New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Biology & Biochemistry

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 Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy179
2 Cell172
3 Nature Medicine169
4 Science of the Total Environment162
- International Journal of Molecular Sciences162
6 Journal of Cleaner Production141
7 Nucleic Acids Research137
8 Energy & Environmental Science132
9 Sustainability129
10 Journal of Hazardous Materials126
11 Molecules125
12 Journal of Environmental Management123
13 Environmental Science & Technology121
14 Water Research116
15 Chemosphere115
16 Food Chemistry111
- Nature Genetics111
- Cancer Cell111
19 Nature Biotechnology110
20 Environmental Research109
21 International Journal of Biological Macromolecules108
- Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy108
23 Nature Methods105
24 Molecular Cancer103
- Food Hydrocolloids103
26 Antioxidants102
27 Cells101
28 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health100
29 Cell Metabolism99
30 Pharmaceutics98
- Foods98
32 Environmental Pollution95
33 Nature Neuroscience94
- Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology94
35 Nature Reviews Microbiology93
- Redox Biology93
37 Bioresource Technology92
38 Computers and Electronics in Agriculture91
- Frontiers in Microbiology91
40 Nature Sustainability90
- Computers in Biology and Medicine90
- Trends in Food Science & Technology90
43 Remote Sensing89
- Journal of Controlled Release89
45 Journal of Nanobiotechnology87
46 Global Change Biology86
- Neuron86
- Nature Microbiology86
- Molecular Cell86
- Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews86
51 Microorganisms85
- Science Translational Medicine85
53 Cell Death & Disease84
- Cell Reports84
55 Biosensors & Bioelectronics83
- Resources Conservation and Recycling83
- Nature Climate Change83
- Ecological Indicators83
59 Frontiers in Pharmacology82
60 Environment International80
- Food Research International80
- Cell Host & Microbe80
- Biomolecules80
64 Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B79
- Cell Stem Cell79
- Biomedicines79
- Ageing Research Reviews79
68 Nature Reviews Drug Discovery78
- eLife78
70 Gut Microbes77
71 Antibiotics-Basel76
72 Pharmaceuticals75
- Remote Sensing of Environment75
- Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety75
- Environmental Chemistry Letters75
76 Pharmacological Research74
- Molecular Psychiatry74
- Water74
- Microbiome74
80 Agriculture-Basel72
- Agronomy-Basel72
- Nature Cell Biology72
- Energy Policy72
- Brain72
85 Phytomedicine71
- Industrial Crops and Products71
87 Nature Human Behaviour70
- Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology70
- Briefings in Bioinformatics70
- IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics70
91 Journal of Medicinal Chemistry69
- Cell Death Discovery69
93 Nature Ecology & Evolution68
- Communications Biology68
- Nature Reviews Genetics68
96 Cell Communication and Signaling67
- Molecular Plant67
98 Nature Chemical Biology66
- Neural Networks66
- Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry66
- Environmental Science and Pollution Research66
- Journal of Neuroinflammation66
- Nature Protocols66
- Biotechnology Advances66
105 Viruses-Basel65
- Plant Cell65
- Communications Earth & Environment65
108 Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews64
- Molecular Therapy64
110 Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety63
- Clinical Infectious Diseases63
112 Frontiers in Environmental Science62
- Life-Basel62
- Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology62
115 Pharmacology & Therapeutics61
- Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition61
- LWT-Food Science and Technology61
118 Neuroimage60
- Current Biology60
- Food Control60
- European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry60
- Toxics60
- Trends in Cell Biology60
- Marine Drugs60
- Journal of Ethnopharmacology60
- Physiological Reviews60
- Trends in Biotechnology60
128 Nature Reviews Neuroscience59
- Free Radical Biology and Medicine59
- Trends in Ecology & Evolution59
- Microbiological Research59
- Journal of Environmental Sciences59
- Drug Discovery Today59
- International Journal of Nanomedicine59
- Lancet Planetary Health59
136 ISME Journal58
- Food Packaging and Shelf Life58
- Marine Pollution Bulletin58
- International Journal of Pharmaceutics58
- Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling58
- Life Sciences58
- International Immunopharmacology58
143 Drugs57
- Frontiers in Neuroscience57
- Frontiers in Physiology57
- One Earth57
- Environmental Technology & Innovation57
- Food Bioscience57
- Waste Management57
- Trends in Cognitive Sciences57
- Trends in Neurosciences57
- Stem Cell Research & Therapy57
- International Journal of Biological Sciences57
- Biology-Basel57
- Autophagy57
156 Pathogens56
- Animals56
- Trends in Microbiology56
- Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience56
- Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment56
161 Molecular Neurodegeneration55
- Microbiology Spectrum55
- Journal of Fungi55
- Agricultural Water Management55
- Nature Structural & Molecular Biology55
- Journal of Biological Chemistry55
- Urban Climate55
168 Plant Biotechnology Journal54
- Earths Future54
- EMBO Journal54
- Frontiers in Genetics54
172 Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces53
- Metabolites53
- Brain Sciences53
- Trends in Pharmacological Sciences53
- Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences53
177 Brain Behavior and Immunity52
- Water Resources Research52
- Journal of Integrative Plant Biology52
- Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences52
- Biological Psychiatry52
- Reviews in Aquaculture52
- Field Crops Research52
- Drug Resistance Updates52
185 Developmental Cell51
- Cell Death and Differentiation51
- mBio51
- Frontiers in Neurology51
- Genes51
- Journal of Extracellular Vesicles51
- Genome Medicine51
192 Environmental Research Letters50
- Fermentation-Basel50
- Frontiers in Marine Science50
- Bioinformatics50
- Aging Cell50
- npj Parkinsons Disease50
- Oncogene50
- Food Chemistry-X50
- Biochemical Pharmacology50
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