Most Cited Scientific Journals by Impact Factor 2024

Source: Clarivate

Most Cited Scientific Journals by Impact Factor 2024

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Key Findings

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CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians leads in Impact Factor with 502 in 2024.

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Average Impact Factor in 2024: 148 · median: 93.50.

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Gap in 2024: CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians is 11.2× larger than Cell.

About This Dataset

Most Cited Scientific Journals by Impact Factor 2024

Academic journals ranked by their impact factor — the average number of citations received per published article — in 2024 according to Clarivate Journal Citation Reports. CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians has consistently maintained the highest impact factor of any journal, reflecting the extraordinary importance of cancer research to global medicine. AI-assisted data.

Analysis

The top three in Impact Factor in 2024 are CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians (502), The Lancet (168) and New England Journal of Medicine (158). The 8 entries in Impact Factor cover a range of 457, from 502 down to 45. Most of that gap is between first and second alone (334 of 457); the other 7 are separated by just 123. Only 1 of the 8 reaches even half the leader's figure (251 or more).

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Data Insights

Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart

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8 categories · 1 year

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Top Value

502

CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians

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Impact Factor

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2024

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Methodology & source

Data source: Clarivate
Coverage: 8 entities · 2024 · 8 observations
Measure: Impact Factor
Last updated: 6 September 2026
Compiled by: The ANYSTAT team, from the source above

How the figures are calculated

Values use the measure and unit named on this page. Consult the dataset description and cited source for coverage, definitions and any unit conversions. Displayed values may be rounded for readability.
Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2024.

Rankings & Full Data

8 records · Impact Factor · ranked by 2024

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#	Category	2024
🥇	CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians	502
🥈	The Lancet	168
🥉	New England Journal of Medicine	158
4	Nature Reviews Drug Discovery	120
5	Nature Energy	67
6	Nature	64
7	Science	56
8	Cell	45

Data Sources & References

All external sources cited in this dataset

1 https://clarivate.com/solutions/journal-citation-reports/ Visit ↗

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