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Best Maternity and Midwifery journals

45 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Maternity and Midwifery. The top 45 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 11 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

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# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Women and Birth 7.7 98th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
2 Women's Health Issues 4.7 96th Q1 SSCI – No
3 Midwifery 4.5 94th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
4 Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health 4.3 92th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
5 International Journal of Community Based Nursing and Midwifery 3.8 90th Q1 ESCI – Yes
6 Breastfeeding Medicine 3.6 87th Q1 SCIE – No
7 International Journal of Women's Health 3.4 85th Q1 SCIE – Yes
8 Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare 3.1 83th Q1 SSCI – Yes
9 JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing 2.9 81th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
10 European Journal of Midwifery 2.8 78th Q1 ESCI – No
11 Investigacion y Educacion en Enfermeria 2.5 76th Q1 ESCI – Yes
12 Women's Health Nursing 2.3 74th Q2 ESCI – No
13 Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research 2.2 72th Q2 ESCI – Yes
14 Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde 2.1 70th Q2 SCIE – No
15 MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing 2 67th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
16 Journal of Neonatal Nursing 2 65th Q2 – – No
17 Women's Reproductive Health 2 63th Q2 ESCI – No
18 Journal of Mother and Child 1.9 61th Q2 – – No
19 Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing 1.7 58th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
20 Women's Health Reports 1.6 56th Q2 ESCI – Yes
21 Texto e Contexto Enfermagem 1.6 54th Q2 – – Yes
22 Nursing and Midwifery Studies 1.4 52th Q2 ESCI – Yes
23 Journal of Midwifery and Reproductive Health 1.4 50th Q2 – – Yes
24 British Journal of Midwifery 1.3 47th Q3 – – No
25 HAYAT 1.3 45th Q3 – – Yes
26 New Zealand College of Midwives Journal 1.3 43th Q3 – – No
27 Journal of Perinatal Education 1.2 41th Q3 ESCI – No
28 Avicenna Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Care 1.1 38th Q3 – – Yes
29 Zeitschrift fur Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie 1.1 36th Q3 SCIE – No
30 Journal of Holistic Nursing and Midwifery 0.9 34th Q3 – – Yes
31 Jurnal Keperawatan Soedirman 0.9 32th Q3 – – Yes
32 Revista Cuidarte 0.8 30th Q3 ESCI – Yes
33 International Journal of Childbirth 0.8 27th Q3 ESCI – No
34 Jordan Journal of Nursing Research 0.7 25th Q3 – – Yes
35 Africa Journal of Nursing and Midwifery 0.7 23th Q4 ESCI – Yes
36 Breastfeeding Review 0.6 21th Q4 – – No
37 International Journal of Child Health and Nutrition 0.6 18th Q4 ESCI – No
38 Journal of Research Development in Nursing and Midwifery 0.6 16th Q4 – – Yes
39 Croatian Nursing Journal 0.4 14th Q4 – – No
40 Journal of Asian Midwives 0.3 12th Q4 – – No
41 Practising Midwife 0.2 10th Q4 – – No
42 Sages-Femmes 0.2 7th Q4 – – No
43 Contemporary Ob/Gyn 0.1 5th Q4 – – No
44 AIMS Journal 0.1 3th Q4 – – No
45 Matronas Profesion 0 1th Q4 – – No

Rank and percentile are within the Maternity and Midwifery Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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