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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

Lebensmittel Zeitung

Deutscher Fachverlag

0947-7527 IF 0.00
Anais ... Encontro Nacional de Engenharia de Produção/Anais do Encontro Nacional de Engenharia de Produção

-

2318-3349 IF 0.00
Tijdschrift voor bedrijfs- en verzekeringsgeneeskunde

Bohn Stafleu van Loghum

0929-600X IF 0.00
Focus on Pigments

Elsevier BV

0969-6210 IF 0.00
Wirtschaftsrechtliche Blätter

Austrian Academy of Sciences Press

0930-3855 IF 0.00
Versicherungsmagazin

Springer Science+Business Media

1616-1963 IF 0.00
Schwäbische Heimat

-

0342-7595 IF 0.00
ASVIDE

AME Publishing Company

2412-270X IF 0.00
Africa Research Bulletin Political Social and Cultural Series

Wiley

0001-9844 IF 0.00
üha

-

2980-1974 IF 0.00
Philosophie Magazine

-

1951-1787 IF 0.00
Maǧallaẗ Naẓariyāt wa Taṭbīqāt Al-Tarbiyyaẗ Al-Badaniyyaẗ waʿulūm Al-Rīyāḍaẗ

Faculty of Physical Education, University of Sadat City

2636-3860 IF 0.00
QRU Quaderns de Recerca en Urbanisme

Q71272178

2014-9689 IF 0.00
Keisan Rikigaku Koenkai koen ronbunshu/Keisan Rikigaku Kouenkai kouen rombunshuu

The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers

1348-026X IF 0.00
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books./Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

Johns Hopkins University Press

0008-9036 IF 0.00
agrarzeitung

Deutscher Fachverlag

1869-9707 IF 0.00
Cahiers de civilisation médiévale

CESCM

0007-9731 IF 0.00
Deutsche Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Insolvenzrecht

De Gruyter

1439-1589 IF 0.00
The Journal of Southern History

Southern Historical Association

0022-4642 IF 0.00
JOT Journal für Oberflächentechnik

Springer Science+Business Media

0940-8789 IF 0.00
The Scientific Issues of Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University Series pedagogy

Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University

2311-6382 IF 0.00
The Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association

The Japanese Psychological Association

2433-7609 IF 0.00
ACM SIGARCH Computer Architecture News

Association for Computing Machinery

0163-5964
ACM SIGART Bulletin

-

0163-5719
ACM SIGCHI Bulletin

Association for Computing Machinery

0736-6906

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
  • 298
  • Springer Nature 204
  • Oxford University Press 194
  • Taylor & Francis 190
  • Elsevier 170
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