Kidney International is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering all aspects of nephrology. It was established in 1972 and is published by Elsevier on behalf of the International Society of Nephrology, of which it is the official journal.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: • Biological Abstracts • BIOSIS Previews • Chemical Abstracts Service • CINAHL • Current Contents/Clinical Medicine • Current Contents/Life Sciences • Elsevier BIOBASE • EMBASE • Global Health • Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed • PASCAL • Science Citation Index Expanded According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 18.998.