New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Biology & Biochemistry

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs that used to have more than one decimal point are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)
Rank Journal Impact Factor 2024
1 Nature Reviews Microbiology ca. 103.3
2 Nature Reviews Drug Discovery ca. 101.8
3 Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology ca. 90.2
4 Nature Reviews Genetics ca. 52
5 Nature Medicine ca. 50
6 Cancer Cell ca. 44.5
7 Cell ca. 42.5
8 Nature Biotechnology ca. 41.7
9 Annual Review of Pathology-Mechanisms of Disease ca. 34.5
10 Molecular Cancer ca. 33.9
11 Nature Methods ca. 32.1
12 Cell Metabolism ca. 30.9
13 Energy & Environmental Science ca. 30.8
14 Nature Genetics ca. 29
15 Physiological Reviews ca. 28.7
16 Nature Sustainability ca. 27.1
- Nature Climate Change ca. 27.1
18 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Computational Molecular Science ca. 27
19 Cell Research ca. 25.9
20 Fungal Diversity ca. 24.8
21 Molecular Plant ca. 24.1
22 Drug Resistance Updates ca. 21.7
23 Lancet Planetary Health ca. 21.6
24 Annual Review of Biochemistry ca. 20.5
25 Environmental Chemistry Letters ca. 20.4
- Cell Stem Cell ca. 20.4
27 Trends in Pharmacological Sciences ca. 19.9
28 Nature Microbiology ca. 19.4
29 Clinical Microbiology Reviews ca. 19.3
30 Nature Cell Biology ca. 19.1
- Annual Review of Physiology ca. 19.1
32 Annual Review of Marine Science ca. 18.9
33 Cell Host & Microbe ca. 18.7
34 Trends in Cell Biology ca. 18.1
35 Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews ca. 17.6
36 Trends in Ecology & Evolution ca. 17.3
- Pharmacological Reviews ca. 17.3
38 Trends in Cognitive Sciences ca. 17.2
39 Annual Review of Entomology ca. 16.7
40 Molecular Cell ca. 16.6
41 Trends in Genetics ca. 16.3
42 Human Reproduction Update ca. 16.1
43 Nature Protocols ca. 16
44 Nature Human Behaviour ca. 15.9
45 Trends in Food Science & Technology ca. 15.4
- Cell Death and Differentiation ca. 15.4
47 Progress in Lipid Research ca. 14.9
- Trends in Biotechnology ca. 14.9
- Trends in Microbiology ca. 14.9
50 Endocrine Pathology ca. 14.7
51 Science Translational Medicine ca. 14.6
- Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B ca. 14.6
53 Nature Ecology & Evolution ca. 14.5
- Journal of Extracellular Vesicles ca. 14.5
55 Drugs ca. 14.4
56 Physics of Life Reviews ca. 14.3
- Autophagy ca. 14.3
58 Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety ca. 14.1
59 Trends in Molecular Medicine ca. 13.8
60 Nature Chemical Biology ca. 13.7
- Annual Review of Biophysics ca. 13.7
- Behavioral and Brain Sciences ca. 13.7
63 Biochar ca. 13.5
64 Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry ca. 13.4
65 Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology ca. 13.2
66 Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology ca. 13.1
- Nucleic Acids Research ca. 13.1
68 Experimental and Molecular Medicine ca. 12.9
69 Protein & Cell ca. 12.8
70 Microbiome ca. 12.7
71 Journal of Nanobiotechnology ca. 12.6
72 Pharmacology & Therapeutics ca. 12.5
- Biotechnology Advances ca. 12.5
- Cell Discovery ca. 12.5
75 Water Research ca. 12.4
- Food Hydrocolloids ca. 12.4
- Annual Review of Food Science and Technology ca. 12.4
- Ageing Research Reviews ca. 12.4
79 FEMS Microbiology Reviews ca. 12.3
80 Molecular Therapy ca. 12
- Global Change Biology ca. 12
82 Redox Biology ca. 11.9
- Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences ca. 11.9
84 Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews ca. 11.8
85 Brain ca. 11.7
- Biological Reviews ca. 11.7
87 Plant Cell ca. 11.6
- Medicinal Research Reviews ca. 11.6
89 Journal of Controlled Release ca. 11.5
90 Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology ca. 11.4
- npj Clean Water ca. 11.4
- Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics ca. 11.4
- Remote Sensing of Environment ca. 11.4
94 Reviews in Aquaculture ca. 11.3
- Environmental Science & Technology ca. 11.3
- Journal of Hazardous Materials ca. 11.3
97 Genome Medicine ca. 11.2
98 Human Reproduction Open ca. 11.1
99 Gut Microbes ca. 11
- Trends in Biochemical Sciences ca. 11
101 Resources Conservation and Recycling ca. 10.9
102 Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology ca. 10.6
- Natural Product Reports ca. 10.6
- Food Packaging and Shelf Life ca. 10.6
105 Plant Biotechnology Journal ca. 10.5
- Pharmacological Research ca. 10.5
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics ca. 10.5
108 Physiology ca. 10.3
- Molecular Aspects of Medicine ca. 10.3
110 Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters ca. 10.2
111 Molecular Psychiatry ca. 10.1
- Journal of Neuroinflammation ca. 10.1
- Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ca. 10.1
114 ISME Journal ca. 10
- Journal of Cleaner Production ca. 10
- International Journal of Biological Sciences ca. 10
117 Annual Review of Microbiology ca. 9.9
118 Environmental Health Perspectives ca. 9.8
- Food Chemistry ca. 9.8
120 Sleep Medicine Reviews ca. 9.7
- Environment International ca. 9.7
122 Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment ca. 9.6
- Cell Death & Disease ca. 9.6
124 Science China-Life Sciences ca. 9.5
125 Acta Neuropathologica ca. 9.3
- Journal of Integrative Plant Biology ca. 9.3
127 npj Biofilms and Microbiomes ca. 9.2
- Seminars in Immunopathology ca. 9.2
- Energy Policy ca. 9.2
130 Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions ca. 9.1
- Current Opinion in Food Science ca. 9.1
132 Biological Psychiatry ca. 9
- Bioresource Technology ca. 9
134 Computers and Electronics in Agriculture ca. 8.9
- Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis ca. 8.9
- Cell Communication and Signaling ca. 8.9
- Communications Earth & Environment ca. 8.9
138 Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition ca. 8.8
- Environmental Science & Technology Letters ca. 8.8
140 Developmental Cell ca. 8.7
- Annual Review of Animal Biosciences ca. 8.7
142 Annual Review of Genetics ca. 8.6
143 Horticulture Research ca. 8.5
- Clinical Microbiology and Infection ca. 8.5
- International Journal of Biological Macromolecules ca. 8.5
146 Journal of Environmental Management ca. 8.4
- Acta Pharmacologica Sinica ca. 8.4
- Brain Stimulation ca. 8.4
- Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology ca. 8.4
- Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management ca. 8.4
151 Phytomedicine ca. 8.3
- EMBO Journal ca. 8.3
- Annual Review of Virology ca. 8.3
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer ca. 8.3
155 Water Research X ca. 8.2
- Particle and Fibre Toxicology ca. 8.2
- Food Chemistry-X ca. 8.2
- Earths Future ca. 8.2
- Free Radical Biology and Medicine ca. 8.2
160 American Journal of Human Genetics ca. 8.1
- Drug Delivery ca. 8.1
- Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews ca. 8.1
- Current Pollution Reports ca. 8.1
- Apoptosis ca. 8.1
165 Food Research International ca. 8
- Science of the Total Environment ca. 8
167 Journal of Headache and Pain ca. 7.9
- Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics ca. 7.9
- Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews ca. 7.9
- Genomics Proteomics & Bioinformatics ca. 7.9
171 npj Science of Food ca. 7.8
- Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews ca. 7.8
173 Environmental Research ca. 7.7
- Molecular Systems Biology ca. 7.7
- Annals of Neurology ca. 7.7
- Critical Reviews in Biotechnology ca. 7.7
- British Journal of Pharmacology ca. 7.7
- Genes & Development ca. 7.7
- Briefings in Bioinformatics ca. 7.7
- Cell Systems ca. 7.7
181 Alzheimers Research & Therapy ca. 7.6
- Bioscience ca. 7.6
- Brain Behavior and Immunity ca. 7.6
- Food Engineering Reviews ca. 7.6
- Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment ca. 7.6
186 Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy ca. 7.5
- Current Biology ca. 7.5
- Neurology-Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation ca. 7.5
- Archives of Pharmacal Research ca. 7.5
- Drug Discovery Today ca. 7.5
- Emerging Microbes & Infections ca. 7.5
- Current Opinion in Microbiology ca. 7.5
193 CNS Drugs ca. 7.4
- Food Science and Human Wellness ca. 7.4
- Ecological Indicators ca. 7.4
- Amyloid-Journal of Protein Folding Disorders ca. 7.4
197 Clinical Infectious Diseases ca. 7.3
- Stem Cell Research & Therapy ca. 7.3
- International Soil and Water Conservation Research ca. 7.3
- Oncogene ca. 7.3
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