Journal Rankings 2026 — Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4

Browse 31 ranked journals grouped into quartiles by citation rate. Use the subject filter below to narrow down by research field.

Data last refreshed: Jul 30, 2026

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Q1 — Top 25%

8 journals
Journal IF
BMJ
BMJ
93.30
New England Journal of Medicine
Massachusetts Medical Society
91.20
The Lancet
Elsevier BV
79.30
Journal of Current Oncology and Medical Sciences
Zabansaraye Parsian Novin Mehr Institute
56.90
eLife
eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
8.70
Communications Medicine
Nature Portfolio
5.06
PLoS ONE
Public Library of Science
3.70
Aerosol Research
Copernicus Publications
2.78

Q2 — 50th-75th Percentile

8 journals
Journal IF
Revista de la Facultad de Medicina
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
2.03
Autopsy and Case Reports
University of São Paulo
1.09
The Journal of ExtraCorporeal Technology
EDP Sciences
0.81
European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
SMC MEDIA SRL
0.69
BMJ Digital Health & AI
BMJ Publishing Group
0.69
Medical Journal of Babylon
Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
0.65
Psiquemag
Universidad César Vallejo
0.41
Бюллетень сибирской медицины
Siberian State Medical University (Tomsk)
0.36

Q3 — 25th-50th Percentile

8 journals
Journal IF
Acta Haematologica Polonica
Via Medica
0.35
Slovenska pediatrija
The Society for Children with Metabolic Disorders
0.28
Modern Medicine
Bucharest College of Physicians
0.27
Medicinski Glasnik
Medical Association of Zenica-Doboj Canton
0.26
Acta Medica Alanya
Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University
0.24
Conexões: Ciência e Tecnologia
Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará
0.18
ARS Medica
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
0.17
Iraq Medical Journal
Nab'a Al-Hayat Foundation for Medical Sciences and Health Care - Press
0.16

Q4 — Bottom 25%

7 journals
Journal IF
Revista Internacional de Salud Materno Fetal
Sociedad Materno Fetal
0.13
Argentinian Journal of Respiratory and Physical Therapy
Asociación Civil Científica de Difusión y Promoción de la Kinesiología
0.10
Indian Journal of Neonatal Medicine and Research
JCDR Research and Publications Pvt. Ltd.
0.04
Revista de Homeopatia
Associação Paulista de Homeopatia
Medical Laboratory Journal
Golestan University of Medical Sciences
International Clinical Neuroscience Journal
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
Revista Clínica de la Escuela de Medicina UCR-HSJD
Universidad de Costa Rica

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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