Journal rankings · indicator year 2004
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Field ranking · 2004
Medicine journal rankings 2004
2,023 ranked journals · Field in Health Sciences
Medicine has 2,023 ranked journals in 2004. The median journal has an OJR of 0.61, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.01 on 2003; Q1 starts at OJR 1.07. The top three are CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, New England Journal of Medicine, and Clinical Microbiology Reviews.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2004. 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 2001–2003, the window the 2004 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- Surgery391
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine152
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health137
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine136
- Oncology109
- Epidemiology94
- Infectious Diseases86
- Psychiatry and Mental health82
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging71
- Neurology68
- Physiology67
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism65
Show all 42 subfields
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine51
- Dermatology49
- Hematology49
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health49
- Ophthalmology43
- Obstetrics and Gynecology38
- Pharmacology30
- Rheumatology30
- Nephrology28
- Reproductive Medicine25
- Emergency Medicine23
- Complementary and alternative medicine21
- Otorhinolaryngology18
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine16
- Rehabilitation16
- Geriatrics and Gerontology14
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine13
- Immunology and Allergy13
- Genetics8
- Hepatology7
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine6
- Gastroenterology6
- Urology5
- Internal Medicine3
- Transplantation2
- Biochemistry1
- Family Practice1
- Anatomy0
- Health Informatics0
- Microbiology0
2,023 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 2003. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2001–2003, the window the 2004 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2001–2003 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 2004. | Compare |
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1CA A Cancer Journal for CliniciansOAWiley · United States | 15.99Q1 | 43.02 13.49 up from 2003 | 66 | 100% | $4,330 | ||
2New England Journal of MedicineMassachusetts Medical Society · United States | 10.19Q1 | 19.73 0.70 up from 2003 | 2,638 | 23% | — | ||
3Clinical Microbiology ReviewsAmerican Society for Microbiology · United States | 7.57Q1 | 12.60 1.26 down from 2003 | 127 | 100% | — | ||
4Endocrine ReviewsOxford University Press · United States | 6.85Q1 | 17.37 2.98 up from 2003 | 147 | 24% | $3,750 | ||
5Nature MedicineNature Portfolio · United States | 6.03Q1 | 14.46 0.87 up from 2003 | 1,169 | 16% | $12,690 | ||
6Cancer CellCell Press · Netherlands | 5.73Q1 | 16.17 1.48 up from 2003 | 270 | 98% | $10,400 | ||
7Archives of General PsychiatryAmerican Medical Association · United States | 5.50Q1 | 10.38 1.35 up from 2003 | 467 | 12% | — | ||
8CirculationLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 5.28Q1 | 12.71 2.06 up from 2003 | 3,681 | 45% | — | ||
9Journal of Clinical OncologyLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 4.16Q1 | 9.38 0.58 down from 2003 | 2,295 | 5% | — | ||
10JNCI Journal of the National Cancer InstituteOxford University Press · United States | 4.06Q1 | 10.19 0.82 up from 2003 | 762 | 38% | $5,436 | ||
11DiabetesAmerican Diabetes Association · United States | 4.00Q1 | 10.00 1.13 up from 2003 | 1,346 | 56% | — | ||
12BrainOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 3.98Q1 | 8.59 0.06 up from 2003 | 758 | 29% | $5,570 | ||
13IEEE Transactions on Medical ImagingInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 3.95Q1 | 5.46 1.04 up from 2003 | 423 | 13% | $2,645 | ||
14Annals of Internal MedicineAmerican College of Physicians · United States | 3.89Q1 | 6.95 0.12 up from 2003 | 1,325 | 2% | — | ||
15GastroenterologyElsevier BV · United States | 3.81Q1 | 9.35 0.72 up from 2003 | 1,505 | 48% | $4,180 | ||
16The Lancet Infectious DiseasesElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.71Q1 | 7.74 0.39 up from 2003 | 229 | 18% | $7,280 | ||
17Annals of SurgeryLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 3.58Q1 | 6.98 0.22 up from 2003 | 646 | 99% | — | ||
18Journal of the American College of CardiologyElsevier BV · United States | 3.58Q1 | 8.01 1.05 up from 2003 | 2,141 | 98% | $7,166 | ||
19Progress in Retinal and Eye ResearchElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.56Q1 | 6.76 1.44 down from 2003 | 86 | 5% | $6,710 | ||
20Obesity ReviewsWiley · United Kingdom | 3.40Q1 | 7.31 3.38 up from 2003 | 90 | 4% | $5,450 | ||
21Seminars in Liver DiseaseThieme Medical Publishers (Germany) · United States | 3.38Q1 | 5.24 1.89 down from 2003 | 139 | 0% | — | ||
22Medical Image AnalysisElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.30Q1 | 4.11 0.73 down from 2003 | 100 | 16% | $4,170 | ||
23American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care MedicineAmerican Thoracic Society · United States | 3.16Q1 | 7.47 0.59 down from 2003 | 1,879 | 2% | — | ||
24Clinical PharmacokineticsAdis, Springer Healthcare · Switzerland | 3.15Q1 | 6.34 1.55 up from 2003 | 247 | 3% | $4,990 | ||
25Human Reproduction UpdateOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 3.14Q1 | 5.77 0.87 up from 2003 | 160 | 16% | $4,490 | ||
26Annals of NeurologyWiley · United States | 3.13Q1 | 7.61 0.76 up from 2003 | 924 | 12% | $4,700 | ||
27HepatologyLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 3.11Q1 | 8.43 1.01 up from 2003 | 1,345 | 57% | $2,900 | ||
28Endocrine Related CancerBioscientifica · United Kingdom | 2.94Q1 | 5.58 3.95 down from 2003 | 102 | 79% | — | ||
29Arthritis & RheumatismWiley · United States | 2.93Q1 | 7.37 1.06 up from 2003 | 1,473 | 7% | — | ||
30The Lancet OncologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.89Q1 | 6.55 0.81 up from 2003 | 333 | 1% | $7,280 | ||
31Clinical Pharmacology & TherapeuticsWiley · United States | 2.88Q1 | 4.45 0.10 down from 2003 | 337 | 2% | $4,410 | ||
32MedicineOAWolters Kluwer · United States | 2.84Q1 | 5.77 0.85 up from 2003 | 112 | 7% | $1,950 | ||
33Natural Product ReportsRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 2.84Q1 | 5.45 0.72 up from 2003 | 125 | 6% | — | ||
34BloodElsevier BV · United States | 2.76Q1 | 8.48 0.73 down from 2003 | 4,557 | 9% | $5,500 | ||
35Archives of Internal MedicineAmerican Medical Association · United States | 2.74Q1 | 5.58 0.75 up from 2003 | 1,426 | 8% | — | ||
36Diabetes CareAmerican Diabetes Association · United States | 2.65Q1 | 6.39 0.53 up from 2003 | 1,801 | 54% | — | ||
37RadiologyRadiological Society of North America · United States | 2.63Q1 | 4.91 0.67 up from 2003 | 1,650 | 2% | — | ||
38Seminars in Cancer BiologyElsevier BV · United States | 2.62Q1 | 7.75 2.39 up from 2003 | 163 | 4% | $6,060 | ||
39PEDIATRICSAmerican Academy of Pediatrics · United States | 2.61Q1 | 4.49 0.01 down from 2003 | 2,250 | 3% | — | ||
40Journal of Investigative Dermatology Symposium ProceedingsElsevier BV · United States | 2.60Q1 | 2.47 0.69 up from 2003 | 96 | 100% | $3,200 | ||
41StrokeLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 2.60Q1 | 5.55no change | 1,600 | 42% | — | ||
42Seminars in Nuclear MedicineElsevier BV · United States | 2.59Q1 | 6.13 2.09 up from 2003 | 92 | 2% | $5,090 | ||
43Emerging infectious diseasesOACenters for Disease Control and Prevention · United States | 2.52Q1 | 5.50 0.63 up from 2003 | 1,079 | 100% | — | ||
44Survey of OphthalmologyElsevier BV · United States | 2.47Q1 | 3.63 0.36 up from 2003 | 217 | 2% | $4,620 | ||
45Journal of the American Society of NephrologyAmerican Society of Nephrology | 2.47Q1 | 6.70 0.20 down from 2003 | 1,159 | 4% | — | ||
46DiabetologiaSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 2.44Q1 | 5.47no change | 737 | 92% | $3,490 | ||
47HypertensionLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 2.42Q1 | 6.21 0.13 up from 2003 | 1,285 | 58% | — | ||
48The Journal of Clinical PsychiatryPhysicians Postgraduate Press, Inc. · United States | 2.41Q1 | 4.12 0.39 up from 2003 | 877 | 29% | — | ||
49Journal of Bone and Mineral ResearchOxford University Press · United States | 2.35Q1 | 5.46 0.20 down from 2003 | 861 | 36% | $3,780 | ||
50Clinical Infectious DiseasesOxford University Press · United States | 2.35Q1 | 5.22 0.11 up from 2003 | 2,288 | 30% | $4,763 |
Subfields of Medicine, compared.
- Surgery391
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine152
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health137
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine136
- Oncology109
- Epidemiology94
- Infectious Diseases86
- Psychiatry and Mental health82
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging71
- Neurology68
- Physiology67
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism65
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine51
- Dermatology49
- Hematology49
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health49
- Ophthalmology43
- Obstetrics and Gynecology38
- Pharmacology30
- Rheumatology30
- Nephrology28
- Reproductive Medicine25
- Emergency Medicine23
- Complementary and alternative medicine21
- Otorhinolaryngology18
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine16
- Rehabilitation16
- Geriatrics and Gerontology14
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine13
- Immunology and Allergy13
- Genetics8
- Hepatology7
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine6
- Gastroenterology6
- Urology5
- Internal Medicine3
- Transplantation2
- Biochemistry1
- Family Practice1
- Anatomy0
- Health Informatics0
- Microbiology0
Journals
Citations made in 2004. Corpus-wide, 69.4% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
676 additional Medicine journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2001–2003, 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: 2004. Publication window: 2001–2003. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 2,023
- Window papers (baseline)
- 953,693 +19.9% from indicator year 2001
- Median OJR
- 0.61 +15.1% from indicator year 2001
- Rising journals (2025)
- 404Comparison-group list (404)
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2001–2003 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.