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Best Nephrology journals

88 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Nephrology. The top 88 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 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 93th Q1 SCIE No
7 Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 10 92th Q1 SCIE No
8 Peritoneal Dialysis International 7.5 91th 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 83th Q1 SCIE No
16 Kidney Research and Clinical Practice 5.9 82th Q1 SCIE Yes
17 Brain, Behavior, and Immunity - Health 5.6 81th 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 73th Q2 SCIE No
25 Renal Failure 4.5 72th Q2 SCIE Yes
26 Journal of Nephrology 4.5 71th 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 63th Q2 SCIE No
34 Kidney and Dialysis 3.5 61th 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 53th Q2 SCIE No
42 Current Transplantation Reports 3 52th Q2 ESCI No
43 Glomerular Diseases 2.9 51th 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 43th Q3 SCIE No
51 Brazilian Journal of Nephrology 2.1 42th Q3 ESCI Yes
52 CEN Case Reports 1.9 41th 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 33th Q3 ESCI No
60 Iranian Journal of Kidney Diseases 1.3 32th Q3 SCIE No
61 Journal of Microscopy and Ultrastructure 1.2 31th 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 23th Q4 Yes
69 Ukrainian Journal of Nephrology and Dialysis 0.8 22th Q4 Yes
70 Nephrology Nursing Journal 0.8 21th 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 3th Q4 Yes
86 Bulletin de la Dialyse a Domicile 0.3 2th Q4 Yes
87 Nephrologie (Germany) 0.1 1th 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 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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