Best Hematology Journals (2026)
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Top Hematology journals
| # | Journal | h-index | Citations/paper (2 yr) | Tier | Access | Indexed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Journal of Hematology & Oncology BioMed Central | 232 | 32.32 | Flagship | Open access · APC $4,390 | PubMed · DOAJ · Core |
| 2 | Blood Cancer Journal Springer Nature | 110 | 7.3 | Leading field journal | Open access · APC $4,790 | PubMed · DOAJ · Core |
| 3 | The Lancet Haematology Elsevier BV | 133 | 6.57 | Leading field journal | Subscription | PubMed · Core |
| 4 | Leukemia Springer Nature | 259 | 6.47 | Leading field journal | Subscription | PubMed · Core |
| 5 | Blood Reviews Elsevier BV | 147 | 6.09 | Leading field journal | Subscription | PubMed · Core |
| 6 | Blood Advances Elsevier BV | 131 | 5.27 | Leading field journal | Open access · APC $3,000 | PubMed · DOAJ · Core |
| 7 | American Journal of Hematology Wiley | 173 | 5.21 | Leading field journal | Subscription | PubMed · Core |
| 8 | Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis Thieme Medical Publishers (Germany) | 137 | 4.76 | Solid specialist | Subscription | PubMed · Core |
| 9 | Hematology American Society of Hematology | 130 | 4.67 | Solid specialist | Subscription | PubMed · Core |
| 10 | Seminars in Hematology Elsevier BV | 106 | 3.68 | Solid specialist | Subscription | PubMed · Core |
| 11 | Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis Elsevier BV | 244 | 3.6 | Solid specialist | Subscription | PubMed · Core |
| 12 | Current Opinion in Hematology Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | 126 | 3.4 | Solid specialist | Subscription | PubMed · Core |
| 13 | Thrombosis and Haemostasis Thieme Medical Publishers (Germany) | 249 | 3.05 | Solid specialist | Subscription | PubMed · Core |
| 14 | Bone Marrow Transplantation Springer Nature | 171 | 3.01 | Solid specialist | Subscription | PubMed · Core |
| 15 | British Journal of Haematology Wiley | 264 | 2.59 | Leading field journal | Subscription | PubMed · Core |
| 16 | Thrombosis Research Elsevier BV | 171 | 2.58 | Solid specialist | Subscription | PubMed · Core |
| 17 | Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America Elsevier BV | 122 | 2.28 | Solid specialist | Subscription | PubMed · Core |
| 18 | Haemophilia Wiley | 123 | 2.14 | Solid specialist | Subscription | PubMed · Core |
| 19 | Annals of Hematology Springer Science+Business Media | 114 | 1.98 | Solid specialist | Open access · APC $4,390 | PubMed · DOAJ · Core |
| 20 | Blood Cells Molecules and Diseases Elsevier BV | 113 | 1.94 | Solid specialist | Subscription | PubMed · Core |
| 21 | European Journal Of Haematology Wiley | 121 | 1.93 | Accessible & legitimate | Subscription | PubMed · Core |
| 22 | International Journal of Hematology Springer Science+Business Media | 100 | 1.83 | Accessible & legitimate | Subscription | PubMed · Core |
| 23 | Haematologica Ferrata Storti Foundation | 185 | 1.76 | Accessible & legitimate | Open access · APC $2,157 | PubMed · DOAJ · Core |
| 24 | Transfusion Medicine Reviews Elsevier BV | 107 | 1.73 | Accessible & legitimate | Subscription | PubMed · Core |
| 25 | Transfusion Wiley | 195 | 1.64 | Accessible & legitimate | Subscription | PubMed · Core |
| 26 | Leukemia & lymphoma/Leukemia and lymphoma Taylor & Francis | 118 | 1.6 | Accessible & legitimate | Subscription | PubMed · Core |
| 27 | Vox Sanguinis Wiley | 129 | 1.44 | Accessible & legitimate | Subscription | PubMed · Core |
| 28 | Blood Elsevier BV | 641 | 1.41 | Flagship | Subscription | PubMed · Core |
| 29 | Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Elsevier BV | 170 | 1.04 | Accessible & legitimate | Subscription | PubMed · Core |
| 30 | Leukemia Research Elsevier BV | 118 | 1.03 | Accessible & legitimate | Subscription | PubMed · Core |
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You paste your title and abstract; an AI model classifies the paper into biomedical subfields and honestly assesses its scope, then ranks a shortlist of verified journals from our dataset of 2,600+ biomedical journals. Every metric shown comes from the dataset — the AI can never invent a journal or a number.
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How is this different from JANE or the Elsevier Journal Finder?+
Publisher tools like Elsevier's, Springer's, or Wiley's finders only recommend their own journals. JANE is cross-publisher but hasn't changed since 2007 and can surface journals of unverified quality from PubMed. This finder is cross-publisher, only shows journals verified in trusted indexes, and calibrates recommendations to your paper's realistic tier.
How do you keep predatory journals out?+
By construction: every journal in our dataset must be indexed in DOAJ, PubMed, or a curated core source list, with a real citation record. Journals with no verified quality signals simply never appear — we don't maintain accusatory blacklists.
Is my abstract stored or used to train AI?+
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Which fields are covered?+
All of biomedicine and the life sciences: 38 subfields from molecular biology, immunology, and oncology to public health, pharmacology, neuroscience, plant science, and veterinary medicine.
Why don't you show impact factors?+
The Journal Impact Factor is proprietary to Clarivate and requires a paid license. We show open, verifiable alternatives instead: h-index and 2-year citations per paper from OpenAlex, plus each journal's percentile within its own field — which is more informative for comparing journals in the same specialty.
Where does the data come from?+
From open, verifiable sources: OpenAlex (CC0) for citation metrics, the U.S. National Library of Medicine's PubMed journal list, and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). Publishing in the wrong venue has real consequences — in 2019 a U.S. federal court ordered the publisher OMICS Group to pay $50.1 million for deceptive peer-review claims. When in doubt about any journal, use the Think. Check. Submit. checklist at thinkchecksubmit.org.
How do I find top-quartile journals in my field?+
Use the browse section: pick your subfield and the table ranks journals by 2-year citations per paper. Tier 1–2 journals roughly correspond to the top quartile of a field. Each row shows open-access status, publication fees (APC), and which trusted indexes list the journal.
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