New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(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 Average citations
1 Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy73.619
2 Cell66.132
3 Molecular Cancer44.266
4 Nature Medicine43.880
5 Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters38.017
6 Annual Review of Biochemistry36.359
7 Nucleic Acids Research31.167
8 EMBO Journal29.049
9 Progress in Lipid Research27.333
10 Molecular Plant26.893
11 Molecular Cell24.713
12 Redox Biology23.991
13 Molecular Medicine23.169
14 Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews21.504
15 Molecular Aspects of Medicine20.060
16 EMBO Reports18.764
17 Cell Death and Differentiation18.235
18 Molecular Psychiatry16.825
19 Plant Cell16.810
20 Trends in Microbiology16.780
21 Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences16.714
22 Nature Chemical Biology16.324
23 Nature Structural & Molecular Biology15.931
24 Current Opinion in Chemical Biology15.717
25 Essays in Biochemistry15.498
26 Current Opinion in Structural Biology15.229
27 Trends in Molecular Medicine15.206
28 Antioxidants15.137
29 Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology15.096
30 International Journal of Biological Sciences14.581
31 Trends in Biochemical Sciences14.467
32 Cell Chemical Biology14.078
33 Molecular Systems Biology13.893
34 Antioxidants & Redox Signaling13.695
35 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer13.674
36 Journal of Integrative Plant Biology13.566
37 Molecular Biology and Evolution13.136
38 Natural Product Reports12.840
39 Cell Systems12.399
40 Cell and Bioscience11.873
41 Oncogene11.733
42 Genome Research11.302
43 Apoptosis11.158
44 Molecules11.139
45 International Journal of Molecular Sciences10.887
46 Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry10.763
47 Matrix Biology10.571
48 Biochemical Society Transactions10.521
49 Current Biology10.443
50 Biomolecules10.288
51 Nucleic Acid Therapeutics10.066
52 Chemico-Biological Interactions10.053
53 Science Signaling9.868
54 Current Molecular Pharmacology9.730
55 Biological Trace Element Research9.668
56 Protein Science9.605
57 Process Biochemistry9.418
58 Bioelectrochemistry9.229
59 Biomacromolecules8.956
60 Lipids in Health and Disease8.929
61 Journal of Genetics and Genomics8.890
62 Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry8.885
63 Metabolites8.865
64 Molecular Ecology Resources8.821
65 Progress in Biophysics & Molecular Biology8.732
66 Food & Function8.719
67 Biomedical Journal8.702
68 Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences8.538
69 Genes & Diseases8.453
70 Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal8.387
71 Journal of Molecular Biology8.364
72 Biomedicines8.363
73 Channels8.314
74 Acta Crystallographica Section D-Structural Biology8.169
75 Journal of Molecular Neuroscience8.045
76 Neurochemistry International7.993
77 Epigenetics7.959
78 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Basis of Disease7.935
79 Amino Acids7.873
80 Structure7.777
81 Amyloid-Journal of Protein Folding Disorders7.692
82 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Cell Research7.688
83 Plant Science7.678
84 Open Biology7.580
85 Biochemical Journal7.544
86 Current Opinion in Lipidology7.532
87 Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry7.490
88 Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution7.366
89 Bioorganic Chemistry7.365
90 Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability7.263
91 Journal of Lipid Research7.200
92 Molecular Ecology7.142
93 Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology7.119
94 Journal of Zhejiang University-Science B7.079
95 Gene Therapy7.036
96 Neurochemical Research7.000
97 Human Molecular Genetics6.968
98 Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology6.966
99 RNA Biology6.929
100 Biofactors6.905
101 ACS Chemical Neuroscience6.809
102 Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology6.795
103 Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B-Biology6.787
104 Macromolecular Bioscience6.745
105 Cytokine6.728
106 Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions6.652
107 Phytochemistry6.640
108 RNA6.614
109 American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology6.556
110 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms6.493
111 Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics6.474
112 Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy6.457
113 Current Genomics6.399
114 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C-Toxicology & Pharmacology6.393
115 Bioconjugate Chemistry6.383
116 European Journal of Human Genetics6.329
117 Protein Engineering Design & Selection6.288
118 ACS Chemical Biology6.257
119 Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology6.187
120 Bioscience Reports6.176
121 Journal of Neurochemistry6.153
122 Analytical Biochemistry6.152
123 Biometals6.120
124 International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology6.107
125 Journal of Food Biochemistry6.067
126 Journal of Membrane Biology6.060
127 Molecular and Cellular Probes6.049
128 Biochimie5.923
129 Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology5.907
130 Free Radical Biology and Medicine5.830
131 Journal of Liposome Research5.810
132 Molecular Biotechnology5.768
133 Peptides5.718
134 Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics5.709
135 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Biomembranes5.671
136 Plant Molecular Biology5.670
137 Nitric Oxide-Biology and Chemistry5.589
138 Molecular Microbiology5.490
139 Journal of Molecular Graphics & Modelling5.468
140 Glycoconjugate Journal5.438
141 RSC Medicinal Chemistry5.432
142 BioEssays5.413
143 Proteomics5.308
144 Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics5.295
145 Chromosoma5.246
146 FASEB Journal5.229
147 Journal of Structural Biology5.214
148 FEBS Journal5.201
149 Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry5.173
150 Journal of Cellular Biochemistry5.164
151 Current Medicinal Chemistry5.142
152 Innate Immunity5.127
153 Proteins-Structure Function and Bioinformatics5.076
154 Biological Chemistry5.058
155 Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology5.048
156 Chemical Biology & Drug Design5.020
157 Journal of Molecular Modeling5.006
158 Molecular Biology Reports4.982
159 Cell Biochemistry and Function4.945
160 Molecular Immunology4.944
161 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-General Subjects4.933
162 Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology4.840
163 Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry4.775
164 Prostaglandins & Other Lipid Mediators4.759
165 Molecular Carcinogenesis4.706
166 Biochemistry4.678
167 FEBS Letters4.662
168 Insect Molecular Biology4.595
169 Fish Physiology and Biochemistry4.563
170 Steroids4.558
171 Journal of Molecular Evolution4.544
172 Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids4.528
173 Free Radical Research4.495
174 ChemBioChem4.480
175 Journal of Biomolecular Nmr4.469
176 Journal of Molecular Recognition4.450
177 Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology4.401
178 Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica4.378
179 Chemistry and Physics of Lipids4.370
180 Protein and Peptide Letters4.315
181 Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences4.299
182 Extremophiles4.276
183 Prion4.273
184 Biotechniques4.232
185 Biophysical Chemistry4.188
186 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids4.181
187 Photochemistry and Photobiology4.163
188 Carbohydrate Research4.071
189 IUBMB Life4.048
- Chemistry & Biodiversity4.048
191 Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design4.003
192 Addiction Biology3.994
193 Biochemical Systematics and Ecology3.810
194 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology3.809
195 Current Protein & Peptide Science3.787
196 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B-Biochemistry & Molecular Biology3.785
197 Protein Journal3.774
198 Molecular Reproduction and Development3.708
199 Journal of Biochemistry3.663
200 Transgenic Research3.627
201 FEBS Open Bio3.568
202 Molecular Omics3.557
203 Biochemistry and Cell Biology3.552
204 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Proteins and Proteomics3.544
205 Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research3.512
206 Current Drug Metabolism3.497
207 Journal of Biological Chemistry3.488
208 Molecular Genetics and Genomics3.451
209 Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications3.418
210 Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry3.393
211 Mammalian Genome3.364
212 Biochemistry-Moscow3.346
213 Yeast3.323
214 Genes & Genomics3.315
215 Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Section C-A Journal of Biosciences3.164
216 Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology3.152
217 Journal of Peptide Science3.034
218 Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology3.019
219 Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology2.909
220 Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction2.878
221 Biopolymers2.742
222 Protein Expression and Purification2.710
223 Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology2.633
224 Biochemical Genetics2.628
225 Biomedical Chromatography2.592
226 Cellular and Molecular Biology2.391
227 Biocatalysis and Biotransformation2.376
228 Genetics and Molecular Biology2.283
229 Genes & Genetic Systems2.207
- Peptide Science2.207
231 Molecular Biology2.184
232 Chemoecology2.083
233 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology D-Genomics & Proteomics2.037
234 Nucleosides Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids2.005
235 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education1.933
236 Acta Crystallographica Section F-Structural Biology Communications1.873
237 International Journal of Genomics1.859
238 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Bioenergetics1.680
239 Lipids1.617
240 Current Proteomics1.586
241 Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry1.552
242 Doklady Biochemistry and Biophysics1.540
243 Hemoglobin1.437
244 Trace Elements and Electrolytes1.228
245 Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology1.201
246 Molecular Genetics Microbiology and Virology0.613
247 Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology0.116
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