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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01)

Rank	Journal	Papers
1	International Journal of Molecular Sciences	60912
2	Molecules	30603
3	International Journal of Biological Macromolecules	22403
4	Biomedicines	11996
5	FASEB Journal	11795
6	Antioxidants	8137
7	Journal of Biological Chemistry	7417
8	Biomolecules	7270
9	Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications	5757
10	Nucleic Acids Research	5173
11	Metabolites	4146
12	Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences	4125
13	Molecular Biology Reports	4096
14	Free Radical Biology and Medicine	3980
15	Current Biology	3780
16	Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics	3404
17	Bioorganic Chemistry	3329
18	Food & Function	3128
19	Chemistry & Biodiversity	3124
20	Nature Medicine	2539
21	Biomacromolecules	2229
22	ChemBioChem	2022
23	Cell	1984
24	Molecular Ecology	1939
25	Current Medicinal Chemistry	1928
26	Molecular Psychiatry	1902
27	Biological Trace Element Research	1900
28	Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal	1735
29	FEBS Journal	1732
30	Redox Biology	1722
31	Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences	1680
32	ACS Chemical Neuroscience	1676
33	Molecular Cell	1675
34	Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy	1647
35	Journal of Molecular Biology	1636
36	Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology	1627
37	Journal of Molecular Modeling	1605
38	Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry	1604
39	Oncogene	1590
40	Biochemistry	1544
41	Chemico-Biological Interactions	1540
42	Cellular and Molecular Biology	1534
43	Process Biochemistry	1442
44	Phytochemistry	1427
45	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Basis of Disease	1399
46	Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology	1345
47	Protein Science	1337
48	Plant Cell	1310
49	Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology	1306
50	ACS Chemical Biology	1291

51	Plant Science	1285
52	International Journal of Biological Sciences	1258
53	Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry	1226
54	Cytokine	1195
55	FEBS Letters	1165
56	Journal of Food Biochemistry	1164
57	Genes & Diseases	1128
58	Journal of Neurochemistry	1097
-	Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics	1097
60	Biomedical Chromatography	1095
61	Nature Chemical Biology	1091
62	Lipids in Health and Disease	1079
63	Molecular Biotechnology	1070
64	Neurochemical Research	1065
65	Analytical Biochemistry	1043
66	Molecular Biology and Evolution	1035
67	Human Molecular Genetics	1033
68	Macromolecular Bioscience	1023
69	Biochemical Genetics	992
70	Bioconjugate Chemistry	978
71	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Bioenergetics	975
72	Bioscience Reports	972
-	European Journal of Human Genetics	972
74	Molecular Immunology	959
75	Chemical Biology & Drug Design	939
-	Molecular Cancer	939
77	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	936
78	FEBS Open Bio	929
79	RSC Medicinal Chemistry	923
80	Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution	914
81	Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology	899
82	Journal of Molecular Graphics & Modelling	896
83	Bioelectrochemistry	895
84	Proteomics	890
85	Carbohydrate Research	888
86	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C-Toxicology & Pharmacology	884
87	Biochimie	874
88	EMBO Reports	869
89	Journal of Integrative Plant Biology	867
90	American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology	848
91	Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica	842
92	Journal of Cellular Biochemistry	838
93	Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry	834
94	Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology	830
95	Molecular Plant	810
96	EMBO Journal	804
97	Cell and Bioscience	799
98	Proteins-Structure Function and Bioinformatics	796
99	Structure	781
100	BioEssays	767
101	Methods	766
102	Molecular Ecology Resources	763
103	Biochemical Society Transactions	752
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Cell Research	752
105	Trends in Microbiology	732
-	Genome Research	732
107	Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology	730
108	Current Opinion in Structural Biology	728
109	Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry	715
110	Cell Death and Differentiation	714
111	Photochemistry and Photobiology	696
112	Molecular Microbiology	684
113	Cell Chemical Biology	681
114	Neurochemistry International	667
-	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B-Biology	667
116	Biochemistry-Moscow	661
117	Molecular Carcinogenesis	659
118	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer	658
119	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-General Subjects	654
120	Journal of Genetics and Genomics	636
121	Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry	633
122	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology	632
123	Science Signaling	631
124	Trends in Molecular Medicine	618
125	Cell Biochemistry and Function	605
126	Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	603
127	Journal of Lipid Research	583
128	Trends in Biochemical Sciences	576
129	Biochemical Journal	575
130	Antioxidants & Redox Signaling	573
131	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	567
132	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Biomembranes	564
133	Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics	556
134	Protein Expression and Purification	544
135	Fish Physiology and Biochemistry	541
136	Open Biology	535
137	RNA	534
138	Genes & Genomics	532
-	Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry	532
140	Peptides	531
141	Biophysical Chemistry	526
142	Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions	521
143	International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology	497
144	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology D-Genomics & Proteomics	488
145	IUBMB Life	487
146	Current Opinion in Chemical Biology	472
-	Addiction Biology	472
148	Biomedical Journal	467
149	Steroids	466
150	Journal of Biochemistry	458
151	Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology	456
152	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids	454
153	Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology	452
154	Molecular Genetics and Genomics	451
155	Protein and Peptide Letters	445
156	Biofactors	443
157	Plant Molecular Biology	437
158	Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences	436
159	Apoptosis	432
160	RNA Biology	427
161	Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	424
162	Acta Crystallographica Section D-Structural Biology	417
163	Cell Systems	414
164	Journal of Peptide Science	410
-	Natural Product Reports	410
166	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education	406
167	Nucleosides Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids	392
168	Amino Acids	389
169	Journal of Structural Biology	387
170	Biometals	375
171	DNA and Cell Biology	373
172	Epigenetics	371
173	Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy	365
174	Journal of Zhejiang University-Science B	364
-	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B-Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	364

176	Molecular Biology	363
177	Current Drug Metabolism	356
178	Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology	350
179	Journal of Molecular Neuroscience	340
180	Biological Chemistry	338
181	Progress in Biophysics & Molecular Biology	331
182	Acta Biochimica Polonica	329
-	Doklady Biochemistry and Biophysics	329
184	Journal of Chemical Ecology	328
185	Current Protein & Peptide Science	324
186	Essays in Biochemistry	320
187	Molecular Reproduction and Development	319
188	Current Molecular Pharmacology	317
189	Molecular Omics	315
-	Insect Molecular Biology	315
191	Yeast	308
192	Nitric Oxide-Biology and Chemistry	298
193	Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology	296
-	Molecular Medicine	296
195	Biotechniques	294
196	Biopolymers	292
197	Matrix Biology	290
198	Molecular Systems Biology	286
199	Protein Journal	283
200	Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research	279
201	Prostaglandins & Other Lipid Mediators	278
202	Gene Therapy	272
203	Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry	269
204	Biochemistry and Cell Biology	268
-	Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications	268
206	Molecular Aspects of Medicine	262
207	Journal of Molecular Recognition	259
208	Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews	257
209	Hemoglobin	254
210	Mammalian Genome	253
211	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Proteins and Proteomics	244
212	Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology	241
213	Genetics and Molecular Biology	239
214	Free Radical Research	237
215	Journal of Molecular Evolution	235
216	Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Section C-A Journal of Biosciences	234
217	Molecular and Cellular Probes	229
218	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms	226
219	Acta Crystallographica Section F-Structural Biology Communications	223
220	Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids	221
221	Current Opinion in Lipidology	214
222	Amyloid-Journal of Protein Folding Disorders	210
223	Chemistry and Physics of Lipids	209
224	Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design	206
225	Current Proteomics	191
226	Transgenic Research	190
227	Glycoconjugate Journal	189
228	Peptide Science	181
-	Current Genomics	181
230	International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics	180
231	Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology	175
232	Journal of Membrane Biology	168
233	Biocatalysis and Biotransformation	167
234	Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability	166
235	Nucleic Acid Therapeutics	160
236	Extremophiles	159
-	Lipids	159
238	Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters	156
239	Molecular Genetics Microbiology and Virology	146
240	Experimental and Molecular Medicine	145
241	International Journal of Genomics	143
242	Journal of Liposome Research	141
243	Progress in Lipid Research	133
244	Genes & Genetic Systems	132
245	Annual Review of Biochemistry	119
246	Journal of Biomolecular Nmr	102
247	Trace Elements and Electrolytes	97
248	Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction	96
249	Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry	87
250	Innate Immunity	83
251	Channels	76
252	Chemoecology	73
253	Chromosoma	71
254	Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	69
255	Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry	68
256	Protein Engineering Design & Selection	67
257	Chromosome Research	49
258	Turkish Journal of Biochemistry-Turk Biyokimya Dergisi	47
259	Prion	46