New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Cell62.415
2 Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy60.890
3 Experimental and Molecular Medicine50.016
4 Molecular Cancer45.255
5 Nature Medicine41.686
6 Annual Review of Biochemistry37.258
7 Nucleic Acids Research32.171
8 Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters31.937
9 Progress in Lipid Research30.513
10 Molecular Cell26.481
11 Molecular Plant25.292
12 EMBO Journal23.884
13 Cell Death and Differentiation22.987
14 Redox Biology20.691
15 Molecular Aspects of Medicine20.046
16 Molecular Medicine19.172
17 Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews18.681
18 Molecular Psychiatry16.933
19 Essays in Biochemistry16.402
20 International Journal of Biological Sciences16.091
21 Plant Cell15.594
22 Nature Chemical Biology15.426
23 Trends in Microbiology15.422
24 EMBO Reports15.153
25 Molecular Systems Biology14.939
26 Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences14.765
27 Nature Structural & Molecular Biology14.535
28 Current Opinion in Structural Biology14.483
29 Natural Product Reports14.344
30 Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology14.339
31 Current Opinion in Chemical Biology14.291
32 Cell Systems13.813
33 Journal of Integrative Plant Biology13.766
34 Trends in Molecular Medicine13.656
35 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer13.516
36 Antioxidants13.439
37 Antioxidants & Redox Signaling13.409
38 Trends in Biochemical Sciences13.336
39 Cell Chemical Biology12.317
40 Molecular Biology and Evolution11.818
41 Oncogene11.749
42 Cell and Bioscience11.558
43 Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry11.395
44 Current Biology11.069
45 Biochemical Journal10.786
46 Genome Research10.674
47 Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry10.600
48 International Journal of Biological Macromolecules10.565
49 Apoptosis10.513
50 Nucleic Acid Therapeutics10.351
51 Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications10.332
52 International Journal of Molecular Sciences9.859
53 International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics9.843
54 Bioelectrochemistry9.839
55 Molecules9.768
56 Biomolecules9.417
57 Chromosome Research9.395
58 Protein Science9.387
59 Journal of Molecular Biology9.275
60 Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry9.263
61 Food & Function9.221
62 Matrix Biology9.205
63 Chemico-Biological Interactions9.134
64 Science Signaling9.069
65 Biochemical Society Transactions9.038
66 Molecular Ecology Resources8.997
67 Journal of Genetics and Genomics8.813
68 Biomacromolecules8.706
69 Process Biochemistry8.628
70 Progress in Biophysics & Molecular Biology8.451
71 Neurochemistry International8.426
- Genes & Diseases8.426
73 Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal8.410
74 Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences8.403
75 Methods8.392
76 Biomedical Journal8.320
77 Amino Acids8.206
78 Amyloid-Journal of Protein Folding Disorders8.165
79 Plant Science8.037
80 Journal of Molecular Neuroscience7.914
81 Metabolites7.860
82 Open Biology7.843
83 Journal of Food Biochemistry7.730
84 Biofactors7.587
85 Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution7.546
86 Biomedicines7.475
87 Acta Crystallographica Section D-Structural Biology7.431
88 Molecular Ecology7.398
89 Biological Trace Element Research7.377
90 RNA7.332
91 RNA Biology7.249
92 Bioorganic Chemistry7.245
93 Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology7.133
94 ACS Chemical Biology7.129
95 Lipids in Health and Disease7.084
96 Cytokine7.040
97 Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry7.035
98 Structure6.993
99 Plant Molecular Biology6.921
100 Channels6.912
101 Phytochemistry6.893
102 Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B-Biology6.886
103 Neurochemical Research6.738
104 Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology6.733
105 Current Opinion in Lipidology6.613
106 Journal of Zhejiang University-Science B6.603
107 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Cell Research6.568
108 Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions6.555
109 Gene Therapy6.551
110 Human Molecular Genetics6.498
111 Macromolecular Bioscience6.471
112 FEBS Journal6.467
113 Current Molecular Pharmacology6.402
114 Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology6.400
115 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Basis of Disease6.394
116 Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology6.354
117 Epigenetics6.351
118 Bioconjugate Chemistry6.349
- Biometals6.349
120 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C-Toxicology & Pharmacology6.298
121 Bioscience Reports6.284
122 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Biomembranes6.283
123 ACS Chemical Neuroscience6.280
124 Glycoconjugate Journal6.180
125 European Journal of Human Genetics6.165
126 Nitric Oxide-Biology and Chemistry6.155
127 Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry6.114
128 Journal of Liposome Research6.020
129 Journal of Molecular Graphics & Modelling6.018
130 Analytical Biochemistry5.942
131 Peptides5.811
132 Free Radical Biology and Medicine5.746
133 Proteins-Structure Function and Bioinformatics5.700
134 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms5.633
135 Chromosoma5.618
136 Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability5.589
137 Biochimie5.570
138 International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology5.522
139 Current Medicinal Chemistry5.517
140 Molecular Immunology5.504
141 Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology5.481
142 Current Genomics5.469
143 Innate Immunity5.438
144 Journal of Structural Biology5.402
145 Journal of Neurochemistry5.332
146 Journal of Membrane Biology5.317
147 Molecular Microbiology5.290
148 Protein Engineering Design & Selection5.288
149 American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology5.228
150 Journal of Lipid Research5.222
151 Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy5.220
152 Molecular Biology Reports5.118
153 Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics5.023
154 Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids4.995
155 Chemical Biology & Drug Design4.969
156 Biophysical Chemistry4.917
157 Molecular and Cellular Probes4.876
158 Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design4.862
159 FEBS Letters4.833
160 Free Radical Research4.788
161 Journal of Cellular Biochemistry4.725
162 Biological Chemistry4.635
163 Extremophiles4.591
164 Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry4.582
165 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-General Subjects4.528
166 Addiction Biology4.527
167 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids4.516
168 Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology4.475
169 Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology4.440
170 Biochemistry4.432
171 Journal of Molecular Modeling4.427
172 Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics4.378
173 Fish Physiology and Biochemistry4.340
174 DNA and Cell Biology4.330
175 Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology4.313
176 Proteomics4.301
177 RSC Medicinal Chemistry4.279
178 Cell Biochemistry and Function4.254
179 Photochemistry and Photobiology4.245
180 BioEssays4.212
181 Journal of Molecular Recognition4.120
182 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B-Biochemistry & Molecular Biology4.117
183 Molecular Biotechnology4.107
184 Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications4.097
185 Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences4.090
186 IUBMB Life4.086
187 ChemBioChem4.066
188 Journal of Biomolecular Nmr4.043
189 Molecular Carcinogenesis4.020
- Chemistry and Physics of Lipids4.020
191 Molecular Reproduction and Development4.013
192 Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics3.988
193 Molecular Genetics and Genomics3.978
194 Biochemistry and Cell Biology3.935
195 Mammalian Genome3.929
196 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology3.881
197 Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica3.860
198 Biotechniques3.802
199 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Proteins and Proteomics3.782
200 Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry3.753
201 Prostaglandins & Other Lipid Mediators3.751
202 FEBS Open Bio3.711
203 Journal of Molecular Evolution3.705
204 Insect Molecular Biology3.634
205 Journal of Biological Chemistry3.540
206 Current Protein & Peptide Science3.525
207 Carbohydrate Research3.516
208 Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology3.477
209 Molecular Omics3.418
210 Journal of Biochemistry3.414
211 Biochemical Systematics and Ecology3.389
212 Prion3.345
213 Chemistry & Biodiversity3.340
214 Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research3.327
215 Current Drug Metabolism3.194
216 Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology3.187
217 Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology3.164
218 Genes & Genomics3.117
219 Transgenic Research3.063
220 Biochemistry-Moscow2.991
221 Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction2.933
222 Yeast2.918
223 Protein Expression and Purification2.912
224 Journal of Chemical Ecology2.870
225 Genetics and Molecular Biology2.764
226 Protein Journal2.738
227 Biocatalysis and Biotransformation2.684
228 Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Section C-A Journal of Biosciences2.661
229 International Journal of Genomics2.657
- Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology2.657
231 Biomedical Chromatography2.631
232 Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry2.583
233 Protein and Peptide Letters2.485
234 Chemoecology2.426
235 Steroids2.344
- Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology D-Genomics & Proteomics2.344
237 Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry2.230
238 Biochemical Genetics2.216
239 Biopolymers2.157
240 FASEB Journal2.116
241 Molecular Biology2.067
242 Cellular and Molecular Biology1.998
243 Genes & Genetic Systems1.984
244 Journal of Peptide Science1.928
245 Nucleosides Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids1.759
246 Lipids1.750
247 Hemoglobin1.675
248 Peptide Science1.657
249 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education1.635
250 Acta Crystallographica Section F-Structural Biology Communications1.608
251 Acta Biochimica Polonica1.504
252 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Bioenergetics1.346
253 Doklady Biochemistry and Biophysics1.262
254 Current Proteomics1.039
255 Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology1.024
256 Trace Elements and Electrolytes0.826
257 Molecular Genetics Microbiology and Virology0.651
258 Turkish Journal of Biochemistry-Turk Biyokimya Dergisi0.269
259 Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology0.080
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