Clinical medicine: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	New England Journal of Medicine	250
2	Lancet	210
3	Nature Medicine	169
4	JAMA-Journal of the American Medical Association	148
5	Journal of Clinical Oncology	130
6	Frontiers in Immunology	124
7	Lancet Oncology	114
8	Circulation	111
9	Food Chemistry	110
10	MMWR-Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report	109
11	Nature Genetics	108
12	Cancer Cell	105
13	Environmental Research	104
14	Lancet Infectious Diseases	103
-	Journal of Hepatology	103
16	European Heart Journal	101
17	Journal of the American College of Cardiology	100
18	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health	99
19	Immunity	95
-	Computers in Biology and Medicine	95
21	BMJ-British Medical Journal	94
-	Annals of Oncology	94
23	Cell Metabolism	93
-	Molecular Cancer	93
25	Gastroenterology	92
26	Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy	91
-	Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews	91
28	Science Translational Medicine	90
29	Journal of Hematology & Oncology	89
-	Nature Neuroscience	89
31	Biomaterials	86
-	Nature Reviews Immunology	86
-	Journal of Controlled Release	86
34	Nature Immunology	85
-	Blood	85
-	Neuron	85
37	Pharmaceutics	83
-	Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology	83
-	Lancet Neurology	83
40	Nature Reviews Drug Discovery	81
-	Diabetes Care	81
-	Cell Host & Microbe	81
43	Seminars in Cancer Biology	79
44	Frontiers in Pharmacology	78
45	Radiology	77
-	Nature Reviews Cancer	77
47	Hepatology	76
-	Journal of Medical Internet Research	76
-	Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases	76
-	Gut	76

51	Acta Biomaterialia	75
52	Ageing Research Reviews	74
-	Medical Image Analysis	74
54	Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology	73
-	Nature Reviews Genetics	73
56	Clinical Infectious Diseases	72
-	Molecular Psychiatry	72
58	Frontiers in Endocrinology	71
-	Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety	71
-	Pharmacological Research	71
-	Clinical Cancer Research	71
62	Brain	70
-	Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology	70
64	Biomedical Signal Processing and Control	69
-	American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine	69
66	IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging	68
-	Nature Reviews Cardiology	68
-	Theranostics	68
-	Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews	68
70	Viruses-Basel	67
-	Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research	67
-	Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology	67
-	European Urology	67
74	Neuroimage	66
-	Journal of Affective Disorders	66
76	Neurology	65
-	Annals of Internal Medicine	65
-	Pharmaceuticals	65
-	BMJ Open	65
-	Nature Reviews Neuroscience	65
81	Circulation Research	64
-	BMC Public Health	64
-	Cardiovascular Diabetology	64
-	Journal of Neuroinflammation	64
85	Cancer Research	63
-	Molecular Therapy	63
-	Journal of Thoracic Oncology	63
88	Drugs	62
-	Pharmacology & Therapeutics	62
-	Kidney International	62
91	Nature Reviews Neurology	61
-	Frontiers in Psychiatry	61
-	Pediatrics	61
-	Journal of Medical Virology	61
-	European Respiratory Journal	61
96	BMC Medicine	60
-	Cancer Letters	60
-	Critical Care	60
-	Nature Reviews Endocrinology	60
-	Nature Reviews Nephrology	60
-	Free Radical Biology and Medicine	60
-	Journal of Translational Medicine	60
103	Phytomedicine	59
-	Nature Reviews Rheumatology	59
-	Stroke	59
-	Marine Drugs	59
107	Allergy	58
-	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	58
-	Stem Cell Research & Therapy	58
110	Journal of Experimental Medicine	57
-	Neural Networks	57
-	American Journal of Transplantation	57
-	Vaccine	57
114	Intensive Care Medicine	56
-	Alzheimers & Dementia	56
-	Clinical Microbiology and Infection	56
117	Journal of Ethnopharmacology	55
-	American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology	55
-	Life Sciences	55
-	Chest	55
-	Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition	55
-	JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging	55
123	European Journal of Cancer	54
-	International Immunopharmacology	54
-	Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience	54
-	Frontiers in Neurology	54
-	Frontiers in Neuroscience	54
-	Emerging Infectious Diseases	54
-	Drug Discovery Today	54
-	Hypertension	54
-	Gut Microbes	54
-	Trends in Neurosciences	54
-	Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces	54
-	Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine	54
-	European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging	54
136	Biological Psychiatry	53
-	Ophthalmology	53
-	JACC-Cardiovascular Interventions	53
-	Trends in Cognitive Sciences	53
140	Progress in Retinal and Eye Research	52
-	Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology	52
-	International Journal of Nanomedicine	52
-	Sleep Medicine Reviews	52
-	International Journal of Pharmaceutics	52
-	British Journal of Cancer	52
-	Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience	52
147	Brain Behavior and Immunity	51
-	Clinical Nutrition	51
-	Social Science & Medicine	51
-	Molecular Neurodegeneration	51
-	Journal of the American Society of Nephrology	51
-	Frontiers in Genetics	51
153	Neuro-Oncology	50
-	Clinical and Translational Medicine	50
-	European Journal of Heart Failure	50
-	Food and Chemical Toxicology	50
-	Leukemia	50
-	Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network	50
-	Sports Medicine	50
-	Diabetologia	50
-	Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism	50
-	British Journal of Sports Medicine	50
-	Oncogene	50
-	American Journal of Clinical Nutrition	50
-	American Journal of Human Genetics	50
-	International Journal of Infectious Diseases	50
167	American Journal of Psychiatry	49
-	Trends in Pharmacological Sciences	49
-	Biochemical Pharmacology	49
-	Genome Medicine	49
-	Neuropsychopharmacology	49
172	Journal of Clinical Epidemiology	48
-	CA-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians	48
-	Cardiovascular Research	48
-	World Journal of Gastroenterology	48

-	Metabolism-Clinical and Experimental	48
-	Environmental Health Perspectives	48
178	Psychiatry Research	47
-	BMC Health Services Research	47
-	BMC Infectious Diseases	47
-	Alzheimers Research & Therapy	47
-	Trends in Genetics	47
-	Journal of Infectious Diseases	47
-	World Psychiatry	47
-	Accident Analysis and Prevention	47
186	Epilepsia	46
-	British Journal of Anaesthesia	46
-	British Journal of Pharmacology	46
-	Cancer Cell International	46
-	Aging Cell	46
-	Movement Disorders	46
-	Genetics in Medicine	46
-	Fertility and Sterility	46
-	Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience	46
-	Phytotherapy Research	46
196	Artificial Intelligence in Medicine	45
-	Europace	45
-	Journal of Nuclear Medicine	45
-	European Journal of Pharmacology	45
-	International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics	45

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