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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

Physical Review Fluids

American Physical Society

2469-990X IF 2.01
Journal of Structural Biology

Elsevier

1047-8477 IF 2.01
Springer Series in Astrophysics and Cosmology

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2731-734X IF 2.00
Medical Physics

Wiley

0094-2405 IF 1.99
Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society

Wiley

0253-2964 IF 1.98
Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate

EDP Sciences

2115-7251 IF 1.98
Journal of Engineering Mechanics

American Society of Civil Engineers

0733-9399 IF 1.96
Physics of Plasmas

American Institute of Physics

1070-664X IF 1.96
Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

IOP Publishing

0953-8984 IF 1.94
Biology of Reproduction

Oxford University Press

0006-3363 IF 1.92
Medical Engineering & Physics

Elsevier

1350-4533 IF 1.92
ACM SIGMIS Database the DATABASE for Advances in Information Systems

Association for Computing Machinery

1532-0936 IF 1.91
Solar Physics

Springer Nature

0038-0938 IF 1.90
Climate and Development

Informa

1756-5529 IF 1.90
Earth Interactions

American Meteorological Society

1087-3562 IF 1.90
Indian Journal of Physics

Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science / Springer

0973-1458 IF 1.90
Journal of Organometallic Chemistry

Elsevier

0022-328X IF 1.90
Demography

Duke University Press

0070-3370 IF 1.88
Journal of the Iranian Chemical Society

Springer Nature

1735-207X IF 1.87
Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data

American Chemical Society

0021-9568 IF 1.87
SAGE Open

SAGE

2158-2440 IF 1.84
Physical Activity Review

Uniwersytet Humanistyczno-Przyrodniczy im. Jana D?ugosza w Cz?stochowie

2300-5076 IF 1.82
Occupational and Environmental Medicine

BMJ

1351-0711 IF 1.81
Marine Geophysical Research

Springer Nature

0025-3235 IF 1.81
Journal of Environmental Quality

Wiley

0047-2425 IF 1.81

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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