New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Biology & Biochemistry

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The citation 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 Average citations
1 Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology70.792
2 Experimental and Molecular Medicine66.692
3 Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy64.975
4 Cell64.325
5 Biochar62.014
6 Nature Reviews Microbiology59.375
7 Physiological Reviews55.016
8 Annual Review of Pathology-Mechanisms of Disease55.000
9 Fungal Diversity53.719
10 Cancer Cell49.956
11 Molecular Cancer45.566
12 Environmental Chemistry Letters44.577
13 Cell Metabolism44.576
14 Nature Medicine43.361
15 Annual Review of Biochemistry41.516
16 Nature Reviews Genetics41.415
17 Energy & Environmental Science41.204
18 Cell Research38.031
19 Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews35.573
20 Nature Genetics35.425
21 Nature Methods34.650
22 Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters34.500
23 Annual Review of Physiology33.627
24 Nature Sustainability32.542
25 Progress in Lipid Research30.736
26 Annual Review of Neuroscience30.688
27 Human Reproduction Update30.573
28 Nature Biotechnology30.461
29 Clinical Microbiology Reviews30.279
30 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Computational Molecular Science29.820
31 Cell Stem Cell29.627
32 Nature Protocols29.515
33 Nature Neuroscience28.935
34 Nature Reviews Drug Discovery28.833
35 Science Translational Medicine28.644
36 Annual Review of Biophysics28.011
37 Nucleic Acids Research27.873
38 Drug Resistance Updates27.675
39 Trends in Food Science & Technology27.106
40 Pharmacology & Therapeutics26.970
41 Molecular Neurodegeneration26.898
42 Annual Review of Marine Science26.622
43 Molecular Cell26.508
44 Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology26.463
45 Journal of Headache and Pain26.220
46 Cell Host & Microbe26.211
47 Neuron26.193
48 Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry26.056
49 Ageing Research Reviews26.044
50 Molecular Plant25.881
51 Translational Neurodegeneration25.811
52 Nature Microbiology25.755
53 EMBO Journal25.429
54 Biotechnology Advances25.377
55 Annual Review of Entomology25.287
56 Nature Reviews Neuroscience24.930
57 Lancet Planetary Health24.283
58 Food Hydrocolloids23.788
59 Microbiome23.681
60 Journal of Extracellular Vesicles23.529
61 Cell Death and Differentiation23.515
62 Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology23.336
63 Nature Cell Biology23.215
64 Annual Review of Food Science and Technology23.099
65 Resources Conservation and Recycling22.933
66 Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology22.451
67 Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology22.178
68 Acta Neuropathologica22.177
69 Remote Sensing of Environment22.037
70 Trends in Cell Biology21.850
71 Water Research21.643
72 Pharmacological Reviews21.609
73 Drugs21.402
74 Journal of Cleaner Production21.305
75 Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety21.005
76 Nature Climate Change20.927
77 Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B20.811
78 Redox Biology20.647
79 Gut Microbes20.514
80 Biotechnology for Biofuels20.400
81 Bioresource Technology20.394
82 Molecular Medicine20.373
83 Genome Medicine20.304
84 Journal of Nanobiotechnology20.266
85 Biological Reviews20.257
86 Molecular Aspects of Medicine20.223
87 Chemosphere20.188
88 Journal of Hazardous Materials20.174
89 Annual Review of Microbiology20.129
90 Drug Delivery20.107
91 Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics19.783
92 Journal of Neuroinflammation19.778
93 Energy Policy19.661
94 Seminars in Immunopathology19.581
95 Endocrine Pathology19.565
96 Biosensors & Bioelectronics19.489
97 Sleep Medicine Reviews19.476
98 Environment International19.414
99 Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews18.989
100 Trends in Pharmacological Sciences18.949
101 Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions18.879
102 Trends in Neurosciences18.765
103 Environmental Science & Technology18.588
104 Food Packaging and Shelf Life18.571
105 Science of the Total Environment18.377
106 Journal of Controlled Release18.180
107 Global Change Biology18.160
108 Particle and Fibre Toxicology18.028
109 Cell Discovery18.022
110 Environmental Science and Pollution Research18.010
111 Bioinformatics17.854
112 Trends in Ecology & Evolution17.682
113 Nature Human Behaviour17.652
114 International Journal of Biological Sciences17.452
115 Pharmacological Research17.421
116 Brain17.250
117 Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics17.205
118 Molecular Psychiatry17.041
119 Current Opinion in Biotechnology17.036
120 Medicinal Research Reviews16.927
121 Cell Death & Disease16.787
122 Clinical Epigenetics16.773
123 Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews16.730
124 Developmental Cell16.680
125 Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment16.636
126 Food Chemistry16.534
127 Trends in Cognitive Sciences16.489
128 Environment Development and Sustainability16.468
129 Autophagy16.390
130 Current Opinion in Microbiology16.364
131 Plant Cell16.353
132 Annual Review of Genetics16.277
133 Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition16.155
134 npj Clean Water16.149
135 Trends in Genetics15.973
136 ISME Journal15.914
137 Computers and Electronics in Agriculture15.903
138 Reviews in Aquaculture15.891
139 EMBO Reports15.826
140 Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences15.692
141 Nature Chemical Biology15.684
142 Trends in Microbiology15.634
143 Current Opinion in Food Science15.603
144 Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders15.563
145 Environmental Research15.509
146 Mycosphere15.479
147 Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews15.440
148 One Earth15.315
149 Environmental Pollution15.311
150 Annual Review of Virology15.231
151 Current Opinion in Chemical Biology15.220
152 Food Engineering Reviews15.160
153 Natural Product Reports15.149
154 Cell Reports15.113
155 Current Opinion in Structural Biology15.020
156 Nature Ecology & Evolution15.013
157 Annual Review of Animal Biosciences15.010
158 Cell Biology and Toxicology14.994
159 Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy14.942
160 Drug Discovery Today14.810
161 American Journal of Human Genetics14.747
162 Nature Structural & Molecular Biology14.738
163 Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology14.628
164 Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering14.576
165 Critical Reviews in Biotechnology14.575
166 Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology14.549
167 Agronomy for Sustainable Development14.533
168 Ecosystem Services14.385
169 Food Control14.376
170 Metabolic Engineering14.357
171 Waste Management14.355
172 Human Reproduction Open14.320
173 Trends in Biotechnology14.295
174 Molecular Systems Biology14.288
175 Journal of Environmental Management14.283
176 Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews14.265
177 Current Pollution Reports14.257
178 Bioengineered14.212
179 Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences14.207
180 Emerging Microbes & Infections14.204
181 Ecological Indicators14.166
182 Current Opinion in Virology14.091
183 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer14.084
184 Antioxidants14.054
185 Journal of Integrative Plant Biology13.989
186 Trends in Molecular Medicine13.847
187 Essays in Biochemistry13.837
188 Cell Systems13.681
189 Trends in Biochemical Sciences13.496
190 npj Biofilms and Microbiomes13.464
191 Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity13.393
192 Microbiological Research13.377
193 Journal of Applied Microbiology13.362
194 Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability13.347
195 Animal Nutrition13.320
196 Briefings in Bioinformatics13.313
197 Cell Communication and Signaling13.302
198 Alzheimers Research & Therapy13.290
199 Molecular Therapy13.260
200 Archives of Pharmacal Research13.224
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