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Peer Reviewed Journals List (2026)

Browse 6266+ scientific peer reviewed journals with verified citation rates. 1605 are open access and 308 are completely free to publish in. The average citation rate across all listed journals is 4.31.

What Makes a Journal Peer Reviewed?

A peer reviewed journal (also called a refereed journal) subjects every submitted manuscript to evaluation by independent experts before publication. This rigorous process validates methodology, findings, and conclusions. All journals listed on JournalsHub with citation rates are peer reviewed and indexed in major databases like Scopus, Web of Science, and DOAJ.

Top 10 Peer Reviewed Journals by Citation Rate

#1
BMJ
BMJ · ISSN: 0959-8138
CR: 93.30
#2
New England Journal of Medicine
Massachusetts Medical Society · ISSN: 0028-4793
CR: 91.20
#3
Nature Medicine
Springer Nature · ISSN: 1078-8956
CR: 82.90
#4
Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 2
The Royal Society of Chemistry · ISSN: 1364-5471
CR: 82.00
#5
The Lancet
Elsevier BV · ISSN: 0140-6736
CR: 79.30
#6
Nature
Nature Portfolio · ISSN: 0028-0836
CR: 69.50
#7
Cell
Elsevier · ISSN: 0092-8674
CR: 66.80
#8
Journal of the Chemical Society Faraday Transactions 1 Physical Chemistry in Condensed Phases
The Royal Society of Chemistry · ISSN: 0300-9599
CR: 66.00
#9
Faraday Discussions of the Chemical Society
The Royal Society of Chemistry · ISSN: 0301-7249
CR: 65.00
#10
Human Nature
Springer Nature · ISSN: 1045-6767
CR: 64.80

All Peer Reviewed Journals

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry International Journal of Laboratory Medicine

SAGE Publishing

0004-5632 IF 0.99
Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal

Scientific Journal Publishers Limited

0301-2212 IF 0.99
Journal of the Korean Physical Society

Springer Science+Business Media

0374-4884 IF 0.99
Plant Disease

American Phytopathological Society

0191-2917 IF 0.99
ZooKeys

Pensoft Publishers

1313-2970 IF 0.99
Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation

Taylor & Francis

0094-9655 IF 0.99
Pediatric Cardiology

Springer Science+Business Media

0172-0643 IF 0.99
The Elementary School Journal

University of Chicago Press

0013-5984 IF 0.99
Journal of the Audio Engineering Society

Audio Engineering Society

1549-4950 IF 0.99
Neurology

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

0028-3878 IF 0.99
Retos

FEADEF

1579-1726 IF 0.99
Fertility and Sterility

Elsevier BV

0015-0282 IF 0.99
Journal of Emergency Nursing

Elsevier BV

0099-1767 IF 0.98
Work

IOS Press

1051-9815 IF 0.98
Biological Psychiatry

Elsevier BV

0006-3223 IF 0.98
Military Medicine

Oxford University Press

0026-4075 IF 0.98
Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition

American Psychological Association

0278-7393 IF 0.98
Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry

Wiley

0749-1581 IF 0.98
Interdisciplinary Journal of Rural and Community Studies

ERRCD Forum

2710-2572 IF 0.98
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Medknow Publications

0301-4738 IF 0.98
Urologia Internationalis

Karger Publishers

0042-1138 IF 0.97
Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Wiley

0147-8389 IF 0.97
F1000Research

Faculty of 1000

2046-1402 IF 0.97
International Journal of Disaster Management

Tsunami and Disaster Mitigation Research Center (TDMRC) Universitas Syiah Kuala

2808-439X IF 0.97
International Journal of Modern Physics C

World Scientific

0129-1831 IF 0.97

Frequently Asked Questions about Peer Reviewed Journals

A peer reviewed journal is an academic publication where submitted manuscripts are evaluated by independent experts (peers) in the same field before publication. This process ensures quality, validity, and significance. Peer review is the gold standard of academic publishing.

Check if the journal is indexed in Scopus, Web of Science, or DOAJ. Journals with citation rates have undergone peer review. You can also check the journal's website for their review process. On JournalsHub, all journals with citation rates are peer reviewed.

They are the same thing. Both terms refer to journals where papers are evaluated by field experts before acceptance. The terms are used interchangeably in academic publishing.

Not necessarily. While most reputable open access journals are peer reviewed, some predatory journals claim to be open access without genuine peer review. Always verify by checking indexing in Scopus, Web of Science, or DOAJ before submitting.
At a Glance
6266
Journals
1605
Open Access
4.31
Avg IF
308
Free (No APC)
Top Publishers
  • Elsevier BV 1106
  • Wiley 624
  • Springer Science+Business Media 411
  • 298
  • Springer Nature 204
  • Oxford University Press 194
  • Taylor & Francis 190
  • Elsevier 170
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