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Best Nephrology journals

88 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Nephrology. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 22 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Kidney International Supplements 117.7 99th Q1 SCIE – No
2 Nature Reviews Nephrology 51 98th Q1 SCIE – No
3 Kidney International 23.1 97th Q1 SCIE – No
4 American Journal of Kidney Diseases 15.1 96th Q1 SCIE – No
5 Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 12.9 94th Q1 SCIE – No
6 Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 11.5 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
7 Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 10 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
8 Peritoneal Dialysis International 7.5 91st Q1 SCIE – No
9 Minerva Urology and Nephrology 7.4 90th Q1 SCIE – No
10 Clinical Kidney Journal 7.3 89th Q1 SCIE – Yes
11 Kidney International Reports 7 88th Q1 SCIE – Yes
12 Journal of Renal Nutrition 6.7 86th Q1 SCIE – No
13 American Journal of Nephrology 6.3 85th Q1 SCIE – No
14 Kidney Diseases 6.1 84th Q1 SCIE – Yes
15 Seminars in Nephrology 6 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
16 Kidney Research and Clinical Practice 5.9 82nd Q1 SCIE – Yes
17 Brain, Behavior, and Immunity - Health 5.6 81st Q1 ESCI – Yes
18 Pediatric Nephrology 5.4 80th Q1 SCIE – No
19 Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension 4.9 78th Q1 SCIE – No
20 Nephron 4.9 77th Q1 SCIE – No
21 Kidney Medicine 4.8 76th Q1 ESCI – Yes
22 CardioRenal Medicine 4.6 75th Q1 SCIE – Yes
23 Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport 4.6 74th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
24 Blood Purification 4.6 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
25 Renal Failure 4.5 72nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
26 Journal of Nephrology 4.5 71st Q2 SCIE – No
27 Kidney360 4.4 69th Q2 ESCI – Yes
28 Advances in Kidney Disease and Health 4.1 68th Q2 SCIE – No
29 Kidney and Blood Pressure Research 4.1 67th Q2 SCIE – Yes
30 International Urology and Nephrology 4 66th Q2 SCIE – No
31 BMC Nephrology 4 65th Q2 SCIE – Yes
32 International Journal of Nephrology and Renovascular Disease 3.9 64th Q2 ESCI – Yes
33 Journal of Vascular Access 3.6 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
34 Kidney and Dialysis 3.5 61st Q2 ESCI – Yes
35 Nefrologia 3.4 60th Q2 – – Yes
36 Scandinavian Journal of Urology 3.4 59th Q2 SCIE – Yes
37 International Journal of Nephrology 3.4 58th Q2 ESCI – Yes
38 Clinical and Experimental Nephrology 3.4 57th Q2 SCIE – No
39 Journal of Renal Care 3.3 56th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
40 Nephrology 3.2 55th Q2 SCIE – No
41 Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis 3 53rd Q2 SCIE – No
42 Current Transplantation Reports 3 52nd Q2 ESCI – No
43 Glomerular Diseases 2.9 51st Q2 – – Yes
44 Seminars in Dialysis 2.9 50th Q2 SCIE – No
45 Journal of Lasers in Medical Sciences 2.8 49th Q3 ESCI – No
46 BJUI Compass 2.8 48th Q3 ESCI – Yes
47 Frontiers in Nephrology 2.7 47th Q3 ESCI – Yes
48 Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease 2.7 46th Q3 ESCI – Yes
49 World Journal of Nephrology 2.5 44th Q3 – – No
50 Hemodialysis International 2.2 43rd Q3 SCIE – No
51 Brazilian Journal of Nephrology 2.1 42nd Q3 ESCI – Yes
52 CEN Case Reports 1.9 41st Q3 ESCI – No
53 Kidney Cancer 1.7 40th Q3 ESCI – Yes
54 Clinical Nephrology 1.6 39th Q3 SCIE – No
55 Case Reports in Nephrology and Dialysis 1.6 38th Q3 ESCI – Yes
56 Giornale Italiano di Nefrologia 1.5 36th Q3 – – No
57 Renal Replacement Therapy 1.5 35th Q3 ESCI – Yes
58 Clinical Nephrology - Case Studies 1.5 34th Q3 – – No
59 Indian Journal of Nephrology 1.4 33rd Q3 ESCI – No
60 Iranian Journal of Kidney Diseases 1.3 32nd Q3 SCIE – No
61 Journal of Microscopy and Ultrastructure 1.2 31st Q3 – – No
62 Journal of Nephropharmacology 1.2 30th Q3 – – Yes
63 Translational Research in Urology 1.2 28th Q3 – – Yes
64 International Journal of Urological Nursing 1 27th Q3 ESCI – No
65 Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation 1 26th Q3 ESCI – Yes
66 Case Reports in Nephrology 0.9 25th Q3 – – Yes
67 Nephrologie et Therapeutique 0.9 24th Q4 SCIE – No
68 Childhood Kidney Diseases 0.8 23rd Q4 – – Yes
69 Ukrainian Journal of Nephrology and Dialysis 0.8 22nd Q4 – – Yes
70 Nephrology Nursing Journal 0.8 21st Q4 SCIE, SSCI – No
71 Journal of Renal Injury Prevention 0.7 19th Q4 ESCI – No
72 Enfermeria Nefrologica 0.7 18th Q4 – – Yes
73 Nefroloji Hemsireligi Dergisi 0.6 17th Q4 – – Yes
74 Journal of Parathyroid Disease 0.6 16th Q4 – – No
75 Turkish Journal of Nephrology 0.6 15th Q4 ESCI – Yes
76 Journal of Nephropathology 0.6 14th Q4 – – Yes
77 Nephrology and Dialysis 0.5 13th Q4 – – No
78 Open Urology and Nephrology Journal 0.5 11th Q4 – – No
79 Nephrology (Saint-Petersburg) 0.4 10th Q4 – – No
80 Chinese Journal of Nephrology 0.4 9th Q4 – – No
81 Revista de Nefrologia, Dialisis y Trasplante 0.4 8th Q4 SCIE – Yes
82 Onkourologiya 0.4 7th Q4 ESCI – No
83 Chinese Journal of Urology 0.4 6th Q4 – – No
84 Revista Colombiana de Nefrologia 0.3 5th Q4 – – Yes
85 Giornale di Clinica Nefrologica e Dialisi 0.3 3rd Q4 – – Yes
86 Bulletin de la Dialyse a Domicile 0.3 2nd Q4 – – Yes
87 Nephrologie (Germany) 0.1 1st Q4 ESCI – No
88 Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation 0 0th Q4 – – No

Rank and percentile are within the Nephrology Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-10-04). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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