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The following list of journals are those with the highest Journal Impact Factor (JIF)* in the MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL category in the 2023 edition of Journal Citation Reports (JCR). 333 titles are listed in this category in JCR and the top 5 of these are listed below:

1. The Lancet
2. New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)
3. The BMJ
4. Nature Reviews Disease Primers
5. JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

*The JIF is the average number of times articles from the journal published in the past two years have been cited in the JCR year. Note: these results are based on data from the Web of Science Core collection only. For an in-depth explanation on its calculation and on Clarivate Journal Citation Reports please refer to this guide.

Please note that JIF is one metric for assessing the quality of research journals but not the only one.

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JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes experimental methods in video format. JoVE publishes novel methods, innovative application of existing techniques, and gold standard protocols that enable a greater level of experimental transparency in biological, medical, chemical and physical research. A detailed text protocol and representative results accompany every video.