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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 International Journal of Molecular Sciences59935
2 Sustainability56887
3 Science of the Total Environment30947
4 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health28594
5 Molecules28291
6 International Journal of Biological Macromolecules28132
7 Remote Sensing21169
8 Foods17125
9 Journal of Cleaner Production17017
10 Frontiers in Pharmacology16879
11 Frontiers in Microbiology16348
12 Water15885
13 Food Chemistry15548
14 Animals14828
15 Journal of Environmental Management13898
16 Journal of Hazardous Materials13580
17 Chemosphere13016
18 Biophysical Journal12829
19 Biomedicines12686
20 Agronomy-Basel12312
21 Cells11272
22 Microorganisms11076
23 Environmental Research10413
24 Frontiers in Neurology10364
25 Open Forum Infectious Diseases9866
26 eLife9444
27 Agriculture-Basel9433
28 Zootaxa9355
29 Journal of Biological Chemistry9296
30 Pharmaceutics8975
31 Viruses-Basel8972
32 Environmental Science & Technology8650
33 Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry8638
34 Environmental Pollution8518
35 FASEB Journal8377
36 Frontiers in Marine Science8361
37 Life-Basel8178
38 Frontiers in Genetics8008
39 Genes7833
40 Antioxidants7769
41 Industrial Crops and Products7767
42 Frontiers in Physiology7194
43 Microbiology Spectrum7164
44 Biomolecules7156
45 Journal of Animal Science7068
46 Frontiers in Neuroscience7041
47 Pharmaceuticals6997
48 Atmosphere6985
49 International Immunopharmacology6963
50 Bioresource Technology6754
51 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety6731
52 Food Bioscience6583
53 LWT-Food Science and Technology6516
54 Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy6460
55 Food Research International6451
56 Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology6437
57 Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology6351
58 Biology-Basel6317
59 Communications Biology6311
60 Ecological Indicators6166
61 Antibiotics-Basel6131
62 Brain Sciences6125
63 Water Research6113
64 Cell Reports6107
65 Frontiers in Environmental Science6092
66 Sleep6030
67 Ecology and Evolution5936
68 Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications5864
69 Physiology5762
70 Computers in Biology and Medicine5695
71 Human Reproduction5557
72 Pathogens5473
73 Journal of Ethnopharmacology5319
74 Fertility and Sterility5298
75 Nucleic Acids Research5271
76 Marine Pollution Bulletin5205
77 Aquaculture5099
78 Biological Psychiatry5071
79 Environmental Science and Pollution Research5062
80 Journal of Medicinal Chemistry4748
81 Free Radical Biology and Medicine4668
82 Poultry Science4601
83 International Journal of Pharmaceutics4585
84 Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience4512
85 Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology4454
86 Insects4443
87 Food Hydrocolloids4377
88 Journal of Fungi4328
89 Molecular Biology Reports4281
90 Computers and Electronics in Agriculture4231
91 Toxicology Letters4228
92 Journal of Food Composition and Analysis4181
93 BMC Genomics4128
94 Metabolites4061
95 European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry4032
96 Toxics3844
97 Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience3835
98 Phytomedicine3805
99 Cell Death & Disease3804
100 Environmental Monitoring and Assessment3775
101 Biosensors & Bioelectronics3768
102 Chemistry & Biodiversity3757
103 Current Biology3738
104 Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems3673
105 Environmental Research Letters3635
106 Biomed Research International3619
107 Food & Function3598
108 Journal of Dairy Science3592
109 Bioorganic Chemistry3563
110 European Neuropsychopharmacology3548
111 Analytical Methods3529
112 Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences3473
113 Journal of Controlled Release3461
114 Water Air and Soil Pollution3395
115 European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology3388
116 IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics3372
117 Food Science & Nutrition3366
118 Life Sciences3352
119 Journal of Alzheimers Disease3348
120 Journal of the Neurological Sciences3344
121 mBio3276
122 Journal of Medical Virology3257
123 Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling3248
124 Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture3215
125 Natural Product Research3208
126 Food Chemistry-X3199
127 Clinical Infectious Diseases3195
128 Brain Stimulation3170
129 PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases3158
130 European Journal of Pharmacology3154
131 Fermentation-Basel3143
132 Journal of Chromatography A3139
133 Environment International3127
134 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics3113
135 Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics3108
136 Neuromuscular Disorders3073
137 International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology3039
138 Fish & Shellfish Immunology3032
139 Cytotherapy3021
140 Neural Networks2994
141 Gene2992
142 Journal of Neuroscience2968
143 Plant and Soil2887
144 Food Control2874
145 Molecular Neurobiology2865
146 Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine2855
147 Clinical Neurophysiology2809
148 Neurological Sciences2792
149 Food and Chemical Toxicology2782
150 Toxins2779
151 Neuroimage2763
152 Pest Management Science2708
153 Gait & Posture2698
154 Nature Medicine2692
155 Frontiers in Human Neuroscience2691
156 Journal of Nanobiotechnology2690
157 Journal of Virology2679
158 Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces2669
159 Molecular Genetics and Metabolism2663
160 Communications Earth & Environment2657
161 Agricultural Water Management2655
162 Briefings in Bioinformatics2647
163 Water Resources Research2645
164 Aging-US2626
165 Naunyn-Schmiedebergs Archives of Pharmacology2618
166 Infection and Drug Resistance2601
167 Energy & Environmental Science2579
168 Journal of Food Measurement and Characterization2573
169 Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine2563
170 Environmental Earth Sciences2559
- Microbial Pathogenesis2559
172 International Journal of Food Science and Technology2504
173 Marine Drugs2498
174 Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics2495
175 Laboratory Investigation2491
176 Journal of Pain2478
177 Journal of Food Science2470
178 Polish Journal of Environmental Studies2469
179 Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry2454
180 Journal of Environmental Sciences2429
181 Journal of Infectious Diseases2411
182 Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics2406
183 Biomacromolecules2405
184 Journal of Experimental Biology2403
185 International Journal of Nanomedicine2397
186 Neural Regeneration Research2358
187 Journal of Physiology-London2354
188 Neuroscience2351
189 Global Change Biology2335
190 Brain and Behavior2323
191 Journal of Functional Foods2316
192 Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis2314
- Resources Conservation and Recycling2314
194 Aquaculture Reports2312
195 Placenta2287
196 American Journal of Clinical Pathology2276
197 Applied and Environmental Microbiology2271
198 Atmospheric Environment2253
199 Pathology Research and Practice2236
- Regional Studies in Marine Science2236
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