CAS major category
Medicine SCI Journals
The Medicine major category of the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition) holds 5,995 journals. This page ranks them by impact factor and gives each one's CAS zone, review time, APC and open-access status (as of October 2026). Largest minor categories: Public, Environmental & Occupational Health (377), Pharmacology & Pharmacy (346), Medicine, General & Internal (337), Oncology (330), Surgery (303), Clinical Neurology (282), Neurosciences (273), Psychiatry (263).
Medicine SCI Journals by impact factor
CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians
ISSN 0007-9235 · Wiley-Blackwell · UNITED STATESOncology
IF 671.5CAS Zone 1 · Medicine · TopReview: median 65 days to acceptanceAPC about USD 4,330Gold OA80 articles/yrSCIE · Scopus
View journal profile →LANCET
ISSN 0140-6736 · Elsevier Ltd · ENGLANDMedicine, General & Internal
IF 105.5CAS Zone 1 · Medicine · TopReview: median 47 days to acceptanceAPC about USD 7,890Hybrid OA1,484 articles/yrSCIE · Scopus
View journal profile →NAR Cancer
ISSN 2632-8674 · Oxford University Press · United KingdomMedicine-Oncology
IF 97CAS Zone 4 · MedicineReview: median 146 days to acceptanceAPC about USD 2,391Gold OA59 articles/yrESCI · Scopus · DOAJ
View journal profile →Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology
ISSN 1759-4774 · Springer Nature · ENGLANDOncology
IF 94.53CAS Zone 1 · Medicine · TopReview: 6–12 weeksSubscription131 articles/yrSCIE · Scopus
View journal profile →Nature Reviews Drug Discovery
ISSN 1474-1776 · Springer Nature · ENGLANDBiotechnology & Applied Microbiology
IF 90.65CAS Zone 1 · Medicine · TopHybrid OA241 articles/yrSCIE · Scopus
View journal profile →MMWR Surveillance Summaries
ISSN 1545-8636 · CENTERS DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION · UNITED STATESPUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
IF 88.3CAS Zone 1 · Medicine · TopGold OA5 articles/yrSCIE · Scopus
View journal profile →New England Journal of Medicine
ISSN 0028-4793 · Massachussetts Medical Society · UNITED STATESMedicine, General & Internal
IF 83.43CAS Zone 1 · Medicine · TopReview: about 1 monthSubscription987 articles/yrSCIE · Scopus
View journal profile →Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy
ISSN 2095-9907 · Springer Nature · United KingdomBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology-Genetics
IF 81.24CAS Zone 1 · Medicine · TopReview: median 192 days to acceptanceAPC about USD 3,790Gold OA428 articles/yrSCIE · Scopus · DOAJ
View journal profile →Nature Reviews Disease Primers
ISSN 2056-676X · Springer Nature · ENGLANDMedicine-General Medicine
IF 79.61CAS Zone 1 · Medicine · TopSubscription92 articles/yrSCIE · Scopus
View journal profile →World Psychiatry
ISSN 1723-8617 · Wiley-Blackwell · ITALYPsychiatry
IF 79.41CAS Zone 1 · Medicine · TopGold OA118 articles/yrSCIE · SSCI · Scopus
View journal profile →World Psychiatry
ISSN 2051-5545 · Wiley-Blackwell · ItalyNursing-Psychiatric Mental Health
IF 79.41CAS Zone 1 · Medicine · TopGold OA118 articles/yrSCIE · SSCI · Scopus
View journal profile →Annals of Oncology
ISSN 0923-7534 · Oxford University Press · ENGLANDOncology
IF 76.9CAS Zone 1 · Medicine · TopReview: median 79 days to acceptanceAPC about USD 5,080Hybrid OA5,417 articles/yrSCIE · Scopus
View journal profile →Journal of Nutritional Science
ISSN 2048-6790 · Cambridge University Press · United KingdomNUTRITION & DIETETICS
IF 76CAS Zone 4 · MedicineReview: median 232 days to acceptanceAPC about USD 3,655Gold OA96 articles/yrESCI · Scopus · DOAJ
View journal profile →Cambridge Prisms-Global Mental Health
ISSN 2054-4251 · Cambridge University PressPSYCHIATRY
IF 71CAS Zone 3 · MedicineReview: median 157 days to acceptanceAPC about USD 4,010Gold OA163 articles/yrSCIE · Scopus · DOAJ
View journal profile →JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
ISSN 0098-7484 · American Medical Association · UNITED STATESMedicine, General & Internal
IF 64.95CAS Zone 1 · Medicine · TopReview: about 2 monthsSubscription1,837 articles/yrSCIE · Scopus
View journal profile →Nature reviews. Cancer
ISSN 1474-175X · Springer Nature · ENGLANDOncology
IF 60.46CAS Zone 1 · Medicine · TopReview: 6–12 weeksSubscription115 articles/yrSCIE · Scopus
View journal profile →Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology
ISSN 1759-5045 · Springer Nature · UNITED STATESGastroenterology & Hepatology
IF 57.15CAS Zone 1 · Medicine · TopReview: 6–12 weeksSubscription133 articles/yrSCIE · Scopus
View journal profile →Antibody Therapeutics
ISSN 2516-4236 · Oxford University Press · United KingdomMedicine-Immunology and Allergy
IF 56Review: median 103 days to acceptanceAPC about USD 2,687Gold OA28 articles/yrESCI · Scopus · DOAJ
View journal profile →Cancer Cell
ISSN 1535-6108 · Cell Press · UNITED STATESOncology
IF 55.79CAS Zone 1 · Medicine · TopReview: median 236 days to acceptanceAPC about USD 10,400Hybrid OA216 articles/yrSCIE · Scopus
View journal profile →BMJ-British Medical Journal
ISSN 1756-1833 · BMJ Publishing Group · ENGLANDMEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
IF 52.71CAS Zone 1 · Medicine · TopReview: 2–4 weeksHybrid OA2,851 articles/yrSCIE · Scopus
View journal profile →Nature Medicine
ISSN 1078-8956 · Springer Nature · UNITED STATESBiochemistry & Molecular Biology
IF 52.24CAS Zone 1 · Medicine · TopReview: median 165 days to acceptanceAPC about USD 12,690Hybrid OA748 articles/yrSCIE · Scopus
View journal profile →LANCET NEUROLOGY
ISSN 1474-4422 · Lancet Publishing Group · ENGLANDClinical Neurology
IF 51.38CAS Zone 1 · Medicine · TopReview: median 128 days to acceptanceAPC about USD 7,280Hybrid OA254 articles/yrSCIE · Scopus
View journal profile →European Heart Journal - Digital Health
ISSN 2634-3916 · Oxford University PressCARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS
IF 50CAS Zone 3 · MedicineReview: median 118 days to acceptanceAPC charged, amount not publishedGold OA151 articles/yrESCI · Scopus · DOAJ
View journal profile →Nature Reviews Cardiology
ISSN 1759-5002 · Springer Nature · ENGLANDCardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
IF 49.85CAS Zone 1 · Medicine · TopReview: 6–12 weeksSubscription130 articles/yrSCIE · Scopus
View journal profile →Medicine journals: frequently asked questions
How many SCI journals are there in Medicine?
As of October 2026, JournalCompass lists 5995 journals in the Medicine major category of the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition): 366 in Zone 1, 754 in Zone 2, 1129 in Zone 3 and 3539 in Zone 4, 456 of them Top journals. By database: SCIE 3600, SSCI 614, A&HCI 3 and ESCI 2013 (a journal can be indexed in more than one).
Which Medicine journals are in CAS Zone 1?
By impact factor, the Zone 1 journals in Medicine include CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians (impact factor 671.5), LANCET (impact factor 105.5), Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology (impact factor 94.53), Nature Reviews Drug Discovery (impact factor 90.65), MMWR Surveillance Summaries (impact factor 88.3), 366 in all; see the full list of Zone 1 Medicine journals.
Which Medicine journals have fast peer review?
Across the 5366 Medicine journals with review-time data, the median review time is about 14.5 weeks. Among Zone 1–2 journals, fast ones include JAMA Oncology (about 0.4 weeks, publisher figure), Seminars in Nuclear Medicine (about 0.9 weeks, article statistics), Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics (about 1 weeks, publisher figure), Gastroenterology (about 1.3 weeks, publisher figure), Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging (about 1.4 weeks, publisher figure). Review times come first from article statistics (the median from submission to acceptance over the last 24 months), then from publisher figures and community reports; a single manuscript can take much longer or shorter.
Which Medicine journals charge no APC?
506 journals in Medicine charge authors no article processing charge (APC); those with the highest impact factors include Romanian Journal of Internal Medicine (impact factor 16), Journal of Ultrasonography (impact factor 15), Journal of Biomedical Science (impact factor 14.41), Journal of Sport and Health Science (impact factor 13.04), Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences (impact factor 12.56); see the list of Medicine journals with no APC. Subscription journals usually charge no APC but may charge for colour figures or extra pages; check the journal's website before submitting.
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