Biology & Biochemistry: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Physiological Reviews	71
2	Experimental and Molecular Medicine	70
3	Cell	68
4	Annual Review of Biochemistry	55
5	Cell Research	51
6	Annual Review of Physiology	48
7	Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews	47
8	Progress in Lipid Research	43
-	Annual Review of Neuroscience	43
10	Human Reproduction Update	42
-	Nature Medicine	42
-	Clinical Microbiology Reviews	42
13	Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology	39
-	Nature Genetics	39
15	Annual Review of Entomology	37
16	Nature Neuroscience	36
-	Trends in Food Science & Technology	36
18	Neuron	35
19	Molecular Cell	34
-	Biotechnology Advances	34
21	EMBO Journal	31
-	Pharmacology & Therapeutics	31
-	Food Hydrocolloids	31
24	Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology	30
25	Acta Neuropathologica	29
26	Annual Review of Microbiology	28
-	Water Research	28
-	Remote Sensing of Environment	28
29	Resources Conservation and Recycling	27
-	Journal of Headache and Pain	27
-	Journal of Cleaner Production	27
-	Bioresource Technology	27
33	Molecular Medicine	26
-	Biosensors & Bioelectronics	26
-	Molecular Aspects of Medicine	26
-	Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology	26
37	Trends in Cell Biology	25
-	Drug Delivery	25
-	Drugs	25
-	Journal of Hazardous Materials	25
41	Pharmacological Reviews	24
-	Chemosphere	24
-	Cell Death and Differentiation	24
44	Sleep Medicine Reviews	23
-	Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews	23
-	Trends in Neurosciences	23
-	Journal of Controlled Release	23
-	Plant Cell	23
-	Global Change Biology	23
-	Energy Policy	23

-	Environmental Science & Technology	23
52	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	22
-	Brain	22
-	Current Opinion in Biotechnology	22
-	Environment International	22
-	Natural Product Reports	22
-	Pharmacological Research	22
-	Science of the Total Environment	22
-	Food Chemistry	22
60	Environmental Science and Pollution Research	21
-	Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition	21
62	Medicinal Research Reviews	20
-	Current Opinion in Structural Biology	20
-	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	20
-	Trends in Microbiology	20
-	Annual Review of Genetics	20
-	Computers and Electronics in Agriculture	20
68	Critical Reviews in Biotechnology	19
-	Food Control	19
-	Environmental Research	19
-	Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology	19
-	Metabolic Engineering	19
-	Environmental Pollution	19
74	Waste Management	18
-	Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy	18
-	Trends in Biotechnology	18
-	Trends in Pharmacological Sciences	18
-	Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews	18
-	Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology	18
80	Phytomedicine	17
-	Systemic Biology	17
-	American Journal of Human Genetics	17
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer	17
-	Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences	17
-	Food Research International	17
-	LWT-Food Science and Technology	17
-	Journal of Environmental Management	17
-	Nature Biotechnology	17
-	Postharvest Biology and Technology	17
-	Agricultural Water Management	17
-	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	17
-	Field Crops Research	17
-	Cell Biology and Toxicology	17
94	Neuroimage	16
-	Trends in Biochemical Sciences	16
-	Current Opinion in Neurobiology	16
-	Archives of Pharmacal Research	16
-	Nucleic Acids Research	16
-	Oncogene	16
-	Essays in Biochemistry	16
-	Meat Science	16
-	Journal of Environmental Sciences	16
103	Phytotherapy Research	15
-	Microbiological Research	15
-	Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology	15
-	Environmental Health Perspectives	15
-	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews	15
-	Progress in Neurobiology	15
-	Trends in Genetics	15
-	Modern Pathology	15
-	Ecological Economics	15
-	Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	15
-	Journal of Cell Biology	15
114	Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	14
-	Agricultural Systems	14
-	Neuropsychology Review	14
-	Genome Research	14
-	Chromosome Research	14
-	Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces	14
-	Computers in Biology and Medicine	14
-	Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety	14
-	Journal of Medicinal Chemistry	14
-	Matrix Biology	14
-	Journal of Food Engineering	14
-	Industrial Crops and Products	14
-	Agricultural and Forest Meteorology	14
-	Molecular Biology and Evolution	14
-	CNS Drugs	14
-	Environmental and Experimental Botany	14
-	Current Biology	14
-	Inflammation	14
-	International Journal of Biological Macromolecules	14
133	Metabolic Brain Disease	13
-	Biochemical Society Transactions	13
-	Biogeochemistry	13
-	European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry	13
-	Food Policy	13
-	Genes & Development	13
-	Marine Pollution Bulletin	13
-	Mechanisms of Ageing and Development	13
-	International Journal of Nanomedicine	13
-	Journal of Ethnopharmacology	13
-	Neurobiology of Disease	13
-	Annals of Neurology	13
-	European Journal of Agronomy	13
-	Food Microbiology	13
-	Food Quality and Preference	13
-	Current Opinion in Cell Biology	13
-	Life Sciences	13
-	Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry	13
-	Journal of Ginseng Research	13
-	International Journal of Food Properties	13
-	International Journal of Pharmaceutics	13
154	Clinical Infectious Diseases	12
-	Ecological Applications	12
-	Ecological Engineering	12
-	Critical Reviews in Microbiology	12
-	Current Opinion in Genetics & Development	12
-	International Journal of Food Microbiology	12
-	Neural Networks	12
-	Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology	12
-	Aquaculture	12
-	Reviews in Medical Virology	12
-	Biodrugs	12
-	Water Resources Research	12
-	Glia	12
-	Journal of Leukocyte Biology	12
-	Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry	12
169	Neurobiology of Aging	11
-	Toxicology	11
-	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	11
-	Neurotoxicity Research	11
-	Microbial Ecology	11
-	Molecular Ecology	11
-	Biological Conservation	11

-	European Journal of Cell Biology	11
-	Global Biogeochemical Cycles	11
-	Biomass & Bioenergy	11
-	Clinical Microbiology and Infection	11
-	Brain Behavior and Immunity	11
-	Journal of Molecular Neuroscience	11
-	Journal of Neuroscience	11
-	International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment	11
-	Inflammation Research	11
-	Plant Science	11
-	Progress in Biophysics & Molecular Biology	11
-	Neuropsychopharmacology	11
-	American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology	11
-	Biochemical Pharmacology	11
-	Chemico-Biological Interactions	11
-	Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews	11
-	Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents	11
-	Environmental Reviews	11
-	Current Opinion in Neurology	11
-	Journal of Pineal Research	11
-	Journal of Industrial Ecology	11
197	Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy	10
-	Neurochemistry International	10
-	Aquatic Toxicology	10
-	Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry	10

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