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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Nature Medicine174
2 Cell167
- Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy167
4 Science of the Total Environment164
5 International Journal of Molecular Sciences160
6 Energy & Environmental Science143
7 Journal of Hazardous Materials142
8 Journal of Cleaner Production141
9 Chemosphere136
10 Nucleic Acids Research128
11 Journal of Environmental Management122
- Environmental Science & Technology122
13 Molecules118
- Sustainability118
15 Nature Genetics115
16 Nature Biotechnology114
17 Food Chemistry111
18 Water Research110
19 Bioresource Technology108
- Environmental Research108
- Molecular Cancer108
22 Cancer Cell107
23 Nature Methods103
- International Journal of Biological Macromolecules103
25 Food Hydrocolloids102
26 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health101
27 Environmental Pollution99
28 Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy98
29 Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology97
- Trends in Food Science & Technology97
31 Antioxidants96
- Cells96
33 Computers in Biology and Medicine94
34 Nature Neuroscience93
- Pharmaceutics93
36 Foods92
- Nature Reviews Microbiology92
- Cell Metabolism92
39 Journal of Controlled Release90
40 Neuron89
- Science Translational Medicine89
42 Molecular Cell88
- Environmental Science and Pollution Research88
- Nature Microbiology88
45 Computers and Electronics in Agriculture87
- Nature Sustainability87
- Resources Conservation and Recycling87
48 Journal of Nanobiotechnology86
- Cell Death & Disease86
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics86
- Remote Sensing86
- Environment International86
- Microorganisms86
54 Ecological Indicators85
- Frontiers in Microbiology85
- Cell Reports85
57 Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews84
58 Global Change Biology83
59 Frontiers in Pharmacology82
60 Remote Sensing of Environment81
- eLife81
- Redox Biology81
63 Nature Reviews Drug Discovery80
- Cell Host & Microbe80
- Nature Climate Change80
66 Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B78
67 Energy Policy77
- Food Research International77
- Ageing Research Reviews77
70 Biomolecules76
- Environmental Chemistry Letters76
- Cell Stem Cell76
- Antibiotics-Basel76
74 Pharmacological Research75
- Molecular Psychiatry75
- Brain75
77 Nature Cell Biology74
78 Biomedicines73
- Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety73
- Nature Reviews Genetics73
81 Water72
- Briefings in Bioinformatics72
83 Pharmaceuticals71
84 Microbiome70
85 Gut Microbes69
- Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology69
- Molecular Plant69
88 Industrial Crops and Products68
- IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics68
- Clinical Infectious Diseases68
- Viruses-Basel68
92 Neuroimage67
- LWT-Food Science and Technology67
- Nature Chemical Biology67
- Agronomy-Basel67
- Journal of Medicinal Chemistry67
- Journal of Neuroinflammation67
98 Biotechnology Advances66
- Nature Human Behaviour66
- Agriculture-Basel66
- Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology66
- Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry66
- Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews66
- Nature Protocols66
105 Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety65
- Molecular Therapy65
- Nature Ecology & Evolution65
108 International Journal of Biological Sciences64
- Food Control64
- Lancet Planetary Health64
- Current Biology64
112 Frontiers in Environmental Science63
- Phytomedicine63
- Communications Biology63
- Plant Cell63
116 Neural Networks62
- Nature Reviews Neuroscience62
- Waste Management62
- Pharmacology & Therapeutics62
- European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry62
121 Life-Basel61
122 Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition60
- Journal of Ethnopharmacology60
- Cell Communication and Signaling60
- Free Radical Biology and Medicine60
- Physiological Reviews60
- Marine Pollution Bulletin60
- Marine Drugs60
129 Bioinformatics59
- Autophagy59
- Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences59
- Cell Death Discovery59
- Trends in Cell Biology59
134 Biology-Basel58
- Communications Earth & Environment58
- Journal of Medical Virology58
- Cell Death and Differentiation58
- Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience58
- Journal of Environmental Sciences58
140 Urban Climate57
- Stem Cell Research & Therapy57
- Drugs57
143 EMBO Journal56
- Food Packaging and Shelf Life56
- Life Sciences56
- Trends in Biotechnology56
- Trends in Cognitive Sciences56
- Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience56
- Developmental Cell56
- Environmental Research Letters56
- One Earth56
- Clinical Microbiology and Infection56
- Trends in Ecology & Evolution56
154 Frontiers in Neuroscience55
- Drug Discovery Today55
- Journal of Biological Chemistry55
- Environmental Technology & Innovation55
- Biological Psychiatry55
- Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling55
- Food Bioscience55
- Journal of Extracellular Vesicles55
- Toxics55
163 International Immunopharmacology54
- Frontiers in Physiology54
- ISME Journal54
- Pathogens54
- Journal of Fungi54
- Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity54
- Trends in Neurosciences54
- Nature Structural & Molecular Biology54
171 International Journal of Nanomedicine53
- Molecular Neurodegeneration53
- Animals53
- Agricultural Water Management53
- Trends in Microbiology53
- International Journal of Pharmaceutics53
- Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces53
- mBio53
- Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment53
180 Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences52
- Frontiers in Neurology52
- Emerging Microbes & Infections52
- Plant Biotechnology Journal52
- Food & Function52
- Brain Behavior and Immunity52
- Aquaculture52
- Frontiers in Genetics52
- Journal of Integrative Plant Biology52
- Microbiological Research52
- Microbiology Spectrum52
191 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics51
- Bioengineered51
- Earths Future51
- Metabolites51
- Sleep Medicine Reviews51
196 Genes50
- Drug Resistance Updates50
- Food and Chemical Toxicology50
- Neurobiology of Disease50
- Lab on a Chip50
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