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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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Cell68.058
2 Nature Medicine40.931
3 Experimental and Molecular Medicine40.574
4 Molecular Cancer38.657
5 Annual Review of Biochemistry37.238
6 Nucleic Acids Research28.993
7 Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters28.697
8 Progress in Lipid Research27.390
9 Molecular Cell26.019
10 EMBO Journal24.315
11 Molecular Plant23.535
12 Cell Death and Differentiation22.037
13 Molecular Aspects of Medicine18.162
14 Molecular Psychiatry18.063
15 Molecular Medicine17.797
16 Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews17.774
17 Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology17.712
18 Molecular Systems Biology16.328
19 Trends in Microbiology16.039
20 Nature Structural & Molecular Biology15.539
21 Essays in Biochemistry15.290
22 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer15.002
23 Nature Chemical Biology14.779
24 Plant Cell14.273
25 Trends in Biochemical Sciences14.266
26 EMBO Reports14.240
27 Current Opinion in Structural Biology13.952
28 International Journal of Biological Sciences13.741
29 Current Opinion in Chemical Biology13.705
30 Trends in Molecular Medicine13.470
31 Natural Product Reports13.147
32 Antioxidants & Redox Signaling12.861
33 Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences12.839
34 Oncogene12.456
35 Journal of Integrative Plant Biology12.452
36 Genome Research11.986
37 Current Biology10.968
38 Biochemical Journal10.917
39 Molecular Biology and Evolution10.781
40 Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry10.371
41 International Journal of Biological Macromolecules9.920
42 Apoptosis9.898
43 Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry9.789
44 Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications9.644
45 Journal of Molecular Biology9.643
46 Bioelectrochemistry9.564
47 International Journal of Molecular Sciences9.473
48 Molecular Ecology Resources9.167
49 Molecules9.075
50 Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry9.012
51 Protein Science8.982
52 Biochemical Society Transactions8.940
53 Science Signaling8.823
54 Matrix Biology8.811
55 Journal of Genetics and Genomics8.780
56 Neurochemistry International8.724
57 Biomacromolecules8.719
58 Chemico-Biological Interactions8.677
59 Methods8.423
60 Amino Acids8.263
61 Progress in Biophysics & Molecular Biology8.132
- Process Biochemistry8.132
63 International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics8.088
64 Plant Science8.021
65 Molecular Ecology7.929
66 Food & Function7.895
67 Bioorganic Chemistry7.806
68 FEBS Journal7.757
69 RNA7.754
70 Chromosome Research7.681
71 Journal of Food Biochemistry7.654
72 RNA Biology7.524
73 Amyloid-Journal of Protein Folding Disorders7.366
74 Journal of Structural Biology7.324
75 Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal7.313
76 Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution7.307
77 ACS Chemical Biology7.286
78 Journal of Molecular Neuroscience7.248
79 Structure7.173
80 Biofactors7.164
81 Plant Molecular Biology6.989
82 Cytokine6.979
83 Neurochemical Research6.864
84 Biometals6.767
85 Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry6.761
86 Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B-Biology6.739
87 Human Molecular Genetics6.718
88 Journal of Zhejiang University-Science B6.682
89 Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions6.593
90 Phytochemistry6.551
91 Bioconjugate Chemistry6.462
92 Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology6.455
93 Gene Therapy6.430
94 Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology6.394
95 Proteins-Structure Function and Bioinformatics6.393
96 ACS Chemical Neuroscience6.359
97 Current Opinion in Lipidology6.305
98 Lipids in Health and Disease6.302
99 Bioscience Reports6.207
100 Channels6.192
101 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Cell Research6.189
102 Macromolecular Bioscience6.171
103 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Biomembranes6.116
104 Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology6.033
105 Glycoconjugate Journal6.028
106 European Journal of Human Genetics5.982
107 Journal of Molecular Graphics & Modelling5.970
108 Biological Trace Element Research5.958
109 Molecular Immunology5.944
110 Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry5.937
111 Nitric Oxide-Biology and Chemistry5.901
112 Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design5.896
113 Epigenetics5.854
114 Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology5.852
115 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Basis of Disease5.819
116 Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology5.780
117 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C-Toxicology & Pharmacology5.772
118 International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology5.698
119 Peptides5.694
120 Free Radical Biology and Medicine5.667
121 Journal of Neurochemistry5.593
122 Analytical Biochemistry5.451
123 Biochimie5.450
124 Journal of Liposome Research5.411
125 Current Molecular Pharmacology5.364
126 Innate Immunity5.338
127 Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics5.302
128 Current Medicinal Chemistry5.139
129 Journal of Membrane Biology5.132
- American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology5.132
131 Journal of Lipid Research5.088
132 Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy4.927
133 Chemical Biology & Drug Design4.922
134 Chemistry and Physics of Lipids4.907
135 Molecular Biology Reports4.876
136 Molecular Microbiology4.874
137 Journal of Biological Chemistry4.860
138 Chromosoma4.855
139 Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology4.840
140 IUBMB Life4.794
141 Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry4.788
142 Current Genomics4.784
143 Biochemistry4.782
144 Free Radical Research4.776
145 Addiction Biology4.758
146 Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids4.745
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids4.745
148 Biophysical Chemistry4.712
149 Molecular and Cellular Probes4.706
150 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-General Subjects4.694
151 Extremophiles4.671
152 DNA and Cell Biology4.636
153 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms4.632
- Protein Engineering Design & Selection4.632
155 Biological Chemistry4.602
156 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Proteins and Proteomics4.568
157 FEBS Letters4.557
158 Mammalian Genome4.554
159 Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology4.463
160 Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry4.438
161 Journal of Biomolecular Nmr4.364
162 Photochemistry and Photobiology4.290
163 Fish Physiology and Biochemistry4.252
164 Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications4.227
165 BioEssays4.192
166 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B-Biochemistry & Molecular Biology4.105
167 Journal of Molecular Recognition4.096
168 Journal of Molecular Modeling4.095
169 Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics4.033
170 Transgenic Research4.022
171 Proteomics4.007
172 ChemBioChem3.934
173 Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology3.896
174 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology3.841
175 Journal of Molecular Evolution3.828
176 Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica3.827
177 Journal of Cellular Biochemistry3.818
178 Steroids3.802
179 Molecular Carcinogenesis3.792
180 Molecular Genetics and Genomics3.778
181 Biochemistry and Cell Biology3.770
182 Molecular Reproduction and Development3.754
- Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences3.754
184 Molecular Biotechnology3.706
185 Cell Biochemistry and Function3.656
186 Carbohydrate Research3.481
187 Biotechniques3.437
188 Insect Molecular Biology3.342
189 Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction3.333
190 Current Drug Metabolism3.321
191 Prostaglandins & Other Lipid Mediators3.270
192 Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology3.269
193 Journal of Chemical Ecology3.267
194 Journal of Biochemistry3.242
195 Biochemical Systematics and Ecology3.241
196 Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics3.205
197 Chemistry & Biodiversity3.148
198 Prion3.146
199 Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology3.122
200 Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology3.068
201 Current Protein & Peptide Science3.058
202 Genes & Genomics2.938
203 Protein Expression and Purification2.891
204 Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research2.856
205 Protein Journal2.822
206 Biocatalysis and Biotransformation2.808
207 Biochemistry-Moscow2.741
208 Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology2.566
209 Biomedical Chromatography2.483
210 Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Section C-A Journal of Biosciences2.477
211 Yeast2.470
212 Protein and Peptide Letters2.401
213 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology D-Genomics & Proteomics2.389
214 Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry2.357
215 Chemoecology2.262
216 FASEB Journal2.168
217 Genetics and Molecular Biology2.155
218 Biochemical Genetics2.081
219 Biopolymers2.023
220 Molecular Biology1.970
221 Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry1.952
222 Genes & Genetic Systems1.913
223 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education1.848
224 Nucleosides Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids1.831
225 Journal of Peptide Science1.752
226 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Bioenergetics1.738
227 Lipids1.702
228 Cellular and Molecular Biology1.558
229 Hemoglobin1.521
230 Acta Biochimica Polonica1.285
231 Doklady Biochemistry and Biophysics1.201
232 Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology0.918
233 Current Proteomics0.866
234 Turkish Journal of Biochemistry-Turk Biyokimya Dergisi0.800
235 Trace Elements and Electrolytes0.659
236 Molecular Genetics Microbiology and Virology0.583
237 Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology0.092
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