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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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy186
2 Nature Medicine174
3 Cell170
4 International Journal of Molecular Sciences167
5 Nucleic Acids Research144
6 Molecules129
7 International Journal of Biological Macromolecules111
8 Molecular Cancer107
9 Antioxidants106
10 Redox Biology92
11 Molecular Cell84
- Biomedicines84
13 Biomolecules82
14 Molecular Psychiatry74
15 Molecular Plant68
16 Plant Cell66
17 Nature Chemical Biology65
18 Free Radical Biology and Medicine62
19 International Journal of Biological Sciences60
20 Current Biology59
21 Trends in Microbiology56
22 Journal of Biological Chemistry55
- Nature Structural & Molecular Biology55
- EMBO Journal55
- Journal of Integrative Plant Biology55
26 Metabolites54
27 Cell Death and Differentiation53
28 Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences52
29 Trends in Molecular Medicine50
30 Oncogene49
31 Food & Function48
- Genes & Diseases48
- Current Opinion in Structural Biology48
34 Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences47
- Trends in Biochemical Sciences47
36 Chemico-Biological Interactions46
- Molecular Biology Reports46
38 Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal45
- Bioorganic Chemistry45
- Cell Chemical Biology45
41 Biomacromolecules43
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer43
43 Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews42
- Journal of Molecular Biology42
- Natural Product Reports42
46 Process Biochemistry41
47 EMBO Reports40
- Lipids in Health and Disease40
- Molecular Biology and Evolution40
- Cell and Bioscience40
51 Molecular Aspects of Medicine39
- Current Opinion in Chemical Biology39
53 Antioxidants & Redox Signaling38
- FASEB Journal38
- Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry38
- Science Signaling38
57 Molecular Ecology37
- Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications37
- Apoptosis37
- Genome Research37
- Protein Science37
62 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Basis of Disease36
- Biochemical Society Transactions36
- Plant Science36
65 Journal of Neurochemistry35
- Cell Systems35
- Journal of Genetics and Genomics35
68 ACS Chemical Neuroscience34
- FEBS Journal34
- Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology34
- Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry34
- Essays in Biochemistry34
- Chemistry & Biodiversity34
74 Progress in Lipid Research33
- Molecular Ecology Resources33
- Biological Trace Element Research33
77 Bioelectrochemistry32
- Structure32
- Current Medicinal Chemistry32
80 Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics31
- Neurochemistry International31
- FEBS Letters31
- Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology31
- Macromolecular Bioscience31
- ChemBioChem31
- Neurochemical Research31
- Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology31
- RSC Medicinal Chemistry31
- Molecular Systems Biology31
90 Annual Review of Biochemistry30
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Cell Research30
- Journal of Molecular Modeling30
93 Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution29
- European Journal of Human Genetics29
- Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology29
- Journal of Molecular Graphics & Modelling29
- Molecular Biotechnology29
- Phytochemistry29
- Cytokine29
- ACS Chemical Biology29
- Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics29
- Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry29
- Methods29
104 Biochemical Journal28
- Biomedical Journal28
- Bioscience Reports28
- Biochemistry28
- Proteomics28
109 Human Molecular Genetics27
- Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C-Toxicology & Pharmacology27
- Bioconjugate Chemistry27
- Matrix Biology27
113 American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology26
- Biochimie26
- Biofactors26
- Journal of Food Biochemistry26
- Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry26
- Chemical Biology & Drug Design26
- Molecular Medicine26
- Analytical Biochemistry26
- BioEssays26
- Journal of Lipid Research26
- Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B-Biology26
- Progress in Biophysics & Molecular Biology26
125 Proteins-Structure Function and Bioinformatics25
- Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters25
- RNA25
128 Current Molecular Pharmacology24
- Open Biology24
- Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica24
- Carbohydrate Research24
- Cell Biochemistry and Function24
133 Molecular Immunology23
- Molecular Microbiology23
- Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology23
- Biometals23
- Journal of Zhejiang University-Science B23
- RNA Biology23
- Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology23
- Gene Therapy23
- Peptides23
142 Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions22
- FEBS Open Bio22
- Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology22
- International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology22
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Biomembranes22
- Nitric Oxide-Biology and Chemistry22
148 Epigenetics21
- Journal of Cellular Biochemistry21
- Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry21
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-General Subjects21
152 Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics20
- Plant Molecular Biology20
- Acta Crystallographica Section D-Structural Biology20
- Fish Physiology and Biochemistry20
156 Molecular Carcinogenesis19
- Biochemical Systematics and Ecology19
- Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry19
- Journal of Structural Biology19
- Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability19
- Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology19
- Photochemistry and Photobiology19
163 Current Opinion in Lipidology18
- Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences18
- Addiction Biology18
- Amino Acids18
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Bioenergetics18
- IUBMB Life18
- Journal of Biochemistry18
- Biomedical Chromatography18
- Nucleic Acid Therapeutics18
- Steroids18
173 Current Genomics17
- Biochemistry-Moscow17
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms17
- Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy17
- Journal of Peptide Science17
- Channels17
- Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry17
- Protein and Peptide Letters17
181 Molecular Genetics and Genomics16
- Amyloid-Journal of Protein Folding Disorders16
- Free Radical Research16
- Genes & Genomics16
- Biological Chemistry16
- Biophysical Chemistry16
- Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology16
- Molecular Reproduction and Development16
- Biochemical Genetics16
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids16
- Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design16
- Journal of Molecular Evolution16
- Journal of Molecular Recognition16
194 Journal of Liposome Research15
- Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology15
- Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology15
- Current Protein & Peptide Science15
- DNA and Cell Biology15
- Insect Molecular Biology15
- Molecular and Cellular Probes15
- Yeast15
202 Glycoconjugate Journal14
- Biochemistry and Cell Biology14
- Journal of Molecular Neuroscience14
- Mammalian Genome14
- Prostaglandins & Other Lipid Mediators14
- Current Drug Metabolism14
- Molecular Omics14
- Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications14
- Journal of Membrane Biology14
- Biopolymers14
- Biotechniques14
- Protein Expression and Purification14
214 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Proteins and Proteomics13
- Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research13
- Protein Journal13
- Journal of Chemical Ecology13
- Cellular and Molecular Biology13
- Molecular Biology13
- Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B-Biochemistry & Molecular Biology13
221 Extremophiles12
- Genetics and Molecular Biology12
- Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology12
- Chemistry and Physics of Lipids12
- Transgenic Research12
226 Protein Engineering Design & Selection11
- Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Section C-A Journal of Biosciences11
- Biocatalysis and Biotransformation11
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education11
- Journal of Biomolecular Nmr11
- Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology11
- Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology D-Genomics & Proteomics11
- Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids11
234 Nucleosides Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids10
- Chromosoma10
236 Current Proteomics9
- Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology9
- Peptide Science9
- Innate Immunity9
- International Journal of Genomics9
- Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology9
242 Doklady Biochemistry and Biophysics8
- Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction8
- Lipids8
- Prion8
246 Acta Biochimica Polonica7
- Genes & Genetic Systems7
- Hemoglobin7
249 Acta Crystallographica Section F-Structural Biology Communications6
- Chemoecology6
251 Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry5
252 Molecular Genetics Microbiology and Virology4
253 Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology2
- Trace Elements and Electrolytes2
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