What are the best journals for Medicine?

From a 17,782-venue index, the highest-ranked Medicine journals include CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, Nature Reviews Disease Primers, Journal of Hematology & Oncology, Nature Reviews Microbiology, Cancer Cell. The top 40 of 5,469 ranked venues are listed on this page; all 40 are Scimago Q1. Each shows its open-access status and indexing, and predatory venues are excluded. For a shortlist matched to your specific paper, use the Journal Finder (15 credits; free account starts with 25).

How were these Medicine journals ranked?

Journals are listed when both OpenAlex and Scimago file them under Medicine, plus any documented corrections; a journal Scimago does not cover is listed on OpenAlex's word alone. 475 journals OpenAlex files under Medicine are left out because Scimago files them only under other fields. They are ranked by Scimago quartile first (Q1 → Q4, then journals without one); within a quartile, journals Scimago places in Medicine come before those it does not cover, and then OpenAlex cites/paper over a 2-year window decides. Cites/paper is a transparent citation rate, not a licensed Impact Factor, and journals flagged as predatory are excluded.

Why don't all Medicine journals show a quartile?

Scimago doesn't cover every journal — many strong regional and open-access venues are absent from it. We show "no Scimago quartile" for those rather than hide them; it's a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.

How do I find the best journal for my specific Medicine paper?

Paste your title and abstract into the Journal Finder — it returns a shortlist matched to your paper's topic from the same index, with acceptance-fit signals, open-access status, and predatory flags. A free account starts with 25 welcome credits; each run costs 15.

Medicine · 5,469 journals ranked · top 40 listed

Best journals for Medicine

The top 40 of 5,469 Medicine journals, ranked by Scimago quartile, then OpenAlex cites/paper (2-year window), leaving out journals Scimago files only under other fields, drawn from a 17,782-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded; the FAQ below gives the exact ranking rule. These are field-wide rankings — for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, paste your title and abstract into the Journal Finder (a free account starts with 25 welcome credits).

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All Best open-access journals

1
CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians
225.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
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2
Nature Reviews Disease Primers
33.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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3
Journal of Hematology & Oncology
30.5 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
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4
Nature Reviews Microbiology
30.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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5
Cancer Cell
29.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Cell Press
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6
Nature Medicine
28.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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7
New England Journal of Medicine
28.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Massachusetts Medical Society
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8
Pharmacological Reviews
25.9 cites/paper · Q1 · American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
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9
Molecular Cancer
25.8 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
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10
Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology
25.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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Nature reviews. Cancer
22.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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12
Immunity
21.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Cell Press
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13
Nature reviews. Immunology
21.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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14
Endocrine Reviews
19.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Oxford University Press
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15
The Lancet
18.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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16
Journal of Extracellular Vesicles
18.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & Francis
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17
Physiological Reviews
18.3 cites/paper · Q1 · American Physiological Society
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18
MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
17.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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19
Cellular and Molecular Immunology
17.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Nature
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20
Molecular Neurodegeneration
16.5 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
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21
Nature Metabolism
16.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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22
Nature Reviews Nephrology
15.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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23
Clinical Microbiology Reviews
15.5 cites/paper · Q1 · American Society for Microbiology
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24
Nature Reviews Cardiology
15.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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25
Nature Microbiology
15.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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26
Nature Cancer
15.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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27
Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience
15.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Canadian Medical Association
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28
Cardiovascular Diabetology
15.1 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
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29
The Lancet Public Health
15.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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30
Nature Aging
14.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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31
The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
14.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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32
The Lancet Digital Health
14.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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33
Gut Microbes
14.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Landes Bioscience
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34
World Psychiatry
14.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
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35
Science Immunology
14.5 cites/paper · Q1 · American Association for the Advancement of Science
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36
The Lancet Neurology
14.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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37
Periodontology 2000
14.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
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38
Science Translational Medicine
14.3 cites/paper · Q1 · American Association for the Advancement of Science
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39
Drug Resistance Updates
14.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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40
Nature Reviews Neurology
14.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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“Cites/paper” is the OpenAlex 2-year citation rate — a transparent signal, not a licensed Impact Factor. Many regional and open-access journals are strong but aren’t covered by Scimago, so they show “no Scimago quartile”; that’s a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.