New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology

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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Nature Biotechnology29.559
2 Nature Reviews Drug Discovery26.390
3 Biotechnology Advances25.090
4 Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology22.694
5 Biosensors & Bioelectronics19.397
6 Annals of Microbiology18.667
7 Journal of Nanobiotechnology18.592
8 Bioresource Technology16.978
9 Journal of Applied Microbiology15.874
10 Annual Review of Animal Biosciences15.817
11 Current Opinion in Biotechnology15.204
12 Critical Reviews in Biotechnology15.157
13 Metabolic Engineering14.794
14 Trends in Biotechnology14.439
15 npj Biofilms and Microbiomes14.322
16 Bioinformatics13.899
17 Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering13.564
18 Plant Biotechnology Journal12.986
19 Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology12.635
20 Molecular Therapy12.608
21 Environmental Technology & Innovation12.512
22 Genome Research11.302
23 Microbial Cell Factories10.907
24 Food Microbiology10.407
25 Bioresources and Bioprocessing9.874
26 BMC Bioinformatics9.869
27 Letters in Applied Microbiology9.478
28 Process Biochemistry9.418
29 Gm Crops & Food-Biotechnology in Agriculture and the Food Chain9.351
30 Cancer Gene Therapy9.262
31 World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology8.997
32 Microbial Biotechnology8.879
33 Journal of Biological Engineering8.771
34 Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology8.707
35 Bioengineered8.641
36 Fermentation-Basel8.595
37 Biomass & Bioenergy8.411
38 Algal Research-Biomass Biofuels and Bioproducts8.075
39 Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology7.662
40 Mutation Research-Reviews in Mutation Research7.611
41 Briefings in Functional Genomics7.608
42 Biochemical Engineering Journal7.593
43 Artificial Cells Nanomedicine and Biotechnology7.548
44 Biological Control7.402
45 Journal of Zhejiang University-Science B7.079
46 Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering7.038
47 Gene Therapy7.036
48 International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation7.003
49 Journal of Biotechnology6.911
50 Stem Cells6.904
51 Biotechnology and Bioengineering6.836
52 Journal of General Virology6.751
53 Amb Express6.657
54 Applied and Environmental Microbiology6.655
55 Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions6.652
56 Enzyme and Microbial Technology6.638
57 Food and Bioproducts Processing6.324
58 Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics6.290
59 Protein Engineering Design & Selection6.288
60 SLAS Discovery6.196
61 Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology6.187
62 BMC Genomics6.053
63 Molecular and Cellular Probes6.049
64 Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy6.043
65 Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins5.995
66 Systematic and Applied Microbiology5.980
67 Human Gene Therapy5.968
68 Journal of Food Protection5.866
69 Genomics5.855
70 Nanomedicine5.833
71 Molecular Biotechnology5.768
72 BMC Biotechnology5.758
73 Biofuels Bioproducts & Biorefining-Biofpr5.734
74 Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology5.544
75 Electronic Journal of Biotechnology5.542
76 Biotechnology Journal5.423
77 Journal of Applied Phycology5.274
78 Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering5.272
79 Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine5.267
80 3 Biotech5.247
81 Biodegradation5.214
82 Food Technology and Biotechnology5.082
83 Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology4.827
84 Disease Markers4.727
85 Synthetic Biology4.597
86 Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering4.592
87 New Biotechnology4.513
88 Current Nanoscience4.365
89 Biotechnology Progress4.333
90 Journal of Antibiotics4.313
91 Mutation Research-Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis4.252
92 Biofouling4.239
93 Journal of Gene Medicine4.222
94 Marine Biotechnology4.076
95 Algorithms for Molecular Biology3.988
96 Biotechnology Letters3.978
97 Animal Biotechnology3.977
98 Journal of Food Safety3.863
99 Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment3.846
100 Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture3.816
101 Journal of Bioactive and Compatible Polymers3.811
102 Indian Journal of Microbiology3.747
103 Biomarkers3.676
104 Transgenic Research3.627
105 Folia Microbiologica3.606
106 Canadian Journal of Microbiology3.603
107 Microbes and Environments3.411
108 Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry3.393
109 Oncotargets and Therapy3.371
110 Mammalian Genome3.364
111 Engineering in Life Sciences3.325
112 Yeast3.323
113 Genes & Genomics3.315
114 Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology3.152
115 American Journal of Enology and Viticulture3.093
116 Cellular Reprogramming3.061
117 Journal of Virological Methods3.019
118 Food Biotechnology3.000
119 Journal of Applied Genetics2.997
120 Plant Biotechnology Reports2.989
121 Genome2.927
122 Plant Breeding2.744
123 Protein Expression and Purification2.710
124 Plant Biotechnology2.587
125 Biomed Research International2.586
126 Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists2.523
127 Pharmacogenetics and Genomics2.504
128 Biocatalysis and Biotransformation2.376
129 Applied Biochemistry and Microbiology2.109
130 Biocontrol Science and Technology2.066
131 Cytotechnology2.039
132 Biotechnic & Histochemistry2.029
133 New Genetics and Society1.962
134 Critical Reviews in Eukaryotic Gene Expression1.894
135 International Journal of Genomics1.859
136 Cytotherapy1.533
137 Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Quarterly1.391
138 Stem Cell Research1.345
139 Journal of General and Applied Microbiology1.262
140 Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology0.953
141 Biotechnology Law Report0.494
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