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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01)
Rank Journal TQCC
1 Cell Research74
2 Annual Review of Pathology-Mechanisms of Disease73
3 Fungal Diversity72
4 Physiological Reviews70
5 Cell69
6 Biochar65
7 Cell Metabolism58
8 Energy & Environmental Science57
- Annual Review of Biochemistry57
- Cancer Cell57
11 Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology55
12 Environmental Chemistry Letters50
13 Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters49
14 Annual Review of Physiology48
- Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews48
16 Molecular Cancer47
- Progress in Lipid Research47
18 Cell Stem Cell46
19 Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy45
20 Nature Medicine44
- Annual Review of Neuroscience44
22 Nature Genetics39
- Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology39
24 Clinical Microbiology Reviews38
- Human Reproduction Update38
26 Nature Neuroscience36
- Science Translational Medicine36
28 Annual Review of Biophysics35
- Trends in Food Science & Technology35
- Neuron35
- Annual Review of Entomology35
- Annual Review of Marine Science35
33 Annual Review of Food Science and Technology34
- Molecular Cell34
- Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry34
36 Molecular Neurodegeneration33
- Cell Host & Microbe33
- Food Hydrocolloids33
- Nature Reviews Microbiology33
- Nature Sustainability33
41 Biotechnology Advances32
- Nature Microbiology32
- Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology32
- Pharmacology & Therapeutics32
- EMBO Journal32
46 Translational Neurodegeneration31
- Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology31
48 Ageing Research Reviews30
- Microbiome30
- Drug Resistance Updates30
51 Annual Review of Microbiology29
- Molecular Plant29
- Nature Cell Biology29
- Acta Neuropathologica29
55 Journal of Cleaner Production28
- Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics28
- Nature Protocols28
- Nature Methods28
- Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety28
60 Journal of Headache and Pain27
- Remote Sensing of Environment27
- Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology27
- Water Research27
- Seminars in Immunopathology27
- Molecular Medicine27
- Resources Conservation and Recycling27
67 Nature Reviews Genetics26
- Drugs26
- Bioresource Technology26
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics26
- Journal of Hazardous Materials26
72 Trends in Cell Biology25
- Genome Medicine25
- Journal of Nanobiotechnology25
- Chemosphere25
- Gut Microbes25
- Redox Biology25
78 Journal of Controlled Release24
- Food Packaging and Shelf Life24
- Journal of Extracellular Vesicles24
- Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders24
- Journal of Neuroinflammation24
- Cell Death and Differentiation24
- Molecular Aspects of Medicine24
- Drug Delivery24
- Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews24
- Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B24
- Nature Reviews Neuroscience24
- Cell Discovery24
- Pharmacological Reviews24
91 Annual Review of Animal Biosciences23
- Current Opinion in Biotechnology23
- Particle and Fibre Toxicology23
- Global Change Biology23
- Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions23
- Plant Cell23
- Science of the Total Environment23
- Energy Policy23
99 Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics22
- Environment International22
- Food Chemistry22
- Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews22
- Natural Product Reports22
- Nature Climate Change22
- Pharmacological Research22
- Biological Reviews22
- Trends in Neurosciences22
- Environmental Science & Technology22
- Nature Human Behaviour22
- Brain22
- International Journal of Biological Sciences22
- Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition22
113 ISME Journal21
- Sleep Medicine Reviews21
- Environmental Science and Pollution Research21
- Nature Structural & Molecular Biology21
- Lancet Planetary Health21
- Developmental Cell21
- Annual Review of Genetics21
- Annual Review of Virology21
- Environment Development and Sustainability21
- Reviews in Aquaculture21
- Current Opinion in Microbiology21
124 Trends in Ecology & Evolution20
- Molecular Psychiatry20
- npj Clean Water20
- Cell Death & Disease20
- Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences20
- Metabolic Engineering20
- Current Opinion in Chemical Biology20
- EMBO Reports20
- Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology20
- Trends in Microbiology20
- Nature Chemical Biology20
- Cell Reports20
- Medicinal Research Reviews20
- Current Opinion in Structural Biology20
- Computers and Electronics in Agriculture20
139 Environmental Pollution19
- Environmental Research19
- Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment19
- Critical Reviews in Biotechnology19
- Trends in Cognitive Sciences19
- Food Engineering Reviews19
- Nature Ecology & Evolution19
- Clinical Epigenetics19
- Drug Discovery Today19
- Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering19
149 Agronomy for Sustainable Development18
- Food Control18
- One Earth18
- Cell Biology and Toxicology18
- Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews18
- Ecosystem Services18
- Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability18
- Current Pollution Reports18
- Waste Management18
- Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy18
- Trends in Biotechnology18
- npj Biofilms and Microbiomes18
- Mycosphere18
- Nature Biotechnology18
- Cell Chemical Biology18
- Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology18
- Ecological Indicators18
- Current Opinion in Food Science18
167 Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment17
- Annual Review of Vision Science17
- Acta Pharmacologica Sinica17
- Animal Nutrition17
- Autophagy17
- Trends in Biochemical Sciences17
- Food Research International17
- Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions17
- Journal of Integrative Plant Biology17
- Oncogene17
- Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology17
- Phytomedicine17
- Plant Biotechnology Journal17
- LWT-Food Science and Technology17
- Current Opinion in Virology17
- Agricultural Water Management17
- American Journal of Human Genetics17
- Journal of Environmental Management17
- Trends in Pharmacological Sciences17
- Field Crops Research17
- npj Regenerative Medicine17
- Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity17
- Neurology-Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation17
- Journal of Tissue Engineering17
191 Antioxidants & Redox Signaling16
- Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology16
- Journal of Applied Microbiology16
- Trends in Molecular Medicine16
- Bioinformatics16
- NanoImpact16
- CNS Drugs16
- Cell Systems16
- Postharvest Biology and Technology16
- Meat Science16
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