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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

Medical Care

Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer)

0025-7079 IF 1.27
Journal of International Medical Research

SAGE

0300-0605 IF 1.26
Canadian Medical Association Journal

Joule Inc.

0820-3946 IF 1.23
Journal of Environmental Engineering

American Society of Civil Engineers

0733-9372 IF 1.21
Journal of Statistical Physics

Springer Nature

0022-4715 IF 1.18
Climate Law

Brill

1878-6553 IF 1.16
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

1041-1135 IF 1.14
ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems

Association for Computing Machinery

1539-9087 IF 1.13
IETE Journal of Research

Informa

0377-2063 IF 1.12
Geophysical Prospecting

Wiley

0016-8025 IF 1.12
Environmental Biology of Fishes

Springer Nature

0378-1909 IF 1.12
Current Science

Current Science Association / Indian Academy of Sciences

0011-3891 IF 1.10
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics

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0021-4922 IF 1.09
ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software

Association for Computing Machinery

0098-3500 IF 1.09
Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Ethiopia

African Journals Online

1011-3924 IF 1.08
Journal of Egyptian Geophysical Society

Egyptian Geophysical Society

1687-2207 IF 1.08
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

American Veterinary Medical Association

0003-1488 IF 1.04
Contributions to Geophysics and Geodesy

Central Library of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

1335-2806 IF 1.02
ACM Transactions on Database Systems

Association for Computing Machinery

0362-5915 IF 1.02
Environmental and Climate Technologies

De Gruyter

2255-8837 IF 1.02
Climate Change Economics

World Scientific

2010-0078 IF 1.02
American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A

Wiley

1552-4825 IF 1.01
ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review

Association for Computing Machinery

0163-5980 IF 1.00
Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Elsevier

0735-1097 IF 0.98
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Medknow Publications

0301-4738 IF 0.98

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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