Top 100 Highest Impact Factor Journals of 2025

Last Updated on July 1, 2026 by Dr. Bhagat

Here is the list of the top 100 highest impact factor journals of 2022. This is the most updated list of journals with the highest impact factor around the world. The list is made from data provided in Journal Citation Report by Clavirate.

What is Impact Factor and How is it calculated?

Impact Factor (IF) or often called journal impact factor (JIF) is an index provided by an analytics company named Clarivate. The impact factor is calculated by dividing the number of times the articles are cited in the last two years by the total number of publications in those two years.

Total Citations in 2020 and 2021 = 500
Total Number of Publications in 2020 and 2021 = 100
Impact Factor of the Journal in 2022 = 500/100 = 5

List of Journals with highest Impact Factor

Rank	Journal Title	Total Cites	Journal Impact Factor
1	Cancer Journal For Clinicians	55,868	508.702
2	Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology	58,477	94.444
3	New England Journal Of Medicine	4,64,351	91.245
4	Nature Reviews Drug Discovery	41,989	84.694
5	Lancet	3,69,601	79.321
6	Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology	17,973	66.675
7	Nature Reviews Materials	19,887	66.308
8	Nature Energy	28,166	60.858
9	Nature Reviews Cancer	62,391	60.716
10	Nature Reviews Microbiology	43,313	60.633
11	Chemical Reviews	2,24,417	60.622
12	MMWR Surveillance Summaries	3,806	58.769
13	Journal Of The American Medical Association	2,24,147	56.272
14	MMWR Recommendations And Reports	3,288	55.857
15	Nature Biotechnology	78,786	54.908
16	Chemical Society Reviews	1,73,170	54.564
17	Reviews Of Modern Physics	58,097	54.494
18	Nature Medicine	1,14,401	53.440
19	Nature Reviews Genetics	42,803	53.242
20	Nature Reviews Immunology	55,784	53.106
21	Nature Reviews Disease Primers	14,221	52.329
22	Nature	9,15,925	49.962
23	World Psychiatry	9,619	49.548
24	Science	8,14,971	47.728
25	Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology	15,358	46.802
26	Journal Of Clinical Oncology	1,89,443	44.544
27	Lancet Neurology	43,457	44.182
28	Nature Materials	1,12,429	43.841
29	Nature Reviews Endocrinology	15,040	43.330
30	Nature Reviews Neurology	15,738	42.937
31	Nature Catalysis	9,725	41.813
32	Cell	3,20,407	41.582
33	Lancet Oncology	72,804	41.316
34	Joule	17,275	41.248
35	Living Reviews In Relativity	3,407	40.429
36	BMJ-British Medical Journal	1,58,747	39.890
37	Progress In Materials Science	21,332	39.580
38	Cancer Discovery	27,030	39.397
39	Nature Nanotechnology	75,845	39.213
40	Nature Photonics	52,833	38.771
41	Energy & Environmental Science	1,01,688	38.532
42	Nature Genetics	1,13,066	38.330
43	Psychological Science In The Public Interest	2,337	37.857
44	Physiological Reviews	35,633	37.312
45	Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports	8,652	36.214
46	Nature Reviews Neuroscience	49,897	34.870
47	Nature Reviews Chemistry	5,750	34.035
48	Nature Electronics	4,455	33.686
49	Annals Of Oncology	61,542	32.976
50	Nature Reviews Cardiology	11,539	32.419
51	Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology	14,024	32.069
52	JAMA Oncology	22,382	31.777
53	Immunity	70,517	31.745
54	Cancer Cell	50,839	31.743
55	Nature Reviews Physics	1,697	31.068
56	Materials Today	20,082	31.041
57	Advanced Materials	3,20,972	30.849
58	Lancet Respiratory Medicine	22,278	30.700
59	Annual Review Of Astronomy And Astrophysics	13,229	30.065
60	European Heart Journal	81,447	29.983
61	Circulation	1,90,210	29.690
62	Progress In Energy And Combustion Science	14,154	29.394
63	Advanced Energy Materials	93,801	29.368
64	Progress In Polymer Science	30,309	29.190
65	Electrochemical Energy Reviews	1,341	28.905
66	Nature Cell Biology	52,554	28.824
67	Nature Methods	90,805	28.547
68	Annual Review Of Immunology	20,292	28.527
69	Nature Reviews Nephrology	10,033	28.314
70	Molecular Cancer	24,931	27.401
71	Cell Metabolism	52,192	27.287
72	Lancet Psychiatry	14,839	27.083
73	Lancet Global Health	16,662	26.763
74	Annual Review Of Plant Biology	24,641	26.379
75	Clinical Microbiology Reviews	25,627	26.132
76	Journal Of Extracellular Vesicles	8,485	25.841
77	Nature Biomedical Engineering	6,476	25.671
78	Cell Research	24,108	25.617
79	Nature Immunology	54,588	25.606
80	Physics Reports-Review Section Of Physics Letters	32,130	25.600
81	Pharmacological Reviews	14,442	25.468
82	Infomat	1,460	25.405
83	Annals Of Internal Medicine	72,588	25.391
84	Advances In Physics	6,300	25.375
85	Astronomy And Astrophysics Review	2,048	25.357
86	Nature Climate Change	36,321	25.290
87	IEEE Communications Surveys And Tutorials	22,146	25.249
88	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Computational Molecular Science	7,883	25.113
89	Journal Of Hepatology	52,238	25.083
90	Lancet Infectious Diseases	42,483	25.071
91	Nature Neuroscience	73,709	24.884
92	Cell Stem Cell	32,147	24.633
93	Lancet Digital Health	1,260	24.519
94	Nature Chemistry	41,139	24.427
95	Annual Review Of Psychology	28,065	24.137
96	Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology	1,25,873	24.094
97	Trends in Chemistry	1,919	24.081
98	Science Robotics	24,394	23.643
99	Annual Review of Biochemistry	6,874	23.472
100	Annual Review of Pathology-Mechanisms of Disease	30,194	23.101