Top list journals of 2026
As of January 2026 and until the end of the year, these scientific journals will form the basis for KI’s so-called top publications list. The list of qualified journals is based on information from the Medline (PubMed) database and is produced by our University Library in late autumn each year to determine the auto-feed of high-impact publications on ki.se for the coming year.
Inclusion criteria 2026
- The chart below contains journals with JIF (Journal Impact Factor) or JCf (Journal Citation Factor, i.e. field-normalised citation score) corresponding to the top 5% of the journals in the Medline database during the years 2020–2024.
- JIF limit: 13.1
- JCf limit: 2.6
- Journals from other research disciplines have been excluded from the chart, but may still qualify for the top list auto-feed on ki.se.
More information on selection criteria for KI's top publication list
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| Journals by first letter | No. KI articles 2020-2024 |
|---|---|
| Accounts of chemical research | 2 |
| ACS nano | 28 |
| Acta neuropathologica | 15 |
| Acta pharmaceutica Sinica. B | 1 |
| Advanced composites and hybrid materials | 1 |
| Advanced drug delivery reviews | 6 |
| Advanced functional materials | 4 |
| Advanced materials | 14 |
| Advanced science | 41 |
| Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association | 133 |
| American journal of clinical dermatology | 4 |
| American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation | 13 |
| American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine | 25 |
| Angewandte Chemie | 15 |
| Animal nutrition | 1 |
| Annals of internal medicine | 18 |
| Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology | 30 |
| Annals of surgery | 61 |
| Annals of the rheumatic diseases | 71 |
| Annual review of animal biosciences | 1 |
| Annual review of biochemistry | 1 |
| Annual review of biophysics | 1 |
| Annual review of clinical psychology | 1 |
| Annual review of neuroscience | 2 |
| Annual review of nutrition | 2 |
| Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology | 4 |
| Arthritis & rheumatology | 46 |
| Autophagy | 19 |
| Bioactive materials | 6 |
| Blood | 86 |
| BMJ : British medical journal | 40 |
| Bone research | 1 |
| Brain : a journal of neurology | 45 |
| British journal of sports medicine | 35 |
| Cancer cell | 7 |
| Cancer communications | 4 |
| Cancer discovery | 13 |
| Cancer research | 36 |
| Cardiovascular research | 38 |
| Cell | 35 |
| Cell death and differentiation | 28 |
| Cell host & microbe | 12 |
| Cell metabolism | 18 |
| Cell research | 5 |
| Cell stem cell | 14 |
| Cellular & molecular immunology | 8 |
| Chem | 1 |
| Chemical engineering journal | 1 |
| Chemical reviews | 3 |
| Chemical Society reviews | 1 |
| Circulation | 63 |
| Circulation research | 22 |
| Clinical and molecular hepatology | 1 |
| Clinical microbiology reviews | 2 |
| Computers in human behavior | 1 |
| Diabetes care | 52 |
| Drug resistance updates : reviews and commentaries in antimicrobial and anticancer chemotherapy | 3 |
| Drugs | 5 |
| Endocrine pathology | 16 |
| Endocrine reviews | 10 |
| European heart journal | 108 |
| European journal of heart failure | 105 |
| European urology | 25 |
| Experimental hematology & oncology | 1 |
| Gastroenterology | 44 |
| Genome medicine | 27 |
| Genomics, proteomics & bioinformatics | 1 |
| Gut | 32 |
| HemaSphere | 19 |
| Hepatology : official journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases | 33 |
| Human reproduction open | 13 |
| Human reproduction update | 6 |
| iMeta | 1 |
| Immunity | 24 |
| Implementation science : IS | 14 |
| Intensive care medicine | 23 |
| International journal of oral science | 1 |
| International journal of surgery | 13 |
| International journal of transgender health | 4 |
| JACC. CardioOncology | 3 |
| JACC. Cardiovascular imaging | 8 |
| JAMA | 23 |
| JAMA cardiology | 11 |
| JAMA dermatology | 12 |
| JAMA internal medicine | 11 |
| JAMA neurology | 33 |
| JAMA oncology | 21 |
| JAMA ophthalmology | 3 |
| JAMA pediatrics | 17 |
| JAMA psychiatry | 54 |
| JAMA surgery | 11 |
| Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology | 58 |
| Journal of extracellular vesicles | 23 |
| Journal of hematology & oncology | 3 |
| Journal of hepatology | 36 |
| Journal of orthopaedic translation | 2 |
| Journal of religion and health | 1 |
| Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | 17 |
| Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology | 6 |
| Journal of the American Chemical Society | 15 |
| Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 42 |
| Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN | 17 |
| Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN | 4 |
| Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer | 3 |
| Kidney international | 22 |
| Leukemia | 50 |
| Light, science & applications | 3 |
| Matter | 1 |
| Microbiome | 11 |
| Military Medical Research | 2 |
| Molecular cancer | 5 |
| Molecular cell | 20 |
| Molecular neurodegeneration | 9 |
| Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy | 16 |
| Nature | 95 |
| Nature aging | 14 |
| Nature biomedical engineering | 5 |
| Nature biotechnology | 20 |
| Nature cancer | 8 |
| Nature cell biology | 20 |
| Nature chemical biology | 7 |
| Nature chemistry | 1 |
| Nature communications | 487 |
| Nature computational science | 3 |
| Nature ecology & evolution | 3 |
| Nature food | 1 |
| Nature genetics | 70 |
| Nature human behaviour | 22 |
| Nature immunology | 18 |
| Nature materials | 2 |
| Nature medicine | 45 |
| Nature metabolism | 24 |
| Nature methods | 14 |
| Nature microbiology | 7 |
| Nature nanotechnology | 6 |
| Nature neuroscience | 26 |
| Nature plants | 2 |
| Nature protocols | 15 |
| Nature reviews. Cancer | 5 |
| Nature reviews. Cardiology | 5 |
| Nature reviews. Chemistry | 1 |
| Nature reviews. Clinical oncology | 7 |
| Nature reviews. Disease primers | 15 |
| Nature reviews. Drug discovery | 5 |
| Nature reviews. Endocrinology | 8 |
| Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology | 7 |
| Nature reviews. Immunology | 5 |
| Nature reviews. Materials | 1 |
| Nature reviews. Methods primers | 1 |
| Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology | 3 |
| Nature reviews. Nephrology | 8 |
| Nature reviews. Neurology | 11 |
| Nature reviews. Neuroscience | 4 |
| Nature reviews. Rheumatology | 7 |
| Nature reviews. Urology | 3 |
| Neuron | 16 |
| Neuro-oncology | 14 |
| NPJ digital medicine | 12 |
| Nucleic acids research | 47 |
| Ophthalmology | 6 |
| Periodontology 2000 | 9 |
| Perspectives on psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science | 3 |
| Pharmacological reviews | 9 |
| Physiological reviews | 4 |
| Progress in lipid research | 1 |
| Progress in retinal and eye research | 1 |
| Psychological bulletin | 3 |
| Psychological science in the public interest : a journal of the American Psychological Society | 1 |
| Psychology of aesthetics, creativity, and the arts | 1 |
| Psychotherapy and psychosomatics | 8 |
| Radiology | 13 |
| Redox biology | 42 |
| Science | 40 |
| Science bulletin | 1 |
| Science immunology | 35 |
| Science translational medicine | 32 |
| Seminars in cancer biology | 11 |
| Signal transduction and targeted therapy | 3 |
| The American journal of psychiatry | 25 |
| The British journal of dermatology | 25 |
| The European respiratory journal | 46 |
| The ISME journal | 2 |
| The Journal of clinical investigation | 39 |
| The Journal of experimental medicine | 43 |
| The Lancet | 82 |
| The Lancet regional health. Europe | 51 |
| The Lancet. Child & adolescent health | 18 |
| The Lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology | 20 |
| The Lancet. Digital health | 19 |
| The Lancet. Gastroenterology & hepatology | 22 |
| The Lancet. Global health | 35 |
| The Lancet. Haematology | 21 |
| The Lancet. Healthy longevity | 16 |
| The Lancet. HIV | 9 |
| The Lancet. Infectious diseases | 21 |
| The Lancet. Microbe | 6 |
| The Lancet. Neurology | 31 |
| The Lancet. Oncology | 31 |
| The Lancet. Planetary health | 10 |
| The Lancet. Psychiatry | 30 |
| The Lancet. Public health | 23 |
| The Lancet. Respiratory medicine | 15 |
| The Lancet. Rheumatology | 11 |
| The New England journal of medicine | 61 |
| Theranostics | 9 |
| Translational neurodegeneration | 8 |
| Trends in biotechnology | 1 |
| Trends in cancer | 4 |
| Trends in cell biology | 2 |
| Trends in cognitive sciences | 6 |
| Trends in genetics : TIG | 3 |
| Trends in immunology | 8 |
| Trends in microbiology | 3 |
| Trends in molecular medicine | 7 |
| Trends in neurosciences | 4 |
| Trends in pharmacological sciences | 6 |
| World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) | 9 |
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