New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 International Journal of Molecular Sciences58406
2 Molecules26184
3 Biomedicines12630
4 Antioxidants7259
5 Biomolecules7164
6 Nucleic Acids Research5498
7 Free Radical Biology and Medicine4728
8 Molecular Biology Reports4527
9 Chemistry & Biodiversity4237
10 Metabolites3888
11 Bioorganic Chemistry3775
12 Current Biology3689
13 FASEB Journal3603
14 Food & Function3014
15 Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences2923
16 Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics2854
17 Nature Medicine2797
18 Biomacromolecules2502
19 ChemBioChem2125
20 Cell2059
21 Molecular Psychiatry2038
22 Redox Biology1884
23 Current Medicinal Chemistry1879
24 Molecular Ecology1835
25 Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal1807
26 Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology1754
27 Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology1749
28 Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology1732
29 Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy1719
30 Chemico-Biological Interactions1713
31 Genes & Diseases1659
32 FEBS Journal1653
33 ACS Chemical Neuroscience1652
34 Protein Science1631
35 Journal of Molecular Modeling1627
36 Molecular Cell1605
37 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Basis of Disease1571
38 Journal of Molecular Biology1569
39 Plant Science1565
40 Biochemistry1517
41 Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry1508
42 Oncogene1464
43 International Journal of Biological Sciences1414
44 Phytochemistry1379
45 Process Biochemistry1341
46 Lipids in Health and Disease1331
47 Plant Cell1329
48 Cellular and Molecular Biology1313
49 Journal of Neurochemistry1265
50 Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry1263
51 RSC Medicinal Chemistry1242
52 ACS Chemical Biology1237
53 FEBS Letters1212
54 Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics1192
55 Nature Chemical Biology1191
56 Molecular Biology and Evolution1184
57 Neurochemical Research1155
58 Biochemical Genetics1136
59 Carbohydrate Research1104
60 Molecular Cancer1095
61 Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences1090
62 Journal of Molecular Graphics & Modelling1081
63 Journal of Integrative Plant Biology1076
64 Molecular Biotechnology1040
65 Nature Structural & Molecular Biology1037
66 European Journal of Human Genetics1017
67 Journal of Biological Chemistry1000
- Biological Trace Element Research1000
- Biomedical Chromatography1000
70 Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry995
71 Cytokine983
- Bioconjugate Chemistry983
73 Analytical Biochemistry981
74 Macromolecular Bioscience978
75 Chemical Biology & Drug Design956
76 Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica953
77 Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology916
78 FEBS Open Bio888
79 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C-Toxicology & Pharmacology887
- Biochimie887
81 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Bioenergetics885
82 Bioelectrochemistry884
83 Proteomics865
84 Molecular Immunology864
85 Journal of Food Biochemistry825
86 Structure824
87 Molecular Plant802
88 Human Molecular Genetics790
89 Journal of Lipid Research785
90 Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology784
91 Cell and Bioscience777
92 Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution775
93 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer773
94 Trends in Microbiology768
95 Cell Death and Differentiation758
96 Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology752
97 Genome Research751
98 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Cell Research746
99 Current Opinion in Structural Biology722
100 Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B-Biology714
101 Molecular Carcinogenesis698
- Journal of Genetics and Genomics698
103 Proteins-Structure Function and Bioinformatics697
104 BioEssays681
105 Molecular Ecology Resources677
106 Biochemistry-Moscow674
107 American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology669
108 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology D-Genomics & Proteomics668
109 Bioscience Reports649
110 Biochemical Systematics and Ecology647
111 Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology645
- Biochemical Society Transactions645
113 Cell Chemical Biology641
114 Apoptosis638
- Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry638
116 Fish Physiology and Biochemistry630
117 Photochemistry and Photobiology627
118 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-General Subjects625
119 Cell Biochemistry and Function621
120 Trends in Molecular Medicine620
121 Trends in Biochemical Sciences610
122 Neurochemistry International604
123 Science Signaling591
124 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology576
125 Molecular Microbiology573
126 Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences569
127 Protein Expression and Purification556
128 RNA555
129 Journal of Cellular Biochemistry549
- Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry549
131 Molecular Genetics and Genomics539
132 Biochemical Journal511
133 Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology507
134 Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology505
135 Antioxidants & Redox Signaling498
136 Biophysical Chemistry495
137 Open Biology490
138 Genes & Genomics483
139 Cell Systems474
140 Addiction Biology471
141 EMBO Reports466
142 Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology458
143 Natural Product Reports457
144 EMBO Journal451
145 Steroids446
146 Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions437
147 Plant Molecular Biology436
148 IUBMB Life433
149 Peptides432
150 Biofactors431
151 Biometals425
152 Journal of Biochemistry419
153 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids415
154 Journal of Peptide Science409
155 Molecular Biology408
156 International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology402
157 Biomedical Journal393
158 Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics382
159 Current Opinion in Chemical Biology371
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education371
161 Nitric Oxide-Biology and Chemistry370
162 Journal of Structural Biology369
163 Nucleosides Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids366
164 RNA Biology365
- Journal of Zhejiang University-Science B365
166 Acta Crystallographica Section D-Structural Biology362
167 Doklady Biochemistry and Biophysics354
168 Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology352
169 Protein and Peptide Letters346
170 Epigenetics339
171 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B-Biochemistry & Molecular Biology330
172 Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design328
173 Molecular Reproduction and Development325
174 Current Protein & Peptide Science324
175 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Biomembranes319
176 Molecular Systems Biology318
177 Molecular Omics316
178 Insect Molecular Biology311
179 Matrix Biology303
180 Biopolymers299
181 Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry294
- Mammalian Genome294
183 Essays in Biochemistry289
184 Current Drug Metabolism288
185 Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology285
186 Gene Therapy277
187 Progress in Biophysics & Molecular Biology272
188 Prostaglandins & Other Lipid Mediators266
189 Journal of Molecular Evolution263
190 Biological Chemistry260
191 Yeast257
192 Current Molecular Pharmacology256
- Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews256
194 Hemoglobin252
195 Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy247
196 Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research244
197 International Journal of Genomics241
- Biotechniques241
199 Biochemistry and Cell Biology239
200 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Proteins and Proteomics237
- Amyloid-Journal of Protein Folding Disorders237
202 Protein Journal235
203 Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology233
204 Genetics and Molecular Biology223
205 Journal of Molecular Recognition218
- Free Radical Research218
207 Acta Crystallographica Section F-Structural Biology Communications213
- Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Section C-A Journal of Biosciences213
209 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms211
210 Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability209
211 Molecular and Cellular Probes206
212 Lipids201
213 Molecular Aspects of Medicine200
214 Current Opinion in Lipidology186
215 Chemistry and Physics of Lipids184
216 Amino Acids181
217 Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids180
218 Current Proteomics174
219 Biocatalysis and Biotransformation173
220 Peptide Science169
221 Molecular Genetics Microbiology and Virology168
- Journal of Liposome Research168
223 Extremophiles163
224 Transgenic Research161
225 Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology155
226 Glycoconjugate Journal153
- Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications153
228 Current Genomics143
229 Nucleic Acid Therapeutics137
230 Journal of Membrane Biology134
231 Journal of Molecular Neuroscience132
232 Genes & Genetic Systems111
- Progress in Lipid Research111
234 Channels102
235 Journal of Biomolecular Nmr98
236 Molecular Medicine89
237 Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction82
238 Trace Elements and Electrolytes79
239 Annual Review of Biochemistry78
240 Protein Engineering Design & Selection73
241 Innate Immunity71
242 Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry67
243 Chromosoma61
244 Chemoecology60
245 Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters59
246 Prion55
247 Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology52
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