New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Biology & Biochemistry

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Cell174
2 Nature Medicine171
3 Science of the Total Environment159
- International Journal of Molecular Sciences159
5 Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy157
6 Journal of Hazardous Materials143
- Journal of Cleaner Production143
8 Nucleic Acids Research142
9 Energy & Environmental Science134
- Chemosphere134
11 Journal of Environmental Management125
12 Environmental Science & Technology120
13 Nature Biotechnology118
14 Molecules115
15 Nature Genetics114
16 Sustainability112
17 Water Research111
18 Food Chemistry110
19 Environmental Research107
20 Cancer Cell106
21 Bioresource Technology105
22 Food Hydrocolloids102
23 International Journal of Biological Macromolecules101
- Nature Methods101
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health101
26 Environmental Pollution100
- Molecular Cancer100
28 Cells99
29 Trends in Food Science & Technology98
30 Computers in Biology and Medicine96
31 Environmental Science and Pollution Research95
- Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy95
- Antioxidants95
34 Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology93
35 Molecular Cell92
- Nature Reviews Microbiology92
37 Science Translational Medicine91
- Cell Metabolism91
39 Resources Conservation and Recycling90
40 Environment International89
41 Nature Neuroscience88
42 Journal of Controlled Release87
- Foods87
- Ecological Indicators87
45 Nature Microbiology86
- Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews86
- Neuron86
- Remote Sensing86
- Pharmaceutics86
50 Cell Death & Disease85
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics85
- Cell Reports85
53 Nature Sustainability84
54 eLife83
- Remote Sensing of Environment83
56 Global Change Biology82
- Computers and Electronics in Agriculture82
- Redox Biology82
59 Nature Climate Change81
- Journal of Nanobiotechnology81
61 Frontiers in Microbiology80
- Frontiers in Pharmacology80
- Energy Policy80
- Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B80
65 Nature Reviews Drug Discovery79
- Microorganisms79
67 Cell Host & Microbe78
68 Cell Stem Cell76
69 Ageing Research Reviews75
- Molecular Psychiatry75
- Biomolecules75
72 Nature Reviews Genetics74
- Antibiotics-Basel74
- Food Research International74
75 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety73
- Pharmacological Research73
77 Nature Cell Biology72
- Environmental Chemistry Letters72
- Brain72
- Industrial Crops and Products72
- Briefings in Bioinformatics72
82 Clinical Infectious Diseases71
83 Molecular Plant70
- Biomedicines70
85 LWT-Food Science and Technology69
86 Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology68
- Water68
- Microbiome68
- Viruses-Basel68
- Agronomy-Basel68
91 Neuroimage67
- Current Biology67
- Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews67
- Journal of Medicinal Chemistry67
95 Pharmaceuticals66
- Journal of Neuroinflammation66
97 Nature Protocols65
- IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics65
- Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology65
- Pharmacology & Therapeutics65
101 Nature Chemical Biology64
- Molecular Therapy64
- Biotechnology Advances64
104 Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry63
- European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry63
- Lancet Planetary Health63
- Nature Reviews Neuroscience63
108 Neural Networks62
- Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety62
- Phytomedicine62
- Communications Biology62
- Food Control62
113 Gut Microbes61
- Nature Ecology & Evolution61
- Nature Human Behaviour61
- Plant Cell61
117 Frontiers in Environmental Science60
- Environmental Technology & Innovation60
- Agriculture-Basel60
- Marine Drugs60
- Marine Pollution Bulletin60
122 Bioinformatics59
- Waste Management59
- International Journal of Biological Sciences59
125 Cell Death and Differentiation58
- Drugs58
- Life-Basel58
- Journal of Medical Virology58
- Journal of Ethnopharmacology58
- Free Radical Biology and Medicine58
- Cell Death Discovery58
- Biology-Basel58
133 Frontiers in Physiology57
- Food Packaging and Shelf Life57
- Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition57
- Physiological Reviews57
- Trends in Cell Biology57
- Trends in Ecology & Evolution57
- Stem Cell Research & Therapy57
140 Autophagy56
- One Earth56
- Clinical Microbiology and Infection56
- Journal of Environmental Sciences56
- Journal of Extracellular Vesicles56
145 Communications Earth & Environment55
- Developmental Cell55
- Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences55
- Environmental Research Letters55
- Biological Psychiatry55
- Trends in Biotechnology55
- Drug Discovery Today55
- EMBO Journal55
153 Pathogens54
- Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience54
- Life Sciences54
- Journal of Biological Chemistry54
- Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling54
- International Immunopharmacology54
- Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience54
- Urban Climate54
- Agricultural Water Management54
162 Food Bioscience53
- Cell Communication and Signaling53
- Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences53
- Frontiers in Neuroscience53
- Plant Biotechnology Journal53
- Trends in Cognitive Sciences53
- Journal of Fungi53
- Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces53
- Microbiology Spectrum53
171 Nature Structural & Molecular Biology52
- International Journal of Pharmaceutics52
- Frontiers in Neurology52
- Genes52
- Trends in Neurosciences52
- Molecular Neurodegeneration52
- ISME Journal52
- Microbiological Research52
- Animals52
- mBio52
181 Biological Reviews51
- Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics51
- Trends in Microbiology51
- Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment51
- Frontiers in Genetics51
- Toxics51
187 Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity50
- Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions50
- Earths Future50
- Brain Behavior and Immunity50
- International Journal of Nanomedicine50
- Aquaculture50
- Metabolites50
- Journal of Integrative Plant Biology50
195 Frontiers in Marine Science49
- Biochemical Pharmacology49
- Trends in Pharmacological Sciences49
- Agricultural and Forest Meteorology49
- Genome Medicine49
- Food and Chemical Toxicology49
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