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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

ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology

Association for Computing Machinery

2157-6904 IF 11.81

PNAS Nexus

Oxford University Press

2752-6542 IF 11.10

TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry

0165-9936 IF 10.77

ACS Catalysis

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2155-5435 IF 10.77

IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

0018-9251 IF 10.00

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

0018-926X IF 10.00

IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

0018-9286 IF 10.00

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

0018-9294 IF 10.00

IEEE Transactions on Communications

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

0090-6778 IF 10.00

IEEE Transactions on Computers

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

0018-9340 IF 10.00

IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

2168-2267 IF 10.00

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

0018-9383 IF 10.00

IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

0885-8969 IF 10.00

IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

1089-778X IF 10.00

IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

1063-6706 IF 10.00

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

0196-2892 IF 10.00

IEEE Transactions on Image Processing

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

1057-7149 IF 10.00

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

0278-0046 IF 10.00

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

1551-3203 IF 10.00

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

0093-9994 IF 10.00

IEEE Transactions on Information Theory

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

0018-9448 IF 10.00

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

0018-9456 IF 10.00

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

1524-9050 IF 10.00

IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

1041-4347 IF 10.00

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

0018-9464 IF 10.00

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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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