New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Biology & Biochemistry

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 Sustainability55393
3 International Journal of Biological Macromolecules30022
4 Science of the Total Environment27632
5 Molecules26462
6 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health21862
7 Remote Sensing20225
8 Foods17509
9 Journal of Cleaner Production16544
10 Frontiers in Pharmacology16123
11 Food Chemistry16039
12 Frontiers in Microbiology15644
13 Water15346
14 Animals15126
15 Journal of Environmental Management14596
16 Journal of Hazardous Materials13527
17 Biomedicines12672
18 Open Forum Infectious Diseases12284
19 Biophysical Journal12283
20 Agronomy-Basel12063
21 Microorganisms11181
22 Journal of Biological Chemistry10861
23 Environmental Research10696
24 Chemosphere10691
25 Cells10362
26 Frontiers in Neurology10309
27 Agriculture-Basel9880
28 Zootaxa9550
29 eLife9495
30 Environmental Science & Technology9370
31 Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry9343
32 Industrial Crops and Products8393
33 Pharmaceutics8380
34 Environmental Pollution8331
35 Viruses-Basel8307
36 Life-Basel8244
37 Frontiers in Marine Science7837
38 Genes7447
39 Physiology7374
40 Food Bioscience7363
41 International Immunopharmacology7325
42 Antioxidants7315
43 Journal of Animal Science7257
44 Food Research International7249
45 Microbiology Spectrum7217
46 Biomolecules7143
47 Pharmaceuticals7133
48 Communications Biology6852
49 Water Research6827
50 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety6719
51 Frontiers in Genetics6637
52 Sleep6616
- Bioresource Technology6616
54 Frontiers in Neuroscience6611
55 Atmosphere6589
56 Ecology and Evolution6531
57 Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy6424
58 Frontiers in Physiology6405
59 Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology6356
60 Biology-Basel6283
61 Fertility and Sterility6263
62 Cell Reports6156
63 LWT-Food Science and Technology6064
64 Ecological Indicators6030
65 Brain Sciences5959
66 Antibiotics-Basel5912
67 Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications5816
68 Journal of Ethnopharmacology5815
69 Frontiers in Environmental Science5741
70 Computers in Biology and Medicine5553
71 Human Reproduction5518
72 Nucleic Acids Research5468
73 Marine Pollution Bulletin5426
74 Pathogens5410
75 Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology5396
76 Journal of the Neurological Sciences5258
77 Aquaculture5162
78 Biological Psychiatry5108
79 Journal of Medicinal Chemistry5106
80 Poultry Science5034
81 Food Hydrocolloids4743
82 Free Radical Biology and Medicine4700
83 International Journal of Pharmaceutics4656
84 Insects4485
85 Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology4468
86 Molecular Biology Reports4460
87 Computers and Electronics in Agriculture4397
88 Journal of Food Composition and Analysis4374
89 BMC Genomics4324
90 Toxicology Letters4220
91 Chemistry & Biodiversity4201
92 Laboratory Investigation4199
93 Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems4126
94 Journal of Fungi4120
95 Phytomedicine4108
96 European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry4092
97 Toxics4043
98 Cell Death & Disease3941
99 Metabolites3913
100 Water Air and Soil Pollution3904
101 Biosensors & Bioelectronics3772
102 Food Science & Nutrition3758
103 Food Chemistry-X3753
104 Journal of Dairy Science3734
105 Current Biology3687
106 Bioorganic Chemistry3683
107 Journal of Controlled Release3657
108 IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics3642
109 Environmental Research Letters3570
110 Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling3564
111 FASEB Journal3544
112 Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience3519
113 Neural Networks3433
114 Journal of Alzheimers Disease3414
115 Analytical Methods3351
116 Natural Product Research3320
117 European Journal of Pharmacology3316
118 Cytotherapy3313
119 Environmental Monitoring and Assessment3302
120 PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases3288
121 Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture3265
122 Journal of Chromatography A3226
123 mBio3207
124 Naunyn-Schmiedebergs Archives of Pharmacology3205
125 Communications Earth & Environment3197
126 Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience3189
127 Life Sciences3179
128 Brain Stimulation3176
129 Plant and Soil3162
130 Fermentation-Basel3161
131 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics3154
132 Clinical Neurophysiology3134
133 Journal of Nanobiotechnology3130
134 Journal of Medical Virology3127
135 Clinical Infectious Diseases3125
136 Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics3092
137 European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology3080
138 Neuromuscular Disorders3079
139 Molecular Neurobiology3056
140 Journal of Food Measurement and Characterization3044
141 Fish & Shellfish Immunology3032
142 Environment International3030
143 Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences3017
144 Pest Management Science3013
145 International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology2984
146 Neurological Sciences2947
147 Food & Function2938
148 Journal of Neuroscience2936
149 Molecular Genetics and Metabolism2868
150 Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics2861
151 Journal of Pain2823
152 Food Control2813
153 Briefings in Bioinformatics2782
154 Nature Medicine2777
155 Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces2756
156 Gene2751
157 Water Resources Research2696
158 Agricultural Water Management2693
159 Journal of Environmental Sciences2671
160 Journal of Food Science2668
161 European Neuropsychopharmacology2665
162 Neuroimage2660
163 Food and Chemical Toxicology2658
164 Infection and Drug Resistance2655
165 Gait & Posture2654
166 Microbial Pathogenesis2619
- International Journal of Nanomedicine2619
168 Toxins2616
169 Journal of Virology2615
170 BMC Microbiology2614
171 Frontiers in Human Neuroscience2576
172 Regional Studies in Marine Science2556
173 Brain and Behavior2522
174 Journal of Physiology-London2506
175 Journal of Infectious Diseases2492
176 Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine2490
177 Biomacromolecules2477
178 Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition2461
179 Journal of Experimental Biology2447
180 Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry2428
181 Energy & Environmental Science2425
182 Biochemical Pharmacology2401
183 Neuroscience2397
184 Fishes2396
185 Global Change Biology2394
186 Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics2392
187 Resources Conservation and Recycling2389
188 Aquaculture Reports2378
189 Environmental Technology & Innovation2319
- Marine Drugs2319
191 Polish Journal of Environmental Studies2302
192 Applied and Environmental Microbiology2295
193 Aging-US2293
194 Atmospheric Environment2291
195 Environmental Earth Sciences2281
196 International Journal of Food Science and Technology2273
197 American Journal of Clinical Pathology2263
198 Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis2254
199 Molecular Pharmaceutics2238
200 Waste Management2235
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