New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Biology & Biochemistry

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(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 Median citations
1 Fungal Diversity45
2 Cell Research30
3 Physiological Reviews27
4 Annual Review of Biochemistry24
- Experimental and Molecular Medicine24
6 Cell23
7 Environmental Chemistry Letters22
8 Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews21
- Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters21
- Cell Metabolism21
11 Biotechnology for Biofuels20
- Energy & Environmental Science20
13 EMBO Journal19
- Annual Review of Pathology-Mechanisms of Disease19
15 Journal of Headache and Pain18
- Progress in Lipid Research18
- Human Reproduction Update18
18 Annual Review of Neuroscience17
- Annual Review of Food Science and Technology17
- Annual Review of Physiology17
21 Acta Neuropathologica16
- Science Translational Medicine16
23 Biotechnology Advances15
- Food Hydrocolloids15
- Pharmacology & Therapeutics15
- Annual Review of Biophysics15
- Molecular Cancer15
28 Cancer Cell14
- Molecular Medicine14
- Drug Delivery14
- Ageing Research Reviews14
- Trends in Food Science & Technology14
33 Journal of Cleaner Production13
- Annual Review of Entomology13
- Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology13
- Clinical Microbiology Reviews13
- Microbiome13
- Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology13
- Translational Neurodegeneration13
40 Bioresource Technology12
- Resources Conservation and Recycling12
- Journal of Nanobiotechnology12
- Chemosphere12
- Water Research12
- Molecular Cell12
- Drug Resistance Updates12
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics12
- Remote Sensing of Environment12
- Clinical Epigenetics12
- Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy12
51 Energy Policy11
- Particle and Fibre Toxicology11
- Gut Microbes11
- Annual Review of Genetics11
- Annual Review of Marine Science11
- Seminars in Immunopathology11
- Environmental Science and Pollution Research11
- Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions11
- Cell Discovery11
- Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety11
- Cell Stem Cell11
- Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology11
- Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition11
- Molecular Neurodegeneration11
- Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders11
- Journal of Neuroinflammation11
- Science of the Total Environment11
68 EMBO Reports10
- Current Opinion in Biotechnology10
- Environment International10
- Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology10
- Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences10
- Molecular Aspects of Medicine10
- Metabolic Engineering10
- Environment Development and Sustainability10
- Journal of Hazardous Materials10
- Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics10
- Annual Review of Microbiology10
- Neuron10
80 Drugs9
- Current Opinion in Chemical Biology9
- Current Opinion in Microbiology9
- Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews9
- Environmental Pollution9
- Developmental Cell9
- Food Chemistry9
- Journal of Controlled Release9
- International Journal of Biological Sciences9
- Cell Death and Differentiation9
- Cell Death & Disease9
- Critical Reviews in Biotechnology9
- Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews9
- npj Regenerative Medicine9
- Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology9
- Environmental Science & Technology9
- Brain Structure & Function9
- Pharmaceutical Biology9
- Genome Medicine9
- Food Control9
- Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics9
- Neuromolecular Medicine9
- Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences9
- Nature Microbiology9
- Nature Protocols9
105 Ecological Indicators8
- Current Opinion in Structural Biology8
- Environmental Research8
- Essays in Biochemistry8
- Biological Reviews8
- Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy8
- Postharvest Biology and Technology8
- Pharmacological Research8
- Food Engineering Reviews8
- Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment8
- Journal of Applied Microbiology8
- Chromosome Research8
- Waste Management8
- Molecular Psychiatry8
- Journal of Tissue Engineering8
- npj Clean Water8
- Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity8
- Current Opinion in Virology8
- Archives of Pharmacal Research8
- Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology8
- Global Change Biology8
- Antioxidants8
- Agronomy for Sustainable Development8
- ISME Journal8
- Inflammation8
- Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology8
- Cell Biology and Toxicology8
- Computers and Electronics in Agriculture8
- Medicinal Research Reviews8
- Metabolic Brain Disease8
135 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer7
- Biogeochemistry7
- Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences7
- Phytomedicine7
- Phytotherapy Research7
- Food Microbiology7
- Journal of Extracellular Vesicles7
- Annals of Microbiology7
- Journal of Environmental Sciences7
- Antioxidants & Redox Signaling7
- Cell and Bioscience7
- Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces7
- Cell Host & Microbe7
- LWT-Food Science and Technology7
- Meat Science7
- Nature Genetics7
- Nature Neuroscience7
- Microbiological Research7
- Drug Discovery Today7
- Ecological Economics7
- Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability7
- Current Opinion in Neurobiology7
- Brain7
- Food Research International7
- Pharmaceutics7
- Field Crops Research7
- Alzheimers Research & Therapy7
- Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology7
- Journal of Environmental Management7
- Agricultural Water Management7
- Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry7
- Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies7
- Cell Death Discovery7
- Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology7
- Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology7
- Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews7
- Neuroimage7
- Matrix Biology7
- Molecular Systems Biology7
- Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology7
- Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews7
- Nucleic Acids Research7
177 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety6
- Current Opinion in Genetics & Development6
- Environmental and Experimental Botany6
- Environmental Health6
- Autophagy6
- Biosystems Engineering6
- Beneficial Microbes6
- Biochemical Society Transactions6
- Biochip Journal6
- Biodrugs6
- Food Quality and Preference6
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences6
- Progress in Neurobiology6
- Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery6
- Fluids and Barriers of the Cns6
- Apoptosis6
- American Journal of Human Genetics6
- Journal of Integrative Plant Biology6
- Journal of Leukocyte Biology6
- Agricultural Systems6
- International Journal of Nanomedicine6
- International Soil and Water Conservation Research6
- Infectious Diseases of Poverty6
- Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology6
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