Journals 100

2026 Edition

Health Sciences

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Rank Name Publisher Publication volume Diversity of authoring institutions Typical FWCI Median FWCI of best work Gravitas Diversity of citing institutions Open access Overall Score
1 JAMA Network Open American Medical Association 95.7 93.3 99.6 99.0 100.0 97.3 88.5 98.5
2 Critical Care BioMed Central 64.9 89.6 98.6 96.5 99.5 94.0 88.0 95.3
3 EClinicalMedicine Elsevier BV 57.0 82.3 98.9 99.2 99.8 92.3 86.4 95.0
3 JAMA American Medical Association 94.9 72.2 99.6 100.0 100.0 96.2 26.3 95.0
5 Diabetes Care American Diabetes Association 44.8 85.0 99.5 98.7 99.8 93.5 84.2 94.5
6 The Lancet Elsevier BV 63.0 80.9 100.0 100.0 100.0 98.2 35.2 94.1
7 BMC Medical Education BioMed Central 95.9 97.7 93.0 91.6 95.7 97.8 89.6 94.0
8 New England Journal of Medicine Massachusetts Medical Society 70.3 67.1 100.0 100.0 100.0 96.6 30.6 93.6
9 Blood Advances Elsevier BV 70.8 87.6 96.0 91.1 99.4 88.4 88.2 93.4
9 Journal of the American Heart Association Wiley 79.0 89.6 95.0 87.9 100.0 91.7 86.9 93.4
11 Intensive Care Medicine Springer Science+Business Media 39.3 77.7 99.6 99.7 99.6 91.3 62.9 93.0
12 American Journal of Transplantation Elsevier BV 81.9 72.3 95.2 96.6 98.2 81.4 64.5 92.5
12 BMC Health Services Research BioMed Central 95.2 98.6 89.8 82.7 99.6 97.9 88.8 92.5
12 Hepatology Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 47.9 83.8 98.6 98.8 99.7 89.7 41.4 92.5
12 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 100.0 99.8 88.2 83.2 100.0 99.1 87.6 92.5
12 Nature Medicine Nature Portfolio 45.9 62.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 93.6 49.3 92.5
17 Nutrients Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 99.9 99.2 89.4 79.6 100.0 98.5 88.4 92.2
18 npj Digital Medicine Nature Portfolio 46.3 64.5 99.8 99.8 92.6 91.1 89.7 91.8
19 American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine American Thoracic Society 36.5 74.2 99.4 99.5 99.5 86.1 46.9 91.6
19 BMC Medicine BioMed Central 44.8 69.7 98.5 95.5 96.1 88.2 88.4 91.6
19 Gut BMJ 30.2 71.0 100.0 99.9 99.5 87.9 50.2 91.6
19 The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism Oxford University Press 66.4 91.3 93.9 86.1 99.2 91.9 82.0 91.6
23 BMC Geriatrics BioMed Central 88.0 94.4 93.8 87.2 92.0 95.5 88.8 91.5
23 JAMA Neurology American Medical Association 43.4 61.5 99.8 99.8 98.6 88.5 48.6 91.5
23 Kidney International Elsevier BV 55.1 70.6 96.1 99.0 98.0 85.7 59.1 91.5
26 BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth BioMed Central 81.3 98.0 90.6 81.3 98.7 96.7 87.3 91.2
26 Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology Elsevier BV 56.4 77.7 95.9 95.0 99.4 86.2 49.4 91.2
26 The Lancet Oncology Elsevier BV 32.1 75.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 88.9 27.3 91.2
29 Radiology Radiological Society of North America 49.1 66.8 99.1 99.4 100.0 85.8 21.9 91.1
30 Frontiers in Endocrinology Frontiers Media 96.8 95.3 86.6 80.1 99.9 96.4 88.4 90.9
31 Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis Elsevier BV 65.6 79.2 92.0 92.4 99.4 86.1 68.6 90.8
32 JAMA Internal Medicine American Medical Association 47.9 47.9 98.9 99.8 99.8 84.3 40.8 90.7
33 JAMA Oncology American Medical Association 28.5 58.5 99.6 99.8 99.2 83.4 51.5 90.5
34 Journal of Nursing Management Wiley 93.9 95.8 97.2 93.1 79.5 95.3 88.7 90.3
35 Cardiovascular Diabetology BioMed Central 32.2 74.9 99.7 99.6 88.8 88.0 89.8 90.1
35 Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association Oxford University Press 61.3 90.3 96.8 96.9 85.7 92.5 77.8 90.1
37 Clinical Cancer Research American Association for Cancer Research 58.8 77.6 92.8 93.8 99.4 83.6 46.7 89.8
37 JAMA Pediatrics American Medical Association 29.7 61.3 98.7 99.0 97.2 88.2 49.4 89.8
39 Allergy Wiley 58.1 88.7 96.8 94.7 87.9 92.6 68.2 89.6
39 BMC Nursing BioMed Central 96.7 94.0 98.2 96.1 73.1 97.1 91.5 89.6
39 Computers in Biology and Medicine Elsevier BV 62.6 76.2 96.3 93.6 95.5 86.5 35.9 89.6
39 Safety Science Elsevier BV 63.6 99.5 97.7 92.1 88.9 98.3 37.1 89.6
43 Arthritis & Rheumatology Wiley 39.4 70.9 97.5 97.6 92.4 85.7 61.1 89.1
44 Healthcare Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 99.5 96.5 81.0 79.3 98.8 96.3 88.5 89.0
45 BMC Oral Health BioMed Central 99.7 97.5 90.5 80.6 88.1 97.2 85.9 88.9
45 British Journal of Sports Medicine BMJ 32.3 69.0 97.0 98.5 94.0 86.8 54.9 88.9
45 European Radiology Springer Science+Business Media 78.9 84.6 93.2 82.6 99.6 86.7 30.1 88.9
48 Annals of Surgery Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 60.3 75.2 94.3 92.2 98.0 81.8 29.5 88.8
49 Annals of Internal Medicine American College of Physicians 71.0 46.7 92.2 98.4 99.8 83.3 14.9 88.6
50 American Journal of Clinical Nutrition Elsevier BV 31.9 80.6 97.2 93.6 89.4 88.3 81.1 88.3
51 Cancer Wiley 50.6 70.8 92.0 88.5 97.8 83.3 69.2 88.1
52 JAMA Surgery American Medical Association 36.8 54.0 98.5 99.4 93.1 76.9 45.1 87.9
53 Journal of General Internal Medicine Springer Science+Business Media 76.2 80.2 85.5 88.0 95.7 86.4 73.3 87.8
53 КАРДИОЛОГИЯ УЗБЕКИСТАНА Elsevier BV 44.7 78.4 88.3 94.9 96.0 84.2 67.0 87.8
55 Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics Wiley 40.2 76.2 97.4 91.5 90.6 86.0 46.7 87.1
55 British Journal of Anaesthesia Elsevier BV 53.9 78.4 94.7 93.8 84.5 86.3 78.5 87.1
55 The American Journal of Sports Medicine SAGE Publishing 49.1 80.4 96.6 90.7 93.7 86.3 14.8 87.1
58 Leukemia Springer Nature 31.9 80.3 96.9 93.9 87.2 88.5 66.6 87.0
58 Liver International Wiley 46.0 88.5 92.8 87.3 93.4 88.7 50.7 87.0
58 Ophthalmology Elsevier BV 47.5 75.3 93.4 97.0 89.3 84.0 49.7 87.0
61 BMJ Open BMJ 100.0 99.2 77.2 71.7 100.0 97.2 88.5 86.9
61 PEDIATRICS American Academy of Pediatrics 88.0 89.6 77.9 92.2 99.6 89.3 25.3 86.9
63 European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Springer Science+Business Media 44.8 68.7 95.7 91.2 92.2 80.5 50.6 86.8
63 Journal of Clinical Medicine Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 100.0 97.7 78.7 69.3 100.0 97.4 89.0 86.8
65 Cancers Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 99.7 96.6 79.7 68.1 100.0 95.6 89.2 86.7
66 Diagnostics Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 99.4 92.8 76.8 73.0 99.7 93.8 88.6 86.4
67 Frontiers in Medicine Frontiers Media 99.6 94.2 77.8 68.7 99.9 94.1 88.0 86.0
68 BMC Cancer BioMed Central 78.4 86.3 84.5 71.7 97.0 89.0 90.1 85.9
69 Journal of the American Geriatrics Society Wiley 72.1 82.1 88.3 84.6 92.0 86.0 48.8 85.7
70 Clinical Oral Investigations Springer Nature 98.1 95.2 88.3 78.7 89.6 93.0 30.8 85.6
71 BMJ — 98.1 21.9 77.3 97.2 100.0 94.1 30.5 85.5
72 The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice Elsevier BV 78.6 87.2 88.1 86.0 88.6 88.5 35.2 85.1
73 Anaesthesia Wiley 34.7 59.6 96.6 98.8 82.8 81.7 56.5 85.0
74 BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making BioMed Central 63.7 78.4 93.6 92.2 75.9 85.9 89.4 84.9
75 British Journal of Cancer Springer Nature 32.9 73.3 94.0 82.5 89.9 84.2 81.9 84.8
75 Journal of Dentistry Elsevier BV 93.2 94.3 94.4 90.1 73.9 94.0 32.7 84.8
77 BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology Wiley 41.1 87.3 90.2 88.4 87.2 88.8 56.4 84.4
77 Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism Wiley 43.6 90.0 91.3 87.7 85.9 91.6 51.3 84.4
77 Journal of Neurology Springer Science+Business Media 53.9 83.4 88.4 82.3 92.0 89.8 49.4 84.4
77 Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy Springer Science+Business Media 47.5 83.8 93.4 88.1 87.2 87.1 30.2 84.4
81 Clinical Nutrition Elsevier BV 42.2 76.9 95.2 91.9 83.9 85.8 37.8 84.3
82 ESC Heart Failure Wiley 53.5 82.2 88.9 75.4 91.0 85.8 89.4 84.2
82 Journal Of Clinical Periodontology Wiley 58.4 89.7 97.4 92.6 73.9 90.3 44.7 84.2
84 Journal of Advanced Nursing Wiley 90.6 90.9 89.4 83.4 80.0 92.0 50.0 84.1
84 The Journal of Arthroplasty Elsevier BV 47.0 72.7 92.5 83.6 94.9 82.3 14.8 84.1
86 Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 54.6 66.6 92.3 89.1 84.0 77.0 71.5 84.0
87 Frontiers in Oncology Frontiers Media 99.6 93.5 75.2 62.2 100.0 92.9 88.9 83.8
88 Nurse Education Today Elsevier BV 97.9 92.7 94.9 89.3 70.0 94.2 28.0 83.7
89 International Journal of Nursing Studies Elsevier BV 52.3 62.5 95.0 95.1 79.6 85.6 35.3 83.4
89 Journal of Clinical Nursing Wiley 89.0 85.7 87.3 82.7 83.6 88.4 39.0 83.4
91 Cochrane library Elsevier BV 77.4 79.5 73.8 74.5 100.0 91.8 76.2 83.3
92 Academic Medicine Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 69.8 87.1 78.7 86.3 86.9 88.3 82.8 83.2
92 BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders BioMed Central 83.4 87.6 81.5 68.6 91.8 90.2 89.5 83.2
94 European Journal of Neurology Wiley 47.7 81.6 88.5 83.5 87.6 86.4 57.5 83.1
95 Annals of Intensive Care Springer Nature 32.3 70.3 96.0 90.5 76.4 84.1 88.7 83.0
95 Cancer Medicine Wiley 71.3 83.9 84.0 69.2 91.8 88.2 89.5 83.0
95 Hepatology Communications Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 35.2 77.8 93.3 85.0 81.0 84.5 88.3 83.0
95 International Journal of Cancer Wiley 36.1 77.0 89.0 83.5 88.6 81.6 73.2 83.0
99 Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine Frontiers Media 92.5 91.7 73.2 64.1 99.5 92.3 87.5 82.9
99 Journal of Dental Research SAGE Publishing 51.2 69.5 96.3 92.8 77.5 80.4 41.0 82.9