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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

Sage Sphere International Journal

Editorial JOGB

3091-1567 IF 0.77
Journal of the Mexican Chemical Society

Sociedad Quimica de Mexico, A.C.

2594-0317 IF 0.75
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer)

1076-2752 IF 0.75
ACM SIGIR Forum

Association for Computing Machinery

0163-5840 IF 0.73
Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Schweizerbart

0941-2948 IF 0.73
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Acoustical Society of America

0001-4966 IF 0.73
Canadian Journal of Chemistry

Canadian Science Publishing

0008-4042 IF 0.72
Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society

Sociedade Brasileira de Quimica (SBQ)

0103-5053 IF 0.72
Journal of the Indian Chemical Society

Elsevier

0019-4522 IF 0.70
American Journal of Physics

American Association of Physics Teachers

0002-9505 IF 0.69
Medical Entomology and Zoology

Japan Society of Medical Entomology an Zoology

0424-7086 IF 0.69
International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics

Elsevier

0360-3016 IF 0.68
SAGE Open Medical Case Reports

SAGE

2050-313X IF 0.67
Applied Geophysics

Springer Nature

1672-7975 IF 0.67
Springer studies on populism, identity politics and social justice

-

2731-894X IF 0.64
KIAS Springer Series in Mathematics

-

2731-5142 IF 0.64
Gastroenterology

Elsevier

0016-5085 IF 0.63
International Journal of Engineering and Advanced Technology

Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering and Sciences Engineering and Sciences Publication - BEIESP

2249-8958 IF 0.62
Climate Research

Inter-Research Science Center

0936-577X IF 0.61
Physics Today

American Institute of Physics

0031-9228 IF 0.61
Sage Sphere in Artificial Intelligence

Editorial JOGB

3103-1307 IF 0.60
Sustainability and Climate Change

Mary Ann Liebert

2692-2924 IF 0.56
Springer handbooks in languages and linguistics.

Springer

2731-068X IF 0.55
Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology

Diva Enterprises Private Limited

0974-360X IF 0.54
Springer studies in media and political communication

-

2731-4081 IF 0.54

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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