Best Immunology Journals (2026)

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Top Immunology journals

#Journalh-indexCitations/paper (2 yr)TierAccessIndexed in
1Nature Medicine
Nature Portfolio
76730.25FlagshipSubscriptionPubMed · Core
2Annual Review of Immunology
Annual Reviews
44029.04FlagshipSubscriptionPubMed · Core
3Immunity
Cell Press
56823.07Leading field journalSubscriptionPubMed · Core
4Nature reviews. Immunology
Nature Portfolio
56822.89Leading field journalSubscriptionPubMed · Core
5Cellular and Molecular Immunology
Springer Nature
17419.88Leading field journalSubscriptionPubMed · Core
6Seminars in Immunopathology
Springer Science+Business Media
14515.45Leading field journalSubscriptionPubMed · Core
7Science Immunology
American Association for the Advancement of Science
16415.22Leading field journalSubscriptionPubMed · Core
8Science Translational Medicine
American Association for the Advancement of Science
36514.93Leading field journalSubscriptionPubMed · Core
9Nature Immunology
Nature Portfolio
52513.33Leading field journalSubscriptionPubMed · Core
10Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews
Elsevier BV
20612.54Leading field journalSubscriptionPubMed · Core
11Cell Reports Medicine
Elsevier BV
10311.51Leading field journalOpen access · APC $5,460PubMed · DOAJ · Core
12Immunological Reviews
Wiley
32010.13Leading field journalSubscriptionPubMed · Core
13Journal of Clinical Investigation
American Society for Clinical Investigation
7139.93FlagshipOpen access · APC $5,200PubMed · DOAJ · Core
14The Journal of Experimental Medicine
Rockefeller University Press
6519.31FlagshipSubscriptionPubMed · Core
15Clinical Reviews in Allergy & Immunology
Springer Nature
1348.56Leading field journalSubscriptionPubMed · Core
16Molecular Medicine
BioMed Central
1557.79Leading field journalOpen access · APC $2,990PubMed · DOAJ · Core
17BioDrugs
Adis, Springer Healthcare
1007.44Solid specialistSubscriptionPubMed · Core
18Trends in Immunology
Elsevier BV
2766.89Leading field journalSubscriptionPubMed · Core
19Journal of Autoimmunity
Elsevier BV
1746.62Solid specialistSubscriptionPubMed · Core
20Seminars in Immunology
Elsevier BV
1756.29Solid specialistSubscriptionPubMed · Core
21OncoImmunology
Landes Bioscience
1536.04Solid specialistOpen access · APC $2,913PubMed · DOAJ · Core
22JCI Insight
American Society for Clinical Investigation
1745.99Solid specialistOpen access · APC $4,100PubMed · DOAJ · Core
23International Immunopharmacology
Elsevier BV
1675.71Solid specialistSubscriptionPubMed · Core
24Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy
Springer Science+Business Media
1655.37Solid specialistOpen access · APC $4,390PubMed · DOAJ · Core
25Mucosal Immunology
Elsevier BV
1685.3Solid specialistSubscriptionPubMed · Core
26Frontiers in Immunology
Frontiers Media
3535.23Leading field journalOpen access · APC $3,295PubMed · DOAJ · Core
27Inflammation
Springer Science+Business Media
1075.14Solid specialistSubscriptionPubMed · Core
28Inflammation Research
Springer Science+Business Media
1384.75Solid specialistSubscriptionPubMed · Core
29Autoimmunity
Informa
984.36Solid specialistOpen access · APC —PubMed · DOAJ · Core
30Clinical & Experimental Immunology
Oxford University Press
1933.99Solid specialistSubscriptionPubMed · Core

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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.

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Data: OpenAlex (CC0) · U.S. National Library of Medicine · DOAJ. Quality signals are informational, refreshed periodically, and are not an endorsement or judgment about any journal; no endorsement by NLM/NIH is implied. Spotted an error? Contact us and we'll review it.