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 Climate Change ca. 27.1
- Nature Sustainability 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 Cell Stem Cell ca. 20.4
- Environmental Chemistry Letters 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 Annual Review of Physiology ca. 19.1
- Nature Cell Biology 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 Pharmacological Reviews ca. 17.3
- Trends in Ecology & Evolution 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 Trends in Biotechnology ca. 14.9
- Trends in Microbiology ca. 14.9
- Progress in Lipid Research 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 Autophagy ca. 14.3
- Physics of Life Reviews ca. 14.3
58 Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety ca. 14.1
59 Trends in Molecular Medicine ca. 13.8
60 Annual Review of Biophysics ca. 13.7
- Behavioral and Brain Sciences ca. 13.7
- Nature Chemical Biology 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 Nucleic Acids Research ca. 13.1
- Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology 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 Cell Discovery ca. 12.5
- Biotechnology Advances ca. 12.5
- Pharmacology & Therapeutics ca. 12.5
75 Water Research ca. 12.4
- Ageing Research Reviews ca. 12.4
- Annual Review of Food Science and Technology ca. 12.4
- Food Hydrocolloids ca. 12.4
79 FEMS Microbiology Reviews ca. 12.3
80 Global Change Biology ca. 12
- Molecular Therapy ca. 12
82 Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences ca. 11.9
- Redox Biology ca. 11.9
84 Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews ca. 11.8
85 Biological Reviews ca. 11.7
- Brain ca. 11.7
87 Medicinal Research Reviews ca. 11.6
- Plant Cell ca. 11.6
89 Journal of Controlled Release ca. 11.5
90 Remote Sensing of Environment ca. 11.4
- Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics ca. 11.4
- npj Clean Water ca. 11.4
- Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology ca. 11.4
94 Environmental Science & Technology ca. 11.3
- Journal of Hazardous Materials ca. 11.3
- Reviews in Aquaculture 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 Food Packaging and Shelf Life ca. 10.6
- Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology ca. 10.6
- Natural Product Reports ca. 10.6
105 Biosensors & Bioelectronics ca. 10.5
- Pharmacological Research ca. 10.5
- Plant Biotechnology Journal ca. 10.5
108 Molecular Aspects of Medicine ca. 10.3
- Physiology ca. 10.3
110 Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters ca. 10.2
111 Journal of Neuroinflammation ca. 10.1
- Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ca. 10.1
- Molecular Psychiatry 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 Food Chemistry ca. 9.8
- Environmental Health Perspectives ca. 9.8
120 Sleep Medicine Reviews ca. 9.7
- Environment International ca. 9.7
122 Cell Death & Disease ca. 9.6
- Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment 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 Energy Policy ca. 9.2
- Seminars in Immunopathology ca. 9.2
- npj Biofilms and Microbiomes ca. 9.2
130 Current Opinion in Food Science ca. 9.1
- Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions ca. 9.1
132 Biological Psychiatry ca. 9
- Bioresource Technology ca. 9
134 Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis ca. 8.9
- Cell Communication and Signaling ca. 8.9
- Communications Earth & Environment ca. 8.9
- Computers and Electronics in Agriculture ca. 8.9
138 Environmental Science & Technology Letters ca. 8.8
- Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition ca. 8.8
140 Annual Review of Animal Biosciences ca. 8.7
- Developmental Cell ca. 8.7
142 Annual Review of Genetics ca. 8.6
143 Clinical Microbiology and Infection ca. 8.5
- Horticulture Research ca. 8.5
- International Journal of Biological Macromolecules ca. 8.5
146 Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology ca. 8.4
- Acta Pharmacologica Sinica ca. 8.4
- Brain Stimulation ca. 8.4
- Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management ca. 8.4
- Journal of Environmental Management ca. 8.4
151 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer ca. 8.3
- Phytomedicine ca. 8.3
- Annual Review of Virology ca. 8.3
- EMBO Journal 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 Current Pollution Reports ca. 8.1
- Apoptosis ca. 8.1
- Drug Delivery ca. 8.1
- American Journal of Human Genetics ca. 8.1
- Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews ca. 8.1
165 Food Research International ca. 8
- Science of the Total Environment ca. 8
167 Genomics Proteomics & Bioinformatics ca. 7.9
- 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
171 npj Science of Food ca. 7.8
- Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews ca. 7.8
173 Annals of Neurology ca. 7.7
- British Journal of Pharmacology ca. 7.7
- Genes & Development ca. 7.7
- Critical Reviews in Biotechnology ca. 7.7
- Briefings in Bioinformatics ca. 7.7
- Cell Systems ca. 7.7
- Environmental Research ca. 7.7
- Molecular Systems Biology ca. 7.7
181 Food Engineering Reviews ca. 7.6
- Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment ca. 7.6
- Alzheimers Research & Therapy ca. 7.6
- Brain Behavior and Immunity ca. 7.6
- Bioscience ca. 7.6
186 Neurology-Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation ca. 7.5
- Drug Discovery Today ca. 7.5
- Emerging Microbes & Infections ca. 7.5
- Archives of Pharmacal Research ca. 7.5
- Current Opinion in Microbiology ca. 7.5
- Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy ca. 7.5
- Current Biology ca. 7.5
193 Ecological Indicators ca. 7.4
- Amyloid-Journal of Protein Folding Disorders ca. 7.4
- CNS Drugs ca. 7.4
- Food Science and Human Wellness ca. 7.4
197 Environmental Pollution ca. 7.3
- Stem Cell Research & Therapy ca. 7.3
- Clinical Infectious Diseases ca. 7.3
- International Soil and Water Conservation Research ca. 7.3
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