New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology

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 Nature Biotechnology28.833
2 Nature Reviews Drug Discovery26.428
3 Biotechnology Advances24.495
4 Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology21.669
5 Biosensors & Bioelectronics19.314
6 Journal of Nanobiotechnology19.183
7 Bioresource Technology16.703
8 Annals of Microbiology15.885
9 Current Opinion in Biotechnology15.823
10 Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering15.624
11 Journal of Applied Microbiology15.575
12 Bioinformatics15.175
13 Critical Reviews in Biotechnology14.807
14 Metabolic Engineering14.751
15 Annual Review of Animal Biosciences14.646
16 Trends in Biotechnology14.298
17 npj Biofilms and Microbiomes14.121
18 Molecular Therapy12.450
19 Plant Biotechnology Journal12.354
20 Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology12.282
21 Environmental Technology & Innovation11.912
22 Genome Research11.064
23 Microbial Cell Factories10.504
24 Food Microbiology10.190
25 BMC Bioinformatics9.839
26 Bioresources and Bioprocessing9.480
27 Process Biochemistry9.286
28 Letters in Applied Microbiology9.173
29 Cancer Gene Therapy8.962
30 Bioengineered8.934
31 Gm Crops & Food-Biotechnology in Agriculture and the Food Chain8.917
32 World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology8.603
33 Journal of Biological Engineering8.583
34 Microbial Biotechnology8.443
35 Biomass & Bioenergy8.417
36 Fermentation-Basel8.343
37 Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology8.120
38 Algal Research-Biomass Biofuels and Bioproducts7.945
39 Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology7.657
40 Biochemical Engineering Journal7.560
41 Artificial Cells Nanomedicine and Biotechnology7.505
42 Mutation Research-Reviews in Mutation Research7.408
43 Briefings in Functional Genomics7.333
44 Biological Control7.259
45 Journal of Zhejiang University-Science B7.100
46 Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering7.032
47 Stem Cells6.889
48 Journal of General Virology6.885
49 Gene Therapy6.857
50 Journal of Biotechnology6.801
51 Biotechnology and Bioengineering6.739
52 Amb Express6.727
53 International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation6.725
54 Enzyme and Microbial Technology6.615
55 Human Gene Therapy6.589
56 Applied and Environmental Microbiology6.458
57 Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions6.440
58 Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics6.314
59 Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology6.296
60 Food and Bioproducts Processing6.108
61 BMC Genomics6.031
62 Protein Engineering Design & Selection6.014
63 Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy5.958
64 Systematic and Applied Microbiology5.911
65 Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins5.808
66 SLAS Discovery5.762
67 Genomics5.754
68 Molecular and Cellular Probes5.753
69 Journal of Food Protection5.713
70 Nanomedicine5.565
71 BMC Biotechnology5.557
72 Biofuels Bioproducts & Biorefining-Biofpr5.553
73 Molecular Biotechnology5.541
74 Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering5.380
75 Electronic Journal of Biotechnology5.378
76 Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine5.376
77 Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology5.360
78 Journal of Applied Phycology5.206
79 Biotechnology Journal5.195
80 3 Biotech5.083
81 Biodegradation5.006
82 Disease Markers4.814
83 Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering4.745
84 Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology4.690
85 Biotechnology Progress4.493
86 Food Technology and Biotechnology4.488
87 New Biotechnology4.421
88 Journal of Antibiotics4.244
89 Synthetic Biology4.242
90 Current Nanoscience4.211
91 Mutation Research-Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis4.139
92 Journal of Gene Medicine4.131
93 Biofouling4.053
94 Marine Biotechnology4.010
95 Algorithms for Molecular Biology3.913
96 Journal of Bioactive and Compatible Polymers3.900
97 Animal Biotechnology3.857
98 Biotechnology Letters3.796
99 Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture3.761
100 Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment3.715
101 Canadian Journal of Microbiology3.694
102 Journal of Food Safety3.686
103 Biomarkers3.651
104 Folia Microbiologica3.575
105 Transgenic Research3.494
106 Indian Journal of Microbiology3.489
107 Biologicals3.453
108 Oncotargets and Therapy3.363
109 Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry3.347
110 Genes & Genomics3.272
111 Mammalian Genome3.252
112 Yeast3.250
113 Microbes and Environments3.225
114 Engineering in Life Sciences3.125
115 Plant Biotechnology Reports3.042
116 Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology3.002
117 Cellular Reprogramming2.978
118 Journal of Virological Methods2.966
119 Journal of Applied Genetics2.932
120 Genome2.918
121 Food Biotechnology2.911
122 American Journal of Enology and Viticulture2.899
123 Protein Expression and Purification2.739
124 Plant Biotechnology2.702
125 Plant Breeding2.617
126 Pharmacogenetics and Genomics2.600
127 Biomed Research International2.493
128 Biocatalysis and Biotransformation2.475
129 Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists2.423
130 Applied Biochemistry and Microbiology2.077
131 Biocontrol Science and Technology2.059
132 International Journal of Genomics2.048
133 Cytotechnology2.020
134 Biotechnic & Histochemistry1.946
135 New Genetics and Society1.887
136 Critical Reviews in Eukaryotic Gene Expression1.820
137 Cytotherapy1.484
138 Stem Cell Research1.266
139 Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Quarterly1.264
140 Journal of General and Applied Microbiology1.235
141 Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology0.876
142 Biotechnology Law Report0.486
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