Biology: Journal Rankings

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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Computers in Biology and Medicine	93
2	eLife	79
3	Communications Biology	67
4	Life-Basel	62
5	Current Biology	60
6	Biology-Basel	57
7	Biological Reviews	44
-	Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	44
9	BMC Biology	41
10	Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences	40
-	Science China-Life Sciences	40
12	FASEB Journal	38
13	Bioelectrochemistry	32
-	Bioscience	32
15	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	31
16	Computational Biology and Chemistry	28
-	Life Science Alliance	28
18	Journal of Experimental Biology	27
-	Physics of Life Reviews	27
20	Current Opinion in Insect Science	26
-	Journal of Thermal Biology	26
22	Biology Direct	24
-	BioEssays	24
24	Astrobiology	21
25	Biosystems	20
-	Journal of Mathematical Biology	20
-	Microscopy Research and Technique	20
28	Journal of Theoretical Biology	19
-	Bioscience Trends	19
30	Bulletin of Mathematical Biology	18
-	Radiation Research	18
32	Biology Open	17
-	International Journal of Radiation Biology	17
34	Biometrika	16
-	Open Life Sciences	16
-	Chronobiology International	16
-	Mathematical Biosciences	16
38	American Journal of Human Biology	15
-	Cryobiology	15
-	Life Sciences in Space Research	15
-	Biometrics	15
-	Journal of Biological Rhythms	15
43	Journal of Radiation Research	14
-	Geobiology	14
45	Radiation and Environmental Biophysics	13
46	Biocell	12
-	Biologia Futura	12
48	Aerobiologia	11
-	Annals of Human Biology	11
-	Biological Bulletin	11

-	Biology Bulletin	11
52	Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology	10
-	Integrative Organismal Biology	10
-	Journal of Biological Systems	10
-	Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research	10
-	Theory in Biosciences	10
57	Bioelectromagnetics	9
-	Journal of Biological Education	9
-	Synthetic Biology	9
-	Biological Rhythm Research	9
-	Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine	9
-	Journal of Agricultural Biological and Environmental Statistics	9
-	Journal of Ethnobiology	9
64	Biology Letters	8
65	Archives of Biological Sciences	7
-	Bioscience Journal	7
-	Quarterly Review of Biology	7
-	Comptes Rendus Biologies	7
-	International Journal of Astrobiology	7
-	Journal of the History of Biology	7
71	Revista de Biologia Tropical	6
72	Folia Biologica-Krakow	5
-	Mathematical Medicine and Biology-A Journal of the Ima	5
-	American Biology Teacher	5
75	Zhurnal Obshchei Biologii	2