Journal rankings · indicator year 2002
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Field ranking · 2002
Medicine journal rankings 2002
1,853 ranked journals · Field in Health Sciences
Medicine has 1,853 ranked journals in 2002. The median journal has an OJR of 0.56, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.03 on 2001; Q1 starts at OJR 0.98. The top three are CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, Endocrine Reviews, and New England Journal of Medicine.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2002. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 1999–2001, the window the 2002 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields in Medicine (42)
Up to Health Sciences- Surgery358
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine133
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health125
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine124
- Oncology96
- Epidemiology87
- Infectious Diseases78
- Psychiatry and Mental health74
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging65
- Neurology64
- Physiology62
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism57
Show all 42 subfields
- Dermatology47
- Hematology47
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine47
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health46
- Ophthalmology42
- Obstetrics and Gynecology36
- Nephrology26
- Pharmacology26
- Rheumatology25
- Emergency Medicine23
- Reproductive Medicine22
- Otorhinolaryngology18
- Complementary and alternative medicine16
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine15
- Rehabilitation15
- Geriatrics and Gerontology13
- Immunology and Allergy13
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine11
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine9
- Genetics8
- Hepatology7
- Gastroenterology6
- Urology5
- Internal Medicine3
- Transplantation2
- Biochemistry1
- Family Practice1
- Anatomy0
- Health Informatics0
- Microbiology0
1,853 ranked journals
Filters
Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2001. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 1999–2001, the window the 2002 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 1999–2001 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2000 to 2002. | Compare |
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1CA A Cancer Journal for CliniciansOAWiley · United States | 12.04Q1 | 28.24 4.09 up from 2001 | 69 | 100% | $4,330 | ||
2Endocrine ReviewsOxford University Press · United States | 10.74Q1 | 18.79 3.01 down from 2001 | 137 | 21% | $3,750 | ||
3New England Journal of MedicineMassachusetts Medical Society · United States | 9.35Q1 | 17.18 2.64 up from 2001 | 2,525 | 25% | — | ||
4Clinical Microbiology ReviewsAmerican Society for Microbiology · United States | 6.61Q1 | 10.14 1.29 up from 2001 | 142 | 100% | — | ||
5Nature MedicineNature Portfolio · United States | 6.00Q1 | 13.69 1.03 up from 2001 | 1,179 | 12% | $12,690 | ||
6Archives of General PsychiatryAmerican Medical Association · United States | 5.78Q1 | 9.55 0.28 up from 2001 | 477 | 9% | — | ||
7Journal of Clinical OncologyLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 4.58Q1 | 9.65 1.17 up from 2001 | 1,686 | 2% | — | ||
8CirculationLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 4.21Q1 | 8.94 1.26 up from 2001 | 3,940 | 46% | — | ||
9JNCI Journal of the National Cancer InstituteOxford University Press · United States | 4.14Q1 | 9.45 0.49 up from 2001 | 838 | 23% | $5,436 | ||
10Medical Image AnalysisElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.95Q1 | 4.60 1.90 up from 2001 | 83 | 10% | $4,170 | ||
11Seminars in Liver DiseaseThieme Medical Publishers (Germany) · United States | 3.92Q1 | 7.35 0.06 down from 2001 | 122 | 0% | — | ||
12Annals of SurgeryLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 3.81Q1 | 6.76 0.09 down from 2001 | 631 | 91% | — | ||
13GastroenterologyElsevier BV · United States | 3.77Q1 | 7.82 0.56 up from 2001 | 1,278 | 64% | $4,180 | ||
14BrainOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 3.66Q1 | 7.64 0.75 up from 2001 | 648 | 28% | $5,570 | ||
15DiabetesAmerican Diabetes Association · United States | 3.53Q1 | 8.36 1.17 up from 2001 | 1,004 | 52% | — | ||
16MedicineOAWolters Kluwer · United States | 3.48Q1 | 5.86 0.42 down from 2001 | 100 | 8% | $1,950 | ||
17Annals of Internal MedicineAmerican College of Physicians · United States | 3.33Q1 | 5.96 0.66 up from 2001 | 1,408 | 1% | — | ||
18Annals of NeurologyWiley · United States | 3.32Q1 | 7.02 0.06 down from 2001 | 915 | 5% | $4,700 | ||
19Journal of the American College of CardiologyElsevier BV · United States | 3.29Q1 | 5.58 0.39 down from 2001 | 1,830 | 99% | $7,166 | ||
20Journal of Investigative Dermatology Symposium ProceedingsElsevier BV · United States | 3.28Q1 | 2.07 1.07 down from 2001 | 119 | 100% | $3,200 | ||
21IEEE Transactions on Medical ImagingInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 3.25Q1 | 3.61 0.44 up from 2001 | 356 | 10% | $2,645 | ||
22Brain PathologyOAWiley · United Kingdom | 3.13Q1 | 6.31 2.73 down from 2001 | 141 | 94% | $4,080 | ||
23Archives of Internal MedicineAmerican Medical Association · United States | 2.98Q1 | 4.65 0.25 down from 2001 | 1,465 | 9% | — | ||
24Clinical PharmacokineticsAdis, Springer Healthcare · Switzerland | 2.93Q1 | 4.33 0.41 down from 2001 | 218 | 2% | $4,990 | ||
25American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care MedicineAmerican Thoracic Society · United States | 2.93Q1 | 6.24 0.01 up from 2001 | 2,127 | 2% | — | ||
26Archives of Family MedicineAmerican Medical Association · United States | 2.92Q1 | 3.98 1.41 up from 2001 | 171 | — | — | ||
27Progress in Retinal and Eye ResearchElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.91Q1 | 5.43 0.20 up from 2001 | 83 | 0% | $6,710 | ||
28HepatologyLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 2.83Q1 | 7.95 1.74 up from 2001 | 1,362 | 39% | $2,900 | ||
29RadiologyRadiological Society of North America · United States | 2.74Q1 | 4.34 0.21 up from 2001 | 1,675 | 2% | — | ||
30AddictionWiley · United Kingdom | 2.69Q1 | 4.66 1.74 up from 2001 | 119 | 22% | $4,600 | ||
31Arthritis & RheumatismWiley · United States | 2.64Q1 | 5.52 0.57 up from 2001 | 1,336 | 9% | — | ||
32Schizophrenia BulletinOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 2.63Q1 | 4.00 0.41 down from 2001 | 193 | 29% | $4,981 | ||
33Seminars in Cancer BiologyElsevier BV · United States | 2.61Q1 | 5.79 0.72 up from 2001 | 134 | 3% | $6,060 | ||
34Journal of Bone and Mineral ResearchOxford University Press · United States | 2.59Q1 | 5.73 0.24 up from 2001 | 846 | 34% | $3,780 | ||
35Emerging infectious diseasesOACenters for Disease Control and Prevention · United States | 2.58Q1 | 3.73 1.59 down from 2001 | 671 | 100% | — | ||
36PEDIATRICSAmerican Academy of Pediatrics · United States | 2.54Q1 | 3.96 0.18 up from 2001 | 2,094 | 2% | — | ||
37Natural Product ReportsRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 2.49Q1 | 4.42 0.31 down from 2001 | 123 | 2% | — | ||
38The Lancet Infectious DiseasesElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.48Q1 | 4.17no 2001 value | 36 | 5% | $7,280 | — | |
39American Journal of Health-System PharmacyOxford University Press · United States | 2.48Q1 | 2.35 0.86 down from 2001 | 51 | 6% | $4,448 | ||
40Osteoporosis InternationalSpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 2.42Q1 | 3.74 0.55 down from 2001 | 381 | 5% | $5,090 | ||
41DiabetologiaSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 2.42Q1 | 4.63 0.15 down from 2001 | 732 | 78% | $3,490 | ||
42NeurologyLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 2.41Q1 | 4.86 0.44 up from 2001 | 3,109 | 10% | — | ||
43Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & MetabolismSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 2.41Q1 | 5.90 0.16 up from 2001 | 476 | 51% | $4,200 | ||
44Neurobiology of DiseaseOAElsevier BV · United States | 2.41Q1 | 5.99 0.67 up from 2001 | 198 | 100% | $4,180 | ||
45CloningMary Ann Liebert, Inc. · United States | 2.40Q1 | 2.59 0.44 down from 2001 | 49 | — | — | ||
46Parasitology TodayElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.39Q1 | 4.36 0.90 up from 2001 | 299 | — | — | ||
47Reviews of ReproductionBioscientifica · United Kingdom | 2.38Q1 | 5.14 1.70 up from 2001 | 57 | — | — | ||
48StrokeLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 2.38Q1 | 5.03 0.59 up from 2001 | 1,516 | 51% | — | ||
49Endocrine Related CancerBioscientifica · United Kingdom | 2.37Q1 | 6.52 2.57 up from 2001 | 108 | 84% | — | ||
50Current Opinion in LipidologyLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United Kingdom | 2.35Q1 | 4.73 0.36 up from 2001 | 281 | 2% | — |
Subfields of Medicine, compared.
- Surgery358
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine133
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health125
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine124
- Oncology96
- Epidemiology87
- Infectious Diseases78
- Psychiatry and Mental health74
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging65
- Neurology64
- Physiology62
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism57
- Dermatology47
- Hematology47
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine47
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health46
- Ophthalmology42
- Obstetrics and Gynecology36
- Nephrology26
- Pharmacology26
- Rheumatology25
- Emergency Medicine23
- Reproductive Medicine22
- Otorhinolaryngology18
- Complementary and alternative medicine16
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine15
- Rehabilitation15
- Geriatrics and Gerontology13
- Immunology and Allergy13
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine11
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine9
- Genetics8
- Hepatology7
- Gastroenterology6
- Urology5
- Internal Medicine3
- Transplantation2
- Biochemistry1
- Family Practice1
- Anatomy0
- Health Informatics0
- Microbiology0
Journals
Citations made in 2002. Corpus-wide, 69.2% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
652 additional Medicine journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 1999–2001, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2002. Publication window: 1999–2001. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 1,853
- Window papers (baseline)
- 851,873 Change unavailable from indicator year 1999
- Median OJR
- 0.56 Change unavailable from indicator year 1999
- Rising journals (2025)
- 404Comparison-group list (404)
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 1999–2001 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 1,634 | 1,746 | 1,853 | 1,933 | 2,023 | 2,148 | 2,258 | 2,390 | 2,497 | 2,616 | 2,755 | 2,949 | 3,131 | 3,412 | 3,611 | 3,760 | 3,936 | 4,122 | 4,350 | 4,487 | 4,543 | 4,639 | 4,671 | 4,692 | 4,640 | 4,521 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 709,310 | 795,253 | 851,873 | 918,177 | 953,693 | 1,044,918 | 1,146,485 | 1,266,791 | 1,370,140 | 1,505,784 | 1,634,063 | 1,757,108 | 1,828,247 | 1,889,231 | 1,983,210 | 2,073,801 | 2,149,396 | 2,185,378 | 2,236,129 | 2,298,903 | 2,395,179 | 2,590,856 | 2,809,142 | 2,949,143 | 2,961,797 | 2,982,923 | |
| Median OJR | 0.48 | 0.53 | 0.56 | 0.60 | 0.61 | 0.63 | 0.68 | 0.704 | 0.724 | 0.739 | 0.756 | 0.748 | 0.760 | 0.730 | 0.749 | 0.741 | 0.725 | 0.717 | 0.701 | 0.702 | 0.715 | 0.663 | 0.655 | 0.661 | 0.660 | 0.67 |
| Measure | Category statistic | Eligible population |
|---|---|---|
| Journal self-citation share | Median: 3.2% | 3,512 journals |
| Retracted papers per 1,000 | Pooled rate: 1.465 per 1,000 | 3,472 journals |
| Output growth | Median: -6.9% | 4,166 journals |
| Open access share | Median: 100.0% | 4,521 journals |
| Listed APC (USD) | Median including $0 listed prices: $3,046 | 2,526 ranked journals with a known listed price, including $0 listed prices |
| International collaboration share | Median: 20.0% | 4,393 journals |
| Review share | Median: 2.8% | 4,521 journals |
| Articles-only OJR | Median: 0.69 | 4,492 journals |
| Uncited share | Median: 37.6% | 4,521 journals |
| Citation concentration | Median: 46.3% | 4,514 journals |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.