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Top journals from Canada
The top 100 of 603 ranked journals whose publisher is in Canada, ordered by the ITS Journal Score (2021–2025, open OpenAlex data).
Canada in numbers
Canada has 603 journals with an ITS Journal Score, #18 of 148 countries by number of ranked journals. Together they published 171,892 papers in 2021–2025, and 80% of these papers are open access. 163 of the journals (27%) are listed in DOAJ. The most common fields are Social Sciences (202), Arts and Humanities (86), Medicine (75) journals.
Country here is the publisher's country as recorded in OpenAlex. A journal's editors and authors may be based elsewhere.
Top 100 journals
| Rank in country | Global rank | Journal | Field | Score | Papers 2021–2025 | h-index | Open access | DOAJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #799 | JMIR Mental Health JMIR Publications | Psychology | 85.2 | 719 | 101 | 100% | Yes |
| 2 | #826 | Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience Canadian Medical Association | Medicine | 85.0 | 278 | 122 | 100% | — |
| 3 | #1,441 | JMIR mhealth and uhealth JMIR Publications | Health Professions | 82.2 | 1,131 | 158 | 100% | Yes |
| 4 | #1,748 | Ecology and Society Resilience Alliance | Environmental Science | 81.2 | 786 | 220 | 100% | Yes |
| 5 | #1,915 | The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning Athabasca University Press | Computer Science | 80.8 | 294 | 134 | 100% | Yes |
| 6 | #1,996 | JMIR Medical Education JMIR Publications | Medicine | 80.5 | 624 | 67 | 100% | Yes |
| 7 | #2,117 | JMIR Medical Informatics JMIR Publications | Health Professions | 80.2 | 1,133 | 84 | 100% | Yes |
| 8 | #2,270 | JMIR Public Health and Surveillance JMIR Publications | Medicine | 79.6 | 1,306 | 93 | 100% | Yes |
| 9 | #2,329 | Journal of risk and financial management Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 79.4 | 3,076 | 90 | 100% | — |
| 10 | #2,422 | Canadian Geotechnical Journal NRC Research Press | Engineering | 79.2 | 949 | 204 | 46% | — |
| 11 | #2,587 | Current Oncology Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Medicine | 78.8 | 3,315 | 98 | 100% | Yes |
| 12 | #2,588 | Contemporary Accounting Research Wiley | Business, Management and Accounting | 78.7 | 454 | 184 | 57% | — |
| 13 | #2,646 | The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry SAGE Publishing | Medicine | 78.6 | 442 | 184 | 100% | — |
| 14 | #2,927 | Clinical Implant Dentistry and Related Research Wiley | Dentistry | 77.9 | 625 | 123 | 57% | — |
| 15 | #3,213 | Uncertain Supply Chain Management Growing Science | Business, Management and Accounting | 77.1 | 743 | 53 | 100% | — |
| 16 | #3,542 | JMIR Serious Games JMIR Publications | Psychology | 76.4 | 563 | 70 | 100% | Yes |
| 17 | #3,623 | The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering Wiley | Engineering | 76.2 | 2,062 | 134 | 34% | — |
| 18 | #3,706 | International Journal of Data and Network Science Growing Science | Social Sciences | 76.0 | 813 | 61 | 100% | Yes |
| 19 | #3,858 | JMIR Human Factors JMIR Publications | Health Professions | 75.6 | 910 | 57 | 100% | Yes |
| 20 | #3,913 | JMIR Aging JMIR Publications | Social Sciences | 75.4 | 556 | 50 | 100% | Yes |
| 21 | #3,965 | Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism NRC Research Press | Medicine | 75.3 | 694 | 126 | 58% | — |
| 22 | #4,066 | Environmental Reviews Canadian Science Publishing | Environmental Science | 75.1 | 223 | 116 | 58% | — |
| 23 | #4,132 | Canadian Medical Association Journal Canadian Medical Association | Health Professions | 75.0 | 2,482 | 231 | 100% | Yes |
| 24 | #4,183 | Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Canadian Science Publishing | Environmental Science | 74.9 | 794 | 252 | 68% | — |
| 25 | #4,209 | Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts Elsevier BV | Materials Science | 74.8 | 216 | 57 | 100% | Yes |
| 26 | #4,433 | Interactive Journal of Medical Research JMIR Publications | Health Professions | 74.3 | 347 | 48 | 100% | Yes |
| 27 | #4,560 | Canadian Journal of Microbiology Canadian Science Publishing | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 74.1 | 299 | 168 | 55% | — |
| 28 | #4,643 | Canadian Journal of Forest Research NRC Research Press | Environmental Science | 73.9 | 620 | 194 | 63% | — |
| 29 | #4,661 | JMIR Formative Research JMIR Publications | Health Professions | 73.9 | 3,858 | 56 | 100% | Yes |
| 30 | #5,228 | Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology NRC Research Press | Medicine | 72.8 | 402 | 144 | 56% | — |
| 31 | #5,233 | Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences | Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | 72.8 | 160 | 69 | 100% | Yes |
| 32 | #5,277 | Journal of Advanced Transportation Hindawi Publishing Corporation | Engineering | 72.7 | 1,534 | 86 | 100% | Yes |
| 33 | #5,304 | Allergy Asthma and Clinical Immunology BioMed Central | Medicine | 72.7 | 498 | 75 | 100% | Yes |
| 34 | #5,354 | Journal of Great Lakes Research Elsevier BV | Environmental Science | 72.6 | 804 | 127 | 46% | — |
| 35 | #5,765 | Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology Taylor & Francis | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 71.9 | 306 | 91 | 32% | — |
| 36 | #5,778 | Biofuel Research Journal Green Wave Publishing of Canada | Engineering | 71.8 | 100 | 59 | 100% | Yes |
| 37 | #6,295 | Canadian Journal of Cardiology Elsevier BV | Medicine | 70.8 | 3,594 | 133 | 36% | — |
| 38 | #6,498 | Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering NRC Research Press | Engineering | 70.5 | 585 | 108 | 47% | — |
| 39 | #6,507 | Canadian Journal of Physics NRC Research Press | Physics and Astronomy | 70.5 | 437 | 151 | 48% | — |
| 40 | #6,667 | Transnational Corporation Review Elsevier BV | Business, Management and Accounting | 70.2 | 429 | 37 | 92% | Yes |
| 41 | #6,669 | Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy university of saskatchewan | Social Sciences | 70.2 | 141 | 27 | 100% | Yes |
| 42 | #6,708 | Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences NRC Research Press | Earth and Planetary Sciences | 70.1 | 358 | 150 | 58% | — |
| 43 | #6,769 | Management Science Letters Growing Science | Business, Management and Accounting | 70.0 | 208 | 77 | 100% | Yes |
| 44 | #6,781 | JMIR Cancer JMIR Publications | Medicine | 70.0 | 431 | 41 | 100% | Yes |
| 45 | #6,845 | JMIR Research Protocols JMIR Publications | Health Professions | 69.9 | 3,482 | 63 | 100% | Yes |
| 46 | #6,886 | Canadian Journal of Public Health Springer Science+Business Media | Health Professions | 69.8 | 684 | 102 | 99% | — |
| 47 | #7,016 | The Journal of Rheumatology The Journal of Rheumatology Publishing Company Limited | Medicine | 69.6 | 2,041 | 137 | 58% | — |
| 48 | #7,093 | Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d économique Wiley | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 69.5 | 341 | 171 | 57% | — |
| 49 | #7,231 | Genome NRC Research Press | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 69.2 | 242 | 146 | 60% | — |
| 50 | #7,424 | Biochemistry and Cell Biology NRC Research Press | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 68.9 | 298 | 128 | 51% | — |
| 51 | #7,578 | Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada Elsevier BV | Medicine | 68.7 | 1,554 | 106 | 29% | — |
| 52 | #7,580 | Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing Taylor & Francis | Engineering | 68.7 | 205 | 100 | 60% | Yes |
| 53 | #7,851 | The Journal of Economic Asymmetries Elsevier BV | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 68.2 | 238 | 40 | 30% | — |
| 54 | #7,896 | JMIR Infodemiology JMIR Publications | Social Sciences | 68.1 | 236 | 25 | 100% | Yes |
| 55 | #8,031 | JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting JMIR Publications | Health Professions | 67.9 | 451 | 38 | 100% | Yes |
| 56 | #8,041 | Canadian Journal of Soil Science Canadian Science Publishing | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 67.9 | 272 | 119 | 71% | — |
| 57 | #8,241 | FACETS Canadian Science Publishing | Environmental Science | 67.5 | 453 | 47 | 100% | Yes |
| 58 | #8,304 | Canadian Journal of Zoology NRC Research Press | Environmental Science | 67.4 | 501 | 189 | 57% | — |
| 59 | #8,512 | Dermatitis Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | Medicine | 67.1 | 882 | 69 | 13% | — |
| 60 | #8,537 | Canada Communicable Disease Report Health Canada | Medicine | 67.1 | 302 | 44 | 100% | Yes |
| 61 | #8,588 | Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada Public Health Agency of Canada | Medicine | 67.0 | 352 | 49 | 100% | Yes |
| 62 | #8,771 | Canadian Journal of Chemistry NRC Research Press | Chemistry | 66.6 | 522 | 156 | 43% | — |
| 63 | #8,852 | Canadian Journal of Plant Science Canadian Science Publishing | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 66.5 | 435 | 113 | 75% | — |
| 64 | #8,927 | Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology Elsevier BV | Medicine | 66.4 | 1,070 | 72 | 43% | — |
| 65 | #8,929 | Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior Elsevier BV | Nursing | 66.4 | 1,863 | 123 | 43% | — |
| 66 | #9,076 | International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning International Information and Engineering Technology Association | Social Sciences | 66.2 | 1,846 | 36 | 96% | — |
| 67 | #9,122 | Canadian Journal of Animal Science Canadian Science Publishing | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 66.1 | 311 | 104 | 69% | — |
| 68 | #9,158 | Traitement du signal International Information and Engineering Technology Association | Computer Science | 66.1 | 1,354 | 40 | 96% | — |
| 69 | #9,313 | Canadian Journal of Surgery Canadian Medical Association | Medicine | 65.8 | 511 | 65 | 100% | — |
| 70 | #9,394 | World Journal of Oncology Elmer Press Inc. | Medicine | 65.7 | 314 | 34 | 100% | — |
| 71 | #9,444 | Journal of Clinical Medicine Research Elmer Press Inc. | Medicine | 65.6 | 349 | 67 | 100% | — |
| 72 | #9,644 | JMIR Dermatology JMIR Publications | Medicine | 65.2 | 347 | 22 | 100% | Yes |
| 73 | #9,654 | International Journal of Comparative Sociology SAGE Publishing | Social Sciences | 65.2 | 247 | 78 | 45% | — |
| 74 | #9,666 | JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies JMIR Publications | Medicine | 65.2 | 264 | 39 | 100% | Yes |
| 75 | #9,816 | Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques Cambridge University Press | Medicine | 65.0 | 2,044 | 121 | 90% | — |
| 76 | #9,917 | Revue d intelligence artificielle International Information and Engineering Technology Association | Computer Science | 64.8 | 534 | 30 | 93% | — |
| 77 | #10,396 | JMIR Diabetes JMIR Publications | Medicine | 64.0 | 227 | 37 | 100% | Yes |
| 78 | #10,579 | Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d agroeconomie Wiley | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 63.7 | 158 | 70 | 57% | — |
| 79 | #10,730 | Current Chemistry Letters Growing Science | Chemistry | 63.5 | 300 | 28 | 100% | — |
| 80 | #10,788 | JMIR Cardio JMIR Publications | Medicine | 63.3 | 214 | 30 | 100% | Yes |
| 81 | #10,830 | JMIR Nursing JMIR Publications | Medicine | 63.3 | 138 | 23 | 100% | Yes |
| 82 | #10,926 | Hemodialysis International Wiley | Medicine | 63.2 | 430 | 70 | 46% | — |
| 83 | #10,988 | Arctic Science Canadian Science Publishing | Earth and Planetary Sciences | 63.0 | 313 | 35 | 100% | Yes |
| 84 | #11,008 | Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology Canadian Network for Innovation in Education | Social Sciences | 63.0 | 151 | 44 | 100% | Yes |
| 85 | #11,069 | International Journal of Industrial Engineering Computations Growing Science | Engineering | 62.9 | 262 | 42 | 100% | — |
| 86 | #11,111 | Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l Administration Wiley | Business, Management and Accounting | 62.9 | 217 | 79 | 37% | — |
| 87 | #11,135 | Canadian Urological Association Journal Canadian Urological Association Journal | Medicine | 62.8 | 980 | 65 | 100% | — |
| 88 | #11,240 | Decision Science Letters Growing Science | Business, Management and Accounting | 62.7 | 333 | 38 | 100% | Yes |
| 89 | #11,320 | JMIRx Med JMIR Publications | Medicine | 62.5 | 570 | 22 | 100% | Yes |
| 90 | #11,393 | INFOR Information Systems and Operational Research Taylor & Francis | Business, Management and Accounting | 62.4 | 146 | 61 | 23% | — |
| 91 | #11,447 | Canadian Journal of Nursing Research SAGE Publishing | Nursing | 62.3 | 201 | 35 | 75% | — |
| 92 | #11,461 | Canadian Public Policy University of Toronto Press | Social Sciences | 62.3 | 178 | 89 | 42% | — |
| 93 | #11,475 | Canadian Journal of Diabetes Elsevier BV | Medicine | 62.2 | 1,506 | 78 | 15% | — |
| 94 | #11,569 | Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy SAGE Publishing | Health Professions | 62.1 | 197 | 84 | 72% | — |
| 95 | #11,585 | The Forestry Chronicle Canadian Institute of Forestry | Environmental Science | 62.1 | 137 | 82 | 100% | Yes |
| 96 | #11,654 | Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | Engineering | 62.0 | 286 | 41 | 17% | — |
| 97 | #11,722 | International Journal of Safety and Security Engineering International Information and Engineering Technology Association | Computer Science | 61.9 | 749 | 28 | 93% | — |
| 98 | #11,817 | International Business Research Canadian Center of Science and Education | Business, Management and Accounting | 61.7 | 402 | 69 | 100% | — |
| 99 | #11,882 | Canadian Medical Education Journal Canadian Medical Education Journal | Medicine | 61.6 | 738 | 37 | 100% | Yes |
| 100 | #11,936 | Mathematical Modelling and Engineering Problems International Information and Engineering Association | Engineering | 61.5 | 1,425 | 25 | 96% | — |
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How the ITS Journal Score works
One formula applies to every ranked journal, using open data from OpenAlex: 45% citation impact, 35% h-index and 20% size (papers published 2021–2025). Citation impact is the smaller of the journal's two-year mean citedness and its five-year citations per paper, so a journal whose output collapsed cannot jump to the top on old citations. Each part is half a percentile and half a log-scaled value, so the very top is still separated. Growth and open-access share are shown separately and are not part of the score.
A journal is ranked only if it published at least 50 papers in 2021–2025 and was active in at least five of the last six years. Field rankings compare a journal only with journals in the same field; the field is the OpenAlex field with most of the journal's recent papers, or "Multidisciplinary" when no field has 30% of them.
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