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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Annual Review of Pathology-Mechanisms of Disease	75
2	Physiological Reviews	73
3	Cell	72
4	Cancer Cell	68
5	Cell Metabolism	64
6	Energy & Environmental Science	58
-	Environmental Chemistry Letters	58
8	Biochar	56
9	Fungal Diversity	50
10	Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology	47
-	Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews	47
12	Molecular Cancer	46
13	Nature Medicine	44
-	Annual Review of Biochemistry	44
15	Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology	43
16	Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy	42
-	Nature Reviews Microbiology	42
18	Progress in Lipid Research	41
-	Cell Stem Cell	41
-	Annual Review of Entomology	41
21	Nature Genetics	40
-	Human Reproduction Update	40
-	Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters	40
24	Annual Review of Physiology	39
-	Nature Neuroscience	39
26	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	38
-	Nature Sustainability	38
28	Clinical Microbiology Reviews	37
-	EMBO Journal	37
30	Molecular Neurodegeneration	36
-	Acta Neuropathologica	36
-	Biotechnology Advances	36
33	Science Translational Medicine	35
-	Pharmacology & Therapeutics	35
-	Ageing Research Reviews	35
-	Molecular Cell	35
-	Nature Methods	35
38	Food Hydrocolloids	34
-	Nature Microbiology	34
-	Trends in Food Science & Technology	34
-	Seminars in Immunopathology	34
-	Annual Review of Neuroscience	34
43	Cell Host & Microbe	33
-	Neuron	33
-	Annual Review of Food Science and Technology	33
-	Annual Review of Microbiology	33
-	Drug Resistance Updates	33
-	Microbiome	33
-	Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology	33
50	Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety	32

-	Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology	32
52	Translational Neurodegeneration	31
-	Annual Review of Biophysics	31
-	Annual Review of Marine Science	31
-	Journal of Headache and Pain	31
-	Molecular Medicine	31
57	Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry	30
-	Nature Reviews Genetics	30
59	Water Research	29
-	Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews	29
-	Redox Biology	29
-	Molecular Plant	29
-	Journal of Cleaner Production	29
-	Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology	29
-	Remote Sensing of Environment	29
-	Gut Microbes	29
67	Trends in Cell Biology	28
68	Nature Cell Biology	27
-	Nature Protocols	27
-	Food Packaging and Shelf Life	27
-	Annual Review of Genetics	27
-	Molecular Aspects of Medicine	27
73	Food Engineering Reviews	26
-	Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics	26
-	Biosensors & Bioelectronics	26
-	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	26
77	Drugs	25
-	Resources Conservation and Recycling	25
-	Journal of Nanobiotechnology	25
-	Journal of Controlled Release	25
-	Cell Discovery	25
82	EMBO Reports	24
-	Chemosphere	24
-	Drug Delivery	24
-	Science of the Total Environment	24
-	Pharmacological Reviews	24
-	Journal of Hazardous Materials	24
-	npj Clean Water	24
-	Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition	24
-	Annual Review of Virology	24
-	Mycosphere	24
-	Nature Reviews Neuroscience	24
93	Trends in Neurosciences	23
-	Current Opinion in Chemical Biology	23
-	Developmental Cell	23
-	Environmental Science & Technology	23
-	Reviews in Aquaculture	23
-	Plant Cell	23
-	Journal of Extracellular Vesicles	23
-	Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews	23
-	Journal of Neuroinflammation	23
-	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	23
-	Biological Reviews	23
-	Bioresource Technology	23
-	Environment International	23
-	Food Chemistry	23
-	Pharmacological Research	23
-	Lancet Planetary Health	23
-	Nature Human Behaviour	23
-	Particle and Fibre Toxicology	23
-	Global Change Biology	23
112	Nature Climate Change	22
-	Medicinal Research Reviews	22
-	Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B	22
-	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	22
-	Sleep Medicine Reviews	22
-	Energy Policy	22
-	Environmental Science and Pollution Research	22
-	Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology	22
120	Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology	21
-	Current Opinion in Biotechnology	21
-	Current Pollution Reports	21
-	Critical Reviews in Biotechnology	21
-	Environment Development and Sustainability	21
-	Genome Medicine	21
-	Current Opinion in Food Science	21
-	Current Opinion in Microbiology	21
-	Computers and Electronics in Agriculture	21
-	Metabolic Engineering	21
-	ISME Journal	21
131	Trends in Cognitive Sciences	20
-	Trends in Microbiology	20
-	Cell Death and Differentiation	20
-	Cell Death & Disease	20
-	One Earth	20
-	Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy	20
-	Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences	20
-	Ecological Indicators	20
-	Brain	20
-	Current Opinion in Structural Biology	20
-	Cell Reports	20
-	Environmental Pollution	20
-	Environmental Research	20
-	Phytomedicine	20
-	Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews	20
-	npj Biofilms and Microbiomes	20
-	Nature Chemical Biology	20
-	Nature Ecology & Evolution	20
149	Waste Management	19
-	Cell Biology and Toxicology	19
-	Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology	19
-	Essays in Biochemistry	19
-	Annual Review of Animal Biosciences	19
-	Molecular Psychiatry	19
-	International Journal of Biological Sciences	19
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water	19
-	Brain Structure & Function	19
-	Clinical Epigenetics	19
-	Cell Chemical Biology	19
-	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews	19
-	Journal of Environmental Management	19
162	Trends in Biotechnology	18
-	Trends in Pharmacological Sciences	18
-	Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports	18
-	Ecosystem Services	18
-	Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability	18
-	Field Crops Research	18
-	Journal of Tissue Engineering	18
-	Microbiological Research	18
-	Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology	18
-	Annual Review of Vision Science	18
-	Alzheimers Research & Therapy	18
-	Cell Death Discovery	18
-	Drug Discovery Today	18
-	Food Control	18

-	Food Research International	18
-	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	18
-	npj Regenerative Medicine	18
-	Inflammation	18
180	Environmental Health Perspectives	17
-	Neuromolecular Medicine	17
-	Agricultural Water Management	17
-	Antioxidants & Redox Signaling	17
-	American Journal of Human Genetics	17
-	Natural Product Reports	17
-	International Journal of Nanomedicine	17
-	Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment	17
-	Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology	17
-	Journal of Applied Microbiology	17
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer	17
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Computational Molecular Science	17
-	Trends in Molecular Medicine	17
-	Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering	17
-	Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	17
-	Plant Biotechnology Journal	17
-	Postharvest Biology and Technology	17
-	Pharmaceutical Biology	17
-	Neurology-Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation	17
-	Modern Pathology	17
-	Molecular Systems Biology	17

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