New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Biology & Biochemistry

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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)
Rank Journal TQCC
1 Fungal Diversity73
2 Physiological Reviews69
3 Cell Research67
4 Cell66
- Annual Review of Pathology-Mechanisms of Disease66
6 Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology57
7 Cancer Cell53
8 Biochar52
9 Cell Metabolism51
10 Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews49
11 Energy & Environmental Science48
12 Annual Review of Biochemistry47
- Annual Review of Physiology47
14 Experimental and Molecular Medicine45
15 Molecular Cancer44
- Horticulture Research44
17 Cell Stem Cell43
- Environmental Chemistry Letters43
19 Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics42
- Clinical Microbiology Reviews42
21 Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy41
- Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters41
23 Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology40
24 Trends in Food Science & Technology39
- Nature Medicine39
- Progress in Lipid Research39
- Annual Review of Microbiology39
28 Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology38
- Nature Genetics38
- Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry38
31 Annual Review of Neuroscience37
- Human Reproduction Update37
- Science Translational Medicine37
34 Annual Review of Entomology36
- Nature Sustainability36
36 Annual Review of Genetics35
- Biotechnology Advances35
38 Nature Neuroscience34
- Neuron34
40 Cell Host & Microbe33
- Molecular Cell33
42 Annual Review of Biophysics32
43 Food Hydrocolloids31
- Pharmacology & Therapeutics31
45 Nature Microbiology30
- Translational Neurodegeneration30
- Drug Resistance Updates30
- Nature Reviews Microbiology30
- Molecular Neurodegeneration30
- Molecular Plant30
51 Ageing Research Reviews29
- Microbiome29
- Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology29
54 Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety28
- Nature Reviews Genetics28
- Bioresource Technology28
- Annual Review of Food Science and Technology28
- EMBO Journal28
- Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology28
- Nature Methods28
- Remote Sensing of Environment28
62 Annual Review of Marine Science27
- Annual Review of Virology27
- Nature Cell Biology27
- Nature Protocols27
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics27
- Water Research27
- Nature Reviews Neuroscience27
69 Acta Neuropathologica26
- Resources Conservation and Recycling26
- Journal of Cleaner Production26
72 Genome Medicine25
- Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B25
- Drugs25
- Molecular Medicine25
- Journal of Headache and Pain25
- Redox Biology25
- Molecular Aspects of Medicine25
- Journal of Hazardous Materials25
80 Seminars in Immunopathology24
- Trends in Cell Biology24
- Journal of Extracellular Vesicles24
- Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions24
- Energy Policy24
- Trends in Neurosciences24
- Cell Death and Differentiation24
- Food Packaging and Shelf Life24
- Journal of Nanobiotechnology24
89 Cell Discovery23
- Chemosphere23
- Biotechnology for Biofuels23
- Environment International23
- Annual Review of Animal Biosciences23
- Annual Review of Vision Science23
- Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews23
- Food Chemistry23
97 Drug Delivery22
- Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders22
- Journal of Neuroinflammation22
- Biological Reviews22
- Pharmacological Reviews22
- Reviews in Aquaculture22
- Global Change Biology22
- Sleep Medicine Reviews22
- Journal of Controlled Release22
- Environmental Science & Technology22
- Pharmacological Research22
108 Current Opinion in Biotechnology21
- Nature Climate Change21
- Particle and Fibre Toxicology21
- Brain21
- Plant Cell21
- Gut Microbes21
- Science of the Total Environment21
- Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition21
- Lancet Planetary Health21
- Metabolic Engineering21
118 Current Opinion in Virology20
- Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews20
- Clinical Epigenetics20
- Natural Product Reports20
- Nature Structural & Molecular Biology20
- Environmental Pollution20
- Medicinal Research Reviews20
- Environmental Science and Pollution Research20
- Current Opinion in Microbiology20
- Computers and Electronics in Agriculture20
- Trends in Microbiology20
- Molecular Psychiatry20
- ISME Journal20
131 EMBO Reports19
- Developmental Cell19
- Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology19
- Trends in Ecology & Evolution19
- Cell Reports19
- Environmental Research19
- Current Opinion in Food Science19
- Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics19
- Current Opinion in Structural Biology19
- Trends in Cognitive Sciences19
- Drug Discovery Today19
- Nature Biotechnology19
- Nature Chemical Biology19
- Nature Human Behaviour19
- Cell Death & Disease19
- International Journal of Biological Sciences19
147 Ecosystem Services18
- Current Opinion in Chemical Biology18
- Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment18
- Critical Reviews in Biotechnology18
- npj Regenerative Medicine18
- Neurology-Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation18
- Molecular Systems Biology18
- Agronomy for Sustainable Development18
- Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology18
- Trends in Biotechnology18
- Cell Biology and Toxicology18
- Food Control18
- Archives of Pharmacal Research18
160 American Journal of Human Genetics17
- Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies17
- Nucleic Acids Research17
- Cell Chemical Biology17
- Neuroimage17
- International Soil and Water Conservation Research17
- Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions17
- Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences17
- Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy17
- Ecological Indicators17
- Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering17
- Waste Management17
- Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment17
- Trends in Pharmacological Sciences17
- Animal Nutrition17
- npj Clean Water17
- Mycosphere17
- Oncogene17
- Nature Ecology & Evolution17
- Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences17
- Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews17
- Essays in Biochemistry17
- Food Research International17
- LWT-Food Science and Technology17
- Environment Development and Sustainability17
- Plant Biotechnology Journal17
- Journal of Environmental Management17
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer17
- Postharvest Biology and Technology17
189 Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability16
- Agricultural Water Management16
- Current Opinion in Neurobiology16
- Current Pollution Reports16
- Antioxidants16
- npj Biofilms and Microbiomes16
- Cell Death Discovery16
- Field Crops Research16
- Journal of Tissue Engineering16
- Autophagy16
- Journal of Environmental Sciences16
- Antioxidants & Redox Signaling16
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