Which journals publish the most papers? (2026)

Scientific Reports published the most papers of any journal in the last 29 days (3,607 papers), ahead of International Journal of Drug Delivery Technology and Pendas Jurnal Ilmiah Pendidikan Dasar.

Updated automatically every day. Data: 29 fully counted days, September 26, 2026 – October 24, 2026. Source: OpenAlex and PubMed.

Top 30 journals by papers published

Rank	Journal	Papers (29 days)	Per day
1	Scientific Reports	3,607	124
2	International Journal of Drug Delivery Technology	2,112	73
3	Pendas Jurnal Ilmiah Pendidikan Dasar	1,690	58
4	Hematology Transfusion and Cell Therapy	1,630	56
5	Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry	1,469	51
6	Cureus	1,316	45
7	Journal of Thoracic Oncology	1,276	44
8	Clinica Chimica Acta	1,192	41
9	Reactions Weekly	1,017	35
10	Neuromuscular Disorders	823	28
11	Journal of Investigative Dermatology	819	28
12	Epidemiology	768	26
13	Annals of Emergency Medicine	715	25
14	PLoS ONE	688	24
15	数据期刊	682	24
16	Journal of Animal Science	676	23
17	International Journal of Gynecological Cancer	618	21
18	CIENCIAMATRIA	602	21
19	Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde	597	21
20	Revista Tópicos.	549	19
21	IET conference proceedings.	533	18
22	Neuromodulation Technology at the Neural Interface	481	17
23	MAKTABGACHA VA MAKTAB TA’LIMI JURNALI	434	15
24	INTERANTIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT	405	14
25	Journal of Physics Conference Series	404	14
26	International Journal of Advanced Biochemistry Research	402	14
27	Вестник науки	395	14
28	Annals of Oncology	395	14
29	Medicine	383	13
30	Frontiers in Immunology	383	13

Are bigger journals better?

No. A high number of papers says nothing about quality: large open-access "mega-journals" publish thousands of papers a year, while many top journals publish only a few hundred. Use this list to see where research is being published, not to judge papers.

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