Journals That Publish National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Funded Research

In shortNational Health and Medical Research Council (Australia) is named as a funder in the recent research articles of 335 journals we checked, most often in The Medical Journal of Australia (46 of 200 recent articles). The journals below publish its funded work most often; open a journal for its indexing, review time, reviewer comments and fee waivers.

Journals that publish National Health and Medical Research Council funded research most often

#JournalArticles naming itIndexingImpact factor*Median review time
1The Medical Journal of Australia46 of 200SCIE3.18159 days
2Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry39 of 200SCIE SSCI3.23n/a
3Drug and Alcohol Review30 of 200SSCI2.50208 days
4Immunology and Cell Biology30 of 200SCIE2.04140 days
5Health Promotion Journal of Australia29 of 200SSCI2.14169 days
6The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific29 of 200SCIE SSCI4.27n/a
7Health Promotion International21 of 200SCIE SSCI4.91n/a
8Clinical & Translational Immunology20 of 95SCIE3.03134 days
9Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health18 of 200SCIE SSCI1.38n/a
10Critical Care and Resuscitation18 of 142SCIE1.12n/a
11Journal of physiotherapy17 of 200SCIE2.12n/a
12Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open14 of 200ESCI3.07n/a
13Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology12 of 200SCIE1.36229 days
14Australian Journal of Rural Health12 of 200SCIE SSCI1.80166 days
15Mental Health & Prevention12 of 200ESCI2.34n/a
16Australasian Journal on Ageing11 of 200SCIE SSCI1.56163 days
17International Journal of Drug Policy11 of 200SSCI3.81n/a
18Australasian Emergency Care10 of 127SCIE SSCI1.45n/a
19Australian Journal of Social Issues10 of 171SSCI1.96225 days
20Brain Communications10 of 200ESCI4.52n/a
21Cancer Epidemiology10 of 200SCIE3.05n/a
22Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology10 of 200SCIE2.4671 days
23Journal of Pain10 of 200SCIE1.32n/a
24Medical Decision Making10 of 191SCIE SSCI2.01n/a
25Respirology10 of 200SCIE2.6742 days
26The Lancet Healthy Longevity10 of 200SCIE12.17n/a
27The Lancet Public Health10 of 200SCIE SSCI17.49n/a
28Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal9 of 200SCIE2.88n/a
29Australian Critical Care9 of 200SCIE SSCI2.02n/a
30EClinicalMedicine9 of 200SCIE12.46n/a
31Infection Disease & Health9 of 200ESCI0.75n/a
32International Journal of Eating Disorders9 of 200SCIE SSCI3.8196 days
33PharmacoEconomics9 of 200SCIE SSCI3.78123 days
34Pharmacological Reviews9 of 172SCIE27.81n/a
35PLoS Medicine9 of 200SCIE8.51n/a
36The Lancet Psychiatry9 of 200SCIE SSCI8.79n/a
37Addiction8 of 200SCIE SSCI3.99164 days
38Australian Health Review8 of 185SCIE SSCI1.47n/a
39Diabetologia8 of 200SCIE8.4198 days
40International Journal of Stroke8 of 200SCIE9.15n/a
41JSAMS Plus8 of 89Scopus1.59n/a
42Musculoskeletal Science and Practice8 of 200SCIE2.19n/a
43Nutrition & Dietetics8 of 122SCIE2.54140 days
44Obesity Reviews8 of 200SCIE7.23298 days
45Pain8 of 200SCIE4.96122 days
46The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health8 of 200SCIE6.09n/a
47The Lancet Respiratory Medicine8 of 200SCIE11.61n/a
48Tobacco Control8 of 200SCIE SSCI2.86n/a
49Behaviour Research and Therapy7 of 200SSCI3.02n/a
50Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research7 of 200SCIE4.26n/a

"Articles naming" counts the research articles (of up to 200 from the last 24 months) whose funder list names National Health and Medical Research Council. *Impact factor calculated from OpenAlex open data, not the official Clarivate value. Review time: median days from submission to acceptance, from the dates publishers deposit in Crossref.

Funders named alongside National Health and Medical Research Council

Other funders that appear in the same journals. Their pages show where their funded research is published.

National Institutes of HealthNational Natural Science Foundation of ChinaNational Institute for Health and Care ResearchCanadian Institutes of Health ResearchMedical Research CouncilWellcome TrustAustralian Research CouncilDeutsche ForschungsgemeinschaftNational Heart, Lung, and Blood InstituteJapan Society for the Promotion of ScienceNational Key Research and Development Program of ChinaNational Institute of Mental HealthMedical Research Future FundNational Institute on Drug AbuseConselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e TecnológicoCoordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior

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Frequently asked questions

Which journals publish the most National Health and Medical Research Council funded research?

In the recent research articles we checked, the journals that name National Health and Medical Research Council as a funder most often are The Medical Journal of Australia, Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, Drug and Alcohol Review, Immunology and Cell Biology, Health Promotion Journal of Australia. In all, 335 journals name it.

Does publishing in these journals help my National Health and Medical Research Council grant?

These journals already publish work supported by National Health and Medical Research Council, so editors and reviewers know this kind of research. Whether a journal suits your paper still depends on its scope, indexing and review time, shown for each journal in the table.

Does National Health and Medical Research Council pay the article processing charge (APC)?

Many funders pay or reimburse open access fees under their open access policy, but the rules differ by funder and by grant. Check National Health and Medical Research Council's open access policy and your grant terms; for country-based waivers, use the free APC waiver checker.

Where does this data come from?

From the funder information publishers deposit with each article in Crossref. For each journal, ScholarsColab looked at up to 200 research articles from the last 24 months and counted the funders they name. Not every publisher deposits funders, so a journal can be missing.

Source, method and date. Source: the funder information publishers deposit with each article in Crossref. Method: for each journal, ScholarsColab looked at up to 200 research articles from the last 24 months and counted the funders they name; spelling variants of a funder are combined. Updated: 29 October 2026. ScholarsColab is not affiliated with National Health and Medical Research Council or these journals.