Medicine journals

8,072 journals whose published work sits mainly in medicine, with what each charges and how it is indexed.

Journals

8,072

Median charge

$3,000

Across 3,058 journals that publish a fee.

Free to publish

1,000

No article processing charge recorded in DOAJ.

Offer waivers

1,308

Journals that say they will waive the fee on request.

Medicine journals that charge nothing

1,000 of these journals record no article processing charge. Most are funded by a society, university or national body.

Lowest publication charges

Journal	Charge	Weeks	h-index
Journal of VirologyAmerican Society for Microbiology	No charge	10	422
Infection and ImmunityAmerican Society for Microbiology	No charge	9	335
Journal of Clinical MicrobiologyAmerican Society for Microbiology	No charge	12	367
Emerging infectious diseasesCenters for Disease Control and Prevention	No charge	8	329
EurosurveillanceEuropean Centre for Disease Prevention and Control	No charge	30	175
Bulletin of the World Health OrganizationWorld Health Organization	No charge	32	201
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo CruzInstituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde	No charge	10	140
Health Technology AssessmentNIHR Journals Library	No charge	53	199
Journal of Biomedical ScienceBioMed Central	No charge	14	151
Indian Journal of OphthalmologyMedknow	No charge	25	97
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina TropicalBrazilian Society of Tropical Medicine	No charge	8	87
Journal of Perinatal MedicineDe Gruyter	No charge	15	102
Swiss Medical Weekly—	No charge	20	96
Revista Panamericana de Salud PúblicaPan American Health Organization	No charge	20	93
Preventing Chronic DiseaseCenters for Disease Control and Prevention	No charge	22	101

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Most-cited medicine journals

Journal	h-index	Citedness	Access	Charge
New England Journal of MedicineMassachusetts Medical Society	1,510	30.5	Subscription	—
JAMAAmerican Medical Association	1,013	8.9	Subscription	—
CirculationLippincott Williams & Wilkins	849	2.3	Subscription	—
Nature MedicineNature Portfolio	767	30.6	Subscription	$12,690
Journal of Clinical OncologyLippincott Williams & Wilkins	740	1.7	Subscription	—
Journal of Clinical InvestigationAmerican Society for Clinical Investigation	713	10.0	Open	$5,200
Annals of Internal MedicineAmerican College of Physicians	652	4.7	Subscription	—
BloodElsevier BV	641	1.4	Subscription	$5,500
Journal of the American College of CardiologyElsevier BV	617	1.2	Subscription	$7,166
GastroenterologyElsevier BV	589	0.6	Subscription	$4,180
Physiological ReviewsAmerican Physiological Society	564	21.5	Subscription	—
NeurologyLippincott Williams & Wilkins	527	1.2	Subscription	—
The Lancet OncologyElsevier BV	522	11.7	Subscription	$7,280
PEDIATRICSAmerican Academy of Pediatrics	519	4.8	Subscription	—
Diabetes CareAmerican Diabetes Association	510	12.7	Subscription	—
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care MedicineAmerican Thoracic Society	509	0.6	Subscription	—
Circulation ResearchLippincott Williams & Wilkins	506	5.5	Subscription	—
American Journal of Clinical NutritionElsevier BV	498	5.1	Subscription	$5,200
JNCI Journal of the National Cancer InstituteOxford University Press	492	4.4	Subscription	$5,436
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & MetabolismOxford University Press	491	5.5	Subscription	$3,750
Clinical Infectious DiseasesOxford University Press	486	5.6	Subscription	$4,763
HepatologyLippincott Williams & Wilkins	481	6.7	Subscription	$2,900
Nature Reviews Drug DiscoveryNature Portfolio	480	14.3	Subscription	—
CancerWiley	474	4.3	Subscription	$4,790
Journal of Bone and Joint SurgeryWolters Kluwer	469	2.6	Subscription	—

Ranked by h-index, an OpenAlex citation statistic. This is not a Journal Impact Factor and the two are not interchangeable — see our methodology.

Medicine journals that charge nothing

Lowest publication charges

Most-cited medicine journals

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