Biology: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Computers in Biology and Medicine	96
2	Current Biology	64
3	Biological Reviews	53
4	Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences	49
-	Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	49
6	Science China-Life Sciences	39
7	FASEB Journal	37
8	BMC Biology	36
9	Bioelectrochemistry	33
-	Bioscience	33
11	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	32
12	Journal of Thermal Biology	28
13	Journal of Experimental Biology	27
14	Computational Biology and Chemistry	24
-	Astrobiology	24
16	Physics of Life Reviews	23
-	Biology Direct	23
18	Journal of Theoretical Biology	22
-	BioEssays	22
20	Microscopy Research and Technique	21
21	International Journal of Radiation Biology	20
22	Journal of Mathematical Biology	19
23	Biosystems	18
-	Bioscience Trends	18
25	Biometrika	16
-	Biometrics	16
-	Chronobiology International	16
28	Bulletin of Mathematical Biology	15
-	Journal of Biological Rhythms	15
-	Mathematical Biosciences	15
-	Radiation Research	15
-	American Journal of Human Biology	15
33	Biologia	14
-	Cryobiology	14
35	Journal of Radiation Research	13
-	Biological Bulletin	13
-	Geobiology	13
-	Radiation and Environmental Biophysics	13
39	Biocell	12
-	Journal of Biosciences	12
41	Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research	11
42	Biology Bulletin	10
-	Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology	10
-	Aerobiologia	10
-	Journal of Biological Systems	10
-	Journal of Ethnobiology	10
-	Annals of Human Biology	10
48	Journal of Agricultural Biological and Environmental Statistics	9
-	Theory in Biosciences	9
50	Bioelectromagnetics	8

-	Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine	8
-	Biological Rhythm Research	8
-	Journal of Biological Education	8
-	Mathematical Medicine and Biology-A Journal of the Ima	8
55	International Journal of Astrobiology	7
-	Quarterly Review of Biology	7
57	Journal of the History of Biology	6
-	American Biology Teacher	6
59	Archives of Biological Sciences	5
-	Bioscience Journal	5
-	Folia Biologica-Krakow	5
-	Revista de Biologia Tropical	5
63	Biology Letters	4
64	Zhurnal Obshchei Biologii	2