New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The citation 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 Average citations
1 Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy72.053
2 Cell65.042
3 Annual Review of Biochemistry44.681
4 Nature Medicine43.308
5 Molecular Cancer42.141
6 Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters38.957
7 Nucleic Acids Research29.910
8 EMBO Journal27.766
9 Progress in Lipid Research27.042
10 Molecular Cell26.422
11 Molecular Plant26.003
12 Redox Biology24.151
13 Molecular Medicine22.991
14 Molecular Aspects of Medicine22.069
15 Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews19.795
16 EMBO Reports18.669
17 Cell Death and Differentiation18.202
18 Molecular Psychiatry16.941
19 Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences16.812
20 Plant Cell16.769
21 Trends in Microbiology16.675
22 Nature Chemical Biology16.171
23 Nature Structural & Molecular Biology15.749
24 Current Opinion in Chemical Biology15.193
25 Essays in Biochemistry15.132
26 Current Opinion in Structural Biology15.087
27 Antioxidants14.881
28 Trends in Molecular Medicine14.832
29 Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology14.510
30 Trends in Biochemical Sciences14.188
31 International Journal of Biological Sciences13.807
32 Cell Chemical Biology13.732
33 Antioxidants & Redox Signaling13.567
34 Molecular Systems Biology13.511
35 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer13.326
36 Journal of Integrative Plant Biology13.090
37 Natural Product Reports12.696
38 Molecular Biology and Evolution12.629
39 Cell Systems12.312
40 International Journal of Biological Macromolecules12.090
41 Cell and Bioscience11.947
42 Oncogene11.687
43 Apoptosis11.680
44 Genome Research11.064
45 Molecules10.825
46 International Journal of Molecular Sciences10.646
47 Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry10.637
48 Current Biology10.570
49 Matrix Biology10.355
50 Biochemical Society Transactions10.296
51 Biomolecules10.133
52 Chemico-Biological Interactions9.962
53 Nucleic Acid Therapeutics9.748
54 Biological Trace Element Research9.525
55 Science Signaling9.457
56 Current Molecular Pharmacology9.430
57 Protein Science9.292
58 Process Biochemistry9.286
59 Bioelectrochemistry9.130
60 Molecular Ecology Resources9.072
61 Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry8.839
62 Biomacromolecules8.803
63 Metabolites8.715
64 Journal of Genetics and Genomics8.644
65 Lipids in Health and Disease8.544
66 Genes & Diseases8.540
67 Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences8.499
68 Methods8.483
69 Biomedical Journal8.422
70 Food & Function8.371
71 Journal of Molecular Biology8.321
72 Progress in Biophysics & Molecular Biology8.267
73 Biomedicines8.167
74 Acta Crystallographica Section D-Structural Biology8.083
75 Journal of Molecular Neuroscience8.061
76 Channels8.058
77 Amyloid-Journal of Protein Folding Disorders8.035
78 Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal7.973
79 Neurochemistry International7.932
80 Epigenetics7.777
81 Amino Acids7.636
82 Open Biology7.565
83 Structure7.537
84 Plant Science7.526
85 Current Opinion in Lipidology7.497
86 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Basis of Disease7.492
87 Biochemical Journal7.359
88 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Cell Research7.275
89 Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution7.262
90 Bioorganic Chemistry7.247
91 Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry7.193
92 Journal of Zhejiang University-Science B7.100
93 Biofactors7.093
94 Journal of Food Biochemistry7.076
95 Molecular Ecology7.066
96 Journal of Lipid Research7.051
97 Neurochemical Research6.973
98 Human Molecular Genetics6.942
99 Cytokine6.908
100 Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability6.905
101 Nitric Oxide-Biology and Chemistry6.884
102 Gene Therapy6.857
103 RNA Biology6.846
104 Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology6.782
105 Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology6.775
106 ACS Chemical Neuroscience6.731
107 Phytochemistry6.666
108 RNA6.648
109 Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B-Biology6.633
110 Macromolecular Bioscience6.577
111 Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology6.551
112 Journal of Liposome Research6.542
113 Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions6.440
114 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C-Toxicology & Pharmacology6.372
115 ACS Chemical Biology6.320
116 Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology6.296
117 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms6.286
118 American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology6.284
119 Bioconjugate Chemistry6.271
120 Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics6.208
121 Analytical Biochemistry6.161
122 Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy6.158
123 European Journal of Human Genetics6.117
124 Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology6.048
125 Bioscience Reports6.024
126 Protein Engineering Design & Selection6.014
127 Biochimie5.979
128 Biometals5.970
129 Current Genomics5.911
130 International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology5.833
131 Journal of Membrane Biology5.826
132 Journal of Neurochemistry5.819
133 Journal of Molecular Graphics & Modelling5.796
134 Molecular and Cellular Probes5.753
135 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Biomembranes5.744
136 Plant Molecular Biology5.733
137 Free Radical Biology and Medicine5.586
138 Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics5.557
139 Molecular Biotechnology5.541
140 Peptides5.535
141 Glycoconjugate Journal5.500
142 Proteomics5.282
143 Molecular Microbiology5.280
144 BioEssays5.244
145 Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry5.227
146 Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids5.192
147 Current Medicinal Chemistry5.164
148 Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics5.156
149 FASEB Journal5.150
- Journal of Structural Biology5.150
151 RSC Medicinal Chemistry5.128
152 Molecular Biology Reports5.125
153 Chromosoma5.115
154 FEBS Journal5.079
155 Chemical Biology & Drug Design5.069
156 Cell Biochemistry and Function5.011
157 Molecular Immunology4.987
158 Journal of Cellular Biochemistry4.984
159 Journal of Molecular Modeling4.890
160 Proteins-Structure Function and Bioinformatics4.883
161 Biological Chemistry4.874
162 Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology4.867
163 Free Radical Research4.811
164 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-General Subjects4.803
165 Innate Immunity4.781
166 Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology4.745
167 Prostaglandins & Other Lipid Mediators4.722
168 Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry4.634
169 Molecular Carcinogenesis4.605
170 FEBS Letters4.589
171 Biochemistry4.566
172 Insect Molecular Biology4.498
173 Fish Physiology and Biochemistry4.456
174 Steroids4.416
175 Journal of Biomolecular Nmr4.402
176 Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology4.395
177 IUBMB Life4.378
178 Journal of Molecular Evolution4.376
179 ChemBioChem4.368
180 Biophysical Chemistry4.348
181 DNA and Cell Biology4.345
182 Journal of Molecular Recognition4.339
183 Biotechniques4.292
184 Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications4.278
185 Extremophiles4.238
186 Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences4.197
187 Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica4.188
188 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids4.172
189 Photochemistry and Photobiology4.159
190 Chemistry and Physics of Lipids4.130
191 Prion4.127
192 Addiction Biology3.998
193 Carbohydrate Research3.963
194 Protein and Peptide Letters3.955
195 Molecular Reproduction and Development3.880
196 Chemistry & Biodiversity3.855
197 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology3.834
198 Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design3.721
199 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B-Biochemistry & Molecular Biology3.682
200 Biochemical Systematics and Ecology3.678
201 Biochemistry and Cell Biology3.672
202 Current Protein & Peptide Science3.665
203 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Proteins and Proteomics3.658
204 Journal of Biological Chemistry3.650
205 Journal of Biochemistry3.619
206 Protein Journal3.587
207 FEBS Open Bio3.519
208 Transgenic Research3.494
209 Molecular Genetics and Genomics3.467
210 Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research3.463
211 Molecular Omics3.399
212 Current Drug Metabolism3.387
213 Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry3.347
214 Genes & Genomics3.272
215 Mammalian Genome3.252
216 Yeast3.250
217 Biochemistry-Moscow3.207
218 Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications3.188
219 Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology3.002
220 Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Section C-A Journal of Biosciences2.986
221 Journal of Peptide Science2.878
222 Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology2.859
223 Journal of Chemical Ecology2.844
224 Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction2.841
225 Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology2.771
226 Protein Expression and Purification2.739
227 Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry2.699
228 Biopolymers2.632
229 Biochemical Genetics2.588
230 Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology2.584
231 Biomedical Chromatography2.484
232 Biocatalysis and Biotransformation2.475
233 Cellular and Molecular Biology2.330
234 Genetics and Molecular Biology2.242
235 Genes & Genetic Systems2.200
236 Peptide Science2.152
237 Molecular Biology2.141
238 Acta Biochimica Polonica2.083
239 International Journal of Genomics2.048
240 Chemoecology2.033
241 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology D-Genomics & Proteomics2.020
242 Nucleosides Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids1.962
243 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education1.840
244 Acta Crystallographica Section F-Structural Biology Communications1.758
245 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Bioenergetics1.660
246 Lipids1.530
247 Doklady Biochemistry and Biophysics1.458
248 Current Proteomics1.448
249 Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry1.420
250 Hemoglobin1.382
251 Trace Elements and Electrolytes1.177
252 Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology1.157
253 Molecular Genetics Microbiology and Virology0.596
254 Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology0.107
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