Q1 journals are the most prestigious journals. They rank in the top 25% of their subject area based on metrics such as impact factor and citation rates.
List of free to publish Q1 journals
| S.No. | Title | Publisher | Broad Publication Area | ISSN | Quartile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians | John Wiley and Sons Inc | Medicine | 15424863, 00079235 | Q1 |
| 2 | Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology | Nature Research | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 14710072, 14710080 | Q1 |
| 3 | Quarterly Journal of Economics | Oxford University Press | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 00335533, 15314650 | Q1 |
| 4 | Nature Reviews Drug Discovery | Nature Research | Medicine; Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | 14741784, 14741776 | Q1 |
| 5 | Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology | Nature Publishing Group | Medicine | 17594782, 17594774 | Q1 |
| 6 | MMWR Recommendations and Reports | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | Environmental Science; Health Professions; Medicine; Social Sciences | 10575987, 15458601 | Q1 |
| 7 | Cancer Cell | Cell Press | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medicine | 15356108, 18783686 | Q1 |
| 8 | Cell | Elsevier B.V. | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 00928674, 10974172 | Q1 |
| 9 | Review of Economic Studies | Oxford University Press | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 00346527, 1467937X | Q1 |
| 10 | American Economic Review | American Economic Association | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 19447981, 00028282 | Q1 |
| 11 | Nature Biotechnology | Nature Research | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Chemical Engineering; Engineering; Immunology and Microbiology | 15461696, 10870156 | Q1 |
| 12 | Nature Reviews Cancer | Nature Research | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medicine | 1474175X, 14741768 | Q1 |
| 13 | Journal of Finance | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | Business, Management and Accounting; Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 00221082, 15406261 | Q1 |
| 14 | Annals of Oncology | Elsevier Ltd | Medicine | 15698041, 09237534 | Q1 |
| 15 | Nature Reviews Materials | Nature Publishing Group | Energy; Materials Science | 20588437 | Q1 |
| 16 | World Psychiatry | John Wiley and Sons Inc | Medicine | 20515545, 17238617 | Q1 |
| 17 | Nature Energy | Springer Nature | Energy; Materials Science | 20587546 | Q1 |
| 18 | Nature Reviews Genetics | Nature Research | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medicine | 14710056, 14710064 | Q1 |
| 19 | Econometrica | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 00129682, 14680262 | Q1 |
| 20 | Nature | Nature Research | Multidisciplinary | 14764687, 00280836 | Q1 |
| 21 | Journal of Financial Economics | Elsevier B.V. | Business, Management and Accounting; Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 0304405X | Q1 |
| 22 | Nature Reviews Microbiology | Nature Research | Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine | 17401534, 17401526 | Q1 |
| 23 | New England Journal of Medicine | Massachussetts Medical Society | Medicine | 00284793, 15334406 | Q1 |
| 24 | Annual Review of Economics | Annual Reviews Inc. | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 19411383, 19411391 | Q1 |
| 25 | Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy | Springer Nature | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 20593635, 20959907 | Q1 |
| 26 | Nature Reviews Immunology | Nature Research | Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine | 14741741, 14741733 | Q1 |
| 27 | Nature Medicine | Nature Research | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medicine | 1546170X, 10788956 | Q1 |
| 28 | Review of Financial Studies | Oxford University Press | Business, Management and Accounting; Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 14657368, 08939454 | Q1 |
| 29 | Nature Reviews Earth and Environment | Springer International Publishing | Earth and Planetary Sciences; Environmental Science | 2662138X | Q1 |
| 30 | Chemical Reviews | American Chemical Society | Chemistry | 15206890, 00092665 | Q1 |
| 31 | Journal of Economic Literature | American Economic Association | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 220515 | Q1 |
| 32 | Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior | Annual Reviews Inc. | Business, Management and Accounting; Psychology | 23270608 | Q1 |
| 33 | Immunity | Cell Press | Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine | 10974180, 10747613 | Q1 |
| 34 | Nature Catalysis | Nature Publishing Group | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Chemical Engineering | 25201158 | Q1 |
| 35 | Journal of Political Economy | University of Chicago Press | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 00223808, 1537534X | Q1 |
| 36 | Annual Review of Immunology | Annual Reviews Inc. | Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine | 15453278, 07320582 | Q1 |
| 37 | Cell Metabolism | Cell Press | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 15504131, 19327420 | Q1 |
| 38 | Nature Methods | Nature Research | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 15487091, 15487105 | Q1 |
| 39 | Nature Reviews Disease Primers | Nature Publishing Group | Medicine | 2056676X | Q1 |
| 40 | Reviews of Geophysics | John Wiley and Sons Inc | Earth and Planetary Sciences | 19449208, 87551209 | Q1 |
| 41 | Nature Genetics | Nature Research | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 10614036, 15461718 | Q1 |
| 42 | IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. | Engineering | 1553877X | Q1 |
| 43 | The Lancet | Elsevier B.V. | Medicine | 01406736, 1474547X | Q1 |
| 44 | MMWR Surveillance Summaries | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | Environmental Science; Health Professions; Medicine; Social Sciences | 15458636, 15460738 | Q1 |
| 45 | Nature Reviews Methods Primers | Springer Nature | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medicine | 26628449 | Q1 |
| 46 | Academy of Management Annals | Academy of Management | Business, Management and Accounting | 19416520, 19416067 | Q1 |
| 47 | Organizational Research Methods | SAGE Publications Inc. | Business, Management and Accounting; Decision Sciences | 15527425, 10944281 | Q1 |
| 48 | Living Reviews in Relativity | Springer International Publishing AG | Physics and Astronomy | 14338351, 23673613 | Q1 |
| 49 | Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics | Annual Reviews Inc. | Earth and Planetary Sciences; Physics and Astronomy | 15454282, 00664146 | Q1 |
| 50 | Nature Reviews Chemistry | Nature Publishing Group | Chemical Engineering; Chemistry | 23973358 | Q1 |
| 51 | Nature Materials | Nature Publishing Group | Chemistry; Engineering; Materials Science; Physics and Astronomy | 14764660, 14761122 | Q1 |
| 52 | The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology | Elsevier Ltd | Medicine | 24681253 | Q1 |
| 53 | Journal of Hepatology | Elsevier B.V. | Medicine | 16000641, 01688278 | Q1 |
| 54 | Nature Nanotechnology | Nature Research | Chemical Engineering; Engineering; Materials Science; Physics and Astronomy | 17483387, 17483395 | Q1 |
| 55 | Reviews of Modern Physics | American Physical Society | Physics and Astronomy | 00346861, 15390756 | Q1 |
| 56 | Annual Review of Psychology | Annual Reviews Inc. | Psychology | 00664308, 15452085 | Q1 |
| 57 | Joule | Cell Press | Energy | 25424351 | Q1 |
| 58 | American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics | American Economic Association | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 19457707, 19457715 | Q1 |
| 59 | Nature Photonics | Nature Research | Materials Science; Physics and Astronomy | 17494885, 17494893 | Q1 |
| 60 | Nature Cancer | Nature Research | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medicine | 26621347 | Q1 |