Journal rankings · indicator year 2023
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Subfield ranking · 2023
Nephrology journal rankings 2023
65 ranked journals · Subfield in Medicine
Nephrology has 65 ranked journals in 2023. The median OJR fell 0.07 on 2022 to 0.68, below the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 0.96. The top three are Kidney International Supplements, Nature Reviews Nephrology, and Kidney International.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2023. 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 2020–2022, the window the 2023 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)
- Surgery993
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine367
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health313
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine293
- Infectious Diseases259
- Oncology245
- Epidemiology199
- Neurology174
- Physiology161
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging161
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism159
- Psychiatry and Mental health144
- Nephrology65
Show all 42 subfields
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine124
- Ophthalmology105
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health99
- Dermatology97
- Obstetrics and Gynecology90
- Hematology84
- Rheumatology67
- Reproductive Medicine56
- Complementary and alternative medicine54
- Pharmacology52
- Emergency Medicine44
- Geriatrics and Gerontology38
- Rehabilitation35
- Otorhinolaryngology34
- Hepatology32
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine29
- Immunology and Allergy25
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine22
- Genetics22
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine14
- Urology12
- Gastroenterology8
- Internal Medicine6
- Health Informatics5
- Transplantation3
- Family Practice2
- Anatomy0
- Biochemistry0
- Microbiology0
65 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 2022. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2020–2022, the window the 2023 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2020–2022 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 2014 to 2023. | Compare |
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1Kidney International SupplementsElsevier BV · United States | 6.54Q1 | 22.96 15.38 up from 2022 | 40 | — | $3,500 | ||
2Nature Reviews NephrologyNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 3.29Q1 | 11.89 5.42 down from 2022 | 403 | 34% | — | ||
3Kidney InternationalElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.58Q1 | 7.54 3.08 down from 2022 | 1,169 | 59% | $3,500 | ||
4Journal of the American Society of NephrologyAmerican Society of Nephrology | 2.50Q1 | 6.65 3.89 down from 2022 | 875 | 6% | — | ||
5American Journal of Kidney DiseasesElsevier BV · United States | 2.32Q1 | 5.64 2.18 down from 2022 | 711 | 87% | $3,900 | ||
6Clinical Journal of the American Society of NephrologyLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.90Q1 | 4.96 1.10 down from 2022 | 815 | 100% | — | ||
7American Journal of NephrologyKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 1.39Q1 | 4.62 0.30 up from 2022 | 281 | 48% | — | ||
8Seminars in NephrologyElsevier BV · United States | 1.39Q1 | 2.59 1.15 down from 2022 | 183 | 48% | $3,500 | ||
9Nephrology Dialysis TransplantationOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.36Q1 | 4.18 0.81 down from 2022 | 909 | 96% | $3,926 | ||
10Advances in Chronic Kidney DiseaseElsevier BV · United States | 1.27Q1 | 2.45 1.22 down from 2022 | 211 | — | $2,900 | ||
11Clinical Kidney JournalOAOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.21Q1 | 3.82 0.39 down from 2022 | 819 | 100% | $3,335 | ||
12Kidney International ReportsOAElsevier BV · United States | 1.19Q1 | 3.65 0.54 down from 2022 | 1,171 | 100% | $2,800 | ||
13Kidney DiseasesOAKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 1.16Q1 | 3.39 0.82 down from 2022 | 136 | 100% | $2,320 | ||
14Current Opinion in Nephrology & HypertensionLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.04Q1 | 2.57 0.71 down from 2022 | 231 | 35% | — | ||
15BMC NephrologyOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.00Q1 | 2.87 0.09 down from 2022 | 1,334 | 100% | $3,090 | ||
16Journal of NephrologySpringer Science+Business Media · Italy | 0.97Q1 | 2.60 0.68 down from 2022 | 776 | 44% | $4,337 | ||
17Kidney Research and Clinical PracticeOAElsevier BV · South Korea | 0.96Q1 | 2.93 0.51 up from 2022 | 228 | 100% | — | ||
18Renal FailureOATaylor & Francis · United States | 0.92Q2 | 3.16 0.15 up from 2022 | 547 | 100% | $2,306 | ||
19Kidney MedicineOAElsevier BV · United States | 0.91Q2 | 2.45 0.56 down from 2022 | 488 | 100% | $2,590 | ||
20Kidney360OALippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 0.89Q2 | 2.54 0.15 up from 2022 | 849 | 100% | — | ||
21International Journal of NephrologyOAHindawi Publishing Corporation · United Kingdom | 0.88Q2 | 2.45 0.14 down from 2022 | 126 | 100% | $1,000 | ||
22Journal of Renal NutritionElsevier BV · United States | 0.87Q2 | 2.86 0.19 up from 2022 | 286 | 44% | $3,490 | ||
23Peritoneal Dialysis InternationalSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.87Q2 | 3.50 0.45 up from 2022 | 267 | 27% | $4,150 | ||
24Pediatric NephrologySpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 0.86Q2 | 2.49 0.20 down from 2022 | 1,172 | 45% | $4,337 | ||
25Kidney & Blood Pressure ResearchOAKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 0.86Q2 | 2.72 0.35 down from 2022 | 227 | 100% | $2,780 | ||
26Cardiorenal MedicineOAKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 0.86Q2 | 3.17 0.04 down from 2022 | 85 | 100% | — | ||
27International Journal of Nephrology and Renovascular DiseaseOADove Medical Press · New Zealand | 0.86Q2 | 2.54 0.16 up from 2022 | 119 | 100% | $2,320 | ||
28Blood PurificationKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 0.82Q2 | 2.41 0.64 down from 2022 | 318 | 37% | — | ||
29The Nephron journals/Nephron journalsPublisher not listed | 0.76Q2 | 2.37 0.25 down from 2022 | 347 | 35% | — | ||
30NephrologyWiley · Australia | 0.75Q2 | 2.04 0.37 down from 2022 | 346 | 68% | $4,110 | ||
31Clinical and Experimental NephrologySpringer Science+Business Media · Japan | 0.70Q2 | 2.24 0.19 down from 2022 | 434 | 39% | $3,990 | ||
32Journal of Renal CareWiley · France | 0.68Q2 | 1.64 0.43 down from 2022 | 106 | 76% | $3,350 | ||
33International Urology and NephrologySpringer Science+Business Media · Hungary | 0.68Q2 | 1.98 0.40 down from 2022 | 1,053 | 31% | $3,690 | ||
34Seminars in DialysisWiley · United States | 0.66Q3 | 1.77 0.18 down from 2022 | 263 | 56% | $3,730 | ||
35Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and DiseaseOASAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.59Q3 | 2.12 0.01 up from 2022 | 280 | 100% | $2,000 | ||
36Brazilian Journal of NephrologyOASociedade Brasileira de Nefrologia · Brazil | 0.59Q3 | 2.04 0.29 up from 2022 | 352 | 100% | — | ||
37Kidney and DialysisOASwitzerland | 0.55Q3 | 1.46 0.88 up from 2022 | 81 | 100% | $1,207 | ||
38Glomerular DiseasesOAKarger Publishers | 0.52Q3 | 1.51 0.54 up from 2022 | 55 | 100% | $990 | ||
39Hemodialysis InternationalWiley · Canada | 0.52Q3 | 1.34 0.04 down from 2022 | 230 | 57% | $3,700 | ||
40Revista de investigaci�n Cl�nicaOAPermanyer · Mexico | 0.49Q3 | 1.37 0.20 down from 2022 | 148 | 100% | $2,000 | ||
41Therapeutic Apheresis and DialysisWiley · United Kingdom | 0.43Q3 | 1.48 0.10 up from 2022 | 425 | 46% | $3,350 | ||
42CEN Case ReportsSpringer Science+Business Media · Japan | 0.39Q3 | 1.33 0.08 up from 2022 | 321 | 100% | $4,090 | ||
43Renal Replacement TherapyOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 0.37Q3 | 1.06 0.53 down from 2022 | 199 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
44Frontiers in NephrologyOAFrontiers Media · Switzerland | 0.34Q3 | 0.84no 2022 value | 49 | 100% | $2,353 | — | |
45Case Reports in Nephrology and DialysisOAKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 0.34Q3 | 1.09 0.05 up from 2022 | 110 | 100% | $1,030 | ||
46Clinical NephrologyDustri-Verlag · Germany | 0.33Q3 | 0.96 0.10 up from 2022 | 315 | 5% | — | ||
47Nefrología (English Edition)OAElsevier BV · Spain | 0.32Q3 | 0.96 0.01 up from 2022 | 382 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
48Indian Journal of NephrologyOAMedknow · India | 0.30Q3 | 0.80 0.10 down from 2022 | 370 | 100% | — | ||
49Néphrologie & ThérapeutiqueElsevier BV · France | 0.29Q3 | 0.77 0.02 up from 2022 | 219 | 18% | $1,780 | ||
50NefrologíaOAElsevier BV · Spain | 0.28Q4 | 0.79 0.25 down from 2022 | 441 | 100% | $0 listed |
Subfields of Medicine, with Nephrology highlighted.
- Surgery993
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine367
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health313
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine293
- Infectious Diseases259
- Oncology245
- Epidemiology199
- Neurology174
- Physiology161
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging161
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism159
- Psychiatry and Mental health144
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine124
- Ophthalmology105
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health99
- Dermatology97
- Obstetrics and Gynecology90
- Hematology84
- Rheumatology67
- Nephrology65
- Reproductive Medicine56
- Complementary and alternative medicine54
- Pharmacology52
- Emergency Medicine44
- Geriatrics and Gerontology38
- Rehabilitation35
- Otorhinolaryngology34
- Hepatology32
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine29
- Immunology and Allergy25
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine22
- Genetics22
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine14
- Urology12
- Gastroenterology8
- Internal Medicine6
- Health Informatics5
- Transplantation3
- Family Practice2
- Anatomy0
- Biochemistry0
- Microbiology0
Journals
Citations made in 2023. Corpus-wide, 88.9% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
12 additional Nephrology journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2020–2022, 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: 2023. Publication window: 2020–2022. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 65
- Window papers (baseline)
- 34,022 +16.7% from indicator year 2020
- Median OJR
- 0.68 -17.3% from indicator year 2020
- Rising journals (2025)
- 7
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2020–2022 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.