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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Physiological Reviews	78
2	Fungal Diversity	71
3	Cell	67
4	Annual Review of Pathology-Mechanisms of Disease	62
5	Cell Research	60
6	Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology	57
7	Cancer Cell	51
8	Annual Review of Neuroscience	50
9	Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews	49
-	Cell Metabolism	49
11	Experimental and Molecular Medicine	45
-	Energy & Environmental Science	45
13	Annual Review of Physiology	43
-	Molecular Cancer	43
15	Annual Review of Biochemistry	42
16	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	41
-	Environmental Chemistry Letters	41
-	Cell Stem Cell	41
19	Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters	40
-	Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology	40
-	Trends in Food Science & Technology	40
22	Annual Review of Microbiology	39
-	Nature Genetics	39
-	Nature Medicine	39
25	Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology	37
-	Science Translational Medicine	37
-	Human Reproduction Update	37
28	Progress in Lipid Research	36
29	Biotechnology Advances	35
-	Clinical Microbiology Reviews	35
-	Annual Review of Genetics	35
-	Cell Host & Microbe	35
-	Nature Neuroscience	35
34	Neuron	34
35	Annual Review of Entomology	33
36	Molecular Cell	32
37	Molecular Plant	31
38	Pharmacology & Therapeutics	30
-	Molecular Neurodegeneration	30
40	Annual Review of Biophysics	29
-	Nature Reviews Genetics	29
-	Food Hydrocolloids	29
-	Ageing Research Reviews	29
-	Annual Review of Marine Science	29
45	Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology	28
-	Nature Methods	28
-	Nature Protocols	28
-	Journal of Hazardous Materials	28
-	Nature Reviews Microbiology	28
50	Remote Sensing of Environment	27

-	Water Research	27
-	EMBO Journal	27
-	Bioresource Technology	27
-	Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety	27
-	Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology	27
-	Nature Reviews Neuroscience	27
57	Annual Review of Food Science and Technology	26
-	Journal of Extracellular Vesicles	26
-	Drug Resistance Updates	26
-	Journal of Cleaner Production	26
-	Biosensors & Bioelectronics	26
-	Nature Cell Biology	26
63	Journal of Headache and Pain	25
-	Genome Medicine	25
-	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	25
-	Acta Neuropathologica	25
-	Resources Conservation and Recycling	25
-	Drugs	25
69	Seminars in Immunopathology	24
-	Trends in Neurosciences	24
-	Molecular Medicine	24
-	Biotechnology for Biofuels	24
73	Energy Policy	23
-	Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews	23
-	Chemosphere	23
-	Global Change Biology	23
-	Food Chemistry	23
-	Reviews in Aquaculture	23
-	Journal of Nanobiotechnology	23
-	Environment International	23
-	Biological Reviews	23
-	Cell Death and Differentiation	23
83	Metabolic Engineering	22
-	Trends in Cell Biology	22
-	Molecular Aspects of Medicine	22
-	Journal of Neuroinflammation	22
-	Pharmacological Research	22
-	ISME Journal	22
-	Sleep Medicine Reviews	22
-	Journal of Controlled Release	22
-	Pharmacological Reviews	22
92	Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders	21
-	Drug Delivery	21
-	Plant Cell	21
-	Science of the Total Environment	21
-	Environmental Science & Technology	21
-	Brain	21
-	Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews	21
-	Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition	21
-	Current Opinion in Biotechnology	21
-	Current Opinion in Microbiology	21
102	Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews	20
-	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	20
-	Trends in Microbiology	20
-	Current Opinion in Virology	20
-	Environmental Science and Pollution Research	20
-	Developmental Cell	20
-	Molecular Psychiatry	20
-	Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	20
-	Nature Climate Change	20
111	Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics	19
-	Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology	19
-	Drug Discovery Today	19
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer	19
-	Environmental Pollution	19
-	Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology	19
-	Cell Death & Disease	19
-	Computers and Electronics in Agriculture	19
-	Nature Biotechnology	19
-	Nature Chemical Biology	19
-	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	19
-	Trends in Cognitive Sciences	19
-	Natural Product Reports	19
-	Particle and Fibre Toxicology	19
-	Gut Microbes	19
-	Current Opinion in Structural Biology	19
-	Clinical Epigenetics	19
128	American Journal of Human Genetics	18
-	Plant Biotechnology Journal	18
-	Trends in Pharmacological Sciences	18
-	Environmental Research	18
-	Cell Biology and Toxicology	18
-	Molecular Systems Biology	18
-	Critical Reviews in Biotechnology	18
-	Medicinal Research Reviews	18
-	Trends in Biotechnology	18
-	Waste Management	18
-	Essays in Biochemistry	18
-	EMBO Reports	18
-	Current Opinion in Chemical Biology	18
-	Food Control	18
-	International Journal of Biological Sciences	18
143	LWT-Food Science and Technology	17
-	Environment Development and Sustainability	17
-	Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology	17
-	Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences	17
-	Current Opinion in Neurobiology	17
-	Food Engineering Reviews	17
-	Agronomy for Sustainable Development	17
-	Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy	17
-	Ecological Indicators	17
-	Journal of Environmental Management	17
-	Nucleic Acids Research	17
-	Neuroimage	17
-	Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies	17
156	Postharvest Biology and Technology	16
-	Progress in Neurobiology	16
-	Trends in Biochemical Sciences	16
-	Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	16
-	Journal of Environmental Sciences	16
-	Oncogene	16
-	Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability	16
-	Antioxidants & Redox Signaling	16
-	Agricultural Water Management	16
-	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	16
-	Archives of Pharmacal Research	16
-	Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences	16
-	Tissue Engineering Part B-Reviews	16
-	Bioinformatics	16
-	Phytomedicine	16
-	Molecular Therapy	16
-	Food Research International	16
173	Acta Pharmacologica Sinica	15
-	Journal of Tissue Engineering	15
-	Trends in Genetics	15

-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Computational Molecular Science	15
-	Meat Science	15
-	Environmental Science & Policy	15
-	Biosystems Engineering	15
-	Environmental Health	15
-	Briefings in Bioinformatics	15
-	Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces	15
-	Genes & Development	15
-	Current Opinion in Pharmacology	15
-	Alzheimers Research & Therapy	15
-	Systemic Biology	15
-	Trends in Molecular Medicine	15
-	Mechanisms of Ageing and Development	15
-	Autophagy	15
-	Field Crops Research	15
191	Modern Pathology	14
-	Ecological Economics	14
-	Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety	14
-	Journal of Medicinal Chemistry	14
-	Current Biology	14
-	Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports	14
-	International Microbiology	14
-	Agricultural and Forest Meteorology	14
-	Stem Cell Research & Therapy	14
-	Microbiological Research	14

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