What are the best journals for Medicine?

From an 88,000-venue index, the highest-ranked Medicine journals (by Scimago quartile then OpenAlex cites/paper) include CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, Nature Reviews Disease Primers, Nature Reviews Microbiology, Journal of Hematology & Oncology. Predatory venues are excluded. The full ranked list with open-access and indexing details is on this page; for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, use the free Journal Recommender.

How were these Medicine journals ranked?

By Scimago quartile first (Q1 → Q4), then by OpenAlex cites/paper over a 2-year window. Cites/paper is a transparent citation rate, not a licensed Impact Factor. We exclude journals flagged as predatory.

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 free Journal Recommender — it returns a shortlist matched to your paper's topic from the same index, with acceptance-fit signals, open-access status, and predatory flags. No signup required.

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Best journals for Medicine

The top Medicine journals ranked by Scimago quartile, then cites/paper (OpenAlex, 2-year window), drawn from an 88,000-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded. These are field-wide rankings — for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, paste your title and abstract into the free Journal Finder.

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All Best open-access journals Highest-impact journals

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CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians
222.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
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Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy
41.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Nature
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Nature Reviews Disease Primers
29.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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Nature Reviews Microbiology
26.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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5
Journal of Hematology & Oncology
26.7 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
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Cancer Cell
26.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Cell Press
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New England Journal of Medicine
25.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Massachusetts Medical Society
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Nature Medicine
25.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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9
Pharmacological Reviews
24.8 cites/paper · Q1 · American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
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10
Cell Metabolism
23.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Cell Press
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Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology
22.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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12
Molecular Cancer
22.0 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
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Nature reviews. Cancer
19.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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14
Immunity
19.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Cell Press
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15
Nature reviews. Immunology
18.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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16
Journal of Extracellular Vesicles
17.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & Francis
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17
Science
16.9 cites/paper · Q1 · American Association for the Advancement of Science
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18
The Lancet
16.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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Endocrine Reviews
16.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Oxford University Press
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20
MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
15.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Nature
15.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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22
Cell stem cell
15.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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23
Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience
15.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Canadian Medical Association
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24
Physiological Reviews
14.9 cites/paper · Q1 · American Physiological Society
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25
Clinical Microbiology Reviews
14.7 cites/paper · Q1 · American Society for Microbiology
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26
Cellular and Molecular Immunology
14.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Nature
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27
Molecular Neurodegeneration
14.3 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
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28
Nature Metabolism
14.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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29
Nature Microbiology
13.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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30
Periodontology 2000
13.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
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31
Ageing Research Reviews
13.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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32
Cardiovascular Diabetology
13.6 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
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33
Nature Reviews Cardiology
13.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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34
Nature Cancer
13.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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35
Nature Reviews Nephrology
13.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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36
Nature Reviews Neurology
13.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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37
The Lancet Public Health
13.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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38
International Journal of Oncology
13.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Spandidos Publishing
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39
World Psychiatry
13.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
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40
The Lancet Neurology
12.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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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.

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