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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Cell176
2 Nature Medicine173
3 International Journal of Molecular Sciences151
4 Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy149
5 Nucleic Acids Research134
6 Molecules108
7 International Journal of Biological Macromolecules100
8 Molecular Cancer90
9 Antioxidants89
10 Molecular Cell88
11 Redox Biology81
12 Biomolecules74
13 Molecular Psychiatry71
14 Molecular Plant67
- Biomedicines67
- Current Biology67
17 Nature Chemical Biology64
18 Free Radical Biology and Medicine61
19 Plant Cell59
20 Cell Death and Differentiation58
21 Nature Structural & Molecular Biology54
- Journal of Molecular Biology54
- Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences54
24 Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences53
- EMBO Journal53
- Trends in Microbiology53
27 Oncogene52
28 International Journal of Biological Sciences51
- Bioorganic Chemistry51
- Journal of Biological Chemistry51
31 FEBS Journal50
32 Metabolites48
- Trends in Biochemical Sciences48
- Journal of Integrative Plant Biology48
35 Trends in Molecular Medicine44
- Biomacromolecules44
- Current Opinion in Structural Biology44
- EMBO Reports44
39 Cell Systems43
40 Genome Research42
41 Cell Chemical Biology41
- Molecular Biology and Evolution41
- Food & Function41
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer41
45 Annual Review of Biochemistry40
46 Experimental and Molecular Medicine39
- Genes & Diseases39
- Natural Product Reports39
- Chemico-Biological Interactions39
- Molecular Biology Reports39
51 Molecular Ecology38
- Antioxidants & Redox Signaling38
- Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications38
- Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal38
55 Cytokine37
- Cell and Bioscience37
- Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters37
58 Process Biochemistry36
- ACS Chemical Neuroscience36
- ACS Chemical Biology36
61 Current Opinion in Chemical Biology35
- Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology35
- Biochemical Journal35
- Molecular Systems Biology35
- Protein Science35
- Methods35
- Molecular Medicine35
- Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews35
- FASEB Journal35
70 Molecular Aspects of Medicine34
- Current Medicinal Chemistry34
- Plant Science34
- Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry34
- Molecular Ecology Resources34
75 Neurochemistry International33
- Science Signaling33
77 Progress in Lipid Research32
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Basis of Disease32
- Bioelectrochemistry32
- Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry32
- Journal of Food Biochemistry32
- Essays in Biochemistry32
- Biochemistry32
- ChemBioChem32
85 Structure31
- Lipids in Health and Disease31
- Biological Trace Element Research31
- Journal of Genetics and Genomics31
- Biochemical Society Transactions31
90 Open Biology30
- Phytochemistry30
- Proteins-Structure Function and Bioinformatics30
- Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics30
- Bioscience Reports30
- Molecular Immunology30
- Neurochemical Research30
- Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology30
- Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry30
- European Journal of Human Genetics30
100 Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry29
- Journal of Neurochemistry29
- Journal of Molecular Modeling29
- Macromolecular Bioscience29
- Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics29
105 Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution28
- Human Molecular Genetics28
- Biochimie28
- Journal of Molecular Graphics & Modelling28
- Chemical Biology & Drug Design28
- American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology28
- RNA28
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Cell Research28
- FEBS Letters28
- Apoptosis28
115 Biomedical Journal27
- Bioconjugate Chemistry27
- Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology27
118 Biofactors26
- Proteomics26
- Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B-Biology26
- Chemistry & Biodiversity26
- Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C-Toxicology & Pharmacology26
123 Plant Molecular Biology25
- Progress in Biophysics & Molecular Biology25
- Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications25
- Analytical Biochemistry25
127 Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions24
- RNA Biology24
- FEBS Open Bio24
- Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology24
- Carbohydrate Research24
132 IUBMB Life23
- Journal of Cellular Biochemistry23
- Biometals23
- Molecular Biotechnology23
- BioEssays23
- Amino Acids23
138 Journal of Zhejiang University-Science B22
- RSC Medicinal Chemistry22
- Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology22
- Acta Crystallographica Section D-Structural Biology22
- Gene Therapy22
143 Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology21
- International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology21
- Journal of Molecular Neuroscience21
- Journal of Structural Biology21
- Peptides21
- Photochemistry and Photobiology21
- Matrix Biology21
- Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology21
- Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica21
152 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Biomembranes20
- Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry20
- Molecular Carcinogenesis20
- Nitric Oxide-Biology and Chemistry20
- Nucleic Acid Therapeutics20
- Journal of Lipid Research20
- Addiction Biology20
159 Biophysical Chemistry19
- Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry19
- Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology19
- Molecular Microbiology19
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-General Subjects19
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids19
- Cell Biochemistry and Function19
- Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology19
- Current Opinion in Lipidology19
- Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology19
- Fish Physiology and Biochemistry19
170 Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences18
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Bioenergetics18
- Current Molecular Pharmacology18
- Epigenetics18
174 Molecular Reproduction and Development17
- Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy17
- Mammalian Genome17
- Molecular Genetics and Genomics17
- DNA and Cell Biology17
- Biomedical Chromatography17
180 Biochemistry-Moscow16
- Biological Chemistry16
- Chemistry and Physics of Lipids16
- Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B-Biochemistry & Molecular Biology16
- Amyloid-Journal of Protein Folding Disorders16
- Glycoconjugate Journal16
- Protein Expression and Purification16
- Journal of Molecular Recognition16
- Molecular and Cellular Probes16
189 Biochemical Systematics and Ecology15
- Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics15
- Current Protein & Peptide Science15
- Free Radical Research15
- Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids15
- Steroids15
- International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics15
- Journal of Chemical Ecology15
- Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design15
198 Prostaglandins & Other Lipid Mediators14
- Transgenic Research14
- Yeast14
- Journal of Biochemistry14
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Proteins and Proteomics14
- Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry14
- Current Drug Metabolism14
- Extremophiles14
- Genes & Genomics14
- Journal of Membrane Biology14
- Molecular Omics14
209 Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology13
- Biochemistry and Cell Biology13
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms13
- Journal of Liposome Research13
- Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability13
- Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology13
- Journal of Molecular Evolution13
- Biotechniques13
- Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology13
- Molecular Biology13
- Biochemical Genetics13
220 Protein Journal12
- Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry12
- Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research12
- Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology D-Genomics & Proteomics12
- Insect Molecular Biology12
- Biopolymers12
- Cellular and Molecular Biology12
227 Journal of Peptide Science11
- Channels11
- Chromosome Research11
- Protein and Peptide Letters11
- Innate Immunity11
- Journal of Biomolecular Nmr11
- Current Genomics11
234 Nucleosides Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids10
- Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction10
- Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology10
- International Journal of Genomics10
- Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology10
- Chromosoma10
240 Peptide Science9
- Protein Engineering Design & Selection9
- Genetics and Molecular Biology9
- Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Section C-A Journal of Biosciences9
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education9
- Lipids9
- Biocatalysis and Biotransformation9
- Hemoglobin9
248 Chemoecology8
- Acta Crystallographica Section F-Structural Biology Communications8
- Doklady Biochemistry and Biophysics8
251 Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry7
- Genes & Genetic Systems7
253 Acta Biochimica Polonica6
- Prion6
- Current Proteomics6
256 Molecular Genetics Microbiology and Virology4
257 Trace Elements and Electrolytes3
258 Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology2
- Turkish Journal of Biochemistry-Turk Biyokimya Dergisi2
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