New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 International Journal of Molecular Sciences58475
2 International Journal of Biological Macromolecules30022
3 Molecules26462
4 Biomedicines12672
5 Journal of Biological Chemistry10861
6 Antioxidants7315
7 Biomolecules7143
8 Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications5816
9 Nucleic Acids Research5468
10 Free Radical Biology and Medicine4700
11 Molecular Biology Reports4460
12 Chemistry & Biodiversity4201
13 Metabolites3913
14 Current Biology3687
15 Bioorganic Chemistry3683
16 FASEB Journal3544
17 Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences3017
18 Food & Function2938
19 Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics2861
20 Nature Medicine2777
21 Biomacromolecules2477
22 ChemBioChem2117
23 Cell2034
24 Molecular Psychiatry2032
25 Redox Biology1873
26 Current Medicinal Chemistry1868
27 Molecular Ecology1833
28 Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology1796
29 Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal1768
30 Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology1725
31 Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology1708
32 Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy1705
33 Chemico-Biological Interactions1664
34 ACS Chemical Neuroscience1656
35 FEBS Journal1652
36 Protein Science1619
37 Journal of Molecular Modeling1612
38 Molecular Cell1602
39 Journal of Molecular Biology1599
40 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Basis of Disease1580
41 Plant Science1558
42 Genes & Diseases1550
43 Biochemistry1525
44 Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry1511
45 Oncogene1452
46 International Journal of Biological Sciences1381
47 Phytochemistry1364
48 Process Biochemistry1345
49 Cellular and Molecular Biology1334
50 Plant Cell1316
51 Lipids in Health and Disease1314
52 Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry1265
53 ACS Chemical Biology1254
54 Journal of Neurochemistry1252
55 Biomedical Chromatography1244
56 FEBS Letters1216
57 RSC Medicinal Chemistry1213
58 Nature Chemical Biology1196
59 Molecular Biology and Evolution1188
60 Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics1183
61 Neurochemical Research1158
62 Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences1149
63 Biochemical Genetics1125
64 Molecular Cancer1095
65 Carbohydrate Research1078
66 Cytokine1068
67 Journal of Integrative Plant Biology1066
68 Biological Trace Element Research1050
69 Molecular Biotechnology1045
70 Nature Structural & Molecular Biology1031
71 European Journal of Human Genetics1010
- Journal of Molecular Graphics & Modelling1010
73 Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry986
74 Macromolecular Bioscience985
75 Bioconjugate Chemistry981
76 Analytical Biochemistry980
77 Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica950
78 Chemical Biology & Drug Design943
79 Bioelectrochemistry926
80 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Bioenergetics918
81 Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology915
82 FEBS Open Bio886
83 Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry879
- Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C-Toxicology & Pharmacology879
85 Biochimie877
86 Proteomics876
87 Molecular Immunology858
88 Journal of Food Biochemistry846
89 Structure820
90 Molecular Plant800
91 Human Molecular Genetics795
92 Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution794
93 Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology783
94 Journal of Lipid Research778
95 Cell and Bioscience774
96 Methods768
97 Trends in Microbiology763
98 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Cell Research756
- Current Opinion in Structural Biology756
100 Genome Research751
101 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer743
102 Cell Death and Differentiation742
103 Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology724
104 Biochemistry-Moscow721
105 Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B-Biology706
106 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology D-Genomics & Proteomics705
107 Cell Biochemistry and Function704
108 Molecular Carcinogenesis699
109 Proteins-Structure Function and Bioinformatics698
110 Journal of Genetics and Genomics696
111 Molecular Ecology Resources690
112 American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology689
113 BioEssays685
114 Biochemical Systematics and Ecology668
115 Bioscience Reports655
116 Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry652
117 Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology642
118 Cell Chemical Biology638
119 Biochemical Society Transactions632
120 Apoptosis629
121 Photochemistry and Photobiology624
122 Fish Physiology and Biochemistry621
123 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-General Subjects618
124 Trends in Molecular Medicine614
125 Trends in Biochemical Sciences602
126 Neurochemistry International591
- Science Signaling591
128 Molecular Microbiology574
129 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology572
130 Journal of Cellular Biochemistry561
131 Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry557
132 RNA551
133 Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences549
134 Protein Expression and Purification540
135 Molecular Genetics and Genomics523
136 Biochemical Journal513
137 Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology503
- Antioxidants & Redox Signaling503
139 EMBO Reports498
140 Open Biology496
141 Genes & Genomics486
142 Biophysical Chemistry485
143 Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology482
144 EMBO Journal474
145 Addiction Biology469
146 Cell Systems462
147 Steroids461
148 Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology449
149 Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions441
150 Peptides439
151 Plant Molecular Biology438
152 IUBMB Life436
153 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Biomembranes434
154 Natural Product Reports431
155 Biofactors428
- Biometals428
157 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids424
158 Journal of Biochemistry417
159 International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology414
160 Molecular Biology412
161 Biomedical Journal403
- Journal of Peptide Science403
163 Current Opinion in Chemical Biology388
164 Journal of Structural Biology386
165 Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics385
166 Nucleosides Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids373
167 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education369
168 RNA Biology363
169 Acta Crystallographica Section D-Structural Biology361
170 Journal of Zhejiang University-Science B360
171 Journal of Chemical Ecology358
- Doklady Biochemistry and Biophysics358
173 Protein and Peptide Letters353
174 Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology350
- Epigenetics350
176 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B-Biochemistry & Molecular Biology340
177 Molecular Reproduction and Development334
178 Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design330
179 Molecular Omics326
180 Current Protein & Peptide Science325
181 Molecular Systems Biology313
182 Biopolymers310
- Matrix Biology310
184 Insect Molecular Biology309
185 Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry296
186 Current Drug Metabolism292
187 DNA and Cell Biology290
188 Mammalian Genome286
189 Nitric Oxide-Biology and Chemistry285
190 Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology284
191 Essays in Biochemistry281
192 Gene Therapy273
- Progress in Biophysics & Molecular Biology273
194 Prostaglandins & Other Lipid Mediators270
195 Yeast264
- Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews264
197 Journal of Molecular Evolution263
- Current Molecular Pharmacology263
199 Biological Chemistry262
200 Molecular Aspects of Medicine260
201 Hemoglobin249
202 Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy247
203 Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research246
204 Biochemistry and Cell Biology244
205 Biotechniques243
206 Protein Journal242
207 Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology233
208 International Journal of Genomics231
- Amyloid-Journal of Protein Folding Disorders231
210 Free Radical Research228
211 Journal of Molecular Recognition221
212 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Proteins and Proteomics219
213 Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Section C-A Journal of Biosciences217
214 Molecular and Cellular Probes215
- Genetics and Molecular Biology215
216 Acta Crystallographica Section F-Structural Biology Communications211
217 Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability210
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms210
219 Lipids200
220 Acta Biochimica Polonica192
221 Current Opinion in Lipidology191
222 Amino Acids187
223 Chemistry and Physics of Lipids184
224 Biocatalysis and Biotransformation179
225 Current Proteomics174
226 Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids172
227 Peptide Science171
228 Journal of Liposome Research168
229 Molecular Genetics Microbiology and Virology166
- Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology166
231 Transgenic Research164
- Extremophiles164
233 Glycoconjugate Journal156
234 Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications149
235 Journal of Molecular Neuroscience148
236 Journal of Membrane Biology138
237 Nucleic Acid Therapeutics135
- Current Genomics135
239 Progress in Lipid Research118
240 Annual Review of Biochemistry116
241 Genes & Genetic Systems115
242 Molecular Medicine107
243 Channels103
244 Journal of Biomolecular Nmr97
245 Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction82
246 Trace Elements and Electrolytes79
247 Innate Immunity73
248 Protein Engineering Design & Selection72
249 Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters70
250 Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry69
251 Chromosoma61
- Chemoecology61
253 Prion55
254 Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology51
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