New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Nature Biotechnology31.274
2 Nature Reviews Drug Discovery28.655
3 Biotechnology Advances24.234
4 Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology22.568
5 Journal of Nanobiotechnology20.221
6 Bioresource Technology19.690
7 Biosensors & Bioelectronics19.470
8 Bioinformatics18.099
9 Current Opinion in Biotechnology17.694
10 Annual Review of Animal Biosciences15.832
11 Critical Reviews in Biotechnology15.091
12 Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering14.812
13 Trends in Biotechnology14.485
14 Metabolic Engineering14.457
15 Bioengineered14.103
16 Journal of Applied Microbiology13.834
17 npj Biofilms and Microbiomes13.607
18 Molecular Therapy13.209
19 Environmental Technology & Innovation12.340
20 Plant Biotechnology Journal11.760
21 Annals of Microbiology11.609
22 Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology11.003
23 Genome Research10.550
24 Food Microbiology9.847
25 Bioresources and Bioprocessing9.694
26 Microbial Cell Factories9.627
27 Journal of Biological Engineering9.313
28 BMC Bioinformatics9.225
29 Process Biochemistry8.892
30 Biomass & Bioenergy8.885
31 Gm Crops & Food-Biotechnology in Agriculture and the Food Chain8.783
32 Cancer Gene Therapy8.652
33 Algal Research-Biomass Biofuels and Bioproducts8.122
34 Letters in Applied Microbiology8.088
35 Biochemical Engineering Journal7.972
36 Mutation Research-Reviews in Mutation Research7.879
37 Microbial Biotechnology7.822
38 Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology7.818
39 Fermentation-Basel7.469
40 Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering7.269
41 World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology7.238
42 Journal of Zhejiang University-Science B7.170
43 Gene Therapy7.032
44 Stem Cells7.020
45 Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions7.011
46 Journal of General Virology6.965
47 Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology6.922
48 Enzyme and Microbial Technology6.903
49 Artificial Cells Nanomedicine and Biotechnology6.864
50 Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology6.844
51 Journal of Biotechnology6.828
52 Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics6.821
53 Systematic and Applied Microbiology6.743
54 Biological Control6.732
55 Applied and Environmental Microbiology6.731
56 Biotechnology and Bioengineering6.595
57 Amb Express6.503
58 Human Gene Therapy6.419
59 Genomics6.408
60 BMC Genomics6.341
61 Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy6.326
62 Biomed Research International6.315
63 International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation6.158
64 Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine6.132
65 Briefings in Functional Genomics6.084
66 Protein Engineering Design & Selection5.987
67 Food and Bioproducts Processing5.929
68 Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins5.746
69 Nanomedicine5.592
70 Journal of Applied Phycology5.508
71 Electronic Journal of Biotechnology5.486
72 Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering5.446
73 Journal of Food Protection5.433
74 SLAS Discovery5.404
75 3 Biotech5.234
76 Disease Markers5.189
77 Molecular and Cellular Probes5.180
78 BMC Biotechnology5.170
79 Microbes and Environments5.059
80 Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology5.025
81 Biofuels Bioproducts & Biorefining-Biofpr4.923
82 Biodegradation4.797
83 Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering4.775
84 Molecular Biotechnology4.751
85 Biotechnology Journal4.719
86 Folia Microbiologica4.559
87 Mutation Research-Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis4.446
88 Food Technology and Biotechnology4.417
89 Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology4.411
90 Marine Biotechnology4.289
91 Biotechnology Progress4.197
92 Journal of Antibiotics4.160
93 Synthetic Biology4.124
94 Algorithms for Molecular Biology4.048
- Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture4.048
96 New Biotechnology4.044
97 Journal of Bioactive and Compatible Polymers4.024
98 Biomarkers4.023
99 Engineering in Life Sciences4.013
100 Journal of Virological Methods3.994
101 Biotechnology Letters3.919
102 Current Nanoscience3.883
103 Biofouling3.882
104 Journal of Gene Medicine3.831
105 Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment3.737
106 Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry3.624
107 Mammalian Genome3.490
108 Oncotargets and Therapy3.476
109 Journal of Food Safety3.468
110 Animal Biotechnology3.409
111 Biocontrol Science3.321
112 American Journal of Enology and Viticulture3.281
113 Genes & Genomics3.246
114 Plant Biotechnology Reports3.225
115 Canadian Journal of Microbiology3.218
116 Transgenic Research3.203
117 Genome3.149
118 Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology3.072
119 Indian Journal of Microbiology2.936
120 Biologicals2.913
121 Journal of Applied Genetics2.880
122 Protein Expression and Purification2.814
123 Yeast2.801
124 Food Biotechnology2.797
125 Biocatalysis and Biotransformation2.671
126 Cellular Reprogramming2.636
127 Plant Breeding2.563
128 Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists2.513
129 Pharmacogenetics and Genomics2.464
130 Plant Biotechnology2.439
131 International Journal of Genomics2.317
132 Biocontrol Science and Technology2.286
133 Cytotechnology2.269
134 Biotechnic & Histochemistry2.233
135 Critical Reviews in Eukaryotic Gene Expression2.226
136 Applied Biochemistry and Microbiology1.880
137 New Genetics and Society1.825
138 Journal of General and Applied Microbiology1.573
139 Cytotherapy1.445
140 Stem Cell Research1.318
141 Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology1.094
142 Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Quarterly0.989
143 Biotechnology Law Report0.543
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