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 2019-03-01 to 2023-03-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology	262
2	Physiological Reviews	224
3	Clinical Microbiology Reviews	173
4	Cell	172
5	Molecular Cancer	151
6	Nature Genetics	148
-	Nature Reviews Genetics	148
8	Annual Review of Neuroscience	140
9	Energy & Environmental Science	139
10	Annual Review of Pathology-Mechanisms of Disease	135
11	Nature Medicine	130
12	Cancer Cell	127
13	Annual Review of Physiology	124
14	Annual Review of Biochemistry	122
15	Cell Metabolism	121
16	Progress in Lipid Research	111
17	Nature Neuroscience	107
18	Nature Reviews Microbiology	105
19	Journal of Neuroscience	103
20	Annual Review of Biophysics	96
21	Cell Host & Microbe	95
22	Cell Stem Cell	94
-	Annual Review of Marine Science	94
24	Nature Cell Biology	93
25	Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews	92
26	Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology	88
-	Pharmacological Reviews	88
28	Molecular Cell	87
29	Annual Review of Animal Biosciences	86
30	Fungal Diversity	84
-	Molecular Aspects of Medicine	84
-	Drug Resistance Updates	84
33	Annual Review of Microbiology	83
34	Trends in Cognitive Sciences	80
35	Biotechnology Advances	78
36	Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety	77
37	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	76
-	Neuron	76
39	Annual Review of Genetics	75
-	Microbiome	75
-	FEMS Microbiology Reviews	75
42	Nature Methods	74
-	Nature Biotechnology	74
-	Nature Reviews Neuroscience	74
-	Molecular Neurodegeneration	74
46	Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology	73
47	Biological Reviews	71
48	Trends in Cell Biology	70
-	Current Opinion in Microbiology	70
-	Annual Review of Entomology	70
51	Molecular Biology of the Cell	68
-	Human Reproduction Update	68
53	Science Translational Medicine	67
54	Trends in Food Science & Technology	66
-	Journal of Extracellular Vesicles	66
56	Trends in Neurosciences	65
-	Remote Sensing of Environment	65
-	Nature Protocols	65
59	Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics	64
60	Water Research X	63
61	Nature Microbiology	62
-	Annual Review of Virology	62
63	Genes & Development	61
64	Trends in Biochemical Sciences	60
-	Acta Neuropathologica	60
66	Nature Climate Change	59
-	Annual Review of Food Science and Technology	59
-	Nature Sustainability	59
69	Progress in Neurobiology	58
70	Ecological Applications	57
-	Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry	57
-	Water Research	57
-	Pharmacology & Therapeutics	57
74	Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition	56
-	Current Opinion in Chemical Biology	56
76	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	55
-	Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology	55
78	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer	54
-	Genome Research	54
-	Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology	54
-	Molecular Plant	54
82	Developmental Cell	53
-	Mutation Research-Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis	53
-	npj Clean Water	53
-	Trends in Biotechnology	53
-	Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy	53
87	Current Opinion in Cell Biology	52
-	Current Opinion in Biotechnology	52
-	Current Opinion in Structural Biology	52
90	Food Hydrocolloids	51
-	ISME Journal	51
-	American Journal of Human Genetics	51
-	Medicinal Research Reviews	51
-	Global Change Biology	51
-	Environment International	51
96	Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology	50
-	Aquatic Living Resources	50
-	Biosensors & Bioelectronics	50
-	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	50
100	Nature Chemical Biology	49
-	Ageing Research Reviews	49
-	Nature Ecology & Evolution	49
-	Journal of Controlled Release	49
-	Resources Conservation and Recycling	49
-	Bioresource Technology	49
106	Cell Reports	48
-	Cell Systems	48
-	Journal of Hazardous Materials	48
-	Annual Review of Vision Science	48
-	Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews	48
-	Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism	48
112	Trends in Microbiology	47
-	Molecular Therapy	47
-	Genome Medicine	47
-	Molecular Psychiatry	47
-	EMBO Journal	47
117	Matrix Biology	46
-	Neuroimage	46
-	Sleep Medicine Reviews	46
-	Tissue Engineering Part B-Reviews	46
121	Annals of Neurology	45
-	Journal of Cleaner Production	45
-	Seminars in Immunopathology	45
-	Neuropsychopharmacology	45
-	Brain	45
-	Plant Biotechnology Journal	45
127	Critical Reviews in Biotechnology	44
-	Cell Research	44
-	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	44
-	Trends in Genetics	44
131	Autophagy	43
-	Current Opinion in Genetics & Development	43
-	Trends in Pharmacological Sciences	43
134	Natural Product Reports	42
-	Molecular Systems Biology	42
-	Food Packaging and Shelf Life	42
137	Environmental Chemistry Letters	41
-	Essays in Biochemistry	41
-	Current Opinion in Neurobiology	41
-	eLife	41
-	Trends in Molecular Medicine	41
-	Drugs	41
-	Environmental Health Perspectives	41
-	Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews	41
145	Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B	40
-	Cell Death and Differentiation	40
-	International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology	40
-	Environmental Science & Technology	40
-	Food Chemistry	40
-	Journal of Neuroinflammation	40
-	Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment	40
-	npj Biofilms and Microbiomes	40
-	Current Opinion in Pharmacology	40
154	Journal of Pineal Research	39
-	Neuropsychology Review	39
-	Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	39
-	RNA	39
-	Briefings in Bioinformatics	39
-	Aging Cell	39
-	Reviews in Aquaculture	39
-	Redox Biology	39
-	Plant Cell	39
-	Metabolic Engineering	39
-	Gut Microbes	39
165	Nucleic Acids Research	38
-	Journal of Cell Biology	38
167	Science of the Total Environment	37
-	Current Pollution Reports	37
-	Stem Cell Reports	37
-	American Journal of Pathology	37
-	Environmental Pollution	37
-	Mutation Research-Reviews in Mutation Research	37
-	Physiology	37
-	Systemic Biology	37
-	Waste Management	37
176	Current Biology	36
-	Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience	36
-	Cell Death & Disease	36
-	Science Signaling	36
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Computational Molecular Science	36
-	Pharmacological Research	36
-	Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies	36
183	Molecular Ecology Resources	35
-	Physiological Measurement	35
-	npj Regenerative Medicine	35
-	Oncogene	35
-	BMC Biology	35
-	Cell Discovery	35
-	Current Opinion in Virology	35
-	Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews	35
191	Glia	34
-	Mechanisms of Ageing and Development	34
-	Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology	34
-	Alzheimers Research & Therapy	34
-	Food Science and Human Wellness	34
-	Horticulture Research	34
-	Energy Policy	34
-	International Journal of Biological Macromolecules	34
-	Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery	34
-	Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	34

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