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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

Phi Delta Kappan

SAGE Publishing

0031-7217 IF 0.39
ARKIVOC

ARKAT USA, Inc.

1551-7004 IF 0.39
Pathology

Elsevier BV

0031-3025 IF 0.39
Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology

Elsevier BV

2212-4403 IF 0.39
Journal of Burn Care & Research

Oxford University Press

1559-047X IF 0.39
Neuromodulation Technology at the Neural Interface

Elsevier BV

1094-7159 IF 0.39
Dialogue

Cambridge University Press

0012-2173 IF 0.39
Health Technology Assessment in Action

Tehran University of Medical Sciences

2645-3835 IF 0.39
Highlights in Science Engineering and Technology

-

2791-0210 IF 0.39
Sportis

Universidad de A Coruña

2386-8333 IF 0.39
Jurnal Keperawatan Widya Gantari Indonesia

Universitas Pembangunan Nasional "Veteran" Jakarta, Faculty of Health, Nursing Department

2407-4284 IF 0.39
Canadian Mathematical Bulletin

Cambridge University Press

0008-4395 IF 0.38
Meditsinskiy sovet = Medical Council

REMEDIUM GROUP LLC

2079-701X IF 0.38
Maandblad Voor Accountancy en Bedrijfseconomie

Amsterdam University Press

0924-6304 IF 0.38
Science & Society

Guilford Press

0036-8237 IF 0.38
Journal of the history of philosophy

Johns Hopkins University Press

0022-5053 IF 0.38
Technical Physics Letters

Pleiades Publishing

1063-7850 IF 0.38
Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series A Mathematical Sciences

Institute of Mathematical Statistics

0386-2194 IF 0.38
International Research Journal of Modernization in Engineering Technology and Science

-

2582-5208 IF 0.38
Russian Engineering Research

Pleiades Publishing

1068-798X IF 0.38
Arab Media and Society

The Research and Publications Division in the Kamal Adham Center for Television and Digital Journalism at the American University in Cairo

1687-7721 IF 0.38
International Journal of Morphology

Chilean Society of Anatomy

0717-9367 IF 0.38
European Journal of Public Health

Oxford University Press

1101-1262 IF 0.38
Geofizicheskiy Zhurnal

Institute of Geophysics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine by S.I. Subbotin name

0203-3100 IF 0.38
Journal of Physics Conference Series

IOP Publishing

1742-6588 IF 0.38

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.
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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
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  • Springer Nature 204
  • Oxford University Press 194
  • Taylor & Francis 190
  • Elsevier 170
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