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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Cell	97
2	Physiological Reviews	64
3	Cell Research	62
4	Nature Genetics	53
-	Annual Review of Biochemistry	53
6	Fungal Diversity	52
7	Cell Metabolism	50
8	Molecular Cancer	47
-	Energy & Environmental Science	47
-	Cancer Cell	47
11	Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology	46
12	Trends in Food Science & Technology	45
-	Annual Review of Neuroscience	45
14	Nature Medicine	43
15	Cell Host & Microbe	42
16	Clinical Microbiology Reviews	41
17	Experimental and Molecular Medicine	39
-	Environmental Chemistry Letters	39
19	Cell Stem Cell	38
-	Nature Neuroscience	38
-	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	38
-	Annual Review of Pathology-Mechanisms of Disease	38
23	Nature Sustainability	37
-	Pharmacological Reviews	37
-	Nature Reviews Genetics	37
-	Science Translational Medicine	37
27	Molecular Cell	35
-	Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology	35
29	Annual Review of Microbiology	34
-	Neuron	34
31	Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews	33
-	Horticulture Research	33
33	Interface Focus	32
-	Journal of Extracellular Vesicles	32
35	Progress in Lipid Research	31
-	Annual Review of Biophysics	31
-	Journal of Hazardous Materials	31
-	Nature Microbiology	31
-	Nature Protocols	31
-	Human Reproduction Update	31
-	Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy	31
42	Biotechnology Advances	30
-	Annual Review of Virology	30
44	Microbiome	29
-	Annual Review of Physiology	29
-	Biochar	29
-	Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety	29
-	Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry	29
49	Molecular Neurodegeneration	28
-	Molecular Plant	28

-	Pharmacology & Therapeutics	28
-	Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology	28
-	Annual Review of Genetics	28
-	Annual Review of Marine Science	28
55	Resources Conservation and Recycling	27
-	Food Hydrocolloids	27
-	ISME Journal	27
58	Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics	26
-	Environment International	26
-	Drugs	26
-	Genome Medicine	26
-	Remote Sensing of Environment	26
-	Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment	26
-	Biological Reviews	26
-	Bioresource Technology	26
-	Trends in Neurosciences	26
-	Water Research	26
68	Nature Cell Biology	25
-	Nature Climate Change	25
-	Developmental Cell	25
-	Genes and Immunity	25
-	Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology	25
-	Biosensors & Bioelectronics	25
-	Journal of Cleaner Production	25
75	Cell Death and Differentiation	24
-	Nature Methods	24
-	Medicinal Research Reviews	24
-	Ageing Research Reviews	24
-	Molecular Systems Biology	24
-	Annual Review of Entomology	24
81	Cell Systems	23
-	Drug Resistance Updates	23
-	Redox Biology	23
-	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	23
-	Annual Review of Food Science and Technology	23
-	Metabolic Engineering	23
-	EMBO Journal	23
-	Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews	23
-	Genes & Development	23
-	Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B	23
-	Journal of Controlled Release	23
-	Sleep Medicine Reviews	23
-	Journal of Neuroinflammation	23
94	Food Chemistry	22
-	Nature Biotechnology	22
-	Current Opinion in Food Science	22
-	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews	22
-	Global Change Biology	22
-	Trends in Cell Biology	22
-	Current Opinion in Biotechnology	22
-	Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology	22
-	Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	22
-	Pharmacological Research	22
-	American Journal of Human Genetics	22
-	Biotechnology for Biofuels	22
-	Trends in Biotechnology	22
107	Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters	21
-	Nature Reviews Microbiology	21
-	Current Opinion in Cell Biology	21
-	Gut Microbes	21
-	Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews	21
-	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	21
-	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	21
-	Acta Neuropathologica	21
-	Translational Neurodegeneration	21
116	Neurology-Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation	20
-	Food Packaging and Shelf Life	20
-	Environmental Science & Technology	20
-	Critical Reviews in Biotechnology	20
-	Current Issues in Molecular Biology	20
-	Annual Review of Animal Biosciences	20
-	Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	20
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer	20
-	Trends in Biochemical Sciences	20
-	Seminars in Immunopathology	20
-	Journal of Nanobiotechnology	20
-	Cell Discovery	20
-	Cell Reports	20
-	Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews	20
-	Brain	20
-	Chemosphere	20
-	Plant Biotechnology Journal	20
-	Energy Policy	20
-	Particle and Fibre Toxicology	20
-	Trends in Cognitive Sciences	20
-	Trends in Microbiology	20
137	Cell Death & Disease	19
-	Nature Chemical Biology	19
-	Nature Human Behaviour	19
-	Nature Reviews Neuroscience	19
-	Ecosystem Services	19
-	Reviews in Aquaculture	19
-	eLife	19
-	Current Opinion in Structural Biology	19
-	Molecular Aspects of Medicine	19
-	Protein & Cell	19
-	Annual Review of Vision Science	19
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Computational Molecular Science	19
-	Environmental Pollution	19
-	Current Opinion in Chemical Biology	19
-	Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture	19
-	Lancet Planetary Health	19
-	Journal of Headache and Pain	19
-	Science of the Total Environment	19
-	Waste Management	19
156	Molecular Psychiatry	18
-	Molecular Therapy	18
-	One Earth	18
-	Nature Ecology & Evolution	18
-	Neuroimage	18
-	Genome Research	18
-	Antioxidants & Redox Signaling	18
-	Current Opinion in Virology	18
-	Current Pollution Reports	18
-	Molecular Autism	18
-	Trends in Pharmacological Sciences	18
167	Oncogene	17
-	Environmental Technology & Innovation	17
-	Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences	17
-	Reviews in Medical Virology	17
-	Plant Cell	17
-	Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology	17
-	Critical Reviews in Microbiology	17
-	Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies	17
-	Archives of Pharmacal Research	17

-	Journal of Cell Biology	17
-	Stem Cell Research & Therapy	17
-	International Journal of Nanomedicine	17
-	Molecular Medicine	17
-	Food Engineering Reviews	17
-	npj Biofilms and Microbiomes	17
-	Nucleic Acids Research	17
-	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	17
-	FEMS Microbiology Ecology	17
-	Clinical Epigenetics	17
-	Current Opinion in Neurobiology	17
-	Alzheimers Research & Therapy	17
-	Biology Letters	17
-	Journal of Environmental Sciences	17
-	Systemic Biology	17
191	Food Control	16
-	Food Research International	16
-	Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering	16
-	Modern Pathology	16
-	Computers and Electronics in Agriculture	16
-	Journal of Pineal Research	16
-	Drug Discovery Today	16
-	Acta Neuropathologica Communications	16
-	Acta Pharmacologica Sinica	16
-	Journal of Clinical Virology	16

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