New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

Biology & Biochemistry

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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy184
2 Cell172
3 Nature Medicine170
4 International Journal of Molecular Sciences165
5 Science of the Total Environment162
6 Journal of Cleaner Production142
7 Nucleic Acids Research141
8 Energy & Environmental Science136
9 Sustainability130
10 Journal of Hazardous Materials128
11 Molecules127
12 Journal of Environmental Management124
13 Environmental Science & Technology122
14 Water Research115
15 Cancer Cell114
- Chemosphere114
17 Nature Biotechnology111
- Food Chemistry111
19 Environmental Research110
20 Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy108
21 Molecular Cancer107
22 Nature Methods105
23 Antioxidants104
- Food Hydrocolloids104
25 Cell Metabolism103
26 Pharmaceutics102
27 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health101
- Foods101
- Cells101
30 Nature Reviews Microbiology96
31 Environmental Pollution95
32 Frontiers in Microbiology94
33 Nature Neuroscience93
- Bioresource Technology93
- Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology93
- Nature Genetics93
37 Nature Sustainability92
- Journal of Controlled Release92
- Redox Biology92
40 Trends in Food Science & Technology91
41 Computers in Biology and Medicine89
- Remote Sensing89
43 Journal of Nanobiotechnology88
44 Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews87
- Science Translational Medicine87
- Cell Death & Disease87
47 Microorganisms86
- Neuron86
- Global Change Biology86
- Nature Microbiology86
51 Cell Reports85
52 Ecological Indicators84
- Molecular Cell84
- Resources Conservation and Recycling84
55 Biosensors & Bioelectronics83
- Frontiers in Pharmacology83
57 Gut Microbes82
58 Environment International81
- Biomedicines81
- Biomolecules81
- Food Research International81
- Nature Climate Change81
63 Ageing Research Reviews80
- Cell Stem Cell80
65 Cell Host & Microbe79
66 Nature Reviews Drug Discovery78
- Antibiotics-Basel78
- Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B78
- eLife78
70 Pharmaceuticals77
- Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety77
72 Water76
- Environmental Chemistry Letters76
- Microbiome76
75 Remote Sensing of Environment75
76 Molecular Psychiatry74
77 Pharmacological Research73
- Industrial Crops and Products73
- Phytomedicine73
- Agriculture-Basel73
- Agronomy-Basel73
82 Nature Cell Biology72
83 Nature Human Behaviour71
- Brain71
- Briefings in Bioinformatics71
- IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics71
87 Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology70
- Cell Death Discovery70
89 Nature Reviews Genetics69
- Cell Communication and Signaling69
- Communications Biology69
- Journal of Medicinal Chemistry69
93 Nature Ecology & Evolution68
- Energy Policy68
- Biotechnology Advances68
- Molecular Plant68
97 Neural Networks67
- Communications Earth & Environment67
99 Nature Chemical Biology66
- Nature Protocols66
- Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety66
102 Viruses-Basel65
- Plant Cell65
104 Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews64
- Journal of Neuroinflammation64
- Life-Basel64
- Molecular Therapy64
108 Environmental Science and Pollution Research63
- Frontiers in Environmental Science63
- Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology63
111 Journal of Ethnopharmacology62
- Toxics62
- Trends in Cell Biology62
- Physiological Reviews62
115 Microbiological Research61
- Marine Drugs61
- Free Radical Biology and Medicine61
- International Journal of Nanomedicine61
119 Frontiers in Neuroscience60
- LWT-Food Science and Technology60
- Journal of Environmental Sciences60
122 Nature Reviews Neuroscience59
- Trends in Biotechnology59
- Environmental Technology & Innovation59
- Food Control59
- Food Packaging and Shelf Life59
- Trends in Ecology & Evolution59
- International Immunopharmacology59
- Current Biology59
- Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling59
- Life Sciences59
132 Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment58
- Food Bioscience58
- International Journal of Biological Sciences58
- Trends in Neurosciences58
- Waste Management58
- Marine Pollution Bulletin58
- European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry58
- Frontiers in Physiology58
- Drug Discovery Today58
- Lancet Planetary Health58
- International Journal of Pharmaceutics58
- Stem Cell Research & Therapy58
144 Biology-Basel57
- Trends in Cognitive Sciences57
- Urban Climate57
- One Earth57
- ISME Journal57
- Animals57
- Pathogens57
151 Neuroimage56
- Trends in Microbiology56
- Drugs56
- EMBO Journal56
- Autophagy56
- Molecular Neurodegeneration56
157 Plant Biotechnology Journal55
- Earths Future55
- Journal of Fungi55
160 Trends in Pharmacological Sciences54
- Brain Sciences54
- Agricultural Water Management54
- Frontiers in Genetics54
- Nature Structural & Molecular Biology54
- Brain Behavior and Immunity54
- Drug Resistance Updates54
- Metabolites54
168 Biological Psychiatry53
- Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences53
- Microbiology Spectrum53
- Genes53
- Water Resources Research53
- Journal of Integrative Plant Biology53
174 Field Crops Research52
- Developmental Cell52
- Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience52
- Pharmacology & Therapeutics52
- Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces52
- Journal of Extracellular Vesicles52
180 Fertility and Sterility51
- Frontiers in Marine Science51
- npj Parkinsons Disease51
- Genome Medicine51
- Fermentation-Basel51
- Biochemical Pharmacology51
- Cell Death and Differentiation51
- Reviews in Aquaculture51
188 Environmental Research Letters50
- Acta Pharmacologica Sinica50
- Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems50
- Oncogene50
- Clinical Microbiology and Infection50
- Postharvest Biology and Technology50
- Aging Cell50
- Frontiers in Neurology50
- Trends in Molecular Medicine50
- Ecological Economics50
198 Food Chemistry-X49
- Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences49
- Cell Discovery49
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