Biology: Journal Rankings

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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Computers in Biology and Medicine	90
2	eLife	78
3	Communications Biology	68
4	Life-Basel	62
5	Current Biology	60
6	Biology-Basel	57
7	Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	44
-	Biological Reviews	44
9	Science China-Life Sciences	41
-	BMC Biology	41
11	FASEB Journal	38
12	Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences	36
13	Bioelectrochemistry	33
14	Bioscience	32
15	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	31
16	Life Science Alliance	29
17	Computational Biology and Chemistry	28
18	Journal of Experimental Biology	27
-	Physics of Life Reviews	27
20	Journal of Thermal Biology	26
-	Current Opinion in Insect Science	26
22	BioEssays	25
-	Biology Direct	25
24	Astrobiology	21
-	Biosystems	21
26	Journal of Mathematical Biology	20
-	Microscopy Research and Technique	20
28	Bioscience Trends	19
-	Journal of Theoretical Biology	19
-	Bulletin of Mathematical Biology	19
31	Radiation Research	18
32	Open Life Sciences	17
-	Biology Open	17
-	Biometrika	17
35	Mathematical Biosciences	16
-	Chronobiology International	16
-	International Journal of Radiation Biology	16
-	Cryobiology	16
39	Journal of Biological Rhythms	15
-	Biometrics	15
-	Geobiology	15
-	American Journal of Human Biology	15
43	Journal of Radiation Research	14
-	Life Sciences in Space Research	14
45	Radiation and Environmental Biophysics	13
46	Aerobiologia	12
-	Biocell	12
48	Annals of Human Biology	11
-	Biological Bulletin	11
-	Biology Bulletin	11

-	Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research	11
-	Biologia Futura	11
53	Journal of Agricultural Biological and Environmental Statistics	10
-	Journal of Biological Systems	10
-	Synthetic Biology	10
-	Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology	10
-	Integrative Organismal Biology	10
58	Journal of Ethnobiology	9
-	Theory in Biosciences	9
-	Biological Rhythm Research	9
-	Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine	9
-	Journal of Biological Education	9
-	Bioelectromagnetics	9
64	Biology Letters	8
65	International Journal of Astrobiology	7
-	Journal of the History of Biology	7
-	Comptes Rendus Biologies	7
-	Quarterly Review of Biology	7
-	Archives of Biological Sciences	7
-	Bioscience Journal	7
71	Revista de Biologia Tropical	6
72	American Biology Teacher	5
-	Mathematical Medicine and Biology-A Journal of the Ima	5
-	Folia Biologica-Krakow	5
75	Zhurnal Obshchei Biologii	2