Last Updated on July 1, 2026 by Dr. Bhagat
Here you will find the complete list of 12,000+ journals with Impact Factor.
The Journal Citation Reports (JCR) is a database provided by Clarivate Analytics (formerly owned by Thomson Reuters) that provides information on the impact and influence of scholarly journals.
The JCR includes data on the number of citations received by articles published in each journal, as well as information on the journal’s circulation, acceptance rate, and other metrics.
The JCR is widely used in the academic community as a tool for evaluating the relative importance of different journals within a given field or discipline.
What is JCR Impact Factor?
The most well-known metric from JCR is the Impact Factor, which is calculated by dividing the number of citations received by articles published in a journal over a two-year period by the total number of articles published in that journal during the same period.
This gives a measure of how often the articles published in a journal are cited by other researchers.
| Rank | Journal Name | JIF 2024 |
| 1 | CA-A CANCER JOURNAL FOR CLINICIANS | 232.4 |
| 2 | NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY | 103.3 |
| 3 | NATURE REVIEWS DRUG DISCOVERY | 101.8 |
| 3 | NATURE REVIEWS DRUG DISCOVERY | 101.8 |
| 4 | NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY | 90.2 |
| 5 | Kidney International Supplements | 89.6 |
| 6 | LANCET | 88.5 |
| 7 | Nature Reviews Materials | 86.2 |
| 7 | Nature Reviews Materials | 86.2 |
| 8 | Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology | 82.2 |
| 9 | NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE | 78.5 |
| 10 | Nature Reviews Earth & Environment | 71.5 |
| 10 | Nature Reviews Earth & Environment | 71.5 |
| 11 | NATURE REVIEWS CANCER | 66.8 |
| 12 | World Psychiatry | 65.8 |
| 13 | ANNALS OF ONCOLOGY | 65.4 |
| 14 | Living Reviews in Relativity | 62.5 |
| 15 | NATURE REVIEWS IMMUNOLOGY | 60.9 |
| 16 | Nature Reviews Disease Primers | 60.6 |
| 17 | MMWR Recommendations and Reports | 60.1 |
| 17 | Nature Energy | 60.1 |
| 17 | Nature Energy | 60.1 |
| 19 | Nature Reviews Methods Primers | 56.0 |
| 20 | CHEMICAL REVIEWS | 55.8 |
| 21 | JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION | 55.0 |
| 22 | Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy | 52.7 |
| 22 | Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy | 52.7 |
| 23 | NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS | 52.0 |
| 24 | Nature Reviews Chemistry | 51.7 |
| 25 | Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology | 51.0 |
| 26 | NATURE MEDICINE | 50.0 |
| 26 | NATURE MEDICINE | 50.0 |
| 26 | NATURE MEDICINE | 50.0 |
| 27 | MMWR Surveillance Summaries | 49.8 |
| 28 | NATURE | 48.5 |
| 29 | IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials | 46.7 |
| 29 | IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials | 46.7 |
| 30 | SCIENCE | 45.8 |
| 31 | LANCET NEUROLOGY | 45.5 |
| 32 | REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS | 44.8 |
| 33 | Nature Catalysis | 44.6 |
| 34 | CANCER CELL | 44.5 |
| 34 | CANCER CELL | 44.5 |
| 35 | Nature Reviews Cardiology | 44.2 |
| 36 | BMJ-British Medical Journal | 42.7 |
| 37 | CELL | 42.5 |
| 37 | CELL | 42.5 |
| 38 | JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY | 41.9 |
| 39 | Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology | 41.8 |
| 40 | NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY | 41.7 |
| 41 | Nature Electronics | 40.9 |
| 42 | Journal of Hematology & Oncology | 40.4 |
| 42 | Journal of Hematology & Oncology | 40.4 |
| 43 | Nature Reviews Endocrinology | 40.0 |
| 43 | PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE | 40.0 |
| 45 | Nature Reviews Nephrology | 39.8 |
| 46 | Nature Reviews Physics | 39.5 |
| 46 | Nature Reviews Physics | 39.5 |
| 47 | CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS | 39.0 |
| 48 | CIRCULATION | 38.6 |
| 48 | CIRCULATION | 38.6 |
| 48 | Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology | 38.6 |
| 50 | NATURE MATERIALS | 38.5 |
| 50 | NATURE MATERIALS | 38.5 |
| 50 | NATURE MATERIALS | 38.5 |
| 50 | NATURE MATERIALS | 38.5 |
| 51 | Nature Reviews Bioengineering | 37.6 |
| 51 | Nature Reviews Bioengineering | 37.6 |
| 52 | REVIEWS OF GEOPHYSICS | 37.3 |
| 53 | PROGRESS IN ENERGY AND COMBUSTION SCIENCE | 37.0 |
| 53 | PROGRESS IN ENERGY AND COMBUSTION SCIENCE | 37.0 |
| 53 | PROGRESS IN ENERGY AND COMBUSTION SCIENCE | 37.0 |
| 53 | PROGRESS IN ENERGY AND COMBUSTION SCIENCE | 37.0 |
| 54 | eScience | 36.6 |
| 54 | eScience | 36.6 |
| 55 | Nano-Micro Letters | 36.3 |
| 55 | Nano-Micro Letters | 36.3 |
| 55 | Nano-Micro Letters | 36.3 |
| 55 | Electrochemical Energy Reviews | 36.3 |
| 57 | LANCET ONCOLOGY | 35.9 |
| 58 | EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL | 35.6 |
| 59 | Joule | 35.4 |
| 59 | Joule | 35.4 |
| 59 | Joule | 35.4 |
| 60 | Nature Nanotechnology | 34.9 |
| 60 | Nature Nanotechnology | 34.9 |
| 61 | Annual Review of Pathology-Mechanisms of Disease | 34.5 |
| 62 | Molecular Cancer | 33.9 |
| 62 | Molecular Cancer | 33.9 |
| 63 | Cancer Discovery | 33.3 |
| 63 | Annual Review of Immunology | 33.3 |
| 65 | iMeta | 33.2 |
| 66 | Nature Reviews Neurology | 33.1 |
| 67 | JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY | 33.0 |
| 68 | Nature Photonics | 32.9 |
| 68 | Nature Photonics | 32.9 |
| 69 | Lancet Respiratory Medicine | 32.8 |
| 69 | Lancet Respiratory Medicine | 32.8 |
| 70 | Nature Reviews Rheumatology | 32.7 |
| 71 | Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics | 32.5 |
| 72 | NATURE METHODS | 32.1 |
| 72 | eLight | 32.1 |
| 74 | Interdisciplinary Materials | 31.6 |
| 74 | Interdisciplinary Materials | 31.6 |
| 74 | Interdisciplinary Materials | 31.6 |
| 75 | Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior | 31.1 |
| 75 | Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior | 31.1 |
| 76 | LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES | 31.0 |
| 77 | Cell Metabolism | 30.9 |
| 77 | Cell Metabolism | 30.9 |
| 78 | Energy & Environmental Science | 30.8 |
| 78 | Energy & Environmental Science | 30.8 |
| 78 | Energy & Environmental Science | 30.8 |
| 78 | Energy & Environmental Science | 30.8 |
| 79 | Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics | 30.7 |
| 80 | Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics | 30.2 |
| 80 | Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics | 30.2 |
| 81 | PHYSICS REPORTS-REVIEW SECTION OF PHYSICS LETTERS | 29.5 |
| 82 | Annual Review of Psychology | 29.4 |
| 82 | Annual Review of Psychology | 29.4 |
| 83 | NATURE GENETICS | 29.0 |
| 84 | Physiological Reviews | 28.7 |
| 85 | Nature Cancer | 28.5 |
| 86 | ACM COMPUTING SURVEYS | 28.0 |
| 87 | NATURE IMMUNOLOGY | 27.6 |
| 87 | Living Reviews in Solar Physics | 27.6 |
| 89 | Science Robotics | 27.5 |
| 90 | Nature Climate Change | 27.1 |
| 90 | Nature Climate Change | 27.1 |
| 90 | Nature Climate Change | 27.1 |
| 90 | Nature Sustainability | 27.1 |
| 90 | Nature Sustainability | 27.1 |
| 90 | Nature Sustainability | 27.1 |
| 92 | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT | 27.0 |
| 92 | Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Computational Molecular Science | 27.0 |
| 92 | Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Computational Molecular Science | 27.0 |
| 94 | ADVANCED MATERIALS | 26.8 |
| 94 | ADVANCED MATERIALS | 26.8 |
| 94 | ADVANCED MATERIALS | 26.8 |
| 94 | ADVANCED MATERIALS | 26.8 |
| 94 | ADVANCED MATERIALS | 26.8 |
| 94 | ADVANCED MATERIALS | 26.8 |
| 94 | NEW ASTRONOMY REVIEWS | 26.8 |
| 94 | MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING R-REPORTS | 26.8 |
| 94 | MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING R-REPORTS | 26.8 |
| 97 | NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE | 26.7 |
| 98 | Nature Biomedical Engineering | 26.6 |
| 99 | ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS REVIEW | 26.5 |
| 99 | Annual Review of Plant Biology | 26.5 |
It is important to note that JCR provides data on journals in the natural and social sciences, and in the arts and humanities. It does not cover journals in the field of medicine, which have their own citation report, the Journal Citation Reports in the Science Edition (JCR-SE) and the Journal Citation Reports in the Social Science Edition (JCR-SSE).
Should you care about the impact factor of a Journal?
Whether or not you should care about the impact factor of a journal depends on your specific needs and goals.
For some researchers, publishing in high-impact journals is important for advancing their careers and building their professional reputations. For others, the most important factor may be the audience or readership of a particular journal.
Additionally, Some fields have more stringent criteria for publishing papers, thus it may be important to publish in high-impact journals to be considered as a reputable researcher.
On the other hand, some fields may not be as concerned about the journal’s impact factor, the most important thing is the content and the advances in the field.
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