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 fewer than ten positions, chosen by their

impact factor The impact factor (IF) or journal impact factor (JIF) of an academic journal is a scientometric index calculated by Clarivate that reflects the yearly mean number of citations of articles published in the last two years in a given journal, as ...

s and other ratings. ''Note'': there are many

science magazine ''Science'', also widely referred to as ''Science Magazine'', is the peer-reviewed academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and one of the world's top academic journals. It was first published in 1880, ...

s that are not scientific journals, including ''

Scientific American ''Scientific American'', informally abbreviated ''SciAm'' or sometimes ''SA'', is an American popular science magazine. Many famous scientists, including Albert Einstein and Nikola Tesla, have contributed articles to it. In print since 1845, it ...

'', '' New Scientist'', ''

Australasian Science ''Australasian Science'' was a bimonthly science magazine published in Australia and was the longest-running scientific publication in the country, from 1938 to 2019. It contained a mixture of news items, feature articles, and expert commentary. ...

'' 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

Basic and physical sciences

Archaeology

Astronomy and astrophysics

Chemistry

Earth and atmospheric sciences

Materials science

Mechanics

* ''

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics ''Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research on fluid mechanics. It is published once a year by Annual Reviews and the editors are Parviz Moin and Howard Stone. As of 2022, ''Journal Citation Repor ...

'' * '' Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis''

Physics

Life sciences

Biology in general

Agriculture

Bioinformatics

See List of bioinformatics journals

Biophysics and biochemistry

Botany

Chronobiology

* '' Chronobiology International''

Development

Ecology

Forestry

Genetics

Husbandry

* '' Rangifer''

Immunology

Neuroscience

Veterinary medicine

Zoology

Engineering

Environmental engineering

Mechanical engineering

Computer science

Robotics and automation

Mathematics

General mathematics

Statistics

Medicine and health care

Public health

Nursing

Nutrition and food science

Psychiatry

Other fields

Energy

Forensic science

Physical education

* '' African Journal for Physical, Health Education, Recreation and Dance''