Best journals for Physiology
The top 40 of 217 Physiology journals, ranked by Scimago quartile, then by how central Physiology is to each journal, then OpenAlex cites/paper (2-year window), drawn from a 17,500-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).
Data as of — the date our venue index was last rebuilt from OpenAlex and Scimago.
- 1Molecular Neurodegeneration18.3 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed CentralOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 5Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle7.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 9Aging Clinical and Experimental Research5.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 10Aging and Disease5.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Buck Institute for Research on AgingOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 12The journal of nutrition health & aging5.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 20Nutrition & Metabolism4.1 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed CentralOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 21Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry4.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 23Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews4.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Lippincott Williams & WilkinsScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 25American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism3.8 cites/paper · Q1 · American Physiological SocietyScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 27Clinical Interventions in Aging3.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Dove Medical PressOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 28Pathophysiology3.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 29The Journals of Gerontology Series A3.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Oxford University PressScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 30Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM)3.2 cites/paper · Q1 · De GruyterScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 31Annals of Behavioral Medicine3.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Oxford University PressScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 32Simulation in Healthcare The Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare3.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Lippincott Williams & WilkinsScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 34Journal of Asthma and Allergy2.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Dove Medical PressOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 40Experimental Biology and Medicine2.7 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE PublishingOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
“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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