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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

Social Science & Medicine

Elsevier

0277-9536 IF 56.90
Soil Science

Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer)

0038-075X IF 56.90
Soil Science Society of America Journal

Wiley

0361-5995 IF 56.90
Sports Sciences and Physical Education Review

Coral Publications, Coral Research and Education Systems

2959-3719 IF 56.90
Springer Proceedings in Behavioral & Health Sciences.

Springer Nature Singapore

3004-9482 IF 56.90
Springer Proceedings in Humanities and Social Sciences

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2948-2526 IF 56.90
Springer Science Reviews

Springer Nature

2213-7793 IF 56.90
Surface Science

Elsevier

0039-6028 IF 56.90
Terrestrial Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Chinese Geoscience Union

1017-0839 IF 56.90
The American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Elsevier

0002-9629 IF 56.90
The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences

-

0019-5022 IF 56.90
The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences

-

0367-8318 IF 56.90
The Open Atmospheric Science Journal

Bentham Science

1874-2823 IF 56.90
The Science of The Total Environment

Elsevier

0048-9697 IF 56.90
Trends in Food Science & Technology

Elsevier

0924-2244 IF 56.90
Trends in Plant Science

Elsevier

1360-1385 IF 56.90
Veterinary Integrative Sciences

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chiang Mai University

2629-9968 IF 56.90
Water Science & Technology

IWA Publishing

0273-1223 IF 56.90
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Cognitive Science

Wiley

1939-5078 IF 56.90
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Computational Molecular Science

Wiley

1759-0876 IF 56.90
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Forensic Science

Wiley

2573-9468 IF 56.90
npj Climate and Atmospheric Science

Springer Nature

2397-3722 IF 56.90
Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions

The Royal Society of Chemistry

1364-5447 IF 56.33
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

0027-8424 IF 54.05
Science Advances

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

2375-2548 IF 54.05

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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