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
Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 2
Journal of the Chemical Society Faraday Transactions 1 Physical Chemistry in Condensed Phases
Faraday Discussions of the Chemical Society
All Peer Reviewed Journals
Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures Processing Measurement and Phenomena
American Institute of Physics
Journal of the Atomic Energy Society of Japan / Atomic Energy Society of Japan
Atomic Energy Society of Japan
Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science
Japanese Society for Horticultural Science
Journal of the Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Japan
Mining and Materials Processing Institute of Japan
Frequently Asked Questions about Peer Reviewed Journals
At a Glance
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