Biology & Biochemistry: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Cell	76
2	Physiological Reviews	63
3	Cell Research	60
4	Fungal Diversity	56
5	Annual Review of Pathology-Mechanisms of Disease	55
6	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	50
7	Cancer Cell	47
8	Annual Review of Neuroscience	45
-	Cell Metabolism	45
10	Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology	44
11	Trends in Food Science & Technology	42
12	Molecular Cancer	41
-	Nature Genetics	41
-	Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews	41
15	Environmental Chemistry Letters	39
-	Cell Stem Cell	39
-	Annual Review of Physiology	39
18	Science Translational Medicine	38
-	Annual Review of Biochemistry	38
20	Clinical Microbiology Reviews	37
21	Nature Medicine	35
-	Horticulture Research	35
-	Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry	35
-	Biochar	35
25	Progress in Lipid Research	34
26	Cell Host & Microbe	33
-	Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology	33
-	Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy	33
-	Pharmacological Reviews	33
30	Annual Review of Genetics	32
-	Biotechnology Advances	32
-	Annual Review of Biophysics	32
33	Journal of Hazardous Materials	31
-	Neuron	31
35	Nature Sustainability	30
36	Nature Microbiology	28
-	Annual Review of Entomology	28
-	Annual Review of Food Science and Technology	28
-	Resources Conservation and Recycling	28
-	Pharmacology & Therapeutics	28
41	Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety	27
-	Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology	27
-	Microbiome	27
-	Molecular Plant	27
-	Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology	27
-	Annual Review of Marine Science	27
-	Journal of Extracellular Vesicles	27
48	Current Issues in Molecular Biology	26
-	Remote Sensing of Environment	26
-	Food Hydrocolloids	26

-	Annual Review of Microbiology	26
-	Bioresource Technology	26
53	Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology	25
-	EMBO Journal	25
-	Biosensors & Bioelectronics	25
56	Journal of Cleaner Production	24
-	Drugs	24
-	Water Research	24
-	Annual Review of Animal Biosciences	24
60	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	23
-	Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B	23
-	Ageing Research Reviews	23
-	Genes and Immunity	23
-	Environment International	23
-	Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment	23
-	Trends in Neurosciences	23
-	Nature Methods	23
68	Journal of Controlled Release	22
-	Food Chemistry	22
-	Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	22
-	Nature Reviews Genetics	22
-	Translational Neurodegeneration	22
-	Annual Review of Virology	22
-	Trends in Cell Biology	22
-	Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics	22
76	Food Packaging and Shelf Life	21
-	Journal of Nanobiotechnology	21
-	Seminars in Immunopathology	21
-	Developmental Cell	21
-	Current Opinion in Biotechnology	21
-	Current Opinion in Food Science	21
-	Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews	21
83	Energy Policy	20
-	Environmental Science & Technology	20
-	Chemosphere	20
-	Cell Systems	20
-	Medicinal Research Reviews	20
-	Brain	20
-	Cell Discovery	20
-	Molecular Medicine	20
-	Acta Neuropathologica	20
92	Gut Microbes	19
-	Environmental Pollution	19
-	Trends in Biotechnology	19
-	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	19
-	Natural Product Reports	19
-	Plant Biotechnology Journal	19
-	Pharmacological Research	19
-	Genes & Development	19
-	Cell Reports	19
-	Critical Reviews in Biotechnology	19
-	Nature Reviews Neuroscience	19
-	Trends in Microbiology	19
-	Molecular Aspects of Medicine	19
-	Waste Management	19
-	Redox Biology	19
107	Drug Delivery	18
-	Current Opinion in Virology	18
-	Cell Death & Disease	18
-	Science of the Total Environment	18
-	Neurology-Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation	18
-	Molecular Therapy	18
-	American Journal of Human Genetics	18
-	Archives of Pharmacal Research	18
-	Progress in Neurobiology	18
-	Nature Reviews Microbiology	18
-	Nature Human Behaviour	18
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer	18
119	Journal of Environmental Sciences	17
-	Ecosystem Services	17
-	eLife	17
-	Environmental Science and Pollution Research	17
-	Environmental Technology & Innovation	17
-	Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition	17
-	Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders	17
-	Clinical Epigenetics	17
-	Neuroimage	17
-	Nature Chemical Biology	17
-	Oncogene	17
-	Current Opinion in Neurobiology	17
-	Lancet Planetary Health	17
-	Current Opinion in Structural Biology	17
-	Trends in Pharmacological Sciences	17
-	npj Biofilms and Microbiomes	17
-	npj Regenerative Medicine	17
136	Journal of Environmental Management	16
-	Food Control	16
-	Food Research International	16
-	EMBO Reports	16
-	FEMS Microbiology Ecology	16
-	FEMS Yeast Research	16
-	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	16
-	Environmental Research	16
-	Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability	16
-	Computers and Electronics in Agriculture	16
-	Molecular Autism	16
-	Autophagy	16
-	Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies	16
-	Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering	16
-	Modern Pathology	16
-	LWT-Food Science and Technology	16
-	Nature Ecology & Evolution	16
-	Annual Review of Vision Science	16
-	Agricultural Water Management	16
-	Antioxidants & Redox Signaling	16
-	Plant Cell	16
-	Nucleic Acids Research	16
-	One Earth	16
159	Journal of Cell Biology	15
-	International Soil and Water Conservation Research	15
-	Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety	15
-	Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology	15
-	Current Pollution Reports	15
-	Mechanisms of Ageing and Development	15
-	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	15
-	Acta Neuropathologica Communications	15
-	Essays in Biochemistry	15
-	Journal of Tissue Engineering	15
-	Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology	15
-	Journal of Integrative Plant Biology	15
-	Trends in Biochemical Sciences	15
-	Trends in Genetics	15
-	Stem Cell Reports	15
-	Systemic Biology	15
175	Journal of Medicinal Chemistry	14

-	Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences	14
-	Current Opinion in Cell Biology	14
-	Cell Chemical Biology	14
-	Trends in Molecular Medicine	14
-	Tissue Engineering Part B-Reviews	14
-	Agricultural Systems	14
-	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	14
-	Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	14
-	Food Policy	14
-	Ecological Indicators	14
-	Emerging Microbes & Infections	14
-	Environmental Science & Technology Letters	14
-	Critical Reviews in Microbiology	14
-	Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces	14
-	Virologica Sinica	14
-	Water Research X	14
-	Systematic and Applied Microbiology	14
-	Meat Science	14
-	Animal Nutrition	14
-	Acta Pharmacologica Sinica	14
-	Postharvest Biology and Technology	14
-	Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry	14
-	Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity	14
-	Reviews in Medical Virology	14
200	Food Quality and Preference	13

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