Physiology: 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	Physiological Reviews	59
2	Frontiers in Physiology	56
3	Journal of Physiology-London	35
-	American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology	35
5	Journal of Cellular Physiology	34
6	International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity	33
7	Annual Review of Physiology	32
8	Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology	30
9	American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology	29
-	Journal of Pineal Research	29
11	Journal of Neurophysiology	26
12	European Journal of Applied Physiology	24
-	American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology	24
14	Psychophysiology	23
-	American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism	23
-	Acta Physiologica	23
-	International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance	23
18	American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology	22
-	American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology	22
-	Pflugers Archiv-European Journal of Physiology	22
21	International Journal of Psychophysiology	21
-	International Journal of Biometeorology	21
23	Physiological Measurement	20
-	Experimental Physiology	20
-	Journal of General Physiology	20
-	Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry	20
27	Physiology	19
-	Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism	19
29	American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology	18
-	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology	18
-	Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology	18
-	Fish Physiology and Biochemistry	18
-	Journal of Insect Physiology	18
34	Physiological Research	17
-	Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews	17
36	Chronobiology International	16
-	Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology	16
38	Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology	15
-	Journal of Biological Rhythms	15
-	Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology	15
-	Journal of Membrane Biology	15
42	Advances in Physiology Education	14
-	Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology	14
-	Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology	14
-	Cryobiology	14
-	Journal of Physiological Anthropology	14
-	Kidney & Blood Pressure Research	14
-	Neurophysiologie Clinique-Clinical Neurophysiology	14
49	Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology	13
-	Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine	13

-	Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia	13
-	Lymphatic Research and Biology	13
-	Physiological Genomics	13
54	Journal of Physiological Sciences	12
-	Korean Journal of Physiology & Pharmacology	12
56	Journal of Vascular Research	10
-	Physiological and Biochemical Zoology	10
-	Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry	10
-	Chinese Journal of Physiology	10
-	Journal of Comparative Physiology B-Biochemical Systems and Environmental Physiology	10
61	Chemical Senses	9
-	Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging	9
-	Hypertension in Pregnancy	9
-	Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology	9
65	Biological Rhythm Research	8
-	Pediatric Exercise Science	8
67	Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Esporte	7
68	Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deyatelnosti Imeni i P Pavlova	3
-	Neurophysiology	3
70	Klinische Neurophysiologie	2