Clinical medicine: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Cellular & Molecular Immunology	75
2	Annual Review of Pathology-Mechanisms of Disease	62
3	Cancer Cell	51
-	Journal of Hematology & Oncology	51
5	Annual Review of Neuroscience	50
6	Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews	49
-	Cell Metabolism	49
8	Progress in Retinal and Eye Research	48
9	Endocrine Reviews	45
-	Experimental and Molecular Medicine	45
-	Annual Review of Immunology	45
-	Immunity	45
-	Seminars in Cancer Biology	45
14	Molecular Cancer	43
15	Nature Genetics	39
-	Nature Medicine	39
17	Annual Review of Medicine	38
-	Annual Review of Public Health	38
19	Human Reproduction Update	37
-	Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology	37
-	Science Translational Medicine	37
-	International Journal of Oral Science	37
23	Progress in Lipid Research	36
-	MMWR-Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report	36
25	EPMA Journal	35
-	Cell Host & Microbe	35
-	Annual Review of Genetics	35
-	Nature Neuroscience	35
29	Neuron	34
30	Biomaterials	33
31	Periodontology 2000	32
32	Nature Reviews Cancer	31
-	Radiologia Medica	31
34	Molecular Neurodegeneration	30
-	Pharmacology & Therapeutics	30
36	Nature Reviews Genetics	29
-	Ageing Research Reviews	29
-	Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering	29
39	New England Journal of Medicine	28
-	Basic Research in Cardiology	28
41	Nature Reviews Neuroscience	27
-	CA-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians	27
43	Medical Image Analysis	26
-	IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering	26
-	EMBO Molecular Medicine	26
-	Drug Resistance Updates	26
47	Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology	25
-	European Radiology	25
-	Evidence-Based Mental Health	25
-	Drugs	25

-	Nature Immunology	25
-	Genome Medicine	25
-	Journal of Headache and Pain	25
-	Acta Neuropathologica	25
55	Nature Reviews Immunology	24
-	Molecular Medicine	24
-	Seminars in Immunopathology	24
-	Journal of Experimental Medicine	24
-	Trends in Neurosciences	24
60	Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews	23
-	Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research	23
-	Acta Biomaterialia	23
-	Food Chemistry	23
-	Clinical Psychology Review	23
-	Japanese Dental Science Review	23
66	European Respiratory Review	22
-	Sleep Medicine Reviews	22
-	Journal of Controlled Release	22
-	Journal of Neuroinflammation	22
-	Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery	22
-	Pharmacological Research	22
-	Annual Review of Clinical Psychology	22
-	Molecular Aspects of Medicine	22
-	Pharmacological Reviews	22
75	Brain	21
-	Journal of Abnormal Psychology	21
-	Drug Delivery	21
-	Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition	21
-	Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders	21
-	Theranostics	21
81	IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging	20
-	Current Opinion in Virology	20
-	Sports Medicine	20
-	American Journal of Clinical Dermatology	20
-	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	20
-	Molecular Psychiatry	20
87	Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology	19
-	Reviews in Endocrine & Metabolic Disorders	19
-	Rheumatology International	19
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer	19
-	Particle and Fibre Toxicology	19
-	Gut Microbes	19
-	Drug Discovery Today	19
-	Cancer Letters	19
-	Cancer Treatment Reviews	19
-	Clinical Cancer Research	19
-	Clinical Epigenetics	19
-	Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics	19
-	Trends in Cognitive Sciences	19
100	Nature Reviews Nephrology	18
-	Heart Failure Reviews	18
-	Environmental Research	18
-	Cardiovascular Diabetology	18
-	Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Medicine	18
-	Trends in Pharmacological Sciences	18
-	Gut	18
-	Cell Biology and Toxicology	18
-	Cancer and Metastasis Reviews	18
-	American Journal of Human Genetics	18
-	Medicinal Research Reviews	18
111	Current Psychiatry Reports	17
-	Diabetes Care	17
-	Current Opinion in Neurobiology	17
-	Seminars in Immunology	17
-	Accident Analysis and Prevention	17
-	Biofabrication	17
-	Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy	17
-	Neuroimage	17
-	Clinical & Translational Oncology	17
-	Blood Reviews	17
-	Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering	17
122	Molecular Therapy	16
-	Critical Care	16
-	Antioxidants & Redox Signaling	16
-	Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	16
-	Oncogene	16
-	Mucosal Immunology	16
-	Archives of Pharmacal Research	16
-	Tissue Engineering Part B-Reviews	16
-	Progress in Neurobiology	16
-	Phytomedicine	16
132	Immunological Reviews	15
-	Hepatology	15
-	Current Rheumatology Reports	15
-	Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment	15
-	Health Psychology Review	15
-	Genes & Development	15
-	Current Opinion in Immunology	15
-	Current Opinion in Pharmacology	15
-	Current Diabetes Reports	15
-	Alzheimers Research & Therapy	15
-	American Journal of Psychiatry	15
-	Angiogenesis	15
-	Trends in Genetics	15
-	Trends in Molecular Medicine	15
-	Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism	15
-	Artificial Intelligence in Medicine	15
-	Endocrinology	15
-	Environmental Health	15
-	European Review of Aging and Physical Activity	15
-	Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces	15
-	British Journal of Cancer	15
-	Clinical Oral Investigations	15
-	BMC Medicine	15
-	Acta Pharmacologica Sinica	15
-	Mechanisms of Ageing and Development	15
-	Journal of Medical Systems	15
-	Autoimmunity Reviews	15
-	Trends in Immunology	15
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology	15
161	Implementation Science	14
-	Inflammation and Regeneration	14
-	Food Policy	14
-	European Journal of Pediatrics	14
-	Genome Research	14
-	Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review	14
-	Stem Cell Research & Therapy	14
-	Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports	14
-	CNS Drugs	14
-	Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy	14
-	Journal of Autoimmunity	14
-	Lancet Infectious Diseases	14
-	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews	14
-	Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology	14
-	Pharmaceutics	14

-	Phytotherapy Research	14
-	Molecular Autism	14
-	Nature Reviews Cardiology	14
-	Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology	14
-	Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety	14
-	European Respiratory Journal	14
-	Body Image	14
-	Computers in Biology and Medicine	14
-	International Journal of Nursing Studies	14
-	Investigative Radiology	14
-	Metabolomics	14
-	Modern Pathology	14
-	Journal of Nuclear Medicine	14
-	World Journal of Emergency Surgery	14
-	World Psychiatry	14
-	Biomedical Signal Processing and Control	14
192	Neurobiology of Disease	13
-	Neurogenetics	13
-	Molecular Biology and Evolution	13
-	Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience	13
-	Expert Review of Vaccines	13
-	Journal of Ginseng Research	13
-	Chinese Medicine	13
-	Radiology	13
-	Aging Cell	13

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