Journal Rankings 2026 — Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4
Browse 400 ranked journals grouped into quartiles by citation rate. Use the subject filter below to narrow down by research field.
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Q1 — Top 25%
100 journals| Journal | IF |
|---|---|
|
BMJ
BMJ
|
93.30 |
|
New England Journal of Medicine
Massachusetts Medical Society
|
91.20 |
|
Nature Medicine
Springer Nature
|
82.90 |
|
Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 2
The Royal Society of Chemistry
|
82.00 |
|
The Lancet
Elsevier BV
|
79.30 |
|
Nature
Nature Portfolio
|
69.50 |
|
Cell
Elsevier
|
66.80 |
|
Journal of the Chemical Society Faraday Transactions 1 Phys…
The Royal Society of Chemistry
|
66.00 |
|
Faraday Discussions of the Chemical Society
The Royal Society of Chemistry
|
65.00 |
|
Nature Genetics
Springer Nature
|
64.80 |
|
Nature New Biology
Springer Nature
|
64.80 |
|
Nature Chemistry
Springer Nature
|
64.80 |
|
Nature Metabolism
Springer Nature
|
64.80 |
| Nature Microbiology | 64.80 |
|
Nature Astronomy
Springer Nature
|
64.80 |
|
Nature Reviews Rheumatology
Springer Nature
|
64.80 |
|
Nature Materials
Springer Nature
|
64.80 |
|
Nature Physics
Springer Nature
|
64.80 |
|
Nature Chemical Biology
Springer Nature
|
64.80 |
|
Nature Human Behaviour
Springer Nature
|
64.80 |
|
Nature Reports Climate Change
Springer Nature
|
64.80 |
|
Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology
Springer Nature
|
64.80 |
|
Nature Reviews Materials
Springer Nature
|
64.80 |
|
Nature reviews. Neuroscience
Springer Nature
|
64.80 |
|
Nature Biomedical Engineering
Springer Nature
|
64.80 |
Q2 — 50th-75th Percentile
100 journals| Journal | IF |
|---|---|
|
American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology
American Thoracic Society
|
64.50 |
|
Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
Springer
|
64.50 |
|
Aging Cell
Wiley
|
64.50 |
|
Molecular Biology of the Cell
American Society for Cell Biology
|
64.50 |
|
Microbial Cell Factories
Springer Nature
|
64.50 |
|
Cell Death and Differentiation
Springer Nature
|
64.50 |
|
Science
American Association for the Advancement of Science
|
63.70 |
|
Nature Reviews Chemistry
Springer Nature
|
61.56 |
|
Nature Climate Change
Springer Nature
|
61.56 |
|
Nature Geoscience
Springer Nature
|
61.56 |
|
Water Science & Technology
Pergamon Press
|
56.90 |
|
Journal of Orthodontic Science
Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
|
56.90 |
|
Corrosion Science
Elsevier
|
56.90 |
|
Food Agricultural Sciences and Technology (FAST)
Mahasarakham University
|
56.90 |
|
ACS Central Science
American Chemical Society
|
56.90 |
|
Journal of Atmospheric Science Research
Bilingual Publishing Co.
|
56.90 |
|
International Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Science Publishing Group
|
56.90 |
|
Elkawnie: Journal of Islamic Science and Technology
Faculty of Science and Technology Universitas Islam Negeri Ar-Raniry Banda Aceh
|
56.90 |
|
Kufa Journal for Nursing Sciences
University of Kufa, Faculty of Nursing
|
56.90 |
|
Terrestrial Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Chinese Geoscience Union
|
56.90 |
|
Journal of Dairy Science
Elsevier BV
|
56.90 |
|
Springer Science Reviews
Springer Nature
|
56.90 |
|
Applied Surface Science
Elsevier BV
|
56.90 |
|
Journal of Animal Science
Oxford University Press
|
56.90 |
|
RSF The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Scien…
Russell Sage Foundation
|
56.90 |
Q3 — 25th-50th Percentile
100 journals| Journal | IF |
|---|---|
|
Science of Aging Knowledge Environment
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
|
56.90 |
|
Indian Journal of Dental Sciences
Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
|
56.90 |
|
Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Sciences
Associação dos Farmacêuticos do Vale do Aço
|
56.90 |
|
Marine and Fishery Sciences
Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero (INIDEP)
|
56.90 |
|
Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry
Wiley
|
56.90 |
|
Prizren Social Science Journal
Association of Scientists and Intellectuals of Kosovo
|
56.90 |
|
Organization Science
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
|
56.90 |
|
International Journal for Research in Applied Science and E…
International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology (IJRASET)
|
56.90 |
|
Frontiers in Plant Science
Frontiers Media
|
56.90 |
|
Global Physical Education & Sports Sciences Review
Humanity Only - HO
|
56.90 |
|
Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences
Jimma University
|
56.90 |
|
Journal of Current Oncology and Medical Sciences
Zabansaraye Parsian Novin Mehr Institute
|
56.90 |
|
Bulletin of Atmospheric Science and Technology
Springer Nature
|
56.90 |
|
ISRN Atmospheric Sciences
Hindawi Limited
|
56.90 |
|
Indian Journal of Science and Technology
Indian Society for Education and Environment
|
56.90 |
|
Journal of Amasya University the Institute of Sciences and …
Amasya University
|
56.90 |
|
International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Resear…
International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research
|
56.90 |
|
Al-Qadisiyah Journal for Engineering Science
University of Al-Qadisiyah
|
56.90 |
|
The American Journal of the Medical Sciences
Elsevier BV
|
56.90 |
|
Science Translational Medicine
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
|
56.90 |
|
Communications Faculty of Science University of Ankara Seri…
Ankara University
|
56.90 |
|
Materials Science and Engineering A
Elsevier BV
|
56.90 |
|
Journal of Atmospheric & Ocean Science
Informa
|
56.90 |
|
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
Springer Science+Business Media
|
56.90 |
|
Environmental Science & Policy
Elsevier
|
56.90 |
Q4 — Bottom 25%
100 journalsUnderstanding Journal Quartile Rankings
Quartile rankings (Q1-Q4) are a standard way to categorize academic journals within a subject. They're calculated by ordering all journals in a category by their citation rate (or SJR score) and dividing them into four equal groups.
- Q1 — Top 25%, highest impact in the field
- Q2 — 50th to 75th percentile
- Q3 — 25th to 50th percentile
- Q4 — Bottom 25%
Note: When official Scopus/JCR quartile data is available we use it. Otherwise quartiles are approximated by ranking journals within the selected subject by their latest citation rate.