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 Springer Nature 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 Springer Nature 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 Journal of the American Heart Association Wiley 79.0 89.6 95.0 87.9 100.0 91.7 86.9 93.4
9 Blood Advances Elsevier BV 70.8 87.6 96.0 91.1 99.4 88.4 88.2 93.4
11 Intensive Care Medicine Springer Nature 39.3 77.7 99.6 99.7 99.6 91.3 62.9 93.0
12 BMC Health Services Research Springer Nature 95.2 98.6 89.8 82.7 99.6 97.9 88.8 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 Springer Nature 45.9 62.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 93.6 49.3 92.5
12 American Journal of Transplantation Elsevier BV 81.9 72.3 95.2 96.6 98.2 81.4 64.5 92.5
12 Hepatology Wolters Kluwer 47.9 83.8 98.6 98.8 99.7 89.7 41.4 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 Springer Nature 46.3 64.5 99.8 99.8 92.6 91.1 89.7 91.8
19 BMC Medicine Springer Nature 44.8 69.7 98.5 95.5 96.1 88.2 88.4 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
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 Gut BMJ 30.2 71.0 100.0 99.9 99.5 87.9 50.2 91.6
23 Kidney International Elsevier BV 55.1 70.6 96.1 99.0 98.0 85.7 59.1 91.5
23 BMC Geriatrics Springer Nature 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
26 Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology Elsevier BV 56.4 77.7 95.9 95.0 99.4 86.2 49.4 91.2
26 BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth Springer Nature 81.3 98.0 90.6 81.3 98.7 96.7 87.3 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 Springer Nature 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 JAMA Pediatrics American Medical Association 29.7 61.3 98.7 99.0 97.2 88.2 49.4 89.8
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
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
39 Allergy Wiley 58.1 88.7 96.8 94.7 87.9 92.6 68.2 89.6
39 BMC Nursing Springer Nature 96.7 94.0 98.2 96.1 73.1 97.1 91.5 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 Springer Nature 99.7 97.5 90.5 80.6 88.1 97.2 85.9 88.9
45 European Radiology Springer Nature 78.9 84.6 93.2 82.6 99.6 86.7 30.1 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
48 Annals of Surgery Wolters Kluwer 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 КАРДИОЛОГИЯ УЗБЕКИСТАНА Elsevier BV 44.7 78.4 88.3 94.9 96.0 84.2 67.0 87.8
53 Journal of General Internal Medicine Springer Nature 76.2 80.2 85.5 88.0 95.7 86.4 73.3 87.8
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
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
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 PEDIATRICS American Academy of Pediatrics 88.0 89.6 77.9 92.2 99.6 89.3 25.3 86.9
61 BMJ Open BMJ 100.0 99.2 77.2 71.7 100.0 97.2 88.5 86.9
63 European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Springer Nature 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 Springer Nature 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 Springer Nature 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 Journal of Neurology Springer Nature 53.9 83.4 88.4 82.3 92.0 89.8 49.4 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 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 Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy Springer Nature 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 Journal Of Clinical Periodontology Wiley 58.4 89.7 97.4 92.6 73.9 90.3 44.7 84.2
82 ESC Heart Failure Wiley 53.5 82.2 88.9 75.4 91.0 85.8 89.4 84.2
84 The Journal of Arthroplasty Elsevier BV 47.0 72.7 92.5 83.6 94.9 82.3 14.8 84.1
84 Journal of Advanced Nursing Wiley 90.6 90.9 89.4 83.4 80.0 92.0 50.0 84.1
86 Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology Wolters Kluwer 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 Journal of Clinical Nursing Wiley 89.0 85.7 87.3 82.7 83.6 88.4 39.0 83.4
89 International Journal of Nursing Studies Elsevier BV 52.3 62.5 95.0 95.1 79.6 85.6 35.3 83.4
91 Cochrane library Elsevier BV 77.4 79.5 73.8 74.5 100.0 91.8 76.2 83.3
92 BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders Springer Nature 83.4 87.6 81.5 68.6 91.8 90.2 89.5 83.2
92 Academic Medicine Wolters Kluwer 69.8 87.1 78.7 86.3 86.9 88.3 82.8 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 Wolters Kluwer 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