Journal rankings · indicator year 2011
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Field ranking · 2011
Medicine journal rankings 2011
2,949 ranked journals · Field in Health Sciences
Medicine has 2,949 ranked journals in 2011. The median journal has an OJR of 0.75, below the world average of 1.00, down 0.01 on 2010; Q1 starts at OJR 1.34. The top three are CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, New England Journal of Medicine, and Endocrine Reviews.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2011. 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 2008–2010, the window the 2011 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- Surgery570
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine236
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine200
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health192
- Oncology150
- Epidemiology139
- Infectious Diseases131
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism111
- Neurology109
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging108
- Psychiatry and Mental health107
- Physiology104
Show all 42 subfields
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine78
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health68
- Ophthalmology62
- Dermatology60
- Hematology59
- Rheumatology49
- Obstetrics and Gynecology48
- Nephrology41
- Complementary and alternative medicine36
- Pharmacology36
- Reproductive Medicine36
- Emergency Medicine30
- Geriatrics and Gerontology30
- Otorhinolaryngology28
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine21
- Rehabilitation20
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine18
- Immunology and Allergy14
- Genetics12
- Hepatology12
- Urology11
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine8
- Gastroenterology6
- Internal Medicine4
- Family Practice2
- Transplantation2
- Biochemistry1
- Anatomy0
- Health Informatics0
- Microbiology0
2,949 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 2010. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2008–2010, the window the 2011 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2008–2010 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 2002 to 2011. | Compare |
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1CA A Cancer Journal for CliniciansOAWiley · United States | 43.03Q1 | 111.23 6.34 up from 2010 | 67 | 100% | $4,330 | ||
2New England Journal of MedicineMassachusetts Medical Society · United States | 14.16Q1 | 27.11 0.35 down from 2010 | 2,784 | 35% | — | ||
3Endocrine ReviewsOxford University Press · United States | 12.15Q1 | 23.92 4.44 down from 2010 | 98 | 65% | $3,750 | ||
4Clinical Microbiology ReviewsAmerican Society for Microbiology · United States | 10.83Q1 | 22.14 3.61 up from 2010 | 108 | 97% | — | ||
5The Lancet NeurologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 7.19Q1 | 16.32 1.89 up from 2010 | 578 | 34% | $7,280 | ||
6Archives of General PsychiatryAmerican Medical Association · United States | 7.17Q1 | 14.44 1.69 up from 2010 | 469 | 53% | — | ||
7Cancer CellCell Press · Netherlands | 7.01Q1 | 19.44 1.09 up from 2010 | 425 | 99% | $10,400 | ||
8CirculationLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 6.59Q1 | 14.76 1.68 up from 2010 | 2,615 | 17% | — | ||
9MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly ReportOACenters for Disease Control and Prevention · United States | 6.58Q1 | 10.92 2.38 down from 2010 | 38 | 9% | — | ||
10Journal of the American College of CardiologyElsevier BV · United States | 6.51Q1 | 13.55 0.33 down from 2010 | 2,017 | 97% | $7,166 | ||
11Journal of Clinical OncologyLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 5.98Q1 | 14.92 0.85 up from 2010 | 3,323 | 10% | — | ||
12The Lancet OncologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 5.88Q1 | 14.18 1.50 up from 2010 | 693 | 15% | $7,280 | ||
13PLoS MedicineOAPublic Library of Science · United States | 5.79Q1 | 12.16 0.64 up from 2010 | 617 | 100% | $6,460 | ||
14Progress in Retinal and Eye ResearchElsevier BV · Netherlands | 5.65Q1 | 10.30 0.97 down from 2010 | 82 | 56% | $6,710 | ||
15Nature MedicineNature Portfolio · United States | 5.23Q1 | 10.73 1.39 down from 2010 | 1,177 | 30% | $12,690 | ||
16Natural Product ReportsRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 5.02Q1 | 10.25 0.04 down from 2010 | 208 | 8% | — | ||
17BrainOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 4.73Q1 | 10.91 0.81 up from 2010 | 965 | 63% | $5,570 | ||
18Archives of Internal MedicineAmerican Medical Association · United States | 4.72Q1 | 8.20 0.26 down from 2010 | 1,243 | 20% | — | ||
19PLoS PathogensOAPublic Library of Science · United States | 4.58Q1 | 10.98 0.52 up from 2010 | 1,285 | 100% | $3,043 | ||
20Annals of NeurologyWiley · United States | 4.49Q1 | 10.51 1.33 up from 2010 | 775 | 30% | $4,700 | ||
21Seminars in Liver DiseaseThieme Medical Publishers (Germany) · United States | 4.46Q1 | 9.22 1.62 up from 2010 | 128 | 20% | — | ||
22JNCI Journal of the National Cancer InstituteOxford University Press · United States | 4.23Q1 | 10.18 1.01 down from 2010 | 677 | 42% | $5,436 | ||
23Diabetes CareAmerican Diabetes Association · United States | 4.14Q1 | 9.28 0.79 up from 2010 | 1,874 | 100% | — | ||
24Sports MedicineSpringer Science+Business Media · Switzerland | 4.13Q1 | 6.85 0.42 down from 2010 | 204 | 18% | $5,790 | ||
25European Heart JournalOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 4.09Q1 | 10.13 2.52 up from 2010 | 1,403 | 45% | $5,922 | ||
26GastroenterologyElsevier BV · United States | 4.06Q1 | 8.99 0.09 down from 2010 | 1,821 | 56% | $4,180 | ||
27Medical Image AnalysisElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.01Q1 | 6.37 0.45 up from 2010 | 213 | 37% | $4,170 | ||
28European UrologyElsevier BV · Switzerland | 3.99Q1 | 9.52 1.63 up from 2010 | 890 | 9% | $5,250 | ||
29PEDIATRICSAmerican Academy of Pediatrics · United States | 3.98Q1 | 7.42 1.23 up from 2010 | 2,663 | 15% | — | ||
30DiabetesAmerican Diabetes Association · United States | 3.89Q1 | 8.58 0.53 down from 2010 | 1,161 | 96% | — | ||
31The Lancet Infectious DiseasesElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.85Q1 | 11.87 2.06 up from 2010 | 383 | 28% | $7,280 | ||
32American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care MedicineAmerican Thoracic Society · United States | 3.79Q1 | 8.43 0.67 up from 2010 | 1,415 | 29% | — | ||
33BMC MedicineOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 3.78Q1 | 10.21 3.41 up from 2010 | 207 | 100% | $4,190 | ||
34International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical ActivityOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 3.69Q1 | 5.72 0.46 up from 2010 | 251 | 100% | $3,177 | ||
35The American Journal of Sports MedicineSAGE Publishing · United States | 3.65Q1 | 6.10 0.64 up from 2010 | 862 | 13% | $4,400 | ||
36Circulation Cardiovascular InterventionsLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 3.65Q1 | 6.59 2.35 up from 2010 | 235 | 49% | — | ||
37Arthritis & RheumatismWiley · United States | 3.64Q1 | 8.29 0.29 up from 2010 | 1,500 | 32% | — | ||
38JACC: Cardiovascular InterventionsElsevier BV · United States | 3.61Q1 | 6.16 0.69 up from 2010 | 517 | 100% | $5,000 | ||
39Acta NeuropathologicaSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 3.60Q1 | 10.26 2.20 up from 2010 | 409 | 58% | $4,990 | ||
40Cochrane Database of Systematic ReviewsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.56Q1 | 6.45 0.02 down from 2010 | 1,143 | 32% | $5,100 | ||
40Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer NetworkNational Comprehensive Cancer | 3.56Q1 | 8.77 1.68 up from 2010 | 199 | 70% | — | ||
42Clinical PharmacokineticsAdis, Springer Healthcare · Switzerland | 3.55Q1 | 6.22 0.72 up from 2010 | 187 | 6% | $4,990 | ||
43American Journal of Preventive MedicineElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.55Q1 | 4.87 0.24 down from 2010 | 864 | 37% | $3,300 | ||
44The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & MetabolismOxford University Press · United States | 3.55Q1 | 7.54 0.29 down from 2010 | 2,218 | 54% | $3,750 | ||
45Journal of the American Society of NephrologyAmerican Society of Nephrology | 3.54Q1 | 9.21 0.78 up from 2010 | 939 | 68% | — | ||
46Annals of Internal MedicineAmerican College of Physicians · United States | 3.52Q1 | 7.87 0.38 down from 2010 | 1,365 | 8% | — | ||
47Annals of SurgeryLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 3.46Q1 | 6.36 0.52 down from 2010 | 1,234 | 9% | — | ||
48Proceedings of the American Thoracic SocietyAmerican Thoracic Society · United States | 3.45Q1 | 6.50 0.42 down from 2010 | 282 | 49% | — | ||
49Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & MetabolismElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.42Q1 | 6.83 0.35 up from 2010 | 216 | 12% | $4,450 | ||
50RadiologyRadiological Society of North America · United States | 3.42Q1 | 6.71 0.26 down from 2010 | 1,527 | 21% | — |
Subfields of Medicine, compared.
- Surgery570
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine236
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine200
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health192
- Oncology150
- Epidemiology139
- Infectious Diseases131
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism111
- Neurology109
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging108
- Psychiatry and Mental health107
- Physiology104
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine78
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health68
- Ophthalmology62
- Dermatology60
- Hematology59
- Rheumatology49
- Obstetrics and Gynecology48
- Nephrology41
- Complementary and alternative medicine36
- Pharmacology36
- Reproductive Medicine36
- Emergency Medicine30
- Geriatrics and Gerontology30
- Otorhinolaryngology28
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine21
- Rehabilitation20
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine18
- Immunology and Allergy14
- Genetics12
- Hepatology12
- Urology11
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine8
- Gastroenterology6
- Internal Medicine4
- Family Practice2
- Transplantation2
- Biochemistry1
- Anatomy0
- Health Informatics0
- Microbiology0
Journals
Citations made in 2011. Corpus-wide, 75.1% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
1,001 additional Medicine journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2008–2010, 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: 2011. Publication window: 2008–2010. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 2,949
- Window papers (baseline)
- 1,757,108 +28.2% from indicator year 2008
- Median OJR
- 0.748 +3.3% from indicator year 2008
- Rising journals (2025)
- 404Comparison-group list (404)
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2008–2010 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.