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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

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Springer Nature

1471-2288 IF 3.60
Environmental Modelling & Software

Elsevier

1364-8152 IF 3.59
BMC Medical Education

Springer Nature

1472-6920 IF 3.53
Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry

Elsevier

1572-6657 IF 3.51
Journal of Molecular Biology

Elsevier

0022-2836 IF 3.48
PLoS Computational Biology

Public Library of Science

1553-734X IF 3.47
Journal of Water and Climate Change

IWA Publishing

2040-2244 IF 3.47
Energy and Climate Change

Elsevier

2666-2787 IF 3.46
Environmental Research Letters

IOP Publishing

1748-9326 IF 3.43
ACS Omega

American Chemical Society

2470-1343 IF 3.42
European Review of Aging and Physical Activity

Springer Nature

1813-7253 IF 3.41
Control Engineering Practice

Elsevier

0967-0661 IF 3.38
Springer texts in social sciences

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2730-6135 IF 3.37
ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing Communications and Applications

Association for Computing Machinery

1551-6857 IF 3.33
Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications

The Royal Society of Chemistry

0022-4936 IF 3.33
ACM Transactions on Internet Technology

Association for Computing Machinery

1533-5399 IF 3.29
Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics

Wiley

0098-8847 IF 3.28
IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

1545-598X IF 3.27
The Journal of Chemical Physics

American Institute of Physics

0021-9606 IF 3.23
Physical Review Research

American Physical Society

2643-1564 IF 3.19
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Springer Nature

0167-6369 IF 3.19
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews - RNA

Wiley

1757-7004 IF 3.17
Applied Physics Letters

American Institute of Physics

0003-6951 IF 3.16
Plant Molecular Biology

Springer Nature

0167-4412 IF 3.16
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research

American Chemical Society

0888-5885 IF 3.10

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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