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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Cell62.433
2 Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy56.194
3 Molecular Cancer41.492
4 Experimental and Molecular Medicine40.976
5 Nature Medicine40.784
6 Annual Review of Biochemistry32.871
7 Nucleic Acids Research30.564
8 Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters30.409
9 Progress in Lipid Research27.517
10 Molecular Cell26.955
11 EMBO Journal24.858
12 Molecular Plant24.537
13 Cell Death and Differentiation23.181
14 Redox Biology20.813
15 Molecular Aspects of Medicine18.905
16 Molecular Medicine18.763
17 Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews17.663
18 Molecular Psychiatry17.636
19 Molecular Systems Biology16.338
20 Trends in Microbiology16.290
21 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer15.514
22 Essays in Biochemistry15.383
23 Nature Structural & Molecular Biology15.326
24 Nature Chemical Biology15.275
25 International Journal of Biological Sciences15.120
26 EMBO Reports14.855
27 Plant Cell14.841
28 Cell Systems14.728
29 Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology14.643
30 Current Opinion in Structural Biology14.242
31 Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences13.750
32 Trends in Biochemical Sciences13.708
33 Trends in Molecular Medicine13.677
34 Natural Product Reports13.659
35 Current Opinion in Chemical Biology13.456
36 Journal of Integrative Plant Biology13.184
37 Antioxidants13.062
38 Antioxidants & Redox Signaling12.980
39 Oncogene11.784
40 Cell Chemical Biology11.774
41 Molecular Biology and Evolution11.211
42 Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry11.040
43 Cell and Bioscience11.022
44 Genome Research11.018
45 Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry11.000
46 Current Biology10.857
47 Biochemical Journal10.734
48 Apoptosis10.480
49 Nucleic Acid Therapeutics10.353
50 Bioelectrochemistry10.065
51 International Journal of Biological Macromolecules10.063
52 Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications9.792
53 International Journal of Molecular Sciences9.704
54 Journal of Molecular Biology9.642
55 Molecules9.461
56 Protein Science9.453
57 Journal of Genetics and Genomics9.370
58 Chemico-Biological Interactions9.330
59 Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry9.288
60 Biomolecules9.266
61 International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics9.220
62 Science Signaling9.189
63 Molecular Ecology Resources9.055
64 Biochemical Society Transactions9.014
65 Neurochemistry International8.891
66 Biomacromolecules8.782
67 Matrix Biology8.627
68 Process Biochemistry8.592
69 Food & Function8.590
70 Methods8.568
71 Progress in Biophysics & Molecular Biology8.431
72 Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences8.408
73 Biomedical Journal8.383
74 Amino Acids8.314
75 Chromosome Research8.167
76 Genes & Diseases8.112
77 Plant Science8.041
78 Journal of Molecular Neuroscience7.921
79 Open Biology7.918
80 Acta Crystallographica Section D-Structural Biology7.895
81 Amyloid-Journal of Protein Folding Disorders7.855
82 Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal7.835
83 Journal of Food Biochemistry7.824
84 Metabolites7.703
85 Molecular Ecology7.653
86 Biofactors7.599
87 RNA7.587
88 Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution7.528
89 Bioorganic Chemistry7.505
90 Biomedicines7.381
91 RNA Biology7.340
92 ACS Chemical Biology7.267
93 Structure7.096
94 Cytokine7.052
95 Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry7.004
96 Biological Trace Element Research6.913
97 FEBS Journal6.863
98 Neurochemical Research6.842
99 Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B-Biology6.816
100 Lipids in Health and Disease6.773
101 Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology6.722
102 Plant Molecular Biology6.679
103 Biometals6.670
104 Phytochemistry6.640
105 Human Molecular Genetics6.631
106 Current Opinion in Lipidology6.621
107 Channels6.616
108 Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions6.581
109 Gene Therapy6.557
110 Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology6.440
111 Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology6.356
112 ACS Chemical Neuroscience6.338
113 Bioconjugate Chemistry6.294
114 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Cell Research6.262
115 Macromolecular Bioscience6.252
116 Journal of Zhejiang University-Science B6.251
117 Bioscience Reports6.188
118 Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology6.187
119 Glycoconjugate Journal6.183
120 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C-Toxicology & Pharmacology6.164
121 Proteins-Structure Function and Bioinformatics6.145
122 Nitric Oxide-Biology and Chemistry6.143
123 Peptides6.068
124 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Biomembranes6.056
125 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Basis of Disease6.012
126 Epigenetics5.997
127 Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry5.941
128 Free Radical Biology and Medicine5.933
129 European Journal of Human Genetics5.881
130 Current Molecular Pharmacology5.863
131 Journal of Molecular Graphics & Modelling5.850
132 Journal of Liposome Research5.735
133 Journal of Structural Biology5.720
134 Analytical Biochemistry5.685
135 Molecular Immunology5.616
136 Journal of Lipid Research5.596
137 Journal of Neurochemistry5.553
138 International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology5.507
139 Innate Immunity5.447
140 Biochimie5.440
141 Current Medicinal Chemistry5.424
142 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms5.342
143 Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics5.274
144 Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology5.195
145 Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability5.171
146 Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design5.127
147 American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology5.112
148 Journal of Membrane Biology5.111
149 Chromosoma5.075
150 Molecular Microbiology5.071
151 Molecular Biology Reports5.024
152 Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy5.012
153 Molecular and Cellular Probes5.000
154 Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids4.957
155 Protein Engineering Design & Selection4.915
156 Chemical Biology & Drug Design4.883
157 Current Genomics4.859
158 Extremophiles4.800
159 Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry4.784
160 FEBS Letters4.744
161 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids4.727
162 Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology4.692
163 DNA and Cell Biology4.686
164 Chemistry and Physics of Lipids4.682
165 Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology4.666
166 Biophysical Chemistry4.662
167 Addiction Biology4.660
168 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-General Subjects4.652
169 Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry4.591
170 Biochemistry4.576
171 Journal of Cellular Biochemistry4.555
172 Free Radical Research4.553
173 Biological Chemistry4.524
174 IUBMB Life4.482
175 Journal of Molecular Modeling4.377
176 Fish Physiology and Biochemistry4.352
177 Proteomics4.336
178 Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology4.233
179 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B-Biochemistry & Molecular Biology4.205
180 Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics4.201
181 BioEssays4.185
182 Journal of Biological Chemistry4.168
183 Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications4.153
184 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Proteins and Proteomics4.069
185 Photochemistry and Photobiology4.062
186 Molecular Reproduction and Development4.032
187 Journal of Molecular Evolution4.017
188 Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences4.013
189 ChemBioChem4.010
190 Mammalian Genome4.004
191 Cell Biochemistry and Function3.992
192 Journal of Biomolecular Nmr3.990
193 Steroids3.985
194 Journal of Molecular Recognition3.963
195 Molecular Carcinogenesis3.962
196 RSC Medicinal Chemistry3.937
197 Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica3.887
198 Molecular Genetics and Genomics3.872
199 FEBS Open Bio3.865
200 Molecular Biotechnology3.854
201 Biochemistry and Cell Biology3.779
202 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology3.761
203 Biotechniques3.651
204 Carbohydrate Research3.608
205 Insect Molecular Biology3.571
206 Current Drug Metabolism3.500
207 Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics3.487
208 Prostaglandins & Other Lipid Mediators3.458
209 Journal of Biochemistry3.395
210 Biochemical Systematics and Ecology3.356
211 Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology3.334
212 Chemistry & Biodiversity3.265
213 Journal of Chemical Ecology3.255
214 Prion3.250
215 Molecular Omics3.243
216 Current Protein & Peptide Science3.241
217 Transgenic Research3.193
218 Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology3.146
219 Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology3.137
220 Genes & Genomics3.132
221 Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research3.114
222 Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction3.000
223 International Journal of Genomics2.987
224 Protein Expression and Purification2.815
225 Biochemistry-Moscow2.805
226 Protein Journal2.747
227 Yeast2.717
228 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology D-Genomics & Proteomics2.584
229 Biomedical Chromatography2.573
230 Biocatalysis and Biotransformation2.556
- Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology2.556
232 Genetics and Molecular Biology2.510
233 Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry2.500
- Protein and Peptide Letters2.500
235 Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Section C-A Journal of Biosciences2.493
236 FASEB Journal2.185
237 Molecular Biology2.101
238 Biochemical Genetics2.086
239 Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry2.080
240 Biopolymers2.078
241 Chemoecology2.077
242 Genes & Genetic Systems1.984
243 Journal of Peptide Science1.856
244 Cellular and Molecular Biology1.831
245 Nucleosides Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids1.799
246 Lipids1.648
247 Acta Crystallographica Section F-Structural Biology Communications1.594
248 Hemoglobin1.582
249 Peptide Science1.573
250 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education1.569
251 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Bioenergetics1.470
252 Acta Biochimica Polonica1.375
253 Doklady Biochemistry and Biophysics1.231
254 Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology1.012
255 Current Proteomics0.951
256 Trace Elements and Electrolytes0.753
257 Molecular Genetics Microbiology and Virology0.606
258 Turkish Journal of Biochemistry-Turk Biyokimya Dergisi0.200
259 Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology0.084
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