Journal Rankings 2026 — Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4

Browse 17 ranked journals grouped into quartiles by citation rate. Use the subject filter below to narrow down by research field.

Data last refreshed: Jul 31, 2026

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Q1 — Top 25%

5 journals
Journal IF
Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research
BioMed Central
10.31
Cancer Science
Wiley
3.65
Journal of Cancer
Ivyspring International Publisher
3.63
Cellular Signalling
Elsevier BV
3.41
Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences
Frontiers Media
3.33

Q2 — 50th-75th Percentile

4 journals
Journal IF
Tumor Biology
SAGE Publishing
3.18
Molecular Carcinogenesis
Wiley
2.69
Bioscience Reports
Portland Press
2.32
IUBMB Life
Wiley
2.15

Q3 — 25th-50th Percentile

4 journals
Journal IF
Discover Oncology
Springer Nature
1.83
OncoTargets and Therapy
Dove Medical Press
1.68
Biochemical Genetics
Springer Science+Business Media
1.64
Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry
Karger Publishers
1.64

Q4 — Bottom 25%

4 journals
Journal IF
Cancer Management and Research
Dove Medical Press
1.62
Animal Genetics
Wiley
1.53
Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis
Wiley
1.27
Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine
Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Understanding 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.

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.

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