New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy63.487
2 Cell63.132
3 Experimental and Molecular Medicine58.429
4 Molecular Cancer44.358
5 Nature Medicine42.073
6 Annual Review of Biochemistry39.301
7 Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters33.325
8 Nucleic Acids Research32.251
9 Progress in Lipid Research30.444
10 Molecular Cell26.287
11 Molecular Plant25.475
12 EMBO Journal24.408
13 Cell Death and Differentiation23.454
14 Molecular Aspects of Medicine20.996
15 Redox Biology20.501
16 Molecular Medicine19.809
17 Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews19.198
18 Molecular Psychiatry16.850
19 International Journal of Biological Sciences16.750
20 Plant Cell16.040
21 Nature Chemical Biology15.642
22 Trends in Microbiology15.453
23 EMBO Reports15.287
24 Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences15.123
25 Essays in Biochemistry15.011
26 Current Opinion in Structural Biology14.925
27 Natural Product Reports14.812
28 Nature Structural & Molecular Biology14.788
29 Current Opinion in Chemical Biology14.618
30 Cell Systems13.986
31 Molecular Systems Biology13.838
32 Journal of Integrative Plant Biology13.746
33 Trends in Molecular Medicine13.651
34 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer13.610
35 Antioxidants & Redox Signaling13.449
36 Antioxidants13.377
37 Trends in Biochemical Sciences13.247
38 Cell Chemical Biology12.650
39 Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology11.944
40 Molecular Biology and Evolution11.906
41 Cell and Bioscience11.817
42 Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry11.730
43 Oncogene11.638
44 Apoptosis10.998
45 International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics10.974
46 Current Biology10.873
47 International Journal of Biological Macromolecules10.663
48 Nucleic Acid Therapeutics10.651
49 Biochemical Journal10.526
50 Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications10.478
51 Genome Research10.449
52 Chromosome Research10.333
53 Molecules9.669
54 Food & Function9.544
55 Bioelectrochemistry9.510
56 International Journal of Molecular Sciences9.398
57 Matrix Biology9.342
58 Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry9.314
59 Protein Science9.307
60 Biochemical Society Transactions9.305
61 Chemico-Biological Interactions9.190
62 Science Signaling9.188
63 Biomolecules9.173
64 Journal of Genetics and Genomics8.863
65 Molecular Ecology Resources8.823
66 Process Biochemistry8.772
67 Methods8.750
68 Biomacromolecules8.726
69 Journal of Molecular Biology8.667
70 Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal8.656
71 Genes & Diseases8.525
72 Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences8.502
73 Amyloid-Journal of Protein Folding Disorders8.173
74 Biomedical Journal8.153
75 Progress in Biophysics & Molecular Biology8.142
76 Plant Science8.019
77 Amino Acids7.992
78 Neurochemistry International7.949
79 Biological Trace Element Research7.912
80 Journal of Molecular Neuroscience7.907
81 Acta Crystallographica Section D-Structural Biology7.778
82 Journal of Food Biochemistry7.683
83 Open Biology7.653
- Biofactors7.653
85 Metabolites7.573
86 Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution7.473
87 RNA Biology7.314
88 Molecular Ecology7.281
89 Biomedicines7.274
90 RNA7.257
91 Structure7.183
92 Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry7.126
93 Channels7.117
94 ACS Chemical Biology7.059
95 Lipids in Health and Disease7.034
96 Cytokine7.024
97 Bioorganic Chemistry6.937
98 Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology6.906
99 Current Molecular Pharmacology6.901
100 Journal of Zhejiang University-Science B6.878
101 Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology6.857
102 Neurochemical Research6.804
103 Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology6.754
104 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Cell Research6.737
105 Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B-Biology6.725
106 Current Opinion in Lipidology6.679
107 Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions6.676
108 Gene Therapy6.607
109 Macromolecular Bioscience6.545
110 Phytochemistry6.528
111 Human Molecular Genetics6.521
112 Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology6.508
113 Biometals6.496
114 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Basis of Disease6.463
115 Bioscience Reports6.452
116 FEBS Journal6.437
117 Epigenetics6.436
118 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Biomembranes6.419
119 Bioconjugate Chemistry6.417
120 Plant Molecular Biology6.408
121 ACS Chemical Neuroscience6.388
122 Glycoconjugate Journal6.345
123 Nitric Oxide-Biology and Chemistry6.288
124 European Journal of Human Genetics6.214
125 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C-Toxicology & Pharmacology6.162
126 Journal of Liposome Research6.077
127 Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry5.973
128 Journal of Molecular Graphics & Modelling5.968
129 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms5.923
130 Peptides5.908
131 Journal of Lipid Research5.876
132 Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability5.847
133 Analytical Biochemistry5.789
134 Chromosoma5.765
135 Biochimie5.719
136 Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology5.681
137 Free Radical Biology and Medicine5.638
138 Journal of Structural Biology5.637
139 Protein Engineering Design & Selection5.568
140 International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology5.555
141 Current Genomics5.538
142 Journal of Membrane Biology5.484
143 Molecular Immunology5.420
144 Current Medicinal Chemistry5.345
145 Molecular Microbiology5.254
146 Journal of Neurochemistry5.163
147 Molecular Biology Reports5.114
148 Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy5.104
149 Proteins-Structure Function and Bioinformatics5.092
150 American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology5.073
151 Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids5.060
152 Biophysical Chemistry4.975
153 Chemical Biology & Drug Design4.953
154 Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics4.903
155 Molecular and Cellular Probes4.894
156 Free Radical Research4.874
157 Innate Immunity4.868
158 FEBS Letters4.800
159 Biological Chemistry4.764
160 Journal of Cellular Biochemistry4.750
161 Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry4.645
162 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-General Subjects4.637
163 Extremophiles4.611
164 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids4.597
165 Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design4.586
166 Addiction Biology4.585
167 Journal of Molecular Modeling4.547
168 Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology4.537
169 Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics4.521
170 RSC Medicinal Chemistry4.510
171 Biochemistry4.449
172 DNA and Cell Biology4.422
173 Proteomics4.418
174 Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology4.413
175 Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology4.384
176 Fish Physiology and Biochemistry4.355
177 Photochemistry and Photobiology4.350
178 Molecular Biotechnology4.338
179 Journal of Molecular Recognition4.332
180 BioEssays4.328
181 Cell Biochemistry and Function4.322
182 Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics4.276
183 Molecular Carcinogenesis4.172
184 ChemBioChem4.090
185 Molecular Genetics and Genomics4.088
186 Journal of Biomolecular Nmr4.086
187 IUBMB Life4.078
188 Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications4.069
189 Biotechniques4.012
190 Chemistry and Physics of Lipids3.970
191 Prostaglandins & Other Lipid Mediators3.939
192 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology3.928
193 Journal of Biological Chemistry3.905
194 Journal of Molecular Evolution3.902
195 Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences3.867
196 Insect Molecular Biology3.853
197 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Proteins and Proteomics3.825
198 Mammalian Genome3.808
199 Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica3.791
200 Molecular Reproduction and Development3.785
201 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B-Biochemistry & Molecular Biology3.741
202 Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry3.702
203 FEBS Open Bio3.630
204 Biochemistry and Cell Biology3.624
205 Carbohydrate Research3.581
206 Biochemical Systematics and Ecology3.560
207 Molecular Omics3.529
208 Current Protein & Peptide Science3.498
209 Prion3.473
210 Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research3.454
211 Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology3.446
212 Journal of Biochemistry3.442
213 Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology3.352
214 Chemistry & Biodiversity3.341
215 Steroids3.282
216 Current Drug Metabolism3.245
217 Genes & Genomics3.154
218 Transgenic Research3.131
219 Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology3.114
220 Yeast3.018
221 Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction2.989
222 Biochemistry-Moscow2.982
223 Journal of Chemical Ecology2.893
224 Genetics and Molecular Biology2.889
225 Protein Expression and Purification2.882
226 Protein Journal2.799
227 Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology2.778
228 Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Section C-A Journal of Biosciences2.739
229 Biocatalysis and Biotransformation2.722
230 Biomedical Chromatography2.704
231 Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry2.659
232 International Journal of Genomics2.600
233 Protein and Peptide Letters2.527
234 Chemoecology2.508
235 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology D-Genomics & Proteomics2.500
236 Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry2.420
237 Biochemical Genetics2.325
238 Molecular Biology2.221
239 FASEB Journal2.160
240 Biopolymers2.117
241 Cellular and Molecular Biology2.100
242 Journal of Peptide Science2.092
243 Genes & Genetic Systems1.958
244 Nucleosides Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids1.828
245 Hemoglobin1.749
246 Acta Crystallographica Section F-Structural Biology Communications1.700
247 Lipids1.622
248 Peptide Science1.588
249 Acta Biochimica Polonica1.541
250 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education1.528
251 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Bioenergetics1.436
252 Doklady Biochemistry and Biophysics1.305
253 Current Proteomics1.107
254 Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology1.095
255 Trace Elements and Electrolytes0.859
256 Molecular Genetics Microbiology and Virology0.657
257 Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology0.097
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