Biochemistry & Molecular Biology: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The 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	Papers
1	International Journal of Molecular Sciences	60249
2	Molecules	29480
3	International Journal of Biological Macromolecules	26129
4	Biomedicines	12446
5	Journal of Biological Chemistry	9292
6	FASEB Journal	8246
7	Antioxidants	7934
8	Biomolecules	7228
9	Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications	5639
10	Nucleic Acids Research	5228
11	Free Radical Biology and Medicine	4346
12	Molecular Biology Reports	4232
13	Metabolites	4114
14	Current Biology	3763
15	Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences	3723
16	Bioorganic Chemistry	3480
17	Chemistry & Biodiversity	3453
18	Food & Function	3367
19	Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics	3298
20	Nature Medicine	2610
21	Biomacromolecules	2268
22	ChemBioChem	2057
23	Cell	1976
24	Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal	1932
25	Molecular Ecology	1906
26	Molecular Psychiatry	1878
27	Current Medicinal Chemistry	1877
28	Redox Biology	1677
29	Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology	1663
30	ACS Chemical Neuroscience	1644
31	FEBS Journal	1637
32	Molecular Cell	1634
33	Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy	1629
34	Cellular and Molecular Biology	1613
35	Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences	1588
36	Journal of Molecular Biology	1587
37	Journal of Molecular Modeling	1586
38	Biological Trace Element Research	1573
39	Chemico-Biological Interactions	1569
40	Biochemistry	1529
41	Oncogene	1526
42	Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry	1521
43	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Basis of Disease	1474
44	Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology	1445
45	Process Biochemistry	1435
46	Phytochemistry	1403
47	Protein Science	1369
48	International Journal of Biological Sciences	1364
49	Plant Cell	1338
50	Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology	1336

51	Plant Science	1304
52	ACS Chemical Biology	1296
53	Genes & Diseases	1233
54	Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry	1190
55	FEBS Letters	1182
56	Cytokine	1168
57	Lipids in Health and Disease	1153
58	Nature Chemical Biology	1135
59	Journal of Neurochemistry	1121
60	Biomedical Chromatography	1119
61	Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics	1112
62	Molecular Biology and Evolution	1110
63	Neurochemical Research	1087
64	Molecular Biotechnology	1082
65	Analytical Biochemistry	1076
66	RSC Medicinal Chemistry	1065
67	Journal of Food Biochemistry	1054
68	Biochemical Genetics	1048
69	Macromolecular Bioscience	1016
70	Molecular Cancer	1001
71	Human Molecular Genetics	991
72	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	985
73	European Journal of Human Genetics	972
74	Bioconjugate Chemistry	958
75	Carbohydrate Research	954
76	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Bioenergetics	945
77	Chemical Biology & Drug Design	943
78	Molecular Immunology	919
79	Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology	915
80	Proteomics	905
81	Journal of Molecular Graphics & Modelling	904
82	Bioelectrochemistry	901
83	Journal of Integrative Plant Biology	899
84	FEBS Open Bio	891
85	Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution	881
86	Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica	873
87	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C-Toxicology & Pharmacology	859
88	Biochimie	856
89	American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology	855
90	Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry	854
91	Structure	804
92	Molecular Plant	799
93	Proteins-Structure Function and Bioinformatics	786
94	Cell and Bioscience	783
95	Bioscience Reports	782
96	Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry	776
97	Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology	773
98	Methods	767
99	EMBO Reports	760
100	Trends in Microbiology	749
101	Current Opinion in Structural Biology	739
102	BioEssays	735
103	Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology	730
104	Biochemical Society Transactions	727
105	Molecular Ecology Resources	722
106	Genome Research	718
107	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Cell Research	711
108	Cell Death and Differentiation	706
109	EMBO Journal	692
110	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer	689
111	Journal of Cellular Biochemistry	686
112	Biochemistry-Moscow	682
113	Photochemistry and Photobiology	678
114	Molecular Carcinogenesis	677
115	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B-Biology	670
116	Molecular Microbiology	662
117	Cell Chemical Biology	654
118	Journal of Lipid Research	653
119	Journal of Genetics and Genomics	648
120	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-General Subjects	646
121	Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry	640
122	Neurochemistry International	634
123	Trends in Molecular Medicine	622
124	Science Signaling	620
125	Cell Biochemistry and Function	619
126	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology	610
127	Trends in Biochemical Sciences	582
-	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	582
129	Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	574
130	Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry	568
131	Fish Physiology and Biochemistry	551
132	Antioxidants & Redox Signaling	549
133	Protein Expression and Purification	545
134	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Biomembranes	539
-	Open Biology	539
136	RNA	530
137	Biophysical Chemistry	529
138	Biochemical Journal	527
139	Peptides	515
140	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology D-Genomics & Proteomics	512
141	Genes & Genomics	491
142	Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions	485
143	Addiction Biology	476
144	International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology	473
-	IUBMB Life	473
146	Steroids	471
147	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids	466
148	Biomedical Journal	462
149	Apoptosis	460
150	Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology	458
151	Natural Product Reports	457
152	Current Opinion in Chemical Biology	456
153	Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology	453
154	Molecular Genetics and Genomics	452
-	Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences	452
156	Plant Molecular Biology	449
157	Journal of Biochemistry	446
158	Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	444
159	Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics	439
160	Biofactors	436
161	Protein and Peptide Letters	418
162	Cell Systems	415
163	Journal of Peptide Science	409
164	Nucleosides Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids	403
-	RNA Biology	403
166	Biometals	394
167	Acta Crystallographica Section D-Structural Biology	392
168	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education	390
169	Journal of Structural Biology	382
170	Molecular Biology	376
171	Epigenetics	374
172	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B-Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	371
173	Journal of Zhejiang University-Science B	354
174	DNA and Cell Biology	350
175	Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology	348

176	Molecular Omics	338
-	Doklady Biochemistry and Biophysics	338
178	Current Drug Metabolism	336
179	Current Molecular Pharmacology	335
180	Journal of Chemical Ecology	330
-	Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy	330
182	Insect Molecular Biology	324
183	Progress in Biophysics & Molecular Biology	320
-	Current Protein & Peptide Science	320
185	Molecular Reproduction and Development	312
186	Amino Acids	309
-	Biological Chemistry	309
188	Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology	305
189	Nitric Oxide-Biology and Chemistry	301
190	Biopolymers	295
-	Essays in Biochemistry	295
192	Acta Biochimica Polonica	293
193	Journal of Molecular Neuroscience	292
194	Yeast	290
195	Molecular Systems Biology	287
196	Matrix Biology	284
197	Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry	281
198	Biotechniques	278
199	Gene Therapy	273
-	Prostaglandins & Other Lipid Mediators	273
201	Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research	271
202	Protein Journal	265
203	Molecular Aspects of Medicine	263
-	Biochemistry and Cell Biology	263
205	Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications	260
206	Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews	255
207	Mammalian Genome	252
208	Genetics and Molecular Biology	247
209	Molecular Medicine	245
210	Hemoglobin	244
211	Journal of Molecular Recognition	243
212	Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology	237
213	Journal of Molecular Evolution	234
214	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Proteins and Proteomics	232
215	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms	228
216	Free Radical Research	226
217	Molecular and Cellular Probes	224
-	Acta Crystallographica Section F-Structural Biology Communications	224
219	Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design	220
220	Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Section C-A Journal of Biosciences	219
221	Amyloid-Journal of Protein Folding Disorders	214
222	Current Opinion in Lipidology	211
-	Chemistry and Physics of Lipids	211
224	Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids	209
225	Current Proteomics	184
226	Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability	181
227	Glycoconjugate Journal	180
228	Peptide Science	178
229	Transgenic Research	176
230	Current Genomics	170
231	Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology	168
232	Journal of Membrane Biology	162
-	Lipids	162
234	Biocatalysis and Biotransformation	160
-	Extremophiles	160
236	International Journal of Genomics	156
237	Journal of Liposome Research	151
238	Nucleic Acid Therapeutics	150
239	Molecular Genetics Microbiology and Virology	142
240	Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters	132
241	Genes & Genetic Systems	127
242	International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics	118
-	Progress in Lipid Research	118
244	Journal of Biomolecular Nmr	97
245	Annual Review of Biochemistry	93
-	Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction	93
247	Channels	86
248	Trace Elements and Electrolytes	85
249	Experimental and Molecular Medicine	82
250	Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry	80
251	Innate Immunity	76
252	Protein Engineering Design & Selection	71
253	Chromosoma	67
254	Chemoecology	65
255	Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	56
256	Prion	52
257	Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry	48
258	Chromosome Research	42
259	Turkish Journal of Biochemistry-Turk Biyokimya Dergisi	35