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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Nature Biotechnology29.572
2 Nature Reviews Drug Discovery26.256
3 Biotechnology Advances23.937
4 Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology22.201
5 Journal of Nanobiotechnology19.408
6 Biosensors & Bioelectronics19.281
7 Bioresource Technology17.119
8 Current Opinion in Biotechnology15.976
9 Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering15.871
10 Bioinformatics15.867
11 Journal of Applied Microbiology15.830
12 Metabolic Engineering14.882
13 npj Biofilms and Microbiomes14.422
14 Annals of Microbiology14.400
15 Trends in Biotechnology14.285
16 Critical Reviews in Biotechnology14.219
17 Annual Review of Animal Biosciences14.037
18 Environmental Technology & Innovation13.131
19 Molecular Therapy12.760
20 Plant Biotechnology Journal12.269
21 Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology12.223
22 Bioengineered11.874
23 Genome Research11.197
24 Microbial Cell Factories10.527
25 Food Microbiology10.520
26 BMC Bioinformatics9.997
27 Bioresources and Bioprocessing9.476
28 Letters in Applied Microbiology9.274
29 Process Biochemistry9.226
30 Cancer Gene Therapy8.906
31 Journal of Biological Engineering8.763
32 Gm Crops & Food-Biotechnology in Agriculture and the Food Chain8.721
33 Algal Research-Biomass Biofuels and Bioproducts8.432
34 Biomass & Bioenergy8.398
35 Microbial Biotechnology8.371
36 World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology8.325
37 Fermentation-Basel8.201
38 Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology8.007
39 Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology7.753
40 Artificial Cells Nanomedicine and Biotechnology7.493
41 Biochemical Engineering Journal7.447
42 Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering7.267
43 Biological Control7.253
44 Mutation Research-Reviews in Mutation Research7.206
45 Journal of Zhejiang University-Science B7.154
46 Gene Therapy7.131
47 Journal of General Virology7.125
48 Enzyme and Microbial Technology7.100
49 Briefings in Functional Genomics7.095
50 Stem Cells7.011
51 Biotechnology and Bioengineering6.838
52 Journal of Biotechnology6.832
53 Amb Express6.812
54 International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation6.744
55 Human Gene Therapy6.561
56 Applied and Environmental Microbiology6.539
57 Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology6.474
58 Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics6.318
59 Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions6.300
60 Systematic and Applied Microbiology6.132
61 Genomics6.122
62 BMC Genomics6.079
63 Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy6.060
64 Food and Bioproducts Processing5.948
65 Protein Engineering Design & Selection5.886
66 Journal of Food Protection5.817
67 Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins5.810
68 Molecular and Cellular Probes5.779
69 Electronic Journal of Biotechnology5.509
70 SLAS Discovery5.496
71 Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering5.483
72 Journal of Applied Phycology5.470
73 BMC Biotechnology5.436
74 Nanomedicine5.391
75 Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology5.374
76 Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine5.370
77 Biofuels Bioproducts & Biorefining-Biofpr5.369
78 Molecular Biotechnology5.353
79 Biotechnology Journal5.188
80 3 Biotech5.187
81 Biodegradation5.121
82 Disease Markers4.901
83 Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering4.771
84 Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology4.703
85 Biotechnology Progress4.396
86 New Biotechnology4.377
87 Food Technology and Biotechnology4.333
88 Journal of Antibiotics4.239
89 Current Nanoscience4.141
90 Marine Biotechnology4.134
91 Journal of Bioactive and Compatible Polymers4.094
92 Mutation Research-Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis4.090
93 Journal of Gene Medicine4.078
94 Synthetic Biology4.062
95 Biofouling3.987
96 Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment3.913
97 Folia Microbiologica3.824
98 Algorithms for Molecular Biology3.793
99 Biomarkers3.789
100 Journal of Food Safety3.770
101 Animal Biotechnology3.769
102 Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture3.716
103 Biotechnology Letters3.700
104 Canadian Journal of Microbiology3.648
105 Transgenic Research3.598
106 Indian Journal of Microbiology3.439
107 Oncotargets and Therapy3.363
108 Biologicals3.348
109 American Journal of Enology and Viticulture3.288
110 Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry3.285
111 Genes & Genomics3.241
112 Microbes and Environments3.211
113 Mammalian Genome3.207
114 Yeast3.202
115 Engineering in Life Sciences3.163
116 Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology3.128
117 Journal of Applied Genetics3.005
118 Journal of Virological Methods3.003
119 Genome2.984
120 Cellular Reprogramming2.977
121 Food Biotechnology2.973
122 Plant Biotechnology Reports2.969
123 Plant Biotechnology2.626
124 Protein Expression and Purification2.599
125 Plant Breeding2.571
126 Biocatalysis and Biotransformation2.534
127 Pharmacogenetics and Genomics2.523
128 Biomed Research International2.434
129 Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists2.400
130 International Journal of Genomics2.156
131 Cytotechnology2.050
132 Biocontrol Science and Technology2.007
133 Applied Biochemistry and Microbiology1.997
134 Biotechnic & Histochemistry1.980
135 New Genetics and Society1.849
136 Critical Reviews in Eukaryotic Gene Expression1.787
137 Cytotherapy1.614
138 Stem Cell Research1.328
139 Journal of General and Applied Microbiology1.223
140 Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Quarterly1.218
141 Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology0.824
142 Biotechnology Law Report0.488
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