Journal rankings · indicator year 2017
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Subfield ranking · 2017
Nephrology journal rankings 2017
58 ranked journals · Subfield in Medicine
Nephrology has 58 ranked journals in 2017. The median OJR fell 0.06 on 2016 to 0.75, below the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 1.30. The top three are Kidney International Supplements, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, and The Nephron journals/Nephron journals.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2017. 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 2014–2016, the window the 2017 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 of Medicine (42)
- Surgery852
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine324
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health270
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine266
- Oncology213
- Infectious Diseases198
- Epidemiology185
- Neurology157
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism156
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging144
- Physiology143
- Psychiatry and Mental health142
- Nephrology58
Show all 42 subfields
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine107
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health97
- Ophthalmology87
- Dermatology83
- Hematology74
- Obstetrics and Gynecology68
- Rheumatology65
- Reproductive Medicine50
- Complementary and alternative medicine47
- Pharmacology46
- Emergency Medicine38
- Geriatrics and Gerontology35
- Otorhinolaryngology32
- Rehabilitation29
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine25
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine23
- Hepatology23
- Genetics21
- Immunology and Allergy20
- Urology13
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine12
- Gastroenterology7
- Internal Medicine4
- Family Practice3
- Transplantation3
- Health Informatics2
- Anatomy0
- Biochemistry0
- Microbiology0
58 ranked journals
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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 2016. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2014–2016, the window the 2017 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2014–2016 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 2008 to 2017. | Compare |
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1Kidney International SupplementsElsevier BV · United States | 3.39Q1 | 5.87 2.10 down from 2016 | 35 | 97% | $3,500 | ||
2Journal of the American Society of NephrologyAmerican Society of Nephrology | 3.10Q1 | 7.99 0.41 up from 2016 | 1,078 | 99% | — | ||
3The Nephron journals/Nephron journalsPublisher not listed | 2.99Q1 | 6.63 2.11 up from 2016 | 349 | 44% | — | ||
4Cardiorenal MedicineOAKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 2.82Q1 | 9.37 5.66 up from 2016 | 109 | 87% | — | ||
5Clinical Journal of the American Society of NephrologyLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 2.53Q1 | 5.35 0.14 up from 2016 | 860 | 100% | — | ||
6Kidney InternationalElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.28Q1 | 5.47 0.18 down from 2016 | 1,150 | 99% | $3,500 | ||
7American Journal of Kidney DiseasesElsevier BV · United States | 2.05Q1 | 4.86 0.60 down from 2016 | 928 | 21% | $3,900 | ||
8Seminars in NephrologyElsevier BV · United States | 1.84Q1 | 4.50 0.36 up from 2016 | 164 | 25% | $3,500 | ||
9Nephrology Dialysis TransplantationOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.77Q1 | 4.03 0.66 down from 2016 | 1,059 | 69% | $3,926 | ||
10Current Opinion in Nephrology & HypertensionLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.66Q1 | 3.69 0.62 down from 2016 | 253 | 27% | — | ||
11Advances in Chronic Kidney DiseaseElsevier BV · United States | 1.61Q1 | 3.43 0.30 up from 2016 | 183 | 22% | $2,900 | ||
12International Journal of Nephrology and Renovascular DiseaseOADove Medical Press · New Zealand | 1.51Q1 | 2.53 0.55 down from 2016 | 107 | 100% | $2,320 | ||
13World Journal of NephrologyOABaishideng Publishing Group · United States | 1.46Q1 | 2.84 0.70 down from 2016 | 159 | 100% | — | ||
14American Journal of NephrologyKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 1.31Q1 | 2.97 0.34 down from 2016 | 390 | 44% | — | ||
15BMC NephrologyOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.30Q1 | 3.07 0.21 down from 2016 | 619 | 100% | $3,090 | ||
16Kidney DiseasesOAKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 1.25Q2 | 2.88 2.28 up from 2016 | 52 | 100% | $2,320 | ||
17Clinical Kidney JournalOAOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.23Q2 | 3.14 0.83 up from 2016 | 440 | 100% | $3,335 | ||
18Kidney & Blood Pressure ResearchOAKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 1.21Q2 | 3.33 1.47 down from 2016 | 234 | 100% | $2,780 | ||
19Nephron Clinical PracticeKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 1.11Q2 | 1.33 1.22 down from 2016 | 126 | — | — | ||
20Pediatric NephrologySpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.10Q2 | 2.47 0.17 down from 2016 | 761 | 32% | $4,337 | ||
21Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and DiseaseOASAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.05Q2 | 2.38 0.73 up from 2016 | 132 | 100% | $2,000 | ||
22Journal of NephrologySpringer Science+Business Media · Italy | 1.04Q2 | 2.92 0.58 up from 2016 | 335 | 31% | $4,337 | ||
23Nature Reviews NephrologyNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 1.01Q2 | 4.08 0.75 up from 2016 | 649 | 15% | — | ||
24Nephron Experimental NephrologyKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 1.00Q2 | 1.50 0.85 down from 2016 | 52 | — | — | ||
25Journal of Renal NutritionElsevier BV · United States | 0.99Q2 | 2.45 0.11 down from 2016 | 227 | 17% | $3,490 | ||
26Blood PurificationKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 0.93Q2 | 2.11 0.08 up from 2016 | 315 | 32% | — | ||
27Kidney Research and Clinical PracticeOAElsevier BV · South Korea | 0.80Q2 | 1.99 0.88 up from 2016 | 137 | 100% | — | ||
28Clinical and Experimental NephrologySpringer Science+Business Media · Japan | 0.76Q2 | 1.97 0.27 up from 2016 | 414 | 26% | $3,990 | ||
29Seminars in DialysisWiley · United States | 0.75Q2 | 1.48 0.35 down from 2016 | 348 | 25% | $3,730 | ||
30NephrologyWiley · Australia | 0.75Q3 | 1.67 0.14 up from 2016 | 643 | 25% | $4,110 | ||
31International Urology and NephrologySpringer Science+Business Media · Hungary | 0.74Q3 | 1.70no change | 828 | 12% | $3,690 | ||
32Revista de investigaci�n Cl�nicaOAPermanyer · Mexico | 0.73Q3 | 1.84 1.27 up from 2016 | 101 | 100% | $2,000 | ||
33International Journal of NephrologyOAHindawi Publishing Corporation · United Kingdom | 0.72Q3 | 1.72 0.33 down from 2016 | 84 | 100% | $1,000 | ||
34Hemodialysis InternationalWiley · Canada | 0.71Q3 | 1.35 0.19 down from 2016 | 358 | 28% | $3,700 | ||
35Clinical NephrologyDustri-Verlag · Germany | 0.70Q3 | 1.43 0.03 up from 2016 | 335 | 11% | — | ||
36Peritoneal Dialysis InternationalSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.70Q3 | 1.79 0.29 up from 2016 | 421 | 13% | $4,150 | ||
37Nephron ExtraOAKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 0.65Q3 | 1.64 0.34 up from 2016 | 37 | 100% | $1,949 | ||
38Journal of NephropathologyOAIran | 0.65Q3 | 1.43 0.32 up from 2016 | 44 | 100% | $400 | ||
39Therapeutic Apheresis and DialysisWiley · United Kingdom | 0.64Q3 | 1.67 0.05 down from 2016 | 286 | 14% | $3,350 | ||
40Kidney International ReportsOAElsevier BV · United States | 0.61Q3 | 1.27no 2016 value | 84 | 100% | $2,800 | — | |
41Renal FailureOATaylor & Francis · United States | 0.60Q3 | 1.60 0.26 up from 2016 | 761 | 100% | $2,306 | ||
42Case Reports in Nephrology and DialysisOAKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 0.59Q3 | 1.62 0.03 down from 2016 | 78 | 100% | $1,030 | ||
43Journal of Renal CareWiley · France | 0.56Q3 | 1.18 0.19 down from 2016 | 102 | 20% | $3,350 | ||
44Brazilian Journal of NephrologyOASociedade Brasileira de Nefrologia · Brazil | 0.55Q3 | 1.08 0.19 down from 2016 | 208 | 100% | — | ||
| 0.54Q4 | 1.01 1.01 up from 2016 | 78 | 94% | — | |||
46Indian Journal of NephrologyOAMedknow · India | 0.41Q4 | 0.83 0.06 up from 2016 | 347 | 100% | — | ||
47Renal Replacement TherapyOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 0.40Q4 | 0.81 0.53 up from 2016 | 75 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
48NefrologíaOAElsevier BV · Spain | 0.37Q4 | 0.88 0.12 up from 2016 | 268 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
49Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and TransplantationOAMedknow · Saudi Arabia | 0.37Q4 | 0.68 0.13 down from 2016 | 400 | 100% | — | ||
50Nefrología (English Edition)OAElsevier BV · Spain | 0.19Q4 | 0.37 0.04 down from 2016 | 224 | 100% | $0 listed |
Subfields of Medicine, with Nephrology highlighted.
- Surgery852
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine324
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health270
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine266
- Oncology213
- Infectious Diseases198
- Epidemiology185
- Neurology157
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism156
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging144
- Physiology143
- Psychiatry and Mental health142
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine107
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health97
- Ophthalmology87
- Dermatology83
- Hematology74
- Obstetrics and Gynecology68
- Rheumatology65
- Nephrology58
- Reproductive Medicine50
- Complementary and alternative medicine47
- Pharmacology46
- Emergency Medicine38
- Geriatrics and Gerontology35
- Otorhinolaryngology32
- Rehabilitation29
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine25
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine23
- Hepatology23
- Genetics21
- Immunology and Allergy20
- Urology13
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine12
- Gastroenterology7
- Internal Medicine4
- Family Practice3
- Transplantation3
- Health Informatics2
- Anatomy0
- Biochemistry0
- Microbiology0
Journals
Citations made in 2017. Corpus-wide, 77.7% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
21 additional Nephrology journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2014–2016, 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: 2017. Publication window: 2014–2016. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 58
- Window papers (baseline)
- 26,465 +10.6% from indicator year 2014
- Median OJR
- 0.747 +2.3% from indicator year 2014
- Rising journals (2025)
- 7
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2014–2016 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 | 21 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 31 | 34 | 34 | 33 | 37 | 37 | 41 | 40 | 46 | 51 | 49 | 53 | 58 | 59 | 58 | 58 | 61 | 62 | 65 | 65 | 62 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 7,102 | 8,233 | 8,876 | 9,713 | 10,062 | 10,968 | 12,092 | 13,345 | 14,934 | 18,910 | 20,526 | 22,005 | 21,127 | 22,388 | 23,923 | 24,984 | 25,880 | 26,465 | 27,233 | 28,141 | 29,154 | 30,871 | 32,776 | 34,022 | 34,449 | 35,470 | |
| Median OJR | 0.58 | 0.476 | 0.483 | 0.62 | 0.57 | 0.60 | 0.63 | 0.67 | 0.728 | 0.703 | 0.721 | 0.716 | 0.82 | 0.750 | 0.730 | 0.85 | 0.81 | 0.747 | 0.84 | 0.80 | 0.83 | 0.733 | 0.755 | 0.68 | 0.704 | 0.724 |
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.