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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Cell62.379
2 Nature Medicine41.161
3 Experimental and Molecular Medicine40.880
4 Molecular Cancer39.938
5 Annual Review of Biochemistry31.097
6 Nucleic Acids Research29.753
7 Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters29.073
8 Progress in Lipid Research28.095
9 Molecular Cell26.396
10 EMBO Journal24.867
11 Molecular Plant24.090
12 Cell Death and Differentiation22.108
13 Molecular Medicine18.448
14 Molecular Aspects of Medicine18.336
15 Molecular Psychiatry17.385
16 Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews17.084
17 Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology16.345
18 Trends in Microbiology16.180
19 Essays in Biochemistry16.019
20 Molecular Systems Biology15.912
21 Nature Structural & Molecular Biology15.321
22 Nature Chemical Biology14.973
23 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer14.764
24 Plant Cell14.603
25 EMBO Reports14.431
26 Trends in Biochemical Sciences14.251
27 Current Opinion in Structural Biology14.214
28 International Journal of Biological Sciences14.171
29 Trends in Molecular Medicine13.711
30 Current Opinion in Chemical Biology13.358
31 Natural Product Reports13.356
32 Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences13.244
33 Antioxidants & Redox Signaling12.804
34 Journal of Integrative Plant Biology12.721
35 Oncogene11.868
36 Genome Research11.203
37 Molecular Biology and Evolution11.089
38 Biochemical Journal11.058
39 Current Biology10.929
40 Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry10.680
41 Apoptosis10.305
42 International Journal of Biological Macromolecules10.181
43 Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry10.107
44 Journal of Molecular Biology10.093
45 Bioelectrochemistry9.877
46 Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications9.659
47 International Journal of Molecular Sciences9.572
48 Protein Science9.272
49 Molecules9.228
50 Molecular Ecology Resources9.168
51 Journal of Genetics and Genomics9.162
52 Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry9.111
53 Science Signaling9.082
54 Chemico-Biological Interactions9.074
55 Biochemical Society Transactions8.923
56 Neurochemistry International8.861
57 Biomacromolecules8.713
58 International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics8.594
59 Methods8.568
60 Amino Acids8.479
61 Matrix Biology8.447
62 Progress in Biophysics & Molecular Biology8.352
63 Process Biochemistry8.329
64 Food & Function8.239
65 Plant Science8.033
66 Molecular Ecology7.882
67 RNA7.789
68 Journal of Food Biochemistry7.767
69 Bioorganic Chemistry7.736
70 Amyloid-Journal of Protein Folding Disorders7.679
71 Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal7.607
72 Journal of Molecular Neuroscience7.603
73 Chromosome Research7.558
74 Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution7.531
75 RNA Biology7.434
76 ACS Chemical Biology7.339
77 Biofactors7.296
78 FEBS Journal7.253
79 Structure7.172
80 Cytokine6.997
81 Plant Molecular Biology6.915
82 Biometals6.864
83 Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry6.769
84 Neurochemical Research6.753
85 Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B-Biology6.679
86 Biological Trace Element Research6.661
87 Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions6.618
88 Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology6.615
89 Human Molecular Genetics6.599
90 Journal of Zhejiang University-Science B6.586
91 Lipids in Health and Disease6.584
92 Phytochemistry6.563
93 Bioconjugate Chemistry6.555
94 Gene Therapy6.536
95 Channels6.451
96 Proteins-Structure Function and Bioinformatics6.450
97 Current Opinion in Lipidology6.383
98 Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology6.377
99 Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology6.373
100 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Cell Research6.364
101 ACS Chemical Neuroscience6.356
102 Macromolecular Bioscience6.194
103 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Basis of Disease6.097
104 Glycoconjugate Journal6.083
105 Bioscience Reports6.052
106 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Biomembranes6.046
107 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C-Toxicology & Pharmacology6.043
108 Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology6.025
109 Nitric Oxide-Biology and Chemistry6.014
110 Epigenetics5.981
111 European Journal of Human Genetics5.924
112 Peptides5.916
113 Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry5.907
114 Molecular Immunology5.869
115 Journal of Molecular Graphics & Modelling5.780
116 Free Radical Biology and Medicine5.765
117 Current Molecular Pharmacology5.698
118 International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology5.697
119 Journal of Neurochemistry5.627
120 Journal of Liposome Research5.523
121 Analytical Biochemistry5.513
122 Biochimie5.498
123 Innate Immunity5.475
124 Journal of Structural Biology5.407
125 Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design5.363
126 Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology5.361
127 Journal of Lipid Research5.333
128 Current Medicinal Chemistry5.307
129 Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics5.301
130 Journal of Membrane Biology5.183
131 Chemistry and Physics of Lipids5.177
132 Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy5.163
133 American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology5.138
134 Molecular Microbiology4.996
135 Chemical Biology & Drug Design4.991
136 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms4.978
137 Molecular Biology Reports4.952
138 Current Genomics4.906
139 Chromosoma4.897
140 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids4.872
141 Molecular and Cellular Probes4.868
142 Biological Chemistry4.861
143 Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry4.845
144 Extremophiles4.778
145 Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology4.765
- Biochemistry4.765
147 Protein Engineering Design & Selection4.754
148 Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids4.730
149 Free Radical Research4.714
150 IUBMB Life4.695
151 FEBS Letters4.677
152 Biophysical Chemistry4.629
153 DNA and Cell Biology4.592
154 Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology4.577
155 Addiction Biology4.566
156 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-General Subjects4.553
157 Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry4.501
158 Photochemistry and Photobiology4.347
159 Journal of Cellular Biochemistry4.344
160 Fish Physiology and Biochemistry4.332
161 Mammalian Genome4.284
162 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Proteins and Proteomics4.258
163 Journal of Molecular Modeling4.255
164 Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology4.228
165 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B-Biochemistry & Molecular Biology4.226
166 Journal of Biological Chemistry4.202
167 Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications4.180
168 Proteomics4.160
169 BioEssays4.134
170 Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics4.124
171 Journal of Molecular Recognition4.062
172 Molecular Reproduction and Development3.946
173 Journal of Molecular Evolution3.933
174 ChemBioChem3.926
175 Steroids3.911
176 Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences3.863
177 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology3.854
178 Molecular Carcinogenesis3.850
179 Transgenic Research3.844
- Journal of Biomolecular Nmr3.844
181 Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica3.836
182 Cell Biochemistry and Function3.787
183 Molecular Biotechnology3.765
184 Biochemistry and Cell Biology3.712
185 Molecular Genetics and Genomics3.696
186 Carbohydrate Research3.541
187 Biotechniques3.513
188 Current Drug Metabolism3.444
189 Insect Molecular Biology3.394
190 Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology3.378
191 Biochemical Systematics and Ecology3.376
192 Journal of Biochemistry3.327
193 Journal of Chemical Ecology3.266
194 Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics3.244
195 Prostaglandins & Other Lipid Mediators3.235
196 Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology3.209
197 Chemistry & Biodiversity3.174
198 Prion3.160
199 Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology3.142
200 Current Protein & Peptide Science3.075
201 Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction3.000
202 Genes & Genomics2.992
203 Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research2.989
204 Protein Expression and Purification2.857
205 Biochemistry-Moscow2.798
206 Protein Journal2.687
207 Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology2.650
208 Yeast2.585
209 Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Section C-A Journal of Biosciences2.552
210 Biocatalysis and Biotransformation2.542
211 Biomedical Chromatography2.520
212 Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry2.494
213 Protein and Peptide Letters2.428
214 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology D-Genomics & Proteomics2.426
215 Genetics and Molecular Biology2.325
216 FASEB Journal2.151
217 Chemoecology2.092
218 Biochemical Genetics2.086
219 Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry2.020
220 Molecular Biology1.997
221 Biopolymers1.980
222 Genes & Genetic Systems1.872
223 Nucleosides Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids1.825
224 Journal of Peptide Science1.783
225 Cellular and Molecular Biology1.711
226 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Bioenergetics1.659
227 Hemoglobin1.614
228 Lipids1.607
229 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education1.594
230 Acta Biochimica Polonica1.313
231 Doklady Biochemistry and Biophysics1.272
232 Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology0.978
233 Current Proteomics0.927
234 Trace Elements and Electrolytes0.674
235 Molecular Genetics Microbiology and Virology0.612
236 Turkish Journal of Biochemistry-Turk Biyokimya Dergisi0.200
237 Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology0.096
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