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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Annual Review of Pathology-Mechanisms of Disease	73
2	Physiological Reviews	71
-	Cell	71
4	Cancer Cell	66
5	Cell Metabolism	64
6	Fungal Diversity	61
7	Energy & Environmental Science	56
-	Environmental Chemistry Letters	56
9	Biochar	53
10	Annual Review of Neuroscience	49
-	Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews	49
12	Molecular Cancer	46
13	Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology	45
14	Human Reproduction Update	43
-	Nature Medicine	43
-	Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology	43
17	Nature Genetics	41
-	Cell Stem Cell	41
-	Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy	41
-	Nature Reviews Microbiology	41
-	Annual Review of Biochemistry	41
22	Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters	40
-	Annual Review of Entomology	40
24	Nature Neuroscience	38
25	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	37
-	EMBO Journal	37
27	Acta Neuropathologica	36
-	Science Translational Medicine	36
-	Nature Sustainability	36
30	Molecular Neurodegeneration	35
-	Annual Review of Microbiology	35
-	Annual Review of Physiology	35
-	Biotechnology Advances	35
-	Molecular Cell	35
-	Clinical Microbiology Reviews	35
-	Progress in Lipid Research	35
37	Pharmacology & Therapeutics	34
-	Nature Microbiology	34
-	Trends in Food Science & Technology	34
-	Nature Methods	34
-	Ageing Research Reviews	34
-	Food Hydrocolloids	34
43	Neuron	33
-	Microbiome	33
-	Annual Review of Food Science and Technology	33
-	Seminars in Immunopathology	33
47	Drug Resistance Updates	32
-	Cell Host & Microbe	32
49	Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety	31
-	Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology	31

-	Molecular Medicine	31
-	Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology	31
-	Translational Neurodegeneration	31
54	Nature Reviews Genetics	30
55	Gut Microbes	29
-	Nature Protocols	29
-	Molecular Plant	29
-	Annual Review of Biophysics	29
-	Journal of Headache and Pain	29
-	Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology	29
-	Journal of Cleaner Production	29
-	Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry	29
-	Water Research	29
64	Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews	28
-	Trends in Cell Biology	28
-	Remote Sensing of Environment	28
-	Redox Biology	28
68	Nature Cell Biology	27
-	Annual Review of Genetics	27
-	Annual Review of Marine Science	27
71	Biosensors & Bioelectronics	26
-	Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics	26
-	Food Packaging and Shelf Life	26
-	Drugs	26
-	Resources Conservation and Recycling	26
76	Pharmacological Reviews	25
-	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	25
-	Journal of Nanobiotechnology	25
-	Molecular Aspects of Medicine	25
-	Journal of Controlled Release	25
81	Mycosphere	24
-	Journal of Hazardous Materials	24
-	EMBO Reports	24
-	Cell Discovery	24
-	Science of the Total Environment	24
-	Pharmacological Research	24
-	npj Clean Water	24
-	Journal of Neuroinflammation	24
-	Drug Delivery	24
-	Chemosphere	24
-	Annual Review of Virology	24
-	Food Engineering Reviews	24
-	Reviews in Aquaculture	24
-	Plant Cell	24
95	Particle and Fibre Toxicology	23
-	Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews	23
-	Global Change Biology	23
-	Current Opinion in Chemical Biology	23
-	Food Chemistry	23
-	Environmental Science & Technology	23
-	Nature Reviews Neuroscience	23
-	Nature Human Behaviour	23
-	Bioresource Technology	23
-	Developmental Cell	23
105	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	22
-	Nature Climate Change	22
-	Biological Reviews	22
-	Lancet Planetary Health	22
-	Current Opinion in Biotechnology	22
-	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	22
-	Genome Medicine	22
-	Energy Policy	22
-	Journal of Extracellular Vesicles	22
-	Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology	22
-	Trends in Neurosciences	22
-	Environmental Science and Pollution Research	22
-	Environment International	22
118	Current Pollution Reports	21
-	Medicinal Research Reviews	21
-	Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews	21
-	ISME Journal	21
-	Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B	21
-	Sleep Medicine Reviews	21
-	Environment Development and Sustainability	21
-	Nature Ecology & Evolution	21
-	Ecological Indicators	21
-	Current Opinion in Microbiology	21
-	Metabolic Engineering	21
-	Cell Death and Differentiation	21
130	npj Biofilms and Microbiomes	20
-	Critical Reviews in Biotechnology	20
-	Cell Reports	20
-	Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences	20
-	Brain	20
-	Nature Chemical Biology	20
-	Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology	20
-	Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy	20
-	Current Opinion in Food Science	20
-	Current Opinion in Structural Biology	20
-	Cell Death & Disease	20
-	Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology	20
-	Trends in Microbiology	20
-	Environmental Pollution	20
-	Environmental Research	20
145	Drug Discovery Today	19
-	Molecular Psychiatry	19
-	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews	19
-	Cell Chemical Biology	19
-	Phytomedicine	19
-	Essays in Biochemistry	19
-	One Earth	19
-	Clinical Epigenetics	19
-	Trends in Cognitive Sciences	19
-	Waste Management	19
155	Ecosystem Services	18
-	Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports	18
-	Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability	18
-	Journal of Environmental Management	18
-	Annual Review of Animal Biosciences	18
-	Food Control	18
-	Food Research International	18
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water	18
-	International Journal of Biological Sciences	18
-	Journal of Integrative Plant Biology	18
-	Journal of Tissue Engineering	18
-	Microbiological Research	18
-	Cell Biology and Toxicology	18
-	Journal of Applied Microbiology	18
-	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	18
-	Trends in Pharmacological Sciences	18
-	Field Crops Research	18
172	Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology	17
-	npj Regenerative Medicine	17
-	Nucleic Acids Research	17
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer	17

-	Meat Science	17
-	Environmental Health Perspectives	17
-	Cell Death Discovery	17
-	Agricultural Water Management	17
-	Annual Review of Vision Science	17
-	Antioxidants & Redox Signaling	17
-	Alzheimers Research & Therapy	17
-	American Journal of Human Genetics	17
-	Trends in Molecular Medicine	17
-	Plant Biotechnology Journal	17
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Computational Molecular Science	17
-	Postharvest Biology and Technology	17
-	Neurology-Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation	17
-	Inflammation	17
-	Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	17
-	Molecular Systems Biology	17
-	Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology	17
-	Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology	17
-	Agronomy for Sustainable Development	17
-	Antioxidants	17
-	Acta Pharmacologica Sinica	17
-	Animal Nutrition	17
-	Trends in Biotechnology	17
-	Urban Climate	17
-	Systemic Biology	17

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