New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 International Journal of Molecular Sciences58713
2 International Journal of Biological Macromolecules29781
3 Molecules26690
4 Biomedicines12647
5 Journal of Biological Chemistry9327
6 FASEB Journal8662
7 Antioxidants7369
8 Biomolecules7089
9 Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications5817
10 Nucleic Acids Research5477
11 Molecular Biology Reports4399
12 Free Radical Biology and Medicine4328
13 Chemistry & Biodiversity4107
14 Metabolites3924
15 Current Biology3692
16 Bioorganic Chemistry3584
17 Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences3075
18 Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics2896
19 Food & Function2856
20 Nature Medicine2765
21 Biomacromolecules2455
22 ChemBioChem2105
23 Molecular Psychiatry2032
24 Cell2009
25 Redox Biology1860
26 Current Medicinal Chemistry1829
27 Molecular Ecology1828
28 Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology1752
29 Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal1742
30 Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology1729
31 Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy1683
32 Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology1659
33 ACS Chemical Neuroscience1646
34 Chemico-Biological Interactions1626
35 FEBS Journal1625
36 Journal of Molecular Biology1615
37 Journal of Molecular Modeling1602
38 Molecular Cell1592
39 Protein Science1583
40 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Basis of Disease1562
41 Plant Science1550
42 Genes & Diseases1547
43 Biochemistry1533
44 Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry1510
45 Oncogene1460
46 Cellular and Molecular Biology1388
47 Phytochemistry1361
48 Process Biochemistry1348
49 Plant Cell1319
50 International Journal of Biological Sciences1312
51 Lipids in Health and Disease1301
52 Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry1273
53 ACS Chemical Biology1248
54 Journal of Neurochemistry1232
55 Biomedical Chromatography1220
56 FEBS Letters1213
57 Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences1212
58 Molecular Biology and Evolution1189
59 Nature Chemical Biology1187
60 RSC Medicinal Chemistry1185
61 Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics1176
62 Neurochemical Research1148
63 Biochemical Genetics1115
64 Biological Trace Element Research1091
65 Molecular Cancer1082
66 Cytokine1081
67 Carbohydrate Research1067
68 Molecular Biotechnology1051
69 Journal of Integrative Plant Biology1048
70 Nature Structural & Molecular Biology1025
71 Journal of Molecular Graphics & Modelling1001
72 Analytical Biochemistry996
73 European Journal of Human Genetics994
- Macromolecular Bioscience994
75 Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry990
76 Bioconjugate Chemistry969
77 Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica945
78 Chemical Biology & Drug Design932
79 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Bioenergetics918
80 Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology915
81 Bioelectrochemistry892
82 FEBS Open Bio879
83 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C-Toxicology & Pharmacology878
84 Proteomics876
85 Biochimie873
86 Journal of Food Biochemistry870
87 Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry860
- Molecular Immunology860
89 Structure816
90 Human Molecular Genetics812
91 Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution800
92 Molecular Plant796
93 Cell and Bioscience787
94 Journal of Lipid Research777
95 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer771
96 Methods769
97 Trends in Microbiology761
98 Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology757
99 Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology752
100 Genome Research740
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Cell Research740
102 Cell Death and Differentiation736
103 Biochemistry-Moscow710
- Current Opinion in Structural Biology710
105 Proteins-Structure Function and Bioinformatics706
- American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology706
107 Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B-Biology702
108 Molecular Carcinogenesis698
109 Cell Biochemistry and Function694
- BioEssays694
111 Molecular Ecology Resources693
112 Journal of Genetics and Genomics687
113 Bioscience Reports660
114 Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry648
115 Biochemical Systematics and Ecology642
116 Cell Chemical Biology637
117 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology D-Genomics & Proteomics633
118 Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology628
119 Biochemical Society Transactions624
120 Photochemistry and Photobiology622
121 Trends in Molecular Medicine614
122 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-General Subjects610
123 Fish Physiology and Biochemistry606
124 Apoptosis602
125 Trends in Biochemical Sciences597
126 Neurochemistry International594
- Science Signaling594
128 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology578
- Molecular Microbiology578
130 Journal of Cellular Biochemistry576
131 Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry569
132 Protein Expression and Purification549
133 RNA548
134 EMBO Reports527
135 Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences525
136 Molecular Genetics and Genomics513
137 Antioxidants & Redox Signaling509
- Biochemical Journal509
139 Open Biology498
140 Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology494
141 Genes & Genomics493
142 Biophysical Chemistry489
143 EMBO Journal488
144 Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology480
145 Addiction Biology465
146 Steroids462
147 Cell Systems461
148 Peptides452
149 Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology447
150 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Biomembranes445
151 Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions444
152 Plant Molecular Biology440
- IUBMB Life440
154 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids426
155 Biofactors424
156 Biometals420
157 International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology419
158 Natural Product Reports418
159 Journal of Biochemistry416
160 Molecular Biology412
161 Journal of Peptide Science394
162 Biomedical Journal390
163 Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics388
164 Nucleosides Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids375
165 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education371
166 Current Opinion in Chemical Biology367
167 Journal of Structural Biology364
168 RNA Biology360
- Acta Crystallographica Section D-Structural Biology360
170 Journal of Zhejiang University-Science B357
- Doklady Biochemistry and Biophysics357
- Protein and Peptide Letters357
173 Epigenetics353
174 Journal of Chemical Ecology350
175 Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology347
176 Molecular Omics337
177 Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design335
178 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B-Biochemistry & Molecular Biology325
179 Molecular Reproduction and Development324
180 Current Protein & Peptide Science314
181 Molecular Systems Biology311
- Matrix Biology311
183 Biopolymers308
184 Insect Molecular Biology307
185 Current Drug Metabolism295
186 DNA and Cell Biology293
187 Nitric Oxide-Biology and Chemistry290
188 Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry286
189 Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology285
190 Mammalian Genome276
191 Gene Therapy275
192 Essays in Biochemistry264
193 Current Molecular Pharmacology263
194 Prostaglandins & Other Lipid Mediators260
195 Biological Chemistry259
196 Yeast258
197 Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews257
- Progress in Biophysics & Molecular Biology257
- Journal of Molecular Evolution257
200 Molecular Aspects of Medicine254
201 Hemoglobin253
202 Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research251
203 Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy247
204 Protein Journal246
205 Biotechniques243
206 Biochemistry and Cell Biology238
207 Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology233
208 Amyloid-Journal of Protein Folding Disorders229
209 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Proteins and Proteomics225
210 International Journal of Genomics224
211 Journal of Molecular Recognition223
212 Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Section C-A Journal of Biosciences218
213 Free Radical Research217
214 Acta Crystallographica Section F-Structural Biology Communications210
215 Molecular and Cellular Probes208
216 Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability207
217 Acta Biochimica Polonica205
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms205
219 Genetics and Molecular Biology200
220 Lipids194
- Amino Acids194
222 Current Opinion in Lipidology190
223 Chemistry and Physics of Lipids187
224 Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids176
- Biocatalysis and Biotransformation176
226 Peptide Science174
227 Transgenic Research169
228 Journal of Molecular Neuroscience167
- Current Proteomics167
230 Molecular Genetics Microbiology and Virology166
231 Journal of Liposome Research164
232 Extremophiles163
233 Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology155
234 Glycoconjugate Journal154
235 Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications148
236 Current Genomics138
- Journal of Membrane Biology138
238 Nucleic Acid Therapeutics133
239 Molecular Medicine120
240 Annual Review of Biochemistry116
241 Genes & Genetic Systems114
242 Progress in Lipid Research104
243 Channels101
244 Journal of Biomolecular Nmr97
245 Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction83
246 Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters79
247 Trace Elements and Electrolytes76
248 Innate Immunity73
249 Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry71
250 Protein Engineering Design & Selection70
251 Chemoecology63
252 Chromosoma62
253 Prion57
254 Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology51
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