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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01)

Rank	Journal	Papers
1	International Journal of Molecular Sciences	60438
2	Molecules	29802
3	International Journal of Biological Macromolecules	25761
4	Journal of Biological Chemistry	9283
5	FASEB Journal	8192
6	Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications	5598
7	Nucleic Acids Research	5189
8	Free Radical Biology and Medicine	4317
9	Molecular Biology Reports	4192
10	Current Biology	3758
11	Bioorganic Chemistry	3391
12	Chemistry & Biodiversity	3352
13	Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics	3345
14	Food & Function	3312
15	Nature Medicine	2586
16	Biomacromolecules	2254
17	ChemBioChem	2066
18	Cell	1966
19	Molecular Ecology	1931
20	Molecular Psychiatry	1889
21	Current Medicinal Chemistry	1878
22	Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal	1877
23	Biological Trace Element Research	1662
24	ACS Chemical Neuroscience	1656
25	FEBS Journal	1654
-	Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology	1654
27	Molecular Cell	1644
28	Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences	1613
29	Journal of Molecular Modeling	1587
30	Cellular and Molecular Biology	1583
31	Journal of Molecular Biology	1564
32	Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry	1552
33	Oncogene	1551
34	Chemico-Biological Interactions	1544
35	Biochemistry	1530
36	Process Biochemistry	1444
37	Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology	1439
38	Phytochemistry	1418
39	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Basis of Disease	1417
40	Protein Science	1366
41	International Journal of Biological Sciences	1364
42	Plant Cell	1343
43	Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology	1313
44	Plant Science	1306
45	ACS Chemical Biology	1302
46	Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry	1189
47	Cytokine	1187
48	FEBS Letters	1172
49	Lipids in Health and Disease	1143
50	Nature Chemical Biology	1129

51	Biomedical Chromatography	1115
52	Journal of Neurochemistry	1114
53	Molecular Biology and Evolution	1110
54	Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics	1104
55	Journal of Food Biochemistry	1087
56	Neurochemical Research	1081
57	Molecular Biotechnology	1072
58	Analytical Biochemistry	1071
59	Biochemical Genetics	1029
60	Human Molecular Genetics	1027
61	Macromolecular Bioscience	1016
62	Molecular Cancer	985
63	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	980
64	Bioconjugate Chemistry	971
65	European Journal of Human Genetics	968
66	Chemical Biology & Drug Design	951
67	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Bioenergetics	950
68	Molecular Immunology	942
69	Journal of Molecular Graphics & Modelling	938
70	Carbohydrate Research	937
71	Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology	919
72	Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution	894
-	Proteomics	894
74	Journal of Integrative Plant Biology	884
75	Bioelectrochemistry	877
76	Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry	859
77	Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica	856
78	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C-Toxicology & Pharmacology	854
79	American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology	850
80	Biochimie	846
81	Bioscience Reports	823
82	Molecular Plant	799
83	Proteins-Structure Function and Bioinformatics	798
84	Structure	797
85	EMBO Reports	795
86	Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology	784
87	Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry	764
88	Methods	757
89	Trends in Microbiology	745
90	BioEssays	740
91	Molecular Ecology Resources	732
92	Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology	731
93	Biochemical Society Transactions	724
-	Genome Research	724
95	Journal of Cellular Biochemistry	715
-	EMBO Journal	715
97	Cell Death and Differentiation	712
98	Current Opinion in Structural Biology	706
99	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Cell Research	697
100	Photochemistry and Photobiology	694
101	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer	686
102	Molecular Microbiology	673
103	Biochemistry-Moscow	668
104	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B-Biology	667
-	Molecular Carcinogenesis	667
106	Neurochemistry International	657
107	Journal of Genetics and Genomics	650
108	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-General Subjects	647
109	Journal of Lipid Research	640
110	Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry	625
111	Science Signaling	622
112	Trends in Molecular Medicine	620
113	Cell Biochemistry and Function	619
114	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology	617
115	Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	597
116	Trends in Biochemical Sciences	582
117	Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry	562
118	Fish Physiology and Biochemistry	561
119	Antioxidants & Redox Signaling	557
120	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	553
121	Biochemical Journal	551
122	Protein Expression and Purification	547
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Biomembranes	547
124	RNA	535
125	Biophysical Chemistry	529
126	Peptides	524
127	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology D-Genomics & Proteomics	509
128	Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions	505
129	Genes & Genomics	500
130	IUBMB Life	479
131	Steroids	470
132	International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology	469
133	Addiction Biology	468
134	Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology	458
135	Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology	454
136	Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences	453
-	Journal of Biochemistry	453
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids	453
139	Apoptosis	452
140	Molecular Genetics and Genomics	450
141	Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics	446
142	Natural Product Reports	444
143	Current Opinion in Chemical Biology	441
144	Biofactors	439
145	Plant Molecular Biology	437
146	Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	430
147	RNA Biology	410
148	Protein and Peptide Letters	409
149	Journal of Peptide Science	400
150	Nucleosides Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids	399
151	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education	392
152	Journal of Structural Biology	383
-	Molecular Biology	383
154	Biometals	381
155	Epigenetics	374
156	Journal of Zhejiang University-Science B	365
157	DNA and Cell Biology	363
158	Doklady Biochemistry and Biophysics	356
159	Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology	352
160	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B-Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	349
-	Current Drug Metabolism	349
162	Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy	343
163	Amino Acids	338
164	Progress in Biophysics & Molecular Biology	335
-	Journal of Chemical Ecology	335
166	Current Molecular Pharmacology	324
167	Biological Chemistry	323
168	Insect Molecular Biology	322
169	Current Protein & Peptide Science	319
170	Molecular Reproduction and Development	314
-	Essays in Biochemistry	314
172	Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology	307
173	Journal of Molecular Neuroscience	302
174	Acta Biochimica Polonica	300
175	Biopolymers	298

176	Yeast	294
-	Molecular Systems Biology	294
-	Nitric Oxide-Biology and Chemistry	294
179	Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry	277
-	Biotechniques	277
181	Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research	275
-	Matrix Biology	275
183	Gene Therapy	274
184	Prostaglandins & Other Lipid Mediators	272
185	Protein Journal	262
186	Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications	261
-	Molecular Medicine	261
188	Mammalian Genome	257
-	Biochemistry and Cell Biology	257
190	Molecular Aspects of Medicine	256
191	Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews	249
-	Hemoglobin	249
193	Genetics and Molecular Biology	246
194	Journal of Molecular Recognition	243
195	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Proteins and Proteomics	240
196	Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology	239
-	Journal of Molecular Evolution	239
198	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms	229
199	Free Radical Research	227
200	Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Section C-A Journal of Biosciences	221
201	Molecular and Cellular Probes	219
202	Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids	215
-	Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design	215
204	Amyloid-Journal of Protein Folding Disorders	212
205	Current Opinion in Lipidology	209
206	Chemistry and Physics of Lipids	203
207	Glycoconjugate Journal	181
208	Transgenic Research	179
209	Current Proteomics	178
210	Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology	177
211	Biocatalysis and Biotransformation	168
212	Journal of Membrane Biology	164
213	Lipids	163
214	Current Genomics	160
215	Extremophiles	153
216	Journal of Liposome Research	149
217	Molecular Genetics Microbiology and Virology	139
218	Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters	137
219	International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics	133
220	Progress in Lipid Research	126
221	Genes & Genetic Systems	125
222	Journal of Biomolecular Nmr	96
223	Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction	94
224	Annual Review of Biochemistry	93
225	Trace Elements and Electrolytes	92
-	Experimental and Molecular Medicine	92
227	Channels	82
228	Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry	81
229	Innate Immunity	80
230	Protein Engineering Design & Selection	69
231	Chromosoma	68
232	Chemoecology	65
233	Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	58
234	Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry	56
235	Prion	50
236	Chromosome Research	43
237	Turkish Journal of Biochemistry-Turk Biyokimya Dergisi	35