This blog post aims to provide a list of high-impact factor medicine journals.
Many researchers aspire to publish in top-quality journals. In this blog post, we are providing the top 30 medicine journals based on their impact factors.
Top 30 High Impact factor medicine journals
| S. No. | Journal | Scope | Quartile | Impact Factor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MMWR Recommendations and Reports | Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Epidemiology | Q1 | 55.857 |
| 2 | Nature Reviews Immunology | Immunology and Microbiology, Immunology | Q1 | 53.11 |
| 3 | New England Journal of Medicine | Medicine | Q1 | 91.24 |
| 4 | Nature Medicine | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) | Q1 | 53.44 |
| 5 | Physiological Reviews | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology Molecular Biology Physiology (miscellaneous) Physiology (medical) | Q1 | 37.31 |
| 6 | Lancet, The | Medicine | Q1 | 79.32 |
| 7 | Nature Reviews Disease Primers | Medicine | Q1 | 52.33 |
| 8 | Journal of Clinical Oncology | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Medicine (miscellaneous), Oncology | Q1 | 44.54 |
| 9 | Nature Reviews Drug Discovery | Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | Q1 | 84.69 |
| 10 | Annual Review of Pathology: Mechanisms of Disease | Agricultural and Biological Sciences Medicine | Q1 | 23.47 |
| 11 | NCHS data brief | Medicine | Q1 | – |
| 12 | Molecular Systems Biology | Agricultural and Biological Sciences Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology Immunology and Microbiology Medicine | Q1 | 11.43 |
| 13 | Journal of Experimental Medicine | Immunology and Microbiology | Q1 | 14.31 |
| 14 | Accounts of Chemical Research | Chemistry, Medicine | Q1 | 22.38 |
| 15 | Annual Review of Clinical Psychology | Psychology | Q1 | 18.561 |
| 16 | Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report | Environmental Science Health Professions Medicine Social Sciences | Q1 | 17.586 |
| 17 | Lancet Global Health,The | Medicine | Q1 | 26ยท763 |
| 18 | Annals of Oncology | Medicine | Q1 | 32.98 |
| 19 | Annual Review of Microbiology | Immunology and Microbiology | Q1 | 15.5 |
| 20 | JAMA Psychiatry | Medicine | Q1 | 21.6 |
| 21 | Reports on Progress in Physics | Medicine Physics | Q1 | 17.26 |
| 22 | EMBO Journal | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology Immunology and Microbiology Medicine Neuroscience | Q1 | 11.6 |
| 23 | Science Translational Medicine | Medicine | Q1 | 17.99 |
| 24 | Journal of Clinical Investigation | Medicine | Q1 | 14.81 |
| 25 | Annual Review of Public Health | Medicine | Q1 | 21.98 |
| 26 | Annual Review of Phytopathology | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Q1 | 13.08 |
| 27 | Annual Review of Medicine | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | Q1 | 13.74 |
| 28 | Nature Biomedical Engineering | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | Q1 | 25.671 |
| 29 | FEMS Microbiology Reviews | Immunology and Microbiology | Q1 | 16.41 |
| 30 | eLife | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology Immunology and Microbiology Medicine Neuroscience | Q1 | 8.14 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Which medical journal has the highest impact factor?
In the Medicine field, Nature Reviews Drug Discovery has the highest impact factor of 84.6
Source: Clarivate