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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Cell	174
2	Nature Medicine	169
3	International Journal of Molecular Sciences	153
4	Nucleic Acids Research	134
5	Molecules	109
6	International Journal of Biological Macromolecules	100
7	Molecular Cancer	93
8	Molecular Cell	89
9	Molecular Psychiatry	72
10	Molecular Plant	67
11	Current Biology	64
12	Nature Chemical Biology	63
13	Free Radical Biology and Medicine	60
14	Plant Cell	58
15	Cell Death and Differentiation	57
16	Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences	55
17	EMBO Journal	54
-	International Journal of Biological Sciences	54
-	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	54
20	Journal of Biological Chemistry	53
21	Journal of Molecular Biology	52
22	Trends in Microbiology	51
23	Oncogene	50
-	Bioorganic Chemistry	50
25	Journal of Integrative Plant Biology	49
26	Trends in Biochemical Sciences	48
27	FEBS Journal	47
28	Current Opinion in Structural Biology	46
29	Biomacromolecules	44
-	Trends in Molecular Medicine	44
-	EMBO Reports	44
32	Food & Function	42
-	Genome Research	42
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer	42
35	Molecular Biology and Evolution	41
-	Annual Review of Biochemistry	41
37	Natural Product Reports	40
-	Chemico-Biological Interactions	40
-	Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal	40
40	Molecular Ecology	39
-	Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications	39
-	Molecular Biology Reports	39
43	Antioxidants & Redox Signaling	38
44	Cytokine	37
-	Process Biochemistry	37
46	Current Opinion in Chemical Biology	36
-	FASEB Journal	36
-	Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology	36
-	Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters	36
-	Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews	36

51	Molecular Aspects of Medicine	35
-	Current Medicinal Chemistry	35
-	ACS Chemical Biology	35
-	Biochemical Journal	35
-	Protein Science	35
-	Molecular Medicine	35
-	Experimental and Molecular Medicine	35
-	ACS Chemical Neuroscience	35
59	Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry	34
-	Plant Science	34
-	Science Signaling	34
-	Methods	34
-	Molecular Ecology Resources	34
64	Molecular Systems Biology	33
-	Bioelectrochemistry	33
-	Neurochemistry International	33
-	Essays in Biochemistry	33
-	Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry	33
-	Progress in Lipid Research	33
70	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Basis of Disease	32
-	Biochemistry	32
-	Journal of Food Biochemistry	32
-	Biological Trace Element Research	32
74	Journal of Genetics and Genomics	31
-	Structure	31
-	Bioscience Reports	31
-	Lipids in Health and Disease	31
-	ChemBioChem	31
-	Biochemical Society Transactions	31
-	Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics	31
-	Phytochemistry	31
-	Proteins-Structure Function and Bioinformatics	31
83	Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry	30
-	Molecular Immunology	30
-	Neurochemical Research	30
-	European Journal of Human Genetics	30
-	Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology	30
-	Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry	30
89	Journal of Molecular Modeling	29
-	Journal of Neurochemistry	29
91	Macromolecular Bioscience	28
-	Chemical Biology & Drug Design	28
-	FEBS Letters	28
-	Human Molecular Genetics	28
-	American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology	28
-	Apoptosis	28
-	Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics	28
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Cell Research	28
-	RNA	28
100	Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology	27
-	Biochimie	27
-	Journal of Molecular Graphics & Modelling	27
-	Chemistry & Biodiversity	27
-	Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution	27
-	Bioconjugate Chemistry	27
106	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B-Biology	26
-	Analytical Biochemistry	26
-	Biofactors	26
-	Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications	26
-	Plant Molecular Biology	26
111	Progress in Biophysics & Molecular Biology	25
-	Proteomics	25
-	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C-Toxicology & Pharmacology	25
114	Molecular Biotechnology	24
115	Biometals	23
-	Carbohydrate Research	23
-	Amino Acids	23
-	Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology	23
-	RNA Biology	23
-	Journal of Structural Biology	23
-	Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions	23
-	Journal of Cellular Biochemistry	23
123	Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	22
-	Matrix Biology	22
-	Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	22
-	Journal of Zhejiang University-Science B	22
-	Gene Therapy	22
-	IUBMB Life	22
-	BioEssays	22
-	Peptides	22
131	Nitric Oxide-Biology and Chemistry	21
-	Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica	21
-	International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology	21
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Biomembranes	21
-	Journal of Lipid Research	21
-	Photochemistry and Photobiology	21
-	Journal of Molecular Neuroscience	21
-	Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology	21
139	Molecular Carcinogenesis	20
-	Molecular Microbiology	20
-	Addiction Biology	20
-	Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry	20
-	Cell Biochemistry and Function	20
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-General Subjects	20
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids	20
146	Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	19
-	Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology	19
-	Biophysical Chemistry	19
-	Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry	19
-	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology	19
-	Current Molecular Pharmacology	19
-	Current Opinion in Lipidology	19
153	Epigenetics	18
-	Biomedical Chromatography	18
-	Fish Physiology and Biochemistry	18
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Bioenergetics	18
-	Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences	18
158	Journal of Molecular Recognition	17
-	DNA and Cell Biology	17
-	Glycoconjugate Journal	17
-	Mammalian Genome	17
-	Molecular Reproduction and Development	17
-	Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy	17
164	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B-Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	16
-	Molecular Genetics and Genomics	16
-	Free Radical Research	16
-	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	16
-	Biochemistry-Moscow	16
-	Molecular and Cellular Probes	16
-	Amyloid-Journal of Protein Folding Disorders	16
171	Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics	15
-	Chemistry and Physics of Lipids	15
-	Current Drug Metabolism	15
-	Current Protein & Peptide Science	15
-	International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics	15

-	Journal of Chemical Ecology	15
-	Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design	15
-	Journal of Membrane Biology	15
-	Biological Chemistry	15
-	Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids	15
-	Protein Expression and Purification	15
-	Steroids	15
183	Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology	14
-	Genes & Genomics	14
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Proteins and Proteomics	14
-	Journal of Molecular Evolution	14
-	Yeast	14
-	Transgenic Research	14
-	Extremophiles	14
-	Insect Molecular Biology	14
-	Biochemical Genetics	14
-	Journal of Biochemistry	14
-	Prostaglandins & Other Lipid Mediators	14
194	Biotechniques	13
-	Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology	13
-	Biochemistry and Cell Biology	13
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms	13
-	Cellular and Molecular Biology	13
-	Molecular Biology	13
-	Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry	13
-	Journal of Liposome Research	13
-	Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry	13
203	Channels	12
-	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology D-Genomics & Proteomics	12
-	Current Genomics	12
-	Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research	12
-	Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology	12
208	Biopolymers	11
-	Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology	11
-	Journal of Biomolecular Nmr	11
-	Protein and Peptide Letters	11
-	Journal of Peptide Science	11
-	Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction	11
-	Chromosoma	11
-	Innate Immunity	11
-	Protein Journal	11
217	Chromosome Research	10
-	Nucleosides Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids	10
-	Genetics and Molecular Biology	10
-	Biocatalysis and Biotransformation	10
-	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education	10
-	Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Section C-A Journal of Biosciences	10
223	Lipids	9
-	Doklady Biochemistry and Biophysics	9
-	Hemoglobin	9
-	Protein Engineering Design & Selection	9
227	Chemoecology	8
-	Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology	8
229	Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry	7
-	Genes & Genetic Systems	7
231	Prion	6
-	Current Proteomics	6
-	Acta Biochimica Polonica	6
234	Molecular Genetics Microbiology and Virology	4
235	Trace Elements and Electrolytes	3
236	Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology	2
-	Turkish Journal of Biochemistry-Turk Biyokimya Dergisi	2