Biochemistry & Molecular Biology: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation 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	H4-Index
1	Cell	224
2	Nature Medicine	183
3	International Journal of Molecular Sciences	139
4	Nucleic Acids Research	132
5	Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy	120
6	Molecules	108
-	International Journal of Biological Macromolecules	108
8	Molecular Cell	93
9	Molecular Cancer	90
10	Redox Biology	82
11	Antioxidants	80
12	Biomolecules	77
13	Current Biology	66
14	Molecular Plant	65
15	Molecular Psychiatry	64
-	Nature Chemical Biology	64
17	EMBO Journal	62
-	Journal of Biological Chemistry	62
19	Free Radical Biology and Medicine	61
20	Cell Death and Differentiation	60
-	Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics	60
22	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	58
23	Biomedicines	57
24	Experimental and Molecular Medicine	54
-	Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences	54
26	Oncogene	52
-	Plant Cell	52
-	Trends in Microbiology	52
29	Journal of Molecular Biology	50
-	FEBS Journal	50
-	Trends in Biochemical Sciences	50
-	Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences	50
33	Bioorganic Chemistry	48
34	Metabolites	47
-	Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications	47
-	Cell Systems	47
-	EMBO Reports	47
38	Biomacromolecules	46
-	Genome Research	46
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer	46
41	Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal	45
42	Journal of Integrative Plant Biology	44
43	Molecular Systems Biology	43
-	Food & Function	43
-	Antioxidants & Redox Signaling	43
-	International Journal of Biological Sciences	43
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Basis of Disease	43
-	Molecular Ecology	43
-	FASEB Journal	43
-	Trends in Molecular Medicine	43

51	Current Opinion in Structural Biology	42
-	Cell Chemical Biology	42
53	Current Opinion in Chemical Biology	41
-	Annual Review of Biochemistry	41
55	ACS Chemical Neuroscience	40
-	Protein Science	40
-	Process Biochemistry	40
58	Natural Product Reports	39
-	Current Medicinal Chemistry	39
-	Plant Science	39
61	Molecular Biology and Evolution	38
62	Cell and Bioscience	37
-	Science Signaling	37
-	Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry	37
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Cell Research	37
-	Biological Trace Element Research	37
67	Chemico-Biological Interactions	36
-	Molecular Ecology Resources	36
-	Journal of Lipid Research	36
-	Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews	36
71	Journal of Neurochemistry	35
-	Molecular Biology Reports	35
-	Open Biology	35
74	Methods	34
-	Cytokine	34
-	Progress in Lipid Research	34
-	Biochemical Society Transactions	34
78	Molecular Medicine	33
-	American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology	33
-	Bioelectrochemistry	33
-	Bioscience Reports	33
-	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B-Biology	33
-	Structure	33
-	Bioconjugate Chemistry	33
85	ChemBioChem	32
-	Lipids in Health and Disease	32
-	Genes & Diseases	32
-	Biochemical Journal	32
-	European Journal of Human Genetics	32
-	Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics	32
91	Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology	31
-	Human Molecular Genetics	31
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Biomembranes	31
-	Biochimie	31
-	Molecular Aspects of Medicine	31
-	ACS Chemical Biology	31
97	Essays in Biochemistry	30
-	Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry	30
-	Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution	30
-	Neurochemistry International	30
101	Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry	29
-	Journal of Food Biochemistry	29
-	Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry	29
-	Journal of Molecular Graphics & Modelling	29
-	Neurochemical Research	29
-	Macromolecular Bioscience	29
-	FEBS Letters	29
-	Analytical Biochemistry	29
-	Biochemistry	29
-	BioEssays	29
111	Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters	28
-	RNA	28
-	Matrix Biology	28
-	Molecular Immunology	28
-	Phytochemistry	28
116	IUBMB Life	27
-	Journal of Molecular Modeling	27
-	Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	27
-	Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology	27
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Bioenergetics	27
121	Biomedical Journal	26
-	Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology	26
-	Biological Chemistry	26
-	Journal of Genetics and Genomics	26
-	Plant Molecular Biology	26
-	Proteins-Structure Function and Bioinformatics	26
-	RNA Biology	26
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids	26
129	International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology	25
-	Biofactors	25
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-General Subjects	25
132	Biophysical Chemistry	24
-	Progress in Biophysics & Molecular Biology	24
-	Proteomics	24
-	Molecular Microbiology	24
-	Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions	24
-	Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences	24
-	Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology	24
-	Amino Acids	24
-	Gene Therapy	24
-	Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology	24
142	Carbohydrate Research	23
-	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C-Toxicology & Pharmacology	23
-	Photochemistry and Photobiology	23
-	FEBS Open Bio	23
-	Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	23
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms	23
-	Chemical Biology & Drug Design	23
-	Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica	23
-	Apoptosis	23
151	Journal of Structural Biology	22
-	Nitric Oxide-Biology and Chemistry	22
-	Peptides	22
-	RSC Medicinal Chemistry	22
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Proteins and Proteomics	22
-	Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry	22
-	Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	22
158	Journal of Molecular Neuroscience	21
-	Chemistry & Biodiversity	21
-	DNA and Cell Biology	21
-	Journal of Cellular Biochemistry	21
-	Chemistry and Physics of Lipids	21
-	Molecular Carcinogenesis	21
-	Current Opinion in Lipidology	21
-	Epigenetics	21
-	Acta Crystallographica Section D-Structural Biology	21
167	Biometals	20
-	Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design	20
-	Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology	20
-	Fish Physiology and Biochemistry	20
-	Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications	20
172	Cell Biochemistry and Function	19
-	Journal of Zhejiang University-Science B	19
-	Molecular and Cellular Probes	19
-	Nucleic Acid Therapeutics	19

-	Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids	19
-	Amyloid-Journal of Protein Folding Disorders	19
-	Free Radical Research	19
-	Metallomics	19
-	Molecular Biotechnology	19
-	Addiction Biology	19
182	Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy	18
-	Biotechniques	18
-	Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry	18
-	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology	18
-	Biochemistry-Moscow	18
-	Molecular Genetics and Genomics	18
188	Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry	17
-	Current Protein & Peptide Science	17
-	Steroids	17
-	Biochemistry and Cell Biology	17
-	Journal of Biochemistry	17
-	Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry	17
-	Biomedical Chromatography	17
-	Prostaglandins & Other Lipid Mediators	17
-	International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics	17
197	Molecular Omics	16
-	Current Genomics	16
-	Protein Expression and Purification	16
-	Glycoconjugate Journal	16
-	Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics	16
-	Current Drug Metabolism	16
-	Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology	16
-	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education	16
-	Journal of Chemical Ecology	16
206	Mammalian Genome	15
-	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	15
-	Biopolymers	15
-	Journal of Membrane Biology	15
-	Molecular Reproduction and Development	15
-	Current Molecular Pharmacology	15
-	Transgenic Research	15
213	Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction	14
-	Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability	14
-	Extremophiles	14
-	Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology	14
-	Genes & Genomics	14
-	Journal of Molecular Evolution	14
-	Biochemical Genetics	14
-	Innate Immunity	14
-	Yeast	14
222	Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research	13
-	Journal of Liposome Research	13
-	Journal of Peptide Science	13
-	Cellular and Molecular Biology	13
-	Protein and Peptide Letters	13
-	Journal of Molecular Recognition	13
-	Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology	13
-	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B-Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	13
-	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology D-Genomics & Proteomics	13
-	Current Issues in Molecular Biology	13
-	Biocatalysis and Biotransformation	13
-	Insect Molecular Biology	13
234	Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Section C-A Journal of Biosciences	12
-	Channels	12
-	Protein Journal	12
-	Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry	12
-	International Journal of Genomics	12
-	Journal of Biomolecular Nmr	12
240	Lipids	11
-	Chromosome Research	11
-	Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology	11
-	Peptide Science	11
244	Molecular Biology	10
-	Genetics and Molecular Biology	10
-	Nucleosides Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids	10
247	Chromosoma	9
-	Chemoecology	9
-	Doklady Biochemistry and Biophysics	9
-	Protein Engineering Design & Selection	9
251	Acta Biochimica Polonica	8
-	Acta Crystallographica Section F-Structural Biology Communications	8
-	Hemoglobin	8
254	Turkish Journal of Biochemistry-Turk Biyokimya Dergisi	7
-	Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology	7
-	Genes & Genetic Systems	7
257	Prion	6
-	Current Proteomics	6
-	Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry	6
260	Molecular Genetics Microbiology and Virology	5
261	Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology	3
262	Trace Elements and Electrolytes	2