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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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy184
2 Cell172
3 Nature Medicine170
4 International Journal of Molecular Sciences165
5 Nucleic Acids Research141
6 Molecules127
7 Molecular Cancer107
8 Antioxidants104
9 Redox Biology92
10 Molecular Cell84
11 Biomedicines81
- Biomolecules81
13 Molecular Psychiatry74
14 Molecular Plant68
15 Nature Chemical Biology66
16 Plant Cell65
17 Free Radical Biology and Medicine61
18 Current Biology59
19 International Journal of Biological Sciences58
20 Trends in Microbiology56
- EMBO Journal56
22 Nature Structural & Molecular Biology54
- Metabolites54
24 Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences53
- Journal of Integrative Plant Biology53
26 Cell Death and Differentiation51
27 Oncogene50
- Trends in Molecular Medicine50
29 Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences49
30 Genes & Diseases48
31 Chemico-Biological Interactions47
- Current Opinion in Structural Biology47
- Food & Function47
34 Trends in Biochemical Sciences46
35 Molecular Biology Reports45
- Bioorganic Chemistry45
- Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal45
38 Cell Chemical Biology44
39 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer43
- Biomacromolecules43
41 EMBO Reports42
42 Process Biochemistry41
- Journal of Molecular Biology41
- Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews41
45 Cell and Bioscience40
- Natural Product Reports40
- Molecular Biology and Evolution40
48 Lipids in Health and Disease39
49 Science Signaling38
- Antioxidants & Redox Signaling38
- Protein Science38
- Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry38
- Genome Research38
54 Current Opinion in Chemical Biology37
- FASEB Journal37
- Apoptosis37
57 Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry36
- Plant Science36
- Molecular Ecology36
60 Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology35
- Biochemical Society Transactions35
- Cell Systems35
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Basis of Disease35
64 Journal of Neurochemistry34
- FEBS Journal34
- Molecular Aspects of Medicine34
- ACS Chemical Neuroscience34
- Journal of Genetics and Genomics34
69 Progress in Lipid Research33
- Chemistry & Biodiversity33
- Molecular Ecology Resources33
- Essays in Biochemistry33
73 Biological Trace Element Research32
- Current Medicinal Chemistry32
75 Neurochemistry International31
- ChemBioChem31
- Molecular Systems Biology31
- Neurochemical Research31
- Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology31
- Structure31
- Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology31
- FEBS Letters31
- Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics31
- Bioelectrochemistry31
85 ACS Chemical Biology30
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Cell Research30
- RSC Medicinal Chemistry30
- Bioscience Reports30
- Macromolecular Bioscience30
90 Phytochemistry29
- Journal of Molecular Graphics & Modelling29
- European Journal of Human Genetics29
- Proteomics29
- Journal of Molecular Modeling29
- Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics29
96 Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry28
- Cytokine28
- Annual Review of Biochemistry28
- Human Molecular Genetics28
- Biochemistry28
- Journal of Food Biochemistry28
- Molecular Biotechnology28
- Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution28
- Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology28
105 Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters27
- Molecular Medicine27
- Bioconjugate Chemistry27
- Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry27
- Journal of Lipid Research27
- Biomedical Journal27
- Chemical Biology & Drug Design27
- Biochemical Journal27
113 BioEssays26
- Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B-Biology26
- Matrix Biology26
- Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C-Toxicology & Pharmacology26
- Biochimie26
- Biofactors26
119 Open Biology25
- American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology25
- Progress in Biophysics & Molecular Biology25
- RNA25
- Analytical Biochemistry25
- Journal of Biological Chemistry25
125 Proteins-Structure Function and Bioinformatics24
- Carbohydrate Research24
- Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica24
- Current Molecular Pharmacology24
129 RNA Biology23
- Journal of Zhejiang University-Science B23
- Biometals23
- Molecular Immunology23
- Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions23
- Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology23
135 Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry22
- FEBS Open Bio22
- International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology22
- Peptides22
- Molecular Microbiology22
- Gene Therapy22
- Journal of Cellular Biochemistry22
142 Cell Biochemistry and Function21
- Epigenetics21
- Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology21
- Nitric Oxide-Biology and Chemistry21
- Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology21
147 Plant Molecular Biology20
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-General Subjects20
- Photochemistry and Photobiology20
- Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics20
- Molecular Carcinogenesis20
- Acta Crystallographica Section D-Structural Biology20
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Biomembranes20
154 Journal of Structural Biology19
- Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology19
- Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability19
- Fish Physiology and Biochemistry19
- Biochemical Systematics and Ecology19
159 Steroids18
- IUBMB Life18
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Bioenergetics18
- Nucleic Acid Therapeutics18
- Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry18
- Addiction Biology18
165 Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences17
- Biomedical Chromatography17
- Current Protein & Peptide Science17
- Journal of Biochemistry17
- Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy17
- Channels17
- Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology17
- Current Genomics17
- Current Opinion in Lipidology17
- Amino Acids17
- Biochemistry-Moscow17
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms17
177 Journal of Peptide Science16
- Amyloid-Journal of Protein Folding Disorders16
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids16
- Protein and Peptide Letters16
- Journal of Molecular Recognition16
- Biophysical Chemistry16
- Molecular Genetics and Genomics16
- Molecular Reproduction and Development16
- Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design16
186 Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology15
- Yeast15
- Journal of Molecular Neuroscience15
- Molecular and Cellular Probes15
- Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology15
- Free Radical Research15
- Genes & Genomics15
- Biochemical Genetics15
- Journal of Molecular Evolution15
- Insect Molecular Biology15
- Biological Chemistry15
197 Journal of Liposome Research14
- Biopolymers14
- Biotechniques14
- Mammalian Genome14
- Current Drug Metabolism14
- Molecular Omics14
- Extremophiles14
- Glycoconjugate Journal14
- Protein Expression and Purification14
- Journal of Membrane Biology14
- Biochemistry and Cell Biology14
208 Prostaglandins & Other Lipid Mediators13
- Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research13
- Cellular and Molecular Biology13
- Molecular Biology13
- Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology13
- Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications13
- Chemistry and Physics of Lipids13
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Proteins and Proteomics13
216 Protein Journal12
- Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B-Biochemistry & Molecular Biology12
- Genetics and Molecular Biology12
- Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids12
- Transgenic Research12
- Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Section C-A Journal of Biosciences12
222 Protein Engineering Design & Selection11
- Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology D-Genomics & Proteomics11
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education11
- Journal of Biomolecular Nmr11
- Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology11
227 Nucleosides Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids10
- Chromosoma10
- International Journal of Genomics10
- Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology10
231 Peptide Science9
- Prion9
- Biocatalysis and Biotransformation9
- Innate Immunity9
- Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology9
236 Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction8
- Doklady Biochemistry and Biophysics8
- Lipids8
- Current Proteomics8
- Hemoglobin8
241 Genes & Genetic Systems7
242 Acta Crystallographica Section F-Structural Biology Communications6
- Chemoecology6
244 Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry5
245 Molecular Genetics Microbiology and Virology4
246 Trace Elements and Electrolytes2
- Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology2
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