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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 International Journal of Molecular Sciences60195
2 Sustainability57372
3 Science of the Total Environment31899
4 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health31593
5 Molecules29242
6 International Journal of Biological Macromolecules26925
7 Remote Sensing21763
8 Journal of Cleaner Production17716
9 Foods16994
10 Frontiers in Pharmacology16930
11 Frontiers in Microbiology16684
12 Water16020
13 Animals14796
14 Food Chemistry14128
15 Chemosphere13718
16 Journal of Environmental Management13343
17 Journal of Hazardous Materials13090
18 Biophysical Journal12834
19 Biomedicines12537
20 Agronomy-Basel12328
21 Cells11826
22 Open Forum Infectious Diseases11453
23 Microorganisms11003
24 Frontiers in Neurology10357
25 Environmental Research9708
26 Zootaxa9394
27 eLife9381
28 Journal of Biological Chemistry9317
29 Viruses-Basel9263
30 Pharmaceutics9239
31 Agriculture-Basel9158
32 Environmental Pollution8651
33 Frontiers in Genetics8582
34 Frontiers in Marine Science8516
35 Environmental Science & Technology8423
36 Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry8362
37 FASEB Journal8279
38 Life-Basel8131
39 Genes7996
40 Antioxidants7920
41 Frontiers in Physiology7579
42 Frontiers in Neuroscience7265
43 Industrial Crops and Products7252
44 Biomolecules7246
45 Microbiology Spectrum7179
46 Journal of Animal Science7176
47 Atmosphere7137
48 Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology7129
49 Pharmaceuticals6828
50 International Immunopharmacology6757
51 Bioresource Technology6672
52 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety6569
53 LWT-Food Science and Technology6539
54 Environmental Science and Pollution Research6523
55 Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy6519
56 Fertility and Sterility6416
57 Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology6316
58 Ecological Indicators6262
59 Antibiotics-Basel6207
60 Brain Sciences6197
61 Communications Biology6160
62 Biology-Basel6147
63 Food Bioscience6112
64 Cell Reports6084
65 Frontiers in Environmental Science6030
66 Water Research5987
67 Sleep5970
68 Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications5825
69 Ecology and Evolution5771
70 Physiology5754
71 Food Research International5709
72 Journal of the Neurological Sciences5657
73 Journal of Ethnopharmacology5613
74 Computers in Biology and Medicine5605
75 Human Reproduction5558
76 Pathogens5555
77 Aquaculture5261
78 Nucleic Acids Research5224
79 Marine Pollution Bulletin5186
80 Biological Psychiatry5067
81 Journal of Medicinal Chemistry4650
82 International Journal of Pharmaceutics4567
83 Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience4498
84 Journal of Fungi4439
85 Insects4423
86 Free Radical Biology and Medicine4305
87 Molecular Biology Reports4242
88 Food Hydrocolloids4239
89 Poultry Science4173
90 Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology4144
91 Metabolites4111
92 Environmental Monitoring and Assessment4015
93 BMC Genomics4005
94 Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience3949
95 Cell Death & Disease3872
96 European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry3871
97 Computers and Electronics in Agriculture3803
98 Toxicology Letters3758
99 Brain Stimulation3754
100 Current Biology3752
101 Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences3677
102 Toxics3645
103 Environmental Research Letters3629
104 Biosensors & Bioelectronics3573
105 Chemistry & Biodiversity3569
106 Bioorganic Chemistry3565
107 Journal of Dairy Science3555
108 Biomed Research International3539
109 Journal of Food Composition and Analysis3528
110 European Neuropsychopharmacology3516
111 Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems3503
112 Phytomedicine3428
113 Food & Function3426
114 Life Sciences3411
115 Journal of Alzheimers Disease3317
116 Journal of Controlled Release3310
117 Journal of Medical Virology3281
118 Analytical Methods3262
119 Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics3232
120 Clinical Infectious Diseases3230
121 mBio3178
122 IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics3177
- Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture3177
124 Natural Product Research3151
125 PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases3142
- Environment International3142
127 Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling3119
128 Water Air and Soil Pollution3118
129 Journal of Chromatography A3117
130 European Journal of Pharmacology3098
131 Fermentation-Basel3096
132 International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology3089
133 Food Science & Nutrition3085
134 Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine3061
135 European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology3036
136 Cytotherapy3013
137 Gene2969
138 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics2956
139 Journal of Neuroscience2925
140 Toxins2873
141 Neurological Sciences2862
142 Aging-US2857
143 Neuroimage2835
144 Neural Networks2826
145 Food Control2823
146 Food Chemistry-X2818
147 Food and Chemical Toxicology2808
148 Frontiers in Human Neuroscience2781
149 Clinical Neurophysiology2755
150 Neuromuscular Disorders2733
151 Molecular Neurobiology2725
152 Fish & Shellfish Immunology2701
153 Plant and Soil2685
154 Journal of Virology2657
155 Molecular Genetics and Metabolism2654
156 Nature Medicine2650
- Journal of Nanobiotechnology2650
158 International Journal of Food Science and Technology2606
159 Infection and Drug Resistance2604
160 Water Resources Research2594
161 Briefings in Bioinformatics2588
162 Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine2583
163 Pest Management Science2582
164 Marine Drugs2581
165 Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces2576
166 Environmental Earth Sciences2568
167 Polish Journal of Environmental Studies2557
168 Gait & Posture2540
169 Agricultural Water Management2524
170 Laboratory Investigation2486
171 Resources Conservation and Recycling2460
172 Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics2459
173 Journal of Pain2456
- Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry2456
175 Microbial Pathogenesis2455
176 Energy & Environmental Science2437
177 Communications Earth & Environment2432
178 Journal of Infectious Diseases2429
179 Journal of Food Measurement and Characterization2410
180 Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics2371
181 Naunyn-Schmiedebergs Archives of Pharmacology2369
182 Journal of Experimental Biology2356
183 Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis2348
184 Journal of Food Science2346
185 Global Change Biology2337
186 International Journal of Nanomedicine2333
187 Journal of Functional Foods2320
188 Biomacromolecules2316
189 Journal of Physiology-London2265
190 Neural Regeneration Research2247
191 Placenta2239
192 Applied and Environmental Microbiology2238
- Neuroscience2238
194 Pathology Research and Practice2224
195 Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics2220
- Aquaculture Reports2220
197 Waste Management2204
198 Pathology2178
199 American Journal of Clinical Pathology2169
200 Journal of Environmental Sciences2164
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