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Peer Reviewed Journals List (2026)

Browse 822+ scientific peer reviewed journals with verified impact factors. 203 are open access and 18 are completely free to publish in. The average impact factor across all listed journals is 21.67.

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 impact factors are peer reviewed and indexed in major databases like Scopus, Web of Science, and DOAJ.

Top 10 Peer Reviewed Journals by Impact Factor

#1

The Lancet

Elsevier · ISSN: 0140-6736

IF: 202.70

#2

New England Journal of Medicine

New England Journal of Medicine · ISSN: 0028-4793

IF: 176.00

#3

BMJ

Academic Publisher · ISSN: 1756-1833

IF: 105.70

#4

BMJ

Academic Publisher · ISSN: 0007-1447

IF: 105.70

#5

BMJ

Academic Publisher · ISSN: 0267-0623

IF: 105.70

#6

BMJ

BMJ · ISSN: 0959-8138

IF: 105.70

#7

Nature Medicine

Springer Nature · ISSN: 1078-8956

IF: 82.90

#8

Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 2

The Royal Society of Chemistry · ISSN: 1364-5471

IF: 82.00

#9

Nature

Springer Nature · ISSN: 0028-0836

IF: 69.50

#10

Cell

Elsevier · ISSN: 0092-8674

IF: 66.80

All Peer Reviewed Journals

Chemical Physics Letters

0009-2614 IF 2.19

ACM Transactions on Computing Education

Association for Computing Machinery

1946-6226 IF 2.19

Marine Environmental Research

0141-1136 IF 2.19

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

0018-9200 IF 2.18

Nuclear Engineering and Design

0029-5493 IF 2.17

International Journal of Climatology

0899-8418 IF 2.17

Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry

Springer Nature

0167-7764 IF 2.15

Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans

2169-9275 IF 2.14

The Journal of Physical Chemistry A

American Chemical Society

1089-5639 IF 2.14

Environmental Management

Springer Nature

0364-152X IF 2.14

Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics

2169-9380 IF 2.14

Postgraduate Medical Journal

BMJ

0032-5473 IF 2.12

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Springer Nature

0300-8584 IF 2.12

Chemical Physics

0301-0104 IF 2.11

New Journal of Chemistry

The Royal Society of Chemistry

1144-0546 IF 2.11

Journal of Computational Chemistry

0192-8651 IF 2.10

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Springer Nature

0340-0131 IF 2.10

Economics of Disasters and Climate Change

Springer Nature

2511-1280 IF 2.08

Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry

The Royal Society of Chemistry

1477-0520 IF 2.07

Annals of Physics

0003-4916 IF 2.07

Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment

Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment

1976-6912 IF 2.06

ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems

Association for Computing Machinery

1084-4309 IF 2.04

Physical review. E

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2470-0045 IF 2.02

Geophysical Journal International

Oxford University Press

0956-540X IF 2.02

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

1099-0690 IF 2.01

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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 impact factors have undergone peer review. You can also check the journal's website for their review process. On JournalsHub, all journals with impact factors 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

822

Journals

203

Open Access

21.67

Avg IF

18

Free (No APC)

Top Publishers

Elsevier 148
Springer Nature 129
Wiley 64
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 51
42
Association for Computing Machinery 37
American Chemical Society 28
The Royal Society of Chemistry 25

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