Journal rankings · indicator year 2024
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Subfield ranking · 2024
Physiology journal rankings 2024
159 ranked journals · Subfield in Medicine
Physiology has 159 ranked journals in 2024. The median OJR fell 0.07 on 2023 to 0.82, below the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 1.31. The top three are Current Obesity Reports, Molecular Neurodegeneration, and Nature Reviews Endocrinology.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2024. 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 2021–2023, the window the 2024 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)
- Surgery980
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine364
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health316
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine289
- Infectious Diseases263
- Oncology243
- Epidemiology187
- Neurology175
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging161
- Physiology159
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism157
- Psychiatry and Mental health144
Show all 42 subfields
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine125
- Ophthalmology100
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health100
- Dermatology92
- Obstetrics and Gynecology85
- Hematology83
- Rheumatology67
- Nephrology65
- Complementary and alternative medicine59
- Reproductive Medicine52
- Pharmacology49
- Emergency Medicine42
- Geriatrics and Gerontology37
- Rehabilitation34
- Otorhinolaryngology33
- Hepatology30
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine29
- Immunology and Allergy26
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine23
- Genetics19
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine14
- Urology12
- Health Informatics9
- Gastroenterology7
- Internal Medicine6
- Family Practice2
- Transplantation2
- Anatomy0
- Biochemistry0
- Microbiology0
159 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 2023. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2021–2023, the window the 2024 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2021–2023 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 2015 to 2024. | Compare |
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1Current Obesity ReportsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 5.17Q1 | 13.43 1.30 up from 2023 | 110 | 56% | $5,790 | ||
2Molecular NeurodegenerationOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 4.99Q1 | 16.40 1.50 up from 2023 | 245 | 100% | $3,090 | ||
3Nature Reviews EndocrinologyNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 3.29Q1 | 13.78 1.63 up from 2023 | 460 | 23% | — | ||
4Acta NeuropathologicaSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 2.98Q1 | 9.32 0.12 down from 2023 | 358 | 89% | $4,990 | ||
5Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and MuscleOASpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 2.80Q1 | 9.38 0.28 down from 2023 | 702 | 100% | $5,400 | ||
6Journal of Obesity & Metabolic SyndromeOAKorean Society for the Study of Obesity · South Korea | 2.51Q1 | 8.25 3.65 up from 2023 | 128 | 100% | — | ||
7Journal of sport and health science/Journal of Sport and Health ScienceOAElsevier BV · China | 2.51Q1 | 8.54 0.15 down from 2023 | 197 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
8Clinical NutritionElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.22Q1 | 7.45 0.02 up from 2023 | 1,003 | 42% | $3,320 | ||
9npj AgingSpringer Science+Business Media | 2.20Q1 | 6.74 2.00 up from 2023 | 42 | 100% | $3,690 | ||
10Current Nutrition ReportsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 2.11Q1 | 6.97 1.04 up from 2023 | 164 | 46% | $4,690 | ||
11NutrientsOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.90Q1 | 5.75 0.22 down from 2023 | 14,949 | 100% | $3,499 | ||
12Nutrition and DiabetesOASpringer Nature · United Kingdom | 1.89Q1 | 5.80 0.97 up from 2023 | 110 | 100% | $3,890 | ||
13Ageing Research ReviewsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.83Q1 | 13.95 0.70 up from 2023 | 686 | 43% | $5,520 | ||
14American Journal of Preventive MedicineElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.78Q1 | 4.38 0.20 down from 2023 | 935 | 66% | $3,300 | ||
15PainLippincott Williams & Wilkins · Netherlands | 1.75Q1 | 4.50 1.00 down from 2023 | 903 | 59% | — | ||
16GeroScienceSpringer International Publishing · Switzerland | 1.74Q1 | 6.11 0.25 up from 2023 | 713 | 100% | $2,890 | ||
17Advances in SimulationOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.74Q1 | 5.63 1.84 up from 2023 | 109 | 100% | $2,790 | ||
18Mechanisms of Ageing and DevelopmentElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.73Q1 | 5.78 0.23 down from 2023 | 274 | 49% | $4,780 | ||
19European Review of Aging and Physical ActivityOABioMed Central · Germany | 1.68Q1 | 4.16 0.86 down from 2023 | 75 | 100% | $3,090 | ||
20Nutrition & MetabolismOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.66Q1 | 4.60 0.06 up from 2023 | 235 | 100% | $3,590 | ||
| 1.66Q1 | 0.15 4.06 down from 2023 | 39 | — | — | |||
22The journal of nutrition health & agingOASpringer Science+Business Media · France | 1.66Q1 | 3.88 0.67 down from 2023 | 452 | 100% | $3,450 | ||
23ObesityWiley · United States | 1.63Q1 | 4.65 0.47 up from 2023 | 809 | 72% | $4,980 | ||
24International Journal of ObesitySpringer Nature · United Kingdom | 1.61Q1 | 4.24 0.43 down from 2023 | 695 | 62% | $4,790 | ||
25Addictive BehaviorsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.59Q1 | 3.89 0.52 down from 2023 | 855 | 70% | $4,450 | ||
26Preventive MedicineElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.58Q1 | 3.60 1.11 down from 2023 | 1,076 | 61% | $3,650 | ||
27Clinical Simulation in NursingElsevier BV · United States | 1.58Q1 | 3.02 1.87 down from 2023 | 341 | 46% | $3,210 | ||
28npj MicrogravityOANature Portfolio · United States | 1.57Q1 | 4.93 0.10 down from 2023 | 201 | 100% | $3,690 | ||
29The Journals of Gerontology Series AOxford University Press · United States | 1.55Q1 | 4.02 0.01 down from 2023 | 891 | 83% | $4,408 | ||
30BiogerontologySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.55Q1 | 4.70 0.49 down from 2023 | 167 | 36% | $4,790 | ||
31PAIN ReportsOAWolters Kluwer · United States | 1.48Q1 | 3.69 0.58 down from 2023 | 236 | 100% | $2,500 | ||
32Exercise and Sport Sciences ReviewsLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.46Q1 | 3.88 0.34 down from 2023 | 83 | 42% | — | ||
33Aging Clinical and Experimental ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media · Italy | 1.46Q1 | 3.81 0.05 down from 2023 | 822 | 100% | $4,490 | ||
34Allergology InternationalOAElsevier BV · Japan | 1.43Q1 | 4.11 0.09 down from 2023 | 254 | 100% | $2,280 | ||
35Experimental GerontologyOAElsevier BV · United States | 1.43Q1 | 4.74 0.92 up from 2023 | 821 | 100% | $3,400 | ||
36Annals of Behavioral MedicineOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.38Q1 | 3.43 0.55 down from 2023 | 274 | 70% | $4,433 | ||
37The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In PracticeElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.38Q1 | 4.39 0.64 down from 2023 | 1,643 | 46% | $4,000 | ||
38TemperatureTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.37Q1 | 3.88 0.29 up from 2023 | 71 | 100% | — | ||
39American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and MetabolismAmerican Physiological Society · United States | 1.32Q1 | 3.24 1.23 down from 2023 | 356 | 67% | — | ||
40Allergy Asthma and Immunology ResearchOASouth Korea | 1.31Q1 | 3.95 0.21 up from 2023 | 202 | 100% | — | ||
41Frontiers in Pain ResearchOAFrontiers Media · Switzerland | 1.30Q2 | 3.36 0.28 up from 2023 | 504 | 100% | $3,077 | ||
42European Journal of Clinical NutritionSpringer Nature · United Kingdom | 1.28Q2 | 3.35 0.68 down from 2023 | 537 | 44% | $3,590 | ||
43Tobacco ControlBMJ · United Kingdom | 1.26Q2 | 4.58 0.46 up from 2023 | 619 | 78% | — | ||
44Journal of PHYSIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGYOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.24Q2 | 2.60 1.45 down from 2023 | 93 | 100% | $1,690 | ||
45Annals of Geriatric Medicine and ResearchOAKorea Geriatrics Society · South Korea | 1.20Q2 | 3.57 0.40 up from 2023 | 153 | 100% | — | ||
46Journal of Asthma and AllergyOADove Medical Press · New Zealand | 1.19Q2 | 3.57 0.59 down from 2023 | 413 | 100% | $2,836 | ||
47AdipocyteOATaylor & Francis · United States | 1.19Q2 | 3.28 0.46 down from 2023 | 138 | 100% | $2,557 | ||
48NutritionElsevier BV · United States | 1.18Q2 | 3.35 0.03 down from 2023 | 870 | 37% | $3,870 | ||
49Clinical ChemistryAmerican Association for Clinical Chemistry · United States | 1.16Q2 | 3.52 0.29 down from 2023 | 555 | 54% | $4,636 | ||
50Journal of EpidemiologyOAJapan Epidemiological Association · Japan | 1.16Q2 | 2.70 0.13 down from 2023 | 232 | 100% | $1,356 |
Subfields of Medicine, with Physiology highlighted.
- Surgery980
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine364
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health316
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine289
- Infectious Diseases263
- Oncology243
- Epidemiology187
- Neurology175
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging161
- Physiology159
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism157
- Psychiatry and Mental health144
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine125
- Ophthalmology100
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health100
- Dermatology92
- Obstetrics and Gynecology85
- Hematology83
- Rheumatology67
- Nephrology65
- Complementary and alternative medicine59
- Reproductive Medicine52
- Pharmacology49
- Emergency Medicine42
- Geriatrics and Gerontology37
- Rehabilitation34
- Otorhinolaryngology33
- Hepatology30
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine29
- Immunology and Allergy26
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine23
- Genetics19
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine14
- Urology12
- Health Informatics9
- Gastroenterology7
- Internal Medicine6
- Family Practice2
- Transplantation2
- Anatomy0
- Biochemistry0
- Microbiology0
Journals
Citations made in 2024. Corpus-wide, 87.1% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
45 additional Physiology journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2021–2023, 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: 2024. Publication window: 2021–2023. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 159
- Window papers (baseline)
- 130,394 +7.7% from indicator year 2021
- Median OJR
- 0.82 -7.9% from indicator year 2021
- Rising journals (2025)
- 9
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2021–2023 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 | 59 | 62 | 62 | 67 | 67 | 72 | 75 | 82 | 89 | 91 | 95 | 104 | 110 | 120 | 127 | 129 | 131 | 143 | 155 | 160 | 163 | 163 | 162 | 161 | 159 | 154 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 43,956 | 48,028 | 49,863 | 52,236 | 52,608 | 55,626 | 58,658 | 62,565 | 65,322 | 70,406 | 76,421 | 81,146 | 83,401 | 84,300 | 88,598 | 93,045 | 98,474 | 102,056 | 105,556 | 109,112 | 113,571 | 121,103 | 127,537 | 130,703 | 130,394 | 133,596 | |
| Median OJR | 0.59 | 0.63 | 0.80 | 0.71 | 0.73 | 0.74 | 0.778 | 0.781 | 0.85 | 0.91 | 0.836 | 0.90 | 0.99 | 0.943 | 0.975 | 0.970 | 0.96 | 0.940 | 0.878 | 0.837 | 0.841 | 0.89 | 0.93 | 0.884 | 0.82 | 0.87 |
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.