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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Fungal Diversity	81
2	Cell Research	72
3	Experimental and Molecular Medicine	70
4	Physiological Reviews	68
5	Cell	66
6	Annual Review of Pathology-Mechanisms of Disease	65
7	Biochar	61
8	Cell Metabolism	56
9	Energy & Environmental Science	53
-	Annual Review of Biochemistry	53
11	Cancer Cell	52
12	Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology	50
13	Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews	48
-	Annual Review of Physiology	48
15	Environmental Chemistry Letters	47
16	Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy	45
17	Cell Stem Cell	44
18	Progress in Lipid Research	43
-	Molecular Cancer	43
-	Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters	43
21	Clinical Microbiology Reviews	42
-	Horticulture Research	42
23	Annual Review of Neuroscience	41
24	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	40
-	Nature Medicine	40
26	Human Reproduction Update	39
-	Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry	39
28	Nature Genetics	38
-	Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology	38
30	Trends in Food Science & Technology	37
-	Annual Review of Entomology	37
-	Annual Review of Genetics	37
33	Nature Neuroscience	36
-	Science Translational Medicine	36
35	Biotechnology Advances	35
-	Nature Sustainability	35
-	Neuron	35
38	Annual Review of Marine Science	34
39	Annual Review of Biophysics	33
-	Molecular Cell	33
-	Cell Host & Microbe	33
42	Annual Review of Food Science and Technology	32
-	Food Hydrocolloids	32
-	Translational Neurodegeneration	32
45	Pharmacology & Therapeutics	31
-	Nature Reviews Microbiology	31
-	Molecular Neurodegeneration	31
-	Ageing Research Reviews	31
-	Nature Microbiology	31
50	Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology	30

-	Microbiome	30
-	Drug Resistance Updates	30
-	EMBO Journal	30
54	Molecular Plant	29
-	Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety	29
56	Nature Methods	28
-	Remote Sensing of Environment	28
-	Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology	28
-	Nature Cell Biology	28
-	Water Research	28
-	Acta Neuropathologica	28
62	Resources Conservation and Recycling	27
-	Journal of Cleaner Production	27
-	Bioresource Technology	27
-	Nature Protocols	27
66	Journal of Headache and Pain	26
-	Seminars in Immunopathology	26
-	Biosensors & Bioelectronics	26
-	Molecular Aspects of Medicine	26
70	Redox Biology	25
-	Drugs	25
-	Food Packaging and Shelf Life	25
-	Genome Medicine	25
-	Nature Reviews Neuroscience	25
-	Annual Review of Microbiology	25
-	Journal of Hazardous Materials	25
-	Journal of Nanobiotechnology	25
-	Molecular Medicine	25
-	Biotechnology for Biofuels	25
-	Trends in Neurosciences	25
81	Journal of Extracellular Vesicles	24
-	Drug Delivery	24
-	Chemosphere	24
-	Trends in Cell Biology	24
-	Cell Death and Differentiation	24
-	Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B	24
-	Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology	24
88	Journal of Neuroinflammation	23
-	Plant Cell	23
-	Pharmacological Reviews	23
-	Food Chemistry	23
-	Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews	23
-	Cell Discovery	23
-	Journal of Controlled Release	23
-	Environment International	23
-	Energy Policy	23
-	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	23
-	Gut Microbes	23
-	Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews	23
-	Nature Reviews Genetics	23
-	Sleep Medicine Reviews	23
102	Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders	22
-	Reviews in Aquaculture	22
-	Environmental Science & Technology	22
-	Current Opinion in Biotechnology	22
-	Brain	22
-	Particle and Fibre Toxicology	22
-	Annual Review of Animal Biosciences	22
-	Pharmacological Research	22
-	Biological Reviews	22
-	Lancet Planetary Health	22
-	Global Change Biology	22
-	Nature Climate Change	22
-	Science of the Total Environment	22
115	Current Opinion in Virology	21
-	Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition	21
-	Environmental Science and Pollution Research	21
-	Current Opinion in Microbiology	21
-	Natural Product Reports	21
-	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	21
-	Annual Review of Virology	21
122	Medicinal Research Reviews	20
-	Environment Development and Sustainability	20
-	Developmental Cell	20
-	Cell Reports	20
-	Clinical Epigenetics	20
-	Mycosphere	20
-	Nature Chemical Biology	20
-	Nature Human Behaviour	20
-	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	20
-	Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics	20
-	Metabolic Engineering	20
-	Current Opinion in Structural Biology	20
-	Computers and Electronics in Agriculture	20
-	Cell Death & Disease	20
-	Trends in Microbiology	20
-	ISME Journal	20
-	International Journal of Biological Sciences	20
139	Critical Reviews in Biotechnology	19
-	Ecosystem Services	19
-	Current Opinion in Chemical Biology	19
-	EMBO Reports	19
-	Food Control	19
-	Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment	19
-	Molecular Psychiatry	19
-	Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology	19
-	Environmental Pollution	19
-	Environmental Research	19
-	Drug Discovery Today	19
-	Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering	19
151	Essays in Biochemistry	18
-	Cell Chemical Biology	18
-	npj Biofilms and Microbiomes	18
-	Nature Ecology & Evolution	18
-	Neurology-Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation	18
-	Agronomy for Sustainable Development	18
-	Archives of Pharmacal Research	18
-	Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy	18
-	Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews	18
-	Ecological Indicators	18
-	Current Opinion in Food Science	18
-	Food Engineering Reviews	18
-	Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences	18
-	npj Clean Water	18
-	Waste Management	18
-	Trends in Biotechnology	18
-	Trends in Cognitive Sciences	18
168	Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences	17
-	Journal of Tissue Engineering	17
-	Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability	17
-	Current Pollution Reports	17
-	Food Research International	17
-	Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies	17
-	npj Regenerative Medicine	17
-	Nucleic Acids Research	17

-	Nature Biotechnology	17
-	Neuroimage	17
-	International Soil and Water Conservation Research	17
-	Animal Nutrition	17
-	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	17
-	Phytomedicine	17
-	Plant Biotechnology Journal	17
-	Postharvest Biology and Technology	17
-	Journal of Environmental Management	17
-	Bioengineered	17
-	LWT-Food Science and Technology	17
-	Meat Science	17
-	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	17
-	Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology	17
-	Cell Biology and Toxicology	17
-	One Earth	17
-	Trends in Pharmacological Sciences	17
-	American Journal of Human Genetics	17
194	Journal of Integrative Plant Biology	16
-	Journal of Environmental Sciences	16
-	Autophagy	16
-	Environmental Technology & Innovation	16
-	Current Opinion in Neurobiology	16
-	Cell Death Discovery	16
-	Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity	16

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