New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Biology & Biochemistry

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs that used to have more than one decimal point are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)
Rank Journal Impact Factor 2024
1 Nature Reviews Microbiology ca. 103.3
2 Nature Reviews Drug Discovery ca. 101.8
3 Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology ca. 90.2
4 Nature Reviews Genetics ca. 52
5 Nature Medicine ca. 50
6 Cancer Cell ca. 44.5
7 Cell ca. 42.5
8 Nature Biotechnology ca. 41.7
9 Annual Review of Pathology-Mechanisms of Disease ca. 34.5
10 Molecular Cancer ca. 33.9
11 Nature Methods ca. 32.1
12 Cell Metabolism ca. 30.9
13 Energy & Environmental Science ca. 30.8
14 Nature Genetics ca. 29
15 Physiological Reviews ca. 28.7
16 Nature Climate Change ca. 27.1
- Nature Sustainability ca. 27.1
18 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Computational Molecular Science ca. 27
19 Cell Research ca. 25.9
20 Fungal Diversity ca. 24.8
21 Molecular Plant ca. 24.1
22 Drug Resistance Updates ca. 21.7
23 Lancet Planetary Health ca. 21.6
24 Annual Review of Biochemistry ca. 20.5
25 Cell Stem Cell ca. 20.4
- Environmental Chemistry Letters ca. 20.4
27 Trends in Pharmacological Sciences ca. 19.9
28 Nature Microbiology ca. 19.4
29 Clinical Microbiology Reviews ca. 19.3
30 Annual Review of Physiology ca. 19.1
- Nature Cell Biology ca. 19.1
32 Annual Review of Marine Science ca. 18.9
33 Cell Host & Microbe ca. 18.7
34 Trends in Cell Biology ca. 18.1
35 Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews ca. 17.6
36 Pharmacological Reviews ca. 17.3
- Trends in Ecology & Evolution ca. 17.3
38 Trends in Cognitive Sciences ca. 17.2
39 Annual Review of Entomology ca. 16.7
40 Molecular Cell ca. 16.6
41 Trends in Genetics ca. 16.3
42 Human Reproduction Update ca. 16.1
43 Nature Protocols ca. 16
44 Nature Human Behaviour ca. 15.9
45 Cell Death and Differentiation ca. 15.4
- Trends in Food Science & Technology ca. 15.4
47 Trends in Biotechnology ca. 14.9
- Trends in Microbiology ca. 14.9
- Progress in Lipid Research ca. 14.9
50 Endocrine Pathology ca. 14.7
51 Science Translational Medicine ca. 14.6
- Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B ca. 14.6
53 Nature Ecology & Evolution ca. 14.5
- Journal of Extracellular Vesicles ca. 14.5
55 Drugs ca. 14.4
56 Autophagy ca. 14.3
- Physics of Life Reviews ca. 14.3
58 Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety ca. 14.1
59 Trends in Molecular Medicine ca. 13.8
60 Annual Review of Biophysics ca. 13.7
- Nature Chemical Biology ca. 13.7
- Behavioral and Brain Sciences ca. 13.7
63 Biochar ca. 13.5
64 Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry ca. 13.4
65 Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology ca. 13.2
66 Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology ca. 13.1
- Nucleic Acids Research ca. 13.1
68 Experimental and Molecular Medicine ca. 12.9
69 Protein & Cell ca. 12.8
70 Microbiome ca. 12.7
71 Journal of Nanobiotechnology ca. 12.6
72 Pharmacology & Therapeutics ca. 12.5
- Biotechnology Advances ca. 12.5
- Cell Discovery ca. 12.5
75 Annual Review of Food Science and Technology ca. 12.4
- Water Research ca. 12.4
- Food Hydrocolloids ca. 12.4
- Ageing Research Reviews ca. 12.4
79 FEMS Microbiology Reviews ca. 12.3
80 Global Change Biology ca. 12
- Molecular Therapy ca. 12
82 Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences ca. 11.9
- Redox Biology ca. 11.9
84 Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews ca. 11.8
85 Biological Reviews ca. 11.7
- Brain ca. 11.7
87 Medicinal Research Reviews ca. 11.6
- Plant Cell ca. 11.6
89 Journal of Controlled Release ca. 11.5
90 Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics ca. 11.4
- Remote Sensing of Environment ca. 11.4
- Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology ca. 11.4
- npj Clean Water ca. 11.4
94 Environmental Science & Technology ca. 11.3
- Reviews in Aquaculture ca. 11.3
- Journal of Hazardous Materials ca. 11.3
97 Genome Medicine ca. 11.2
98 Human Reproduction Open ca. 11.1
99 Gut Microbes ca. 11
- Trends in Biochemical Sciences ca. 11
101 Resources Conservation and Recycling ca. 10.9
102 Natural Product Reports ca. 10.6
- Food Packaging and Shelf Life ca. 10.6
- Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology ca. 10.6
105 Biosensors & Bioelectronics ca. 10.5
- Pharmacological Research ca. 10.5
- Plant Biotechnology Journal ca. 10.5
108 Molecular Aspects of Medicine ca. 10.3
- Physiology ca. 10.3
110 Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters ca. 10.2
111 Molecular Psychiatry ca. 10.1
- Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ca. 10.1
- Journal of Neuroinflammation ca. 10.1
114 Journal of Cleaner Production ca. 10
- International Journal of Biological Sciences ca. 10
- ISME Journal ca. 10
117 Annual Review of Microbiology ca. 9.9
118 Food Chemistry ca. 9.8
- Environmental Health Perspectives ca. 9.8
120 Sleep Medicine Reviews ca. 9.7
- Environment International ca. 9.7
122 Cell Death & Disease ca. 9.6
- Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment ca. 9.6
124 Science China-Life Sciences ca. 9.5
125 Journal of Integrative Plant Biology ca. 9.3
- Acta Neuropathologica ca. 9.3
127 Energy Policy ca. 9.2
- npj Biofilms and Microbiomes ca. 9.2
- Seminars in Immunopathology ca. 9.2
130 Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions ca. 9.1
- Current Opinion in Food Science ca. 9.1
132 Biological Psychiatry ca. 9
- Bioresource Technology ca. 9
134 Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis ca. 8.9
- Cell Communication and Signaling ca. 8.9
- Communications Earth & Environment ca. 8.9
- Computers and Electronics in Agriculture ca. 8.9
138 Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition ca. 8.8
- Environmental Science & Technology Letters ca. 8.8
140 Annual Review of Animal Biosciences ca. 8.7
- Developmental Cell ca. 8.7
142 Annual Review of Genetics ca. 8.6
143 International Journal of Biological Macromolecules ca. 8.5
- Horticulture Research ca. 8.5
- Clinical Microbiology and Infection ca. 8.5
146 Acta Pharmacologica Sinica ca. 8.4
- Journal of Environmental Management ca. 8.4
- Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management ca. 8.4
- Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology ca. 8.4
- Brain Stimulation ca. 8.4
151 Annual Review of Virology ca. 8.3
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer ca. 8.3
- EMBO Journal ca. 8.3
- Phytomedicine ca. 8.3
155 Water Research X ca. 8.2
- Free Radical Biology and Medicine ca. 8.2
- Particle and Fibre Toxicology ca. 8.2
- Food Chemistry-X ca. 8.2
- Earths Future ca. 8.2
160 Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews ca. 8.1
- Current Pollution Reports ca. 8.1
- Drug Delivery ca. 8.1
- Apoptosis ca. 8.1
- American Journal of Human Genetics ca. 8.1
165 Science of the Total Environment ca. 8
- Food Research International ca. 8
167 Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics ca. 7.9
- Genomics Proteomics & Bioinformatics ca. 7.9
- Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews ca. 7.9
- Journal of Headache and Pain ca. 7.9
171 Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews ca. 7.8
- npj Science of Food ca. 7.8
173 Cell Systems ca. 7.7
- Briefings in Bioinformatics ca. 7.7
- British Journal of Pharmacology ca. 7.7
- Genes & Development ca. 7.7
- Annals of Neurology ca. 7.7
- Molecular Systems Biology ca. 7.7
- Environmental Research ca. 7.7
- Critical Reviews in Biotechnology ca. 7.7
181 Food Engineering Reviews ca. 7.6
- Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment ca. 7.6
- Alzheimers Research & Therapy ca. 7.6
- Bioscience ca. 7.6
- Brain Behavior and Immunity ca. 7.6
186 Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy ca. 7.5
- Current Biology ca. 7.5
- Emerging Microbes & Infections ca. 7.5
- Current Opinion in Microbiology ca. 7.5
- Neurology-Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation ca. 7.5
- Archives of Pharmacal Research ca. 7.5
- Drug Discovery Today ca. 7.5
193 CNS Drugs ca. 7.4
- Food Science and Human Wellness ca. 7.4
- Amyloid-Journal of Protein Folding Disorders ca. 7.4
- Ecological Indicators ca. 7.4
197 Oncogene ca. 7.3
- International Soil and Water Conservation Research ca. 7.3
- Clinical Infectious Diseases ca. 7.3
- Environmental Pollution ca. 7.3
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