New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Biology & Biochemistry

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 International Journal of Molecular Sciences58713
2 Sustainability55594
3 International Journal of Biological Macromolecules29781
4 Science of the Total Environment28133
5 Molecules26690
6 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health22956
7 Remote Sensing20257
8 Foods17396
9 Journal of Cleaner Production16503
10 Frontiers in Pharmacology16182
11 Food Chemistry15944
12 Frontiers in Microbiology15787
13 Water15378
14 Animals15050
15 Journal of Environmental Management14438
16 Journal of Hazardous Materials13558
17 Biomedicines12647
18 Biophysical Journal12273
19 Open Forum Infectious Diseases12262
20 Agronomy-Basel12071
21 Microorganisms11090
22 Chemosphere10919
23 Environmental Research10626
24 Cells10412
25 Frontiers in Neurology10285
26 Agriculture-Basel9744
27 Zootaxa9522
28 eLife9465
29 Journal of Biological Chemistry9327
30 Environmental Science & Technology9251
31 Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry9205
32 FASEB Journal8662
33 Viruses-Basel8440
34 Pharmaceutics8436
35 Environmental Pollution8279
36 Life-Basel8211
37 Industrial Crops and Products8174
38 Frontiers in Marine Science7918
39 Genes7522
40 Antioxidants7369
41 International Immunopharmacology7277
42 Food Research International7193
43 Microbiology Spectrum7191
44 Food Bioscience7176
45 Biomolecules7089
46 Pharmaceuticals7087
47 Frontiers in Genetics6882
48 Journal of Animal Science6821
49 Water Research6749
50 Communications Biology6724
51 Frontiers in Neuroscience6689
52 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety6688
53 Atmosphere6657
54 Bioresource Technology6640
55 Frontiers in Physiology6478
56 Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy6434
57 Ecology and Evolution6402
58 Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology6319
59 Biology-Basel6262
60 Fertility and Sterility6257
61 Cell Reports6158
62 Sleep6065
63 Biological Psychiatry6029
- Ecological Indicators6029
65 LWT-Food Science and Technology6022
66 Brain Sciences5985
67 Antibiotics-Basel5946
68 Frontiers in Environmental Science5848
69 Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications5817
70 Physiology5776
71 Journal of Ethnopharmacology5772
72 Computers in Biology and Medicine5594
73 Human Reproduction5528
74 Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology5485
75 Nucleic Acids Research5477
76 Pathogens5407
77 Marine Pollution Bulletin5403
78 Journal of the Neurological Sciences5262
79 Aquaculture5171
80 Journal of Medicinal Chemistry5021
81 Poultry Science4956
82 Food Hydrocolloids4674
83 International Journal of Pharmaceutics4618
84 Insects4473
85 Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology4462
86 Molecular Biology Reports4399
87 Computers and Electronics in Agriculture4398
88 Journal of Food Composition and Analysis4386
89 Free Radical Biology and Medicine4328
90 BMC Genomics4280
91 Toxicology Letters4220
92 Laboratory Investigation4202
93 Journal of Fungi4160
94 Chemistry & Biodiversity4107
95 European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry4086
96 Phytomedicine4042
97 Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems4015
98 Toxics4001
99 Metabolites3924
100 Cell Death & Disease3912
101 Water Air and Soil Pollution3842
102 Biosensors & Bioelectronics3782
103 Journal of Dairy Science3700
104 Current Biology3692
105 Food Science & Nutrition3649
106 Journal of Controlled Release3637
107 Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience3628
108 Food Chemistry-X3625
109 Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience3598
110 IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics3597
111 Bioorganic Chemistry3584
112 Environmental Research Letters3552
113 Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling3494
114 Journal of Alzheimers Disease3438
115 Environmental Monitoring and Assessment3369
116 Neural Networks3347
117 Natural Product Research3283
118 European Journal of Pharmacology3273
119 Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture3263
120 PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases3249
121 Journal of Chromatography A3241
122 Analytical Methods3239
123 Brain Stimulation3215
124 Life Sciences3192
125 Fermentation-Basel3164
126 Journal of Medical Virology3155
127 mBio3150
128 Clinical Neurophysiology3146
129 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics3125
130 Clinical Infectious Diseases3124
131 Plant and Soil3115
132 Communications Earth & Environment3096
133 European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology3093
134 Neuromuscular Disorders3083
135 Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences3075
136 Naunyn-Schmiedebergs Archives of Pharmacology3072
137 Journal of Pain3049
138 Environment International3046
139 Journal of Nanobiotechnology3030
140 Cytotherapy3029
- Molecular Neurobiology3029
142 International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology3022
143 Fish & Shellfish Immunology3020
144 Journal of Food Measurement and Characterization2962
145 Pest Management Science2946
146 Journal of Neuroscience2943
147 Neurological Sciences2941
148 Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics2896
149 Food & Function2856
150 Gene2836
151 Food Control2828
152 Nature Medicine2765
153 Briefings in Bioinformatics2742
154 Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces2711
155 Food and Chemical Toxicology2710
156 Neuroimage2705
157 Molecular Genetics and Metabolism2703
158 Agricultural Water Management2682
159 European Neuropsychopharmacology2671
160 Gait & Posture2664
161 Water Resources Research2661
162 Journal of Environmental Sciences2659
163 Infection and Drug Resistance2640
164 Toxins2633
165 Journal of Food Science2619
166 Microbial Pathogenesis2607
- Frontiers in Human Neuroscience2607
168 Journal of Virology2590
169 International Journal of Nanomedicine2573
170 Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics2541
171 Regional Studies in Marine Science2530
172 BMC Microbiology2519
173 Brain and Behavior2494
174 Journal of Infectious Diseases2493
175 Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine2492
176 Journal of Physiology-London2468
177 Biomacromolecules2455
178 Neuroscience2443
179 Journal of Experimental Biology2431
180 Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry2408
181 Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition2395
182 Resources Conservation and Recycling2394
183 Global Change Biology2382
184 Aquaculture Reports2376
185 Biochemical Pharmacology2375
186 Environmental Science and Pollution Research2373
187 Energy & Environmental Science2370
188 Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics2369
189 Fishes2354
190 Marine Drugs2344
191 Polish Journal of Environmental Studies2339
192 Aging-US2338
193 Environmental Earth Sciences2331
194 International Journal of Food Science and Technology2312
195 Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis2294
196 Placenta2291
197 Environmental Technology & Innovation2283
198 Applied and Environmental Microbiology2268
199 Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine2265
200 Atmospheric Environment2264
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