Biochemistry & Molecular Biology: Journal Rankings

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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Nature Medicine	173
2	Cell	167
3	Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy	164
4	International Journal of Molecular Sciences	160
5	Nucleic Acids Research	145
6	Molecules	114
7	Molecular Cancer	103
8	International Journal of Biological Macromolecules	101
9	Antioxidants	95
10	Molecular Cell	90
11	Redox Biology	83
12	Molecular Psychiatry	76
13	Biomolecules	75
14	Biomedicines	71
15	Molecular Plant	70
16	Current Biology	68
17	Nature Chemical Biology	66
18	Plant Cell	60
-	International Journal of Biological Sciences	60
20	Free Radical Biology and Medicine	59
21	Cell Death and Differentiation	58
22	Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences	56
23	EMBO Journal	55
24	Journal of Biological Chemistry	54
25	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	52
-	Trends in Microbiology	52
27	Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences	51
28	Journal of Integrative Plant Biology	50
-	Oncogene	50
-	Metabolites	50
31	Food & Function	49
32	Bioorganic Chemistry	47
-	Journal of Molecular Biology	47
34	Trends in Molecular Medicine	46
-	Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal	46
36	Trends in Biochemical Sciences	45
-	Current Opinion in Structural Biology	45
38	EMBO Reports	44
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer	44
-	Natural Product Reports	44
-	Biomacromolecules	44
42	Molecular Biology Reports	43
-	Molecular Biology and Evolution	43
44	Chemico-Biological Interactions	42
-	Genes & Diseases	42
46	Genome Research	40
-	Cell Chemical Biology	40
48	Process Biochemistry	38
-	FEBS Journal	38
-	Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology	38

-	Cell Systems	38
52	Progress in Lipid Research	37
-	FASEB Journal	37
-	Cell and Bioscience	37
-	Antioxidants & Redox Signaling	37
56	Protein Science	36
-	Science Signaling	36
-	Annual Review of Biochemistry	36
-	Molecular Aspects of Medicine	36
-	Molecular Ecology	36
-	Current Opinion in Chemical Biology	36
62	Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews	35
-	Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry	35
-	Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters	35
-	Molecular Ecology Resources	35
-	Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications	35
-	Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry	35
68	Methods	34
-	Plant Science	34
-	Cytokine	34
-	ACS Chemical Neuroscience	34
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Basis of Disease	34
-	Bioelectrochemistry	34
-	Current Medicinal Chemistry	34
75	Essays in Biochemistry	33
-	Journal of Food Biochemistry	33
77	Neurochemistry International	32
-	Phytochemistry	32
-	Structure	32
-	Molecular Medicine	32
-	ACS Chemical Biology	32
-	Biochemical Society Transactions	32
-	Biological Trace Element Research	32
-	Biochemical Journal	32
-	Lipids in Health and Disease	32
86	Open Biology	31
-	Apoptosis	31
-	Molecular Systems Biology	31
-	Neurochemical Research	31
-	Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology	31
91	European Journal of Human Genetics	30
-	FEBS Letters	30
-	Journal of Genetics and Genomics	30
-	ChemBioChem	30
-	Molecular Immunology	30
-	Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry	30
97	Macromolecular Bioscience	29
-	Experimental and Molecular Medicine	29
-	Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics	29
-	Bioscience Reports	29
101	Proteins-Structure Function and Bioinformatics	28
-	Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics	28
-	Biochemistry	28
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Cell Research	28
-	Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology	28
-	Chemical Biology & Drug Design	28
107	Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution	27
-	Analytical Biochemistry	27
-	Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications	27
-	Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry	27
-	Journal of Molecular Modeling	27
-	Chemistry & Biodiversity	27
-	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C-Toxicology & Pharmacology	27
-	Proteomics	27
-	RSC Medicinal Chemistry	27
-	American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology	27
-	Human Molecular Genetics	27
-	Biochimie	27
-	Journal of Molecular Graphics & Modelling	27
-	Journal of Neurochemistry	27
121	Bioconjugate Chemistry	26
-	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B-Biology	26
-	Biofactors	26
124	RNA	25
-	Biomedical Journal	25
126	Plant Molecular Biology	24
-	RNA Biology	24
-	Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology	24
-	Journal of Lipid Research	24
-	Biometals	24
131	Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology	23
-	BioEssays	23
-	Carbohydrate Research	23
-	Matrix Biology	23
-	Progress in Biophysics & Molecular Biology	23
-	FEBS Open Bio	23
-	Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	23
-	Journal of Cellular Biochemistry	23
-	Molecular Biotechnology	23
140	Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions	22
-	Cell Biochemistry and Function	22
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Biomembranes	22
143	Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica	21
-	Acta Crystallographica Section D-Structural Biology	21
-	Peptides	21
-	Photochemistry and Photobiology	21
-	Molecular Microbiology	21
-	International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology	21
-	Journal of Molecular Neuroscience	21
-	Journal of Structural Biology	21
-	Journal of Zhejiang University-Science B	21
152	Addiction Biology	20
-	Gene Therapy	20
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-General Subjects	20
-	Current Molecular Pharmacology	20
-	Nitric Oxide-Biology and Chemistry	20
-	Nucleic Acid Therapeutics	20
-	Biophysical Chemistry	20
-	Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry	20
-	Molecular Carcinogenesis	20
161	Molecular Reproduction and Development	19
-	Epigenetics	19
-	Amino Acids	19
-	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology	19
-	IUBMB Life	19
-	Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry	19
167	Fish Physiology and Biochemistry	18
-	Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	18
169	Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences	17
-	Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology	17
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids	17
-	Biomedical Chromatography	17
-	Current Opinion in Lipidology	17
-	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	17
-	Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy	17

176	Molecular Omics	16
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Bioenergetics	16
-	Journal of Molecular Recognition	16
-	Protein Expression and Purification	16
-	Steroids	16
-	DNA and Cell Biology	16
-	Amyloid-Journal of Protein Folding Disorders	16
-	Free Radical Research	16
-	Glycoconjugate Journal	16
-	Biochemistry-Moscow	16
-	Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics	16
-	Mammalian Genome	16
-	Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	16
-	Molecular Genetics and Genomics	16
190	Prostaglandins & Other Lipid Mediators	15
-	Yeast	15
-	International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics	15
-	Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design	15
-	Molecular and Cellular Probes	15
-	Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids	15
-	Current Protein & Peptide Science	15
-	Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability	15
-	Biochemistry and Cell Biology	15
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms	15
-	Journal of Biochemistry	15
-	Biological Chemistry	15
202	Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry	14
-	Insect Molecular Biology	14
-	Journal of Membrane Biology	14
-	Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology	14
-	Cellular and Molecular Biology	14
-	Molecular Biology	14
-	Extremophiles	14
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Proteins and Proteomics	14
-	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B-Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	14
-	Current Drug Metabolism	14
212	Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology	13
-	Biochemical Genetics	13
-	Journal of Chemical Ecology	13
-	Biopolymers	13
-	Biotechniques	13
-	Genes & Genomics	13
-	Journal of Liposome Research	13
-	Channels	13
-	Chemistry and Physics of Lipids	13
221	Innate Immunity	12
-	Journal of Molecular Evolution	12
-	Current Genomics	12
-	Protein and Peptide Letters	12
-	Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology	12
-	Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research	12
-	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology D-Genomics & Proteomics	12
228	Protein Journal	11
-	Transgenic Research	11
-	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education	11
-	Journal of Biomolecular Nmr	11
-	Chromosoma	11
-	Genetics and Molecular Biology	11
-	Journal of Peptide Science	11
-	Chromosome Research	11
-	Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology	11
237	Nucleosides Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids	10
-	Hemoglobin	10
-	International Journal of Genomics	10
-	Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Section C-A Journal of Biosciences	10
241	Peptide Science	9
-	Protein Engineering Design & Selection	9
-	Biocatalysis and Biotransformation	9
-	Lipids	9
-	Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry	9
-	Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction	9
247	Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology	8
-	Acta Crystallographica Section F-Structural Biology Communications	8
249	Doklady Biochemistry and Biophysics	7
-	Genes & Genetic Systems	7
-	Prion	7
-	Chemoecology	7
253	Current Proteomics	6
-	Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry	6
-	Acta Biochimica Polonica	6
256	Molecular Genetics Microbiology and Virology	4
257	Trace Elements and Electrolytes	3
258	Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology	2
-	Turkish Journal of Biochemistry-Turk Biyokimya Dergisi	2