Biochemistry & Molecular Biology: Journal Rankings

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

Rank	Journal	Papers
1	International Journal of Molecular Sciences	60186
2	Molecules	28971
3	International Journal of Biological Macromolecules	27007
4	Biomedicines	12572
5	Journal of Biological Chemistry	9334
6	FASEB Journal	8296
7	Antioxidants	7879
8	Biomolecules	7232
9	Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications	5839
10	Nucleic Acids Research	5235
11	Free Radical Biology and Medicine	4348
12	Molecular Biology Reports	4319
13	Metabolites	4097
14	Current Biology	3745
15	Chemistry & Biodiversity	3641
16	Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences	3612
17	Bioorganic Chemistry	3551
18	Food & Function	3489
19	Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics	3193
20	Nature Medicine	2673
21	Biomacromolecules	2335
22	ChemBioChem	2063
23	Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal	2011
24	Cell	1973
25	Molecular Psychiatry	1964
26	Molecular Ecology	1881
27	Current Medicinal Chemistry	1787
28	Redox Biology	1772
29	Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology	1661
30	ACS Chemical Neuroscience	1659
31	Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy	1650
32	FEBS Journal	1629
33	Journal of Molecular Biology	1619
-	Molecular Cell	1619
35	Cellular and Molecular Biology	1600
-	Chemico-Biological Interactions	1600
37	Journal of Molecular Modeling	1573
38	Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences	1550
39	Oncogene	1548
40	Biochemistry	1530
41	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Basis of Disease	1517
42	Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology	1508
43	Biological Trace Element Research	1479
-	Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry	1479
45	Process Biochemistry	1457
46	International Journal of Biological Sciences	1442
47	Protein Science	1437
48	Phytochemistry	1418
49	Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology	1384
50	Plant Science	1382

51	Plant Cell	1341
52	Genes & Diseases	1286
-	ACS Chemical Biology	1286
54	Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry	1213
55	FEBS Letters	1203
56	Cytokine	1163
57	Lipids in Health and Disease	1161
58	Molecular Biology and Evolution	1158
59	Nature Chemical Biology	1155
60	Journal of Neurochemistry	1153
-	Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics	1153
62	RSC Medicinal Chemistry	1143
63	Biomedical Chromatography	1138
64	Neurochemical Research	1102
65	Biochemical Genetics	1075
66	Molecular Biotechnology	1073
67	Analytical Biochemistry	1059
68	Journal of Food Biochemistry	1014
69	Macromolecular Bioscience	1013
70	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	1006
71	Molecular Cancer	999
72	Carbohydrate Research	989
73	European Journal of Human Genetics	969
74	Bioconjugate Chemistry	965
75	Human Molecular Genetics	950
76	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Bioenergetics	926
77	Chemical Biology & Drug Design	925
-	Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology	925
79	Journal of Integrative Plant Biology	913
80	Molecular Immunology	905
81	Bioelectrochemistry	900
82	Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry	898
83	Proteomics	897
84	Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica	891
85	Biochimie	888
86	FEBS Open Bio	886
-	Journal of Molecular Graphics & Modelling	886
88	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C-Toxicology & Pharmacology	868
89	American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology	860
90	Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution	843
91	Structure	809
92	Molecular Plant	798
93	Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry	797
94	Cell and Bioscience	774
95	Methods	770
96	Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology	766
97	Proteins-Structure Function and Bioinformatics	754
98	Trends in Microbiology	752
99	Current Opinion in Structural Biology	750
100	Genome Research	742
101	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer	740
-	Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology	740
103	BioEssays	732
104	Bioscience Reports	728
105	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Cell Research	723
106	Molecular Ecology Resources	721
107	Cell Death and Differentiation	711
108	Biochemical Society Transactions	709
109	EMBO Reports	698
110	Journal of Lipid Research	697
111	Molecular Carcinogenesis	687
112	Photochemistry and Photobiology	674
113	Biochemistry-Moscow	669
114	Journal of Cellular Biochemistry	658
115	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B-Biology	656
116	Cell Chemical Biology	650
117	Journal of Genetics and Genomics	647
118	Molecular Microbiology	644
119	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-General Subjects	633
-	Cell Biochemistry and Function	633
121	EMBO Journal	632
122	Neurochemistry International	622
123	Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry	619
124	Science Signaling	610
125	Trends in Molecular Medicine	608
126	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology	607
127	Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry	595
128	Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	585
129	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	584
130	Trends in Biochemical Sciences	583
131	Fish Physiology and Biochemistry	565
132	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology D-Genomics & Proteomics	558
133	Protein Expression and Purification	547
134	Antioxidants & Redox Signaling	536
-	RNA	536
136	Biophysical Chemistry	530
137	Open Biology	528
138	Biochemical Journal	518
139	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Biomembranes	516
140	Peptides	502
141	Apoptosis	491
142	Genes & Genomics	486
143	Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions	481
144	Natural Product Reports	480
145	Addiction Biology	478
146	International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology	471
147	Steroids	468
148	IUBMB Life	465
149	Molecular Genetics and Genomics	462
150	Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology	460
151	Biomedical Journal	459
152	Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology	458
153	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids	450
154	Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	446
155	Plant Molecular Biology	444
156	Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences	442
157	Journal of Biochemistry	440
158	Current Opinion in Chemical Biology	433
159	Biofactors	431
160	Cell Systems	428
161	Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics	427
162	Journal of Peptide Science	418
163	Nucleosides Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids	399
164	Biometals	398
165	Protein and Peptide Letters	394
166	Molecular Biology	389
167	Acta Crystallographica Section D-Structural Biology	385
168	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education	384
169	RNA Biology	381
170	Journal of Structural Biology	371
171	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B-Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	368
172	Epigenetics	367
173	Journal of Zhejiang University-Science B	363
174	DNA and Cell Biology	349
-	Molecular Omics	349

-	Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology	349
177	Journal of Chemical Ecology	332
178	Doklady Biochemistry and Biophysics	324
179	Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy	323
180	Insect Molecular Biology	320
181	Molecular Reproduction and Development	318
182	Current Protein & Peptide Science	316
183	Current Drug Metabolism	314
184	Nitric Oxide-Biology and Chemistry	309
185	Progress in Biophysics & Molecular Biology	306
186	Current Molecular Pharmacology	301
187	Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology	300
188	Molecular Systems Biology	294
189	Biopolymers	293
190	Matrix Biology	288
191	Essays in Biochemistry	286
192	Biological Chemistry	285
193	Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry	283
194	Amino Acids	281
195	Yeast	279
196	Gene Therapy	274
197	Prostaglandins & Other Lipid Mediators	273
198	Acta Biochimica Polonica	268
199	Protein Journal	267
200	Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research	263
-	Biotechniques	263
202	Molecular Aspects of Medicine	261
203	Biochemistry and Cell Biology	260
204	Journal of Molecular Neuroscience	257
205	Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications	256
206	Genetics and Molecular Biology	250
207	Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews	248
208	Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design	246
209	Mammalian Genome	241
-	Journal of Molecular Evolution	241
211	Hemoglobin	240
212	Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology	237
213	Free Radical Research	236
214	Journal of Molecular Recognition	233
215	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms	229
216	Molecular and Cellular Probes	226
217	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Proteins and Proteomics	225
218	Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Section C-A Journal of Biosciences	224
219	Acta Crystallographica Section F-Structural Biology Communications	222
220	Amyloid-Journal of Protein Folding Disorders	212
221	Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids	206
222	Current Opinion in Lipidology	204
-	Molecular Medicine	204
224	Chemistry and Physics of Lipids	198
225	Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability	192
226	Peptide Science	178
-	Current Proteomics	178
228	Current Genomics	175
229	Transgenic Research	174
230	Glycoconjugate Journal	172
231	International Journal of Genomics	169
232	Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology	166
233	Lipids	164
234	Journal of Membrane Biology	161
235	Biocatalysis and Biotransformation	155
236	Extremophiles	154
237	Journal of Liposome Research	151
-	Nucleic Acid Therapeutics	151
239	Molecular Genetics Microbiology and Virology	149
240	Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters	126
241	Genes & Genetic Systems	124
242	Progress in Lipid Research	119
243	Annual Review of Biochemistry	93
-	Journal of Biomolecular Nmr	93
245	Channels	91
246	Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction	89
-	International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics	89
248	Trace Elements and Electrolytes	86
249	Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry	84
250	Innate Immunity	80
251	Protein Engineering Design & Selection	73
252	Chromosoma	68
253	Experimental and Molecular Medicine	61
-	Chemoecology	61
255	Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	56
256	Prion	55
257	Chromosome Research	38
258	Turkish Journal of Biochemistry-Turk Biyokimya Dergisi	26
259	Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry	25