc.6.617Q1
181Acta NumericaCambridge University Press6.61Q1
182Pharmacological ReviewsElsevier Inc.6.603Q1
183Journal of Human ResourcesUniversity of Wisconsin Press6.588Q1
184Annual Review of Marine ScienceAnnual Reviews Inc.6.571Q1
185Diabetes CareAmerican Diabetes Association Inc.6.566Q1
186Fungal DiversitySpringer Nature6.546Q1
187Annual Review of GeneticsAnnual Reviews Inc.6.455Q1
188Physical Review XAmerican Physical Society6.415Q1
189Journal of Labor EconomicsUniversity of Chicago Press6.404Q1
190Cancer CommunicationsJohn Wiley & Sons Inc.6.403Q1
191The Lancet Planetary HealthElsevier B.V.6.386Q1
192Innovation Geoscience6.384Q1
193American Journal of Political ScienceWiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd6.28Q1
194International Journal of Information ManagementElsevier Ltd6.26Q1
195Qualitative Research in PsychologyTaylor and Francis Ltd.6.248Q1
196Proceedings of the IEEEInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.6.247Q1
197Cell GenomicsCell Press6.238Q1
198JAMA NeurologyAmerican Medical Association6.237Q1
199Journal of Business VenturingElsevier Inc.6.234Q1
200iMetaJohn Wiley and Sons Inc6.223Q1
201Nature Structural and Molecular BiologyNature Research6.187Q1
202Inventiones MathematicaeSpringer New York6.183Q1
203Nano Research EnergyTsinghua University Press6.16Q1
204Progress in Polymer ScienceElsevier Ltd6.089Q1
205Nature FoodSpringer Nature6.088Q1
206Analytic Methods in Accident ResearchElsevier B.V.6.076Q1
207Annual Review of Financial EconomicsAnnual Reviews Inc.6.062Q1
208Journal of Service ResearchSAGE Publications Inc.6.011Q1
209ChemElsevier Inc.6.01Q1
210Nature WaterSpringer Nature5.962Q1