List of scientific journals


The following is a partial list of scientific journals. There are thousands of scientific journals in publication, and many more have been published at various points in the past. The list given here is far from exhaustive, only containing some of the most influential, currently publishing journals in each field. As a rule of thumb, each field should be represented by less than ten positions, chosen by their impact factors and other ratings.
Note: there are many science magazines that are not scientific journals, including Scientific American, New Scientist, Australasian Science and others. They are not listed here.
For periodicals in the social sciences and humanities, see list of social science journals.

General and multidisciplinary science

JournalPublishing sinceImpact factor Open access
Nature186943.070
Nature Communications201011.878
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A1905 3.093; after 2 years
PLOS ONE20062.766
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences19149.580; after 6 months
Proceedings of the Royal Society A1905 2.818; by request or after 2 years
Science188041.063
Science Advances201512.804; gold
Scientific Reports20114.011

Basic and physical sciences

Astronomy and astrophysics

The journals listed below are the 10 highest-ranking chemistry journals that publish papers in all areas of chemistry, ranked according to the total number of references. The comprehensive list referenced above should be consulted for high-ranking journals in specific areas of chemistry.

Earth and atmospheric sciences

Materials science

Mechanics

Life sciences

Biology in general

Agriculture

See List of bioinformatics journals

Biophysics and biochemistry

Botany

Environmental engineering

Mechanical engineering

Computer science

Robotics and automation

General mathematics

Statistics

Medicine and health care

Public health

Nutrition and food science

Psychiatry

Other fields

Forensic science