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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

Teoria e Prática em Administração

Universidade Federal da Paraíba

2238-104X IF 0.14
Työväentutkimus Vuosikirja

-

0784-1272 IF 0.14
Universum

University of Talca

0716-498X IF 0.14
Bijdragen tot de taal- land- en volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia

Brill

0006-2294 IF 0.14
Veritas

Editora da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (EDIPUCRS)

0042-3955 IF 0.14
Власть

Journal «Vlast'» Co.Ltd

2071-5358 IF 0.14
Uzhhorod National University Herald Series Law

-

2307-3322 IF 0.14
UCV-Scientia

Universidad César Vallejo

2077-172X IF 0.14
E-Commerce Letters

-

2168-5843 IF 0.14
Revista Contemporânea

-

2447-0961 IF 0.14
Journal of diagnostic medical sonography

SAGE Publishing

1552-5430 IF 0.14
Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses

SAGE Publishing

0008-4298 IF 0.14
Sociologie du Travail

Elsevier BV

0038-0296 IF 0.14
Nuklearmedizin - NuclearMedicine

Schattauer Verlag

0029-5566 IF 0.14
The Quarterly Review of Biology

University of Chicago Press

0033-5770 IF 0.14
Journal of Sport and Leisure Studies

Korean Society of Sport and Leisure Studies

1229-358X IF 0.14
La Revue de Médecine Interne

Elsevier BV

0248-8663 IF 0.14
Kredo: Jurnal Ilmiah Bahasa dan Sastra

Universitas Muria Kudus

2598-3202 IF 0.14
Learning Disability Practice

Royal College of Nursing

1465-8712 IF 0.13
Efektyvna ekonomika

DKS Center

2307-2105 IF 0.13
Kansenshogaku zasshi

-

0387-5911 IF 0.13
Bali Medical Journal

DiscoverSys, Inc.

2089-1180 IF 0.13
Predica Verbum

Research Institutions and Community Development Services (LPPM-STTII Yogyakarta)

2798-1495 IF 0.13
Doklady Physics

Pleiades Publishing

1028-3358 IF 0.13
Aracê.

-

2358-2472 IF 0.13

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
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1605
Open Access
4.31
Avg IF
308
Free (No APC)
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  • Wiley 624
  • Springer Science+Business Media 411
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