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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 International Journal of Molecular Sciences59781
2 Sustainability56676
3 Science of the Total Environment30622
4 International Journal of Biological Macromolecules28433
5 Molecules27999
6 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health27511
7 Remote Sensing21038
8 Foods17196
9 Journal of Cleaner Production16878
10 Frontiers in Pharmacology16714
11 Frontiers in Microbiology16238
12 Water15807
13 Food Chemistry15741
14 Animals14882
15 Journal of Hazardous Materials13966
16 Journal of Environmental Management13951
17 Biophysical Journal12821
18 Chemosphere12747
19 Biomedicines12696
20 Agronomy-Basel12313
21 Cells11099
22 Microorganisms11079
23 Environmental Research10592
24 Frontiers in Neurology10304
25 Open Forum Infectious Diseases9864
26 Agriculture-Basel9517
27 eLife9487
28 Zootaxa9423
29 Journal of Biological Chemistry9339
30 Viruses-Basel8884
31 Pharmaceutics8866
32 Environmental Science & Technology8760
33 Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry8753
34 FASEB Journal8421
35 Environmental Pollution8339
36 Frontiers in Marine Science8271
37 Life-Basel8168
38 Frontiers in Genetics7825
39 Genes7776
40 Industrial Crops and Products7774
41 Antioxidants7688
42 Microbiology Spectrum7207
43 Journal of Animal Science7138
44 Biomolecules7121
45 Frontiers in Physiology7055
46 International Immunopharmacology7017
47 Pharmaceuticals7013
48 Frontiers in Neuroscience6949
49 Atmosphere6917
50 Bioresource Technology6701
51 Food Bioscience6672
52 Food Research International6568
53 LWT-Food Science and Technology6510
54 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety6487
55 Water Research6469
56 Communications Biology6434
57 Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy6413
58 Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology6344
59 Biology-Basel6319
60 Fertility and Sterility6291
61 Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology6228
62 Cell Reports6165
63 Brain Sciences6106
64 Antibiotics-Basel6101
65 Frontiers in Environmental Science6055
66 Sleep6044
67 Ecology and Evolution6042
68 Ecological Indicators6020
69 Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications5900
70 Physiology5777
71 Computers in Biology and Medicine5695
72 Human Reproduction5548
73 Journal of Ethnopharmacology5497
74 Pathogens5462
75 Aquaculture5352
76 Marine Pollution Bulletin5335
77 Nucleic Acids Research5267
78 Biological Psychiatry5063
79 Environmental Science and Pollution Research4968
80 Journal of Medicinal Chemistry4771
81 International Journal of Pharmaceutics4657
82 Poultry Science4655
83 Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience4513
- Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology4513
85 Free Radical Biology and Medicine4483
86 Insects4449
87 Molecular Biology Reports4360
88 Journal of Fungi4298
89 Food Hydrocolloids4295
90 Computers and Electronics in Agriculture4253
91 Journal of Food Composition and Analysis4249
92 Toxicology Letters4235
93 BMC Genomics4182
94 European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry4094
95 Metabolites4042
96 Toxics3898
97 Phytomedicine3888
98 Cell Death & Disease3869
99 Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience3805
100 Chemistry & Biodiversity3802
101 Biosensors & Bioelectronics3781
102 Current Biology3722
103 Environmental Monitoring and Assessment3720
104 Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems3709
105 Food & Function3656
106 Biomed Research International3648
107 Environmental Research Letters3635
108 Journal of Dairy Science3603
109 Analytical Methods3594
110 Bioorganic Chemistry3579
111 Journal of Controlled Release3515
112 Water Air and Soil Pollution3503
113 IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics3502
114 Food Science & Nutrition3440
115 Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences3400
116 European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology3394
117 Journal of the Neurological Sciences3367
118 Journal of Alzheimers Disease3362
119 Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling3301
120 Life Sciences3285
121 Food Chemistry-X3257
122 Journal of Medical Virology3243
123 Journal of Chromatography A3229
124 Brain Stimulation3210
125 Natural Product Research3206
126 mBio3200
127 Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture3199
128 European Journal of Pharmacology3182
129 PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases3176
130 Clinical Infectious Diseases3163
131 Fermentation-Basel3155
132 International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology3147
133 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics3113
134 Environment International3101
135 Neuromuscular Disorders3073
136 Fish & Shellfish Immunology3062
137 Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics3057
138 Neural Networks3035
139 Cytotherapy3015
140 Gene3006
141 Plant and Soil2961
142 Molecular Neurobiology2959
143 Journal of Neuroscience2943
144 Neurological Sciences2843
145 Clinical Neurophysiology2824
146 Food Control2805
147 Food and Chemical Toxicology2779
148 Communications Earth & Environment2753
149 Toxins2751
150 Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine2744
151 Journal of Nanobiotechnology2743
152 Pest Management Science2735
153 Journal of Virology2734
154 Gait & Posture2726
155 Briefings in Bioinformatics2719
156 European Neuropsychopharmacology2699
157 Naunyn-Schmiedebergs Archives of Pharmacology2694
158 Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces2673
159 Molecular Genetics and Metabolism2669
160 Nature Medicine2667
161 Frontiers in Human Neuroscience2662
162 Water Resources Research2639
163 Journal of Food Measurement and Characterization2637
164 Neuroimage2635
165 Energy & Environmental Science2617
166 Agricultural Water Management2613
167 Infection and Drug Resistance2601
168 Environmental Earth Sciences2573
169 Microbial Pathogenesis2571
170 Aging-US2556
171 Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine2523
172 Journal of Environmental Sciences2515
173 Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics2503
174 Journal of Food Science2498
175 Laboratory Investigation2490
- Journal of Pain2490
177 Marine Drugs2474
178 Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry2473
179 International Journal of Food Science and Technology2467
180 Polish Journal of Environmental Studies2459
181 International Journal of Nanomedicine2429
182 Biomacromolecules2412
183 Journal of Infectious Diseases2410
184 Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis2406
- Journal of Experimental Biology2406
186 Neuroscience2394
187 Neural Regeneration Research2393
188 Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics2381
189 Journal of Physiology-London2361
190 Brain and Behavior2354
191 Resources Conservation and Recycling2351
192 Regional Studies in Marine Science2336
193 Global Change Biology2335
194 Applied and Environmental Microbiology2319
195 Aquaculture Reports2312
196 Biochemical Pharmacology2284
197 Atmospheric Environment2283
198 Placenta2275
199 American Journal of Clinical Pathology2271
200 Waste Management2263
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