New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Nature Medicine175
2 Cell169
3 Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy168
4 Science of the Total Environment166
5 International Journal of Molecular Sciences163
6 Journal of Hazardous Materials146
- Energy & Environmental Science146
8 Journal of Cleaner Production142
9 Chemosphere137
10 Nucleic Acids Research127
11 Environmental Science & Technology121
12 Sustainability120
- Journal of Environmental Management120
14 Molecules119
15 Nature Biotechnology116
- Nature Genetics116
17 Food Chemistry113
18 Water Research111
19 Environmental Research110
- Molecular Cancer110
21 Cancer Cell107
22 Bioresource Technology106
23 Nature Methods105
24 Food Hydrocolloids103
25 International Journal of Biological Macromolecules102
26 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health101
27 Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy100
28 Antioxidants99
29 Cells98
- Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology98
31 Environmental Pollution96
32 Nature Reviews Microbiology95
33 Trends in Food Science & Technology94
- Pharmaceutics94
35 Foods93
36 Nature Neuroscience92
- Cell Metabolism92
- Computers in Biology and Medicine92
39 Journal of Controlled Release91
- Neuron91
41 Molecular Cell90
42 Environmental Science and Pollution Research89
- Science Translational Medicine89
44 Journal of Nanobiotechnology88
- Remote Sensing88
- Resources Conservation and Recycling88
47 Microorganisms87
- Computers and Electronics in Agriculture87
49 Frontiers in Microbiology86
- Environment International86
- Nature Microbiology86
- Cell Death & Disease86
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics86
54 Nature Sustainability85
- Cell Reports85
- Global Change Biology85
57 Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews84
- Ecological Indicators84
59 Redox Biology83
60 Frontiers in Pharmacology82
- Cell Host & Microbe82
62 Nature Reviews Drug Discovery81
63 Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B80
- Nature Climate Change80
65 Remote Sensing of Environment79
- eLife79
67 Environmental Chemistry Letters78
68 Ageing Research Reviews77
- Energy Policy77
70 Food Research International76
- Molecular Psychiatry76
- Cell Stem Cell76
73 Antibiotics-Basel75
- Pharmacological Research75
75 Biomedicines74
- Biomolecules74
- Nature Reviews Genetics74
78 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety73
- Water73
- Nature Cell Biology73
- Pharmaceuticals73
82 Brain72
- Microbiome72
84 Gut Microbes71
85 IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics70
- Agronomy-Basel70
- Molecular Plant70
88 Briefings in Bioinformatics69
89 Viruses-Basel68
- Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology68
- Industrial Crops and Products68
92 Nature Human Behaviour67
- Agriculture-Basel67
- Nature Protocols67
- International Journal of Biological Sciences67
96 Nature Chemical Biology66
- Clinical Infectious Diseases66
- LWT-Food Science and Technology66
- Journal of Medicinal Chemistry66
- Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews66
- Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry66
102 Nature Ecology & Evolution65
- Journal of Neuroinflammation65
104 Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology64
- Nature Reviews Neuroscience64
- Phytomedicine64
- Lancet Planetary Health64
- Biotechnology Advances64
- Communications Biology64
- Molecular Therapy64
- Plant Cell64
112 Current Biology63
- Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety63
114 Neural Networks62
- Neuroimage62
- Cell Death Discovery62
- Frontiers in Environmental Science62
- Waste Management62
- Pharmacology & Therapeutics62
120 Free Radical Biology and Medicine61
- Journal of Ethnopharmacology61
- Life-Basel61
- Cell Communication and Signaling61
- Physiological Reviews61
125 European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry60
- Food Control60
- Bioinformatics60
- Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience60
- Marine Drugs60
- Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition60
131 Trends in Cell Biology59
- Stem Cell Research & Therapy59
- Journal of Environmental Sciences59
- Cell Death and Differentiation59
- Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences59
- Marine Pollution Bulletin59
- Communications Earth & Environment59
138 Biology-Basel58
- Drugs58
140 Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience57
- Trends in Ecology & Evolution57
- Autophagy57
- Drug Discovery Today57
- EMBO Journal57
145 Clinical Microbiology and Infection56
- Food Packaging and Shelf Life56
- Environmental Research Letters56
- Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling56
- Life Sciences56
- Developmental Cell56
- Urban Climate56
- Frontiers in Neuroscience56
- Trends in Cognitive Sciences56
- One Earth56
- Environmental Technology & Innovation56
156 Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity55
- Toxics55
- ISME Journal55
- Journal of Biological Chemistry55
- Nature Structural & Molecular Biology55
- Frontiers in Physiology55
- Journal of Extracellular Vesicles55
- Trends in Biotechnology55
- Trends in Neurosciences55
- Food Bioscience55
- International Journal of Pharmaceutics55
- Biological Psychiatry55
168 Journal of Medical Virology54
- Pathogens54
- Food & Function54
- Agricultural Water Management54
- International Immunopharmacology54
- Trends in Microbiology54
- Microbiological Research54
175 Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment53
- Frontiers in Genetics53
- International Journal of Nanomedicine53
- Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces53
- Molecular Neurodegeneration53
- Brain Behavior and Immunity53
181 Journal of Fungi52
- Plant Biotechnology Journal52
- Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics52
- Animals52
- Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences52
- Frontiers in Neurology52
- Trends in Pharmacological Sciences52
- Oncogene52
- Journal of Integrative Plant Biology52
- Microbiology Spectrum52
- Emerging Microbes & Infections52
192 Genome Medicine51
- Earths Future51
- Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal51
- Aquaculture51
196 Brain Sciences50
- Lab on a Chip50
- Genes50
- mBio50
- Biomed Research International50
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