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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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy184
2 Cell172
3 Nature Medicine170
4 International Journal of Molecular Sciences165
5 Nucleic Acids Research141
6 Molecules127
7 Molecular Cancer107
8 Antioxidants104
9 Redox Biology92
10 Molecular Cell84
11 Biomedicines81
- Biomolecules81
13 Molecular Psychiatry74
14 Molecular Plant68
15 Nature Chemical Biology66
16 Plant Cell65
17 Free Radical Biology and Medicine61
18 Current Biology59
19 International Journal of Biological Sciences58
20 EMBO Journal56
- Trends in Microbiology56
22 Nature Structural & Molecular Biology54
- Metabolites54
24 Journal of Integrative Plant Biology53
- Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences53
26 Cell Death and Differentiation51
27 Oncogene50
- Trends in Molecular Medicine50
29 Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences49
30 Genes & Diseases48
31 Chemico-Biological Interactions47
- Current Opinion in Structural Biology47
- Food & Function47
34 Trends in Biochemical Sciences46
35 Bioorganic Chemistry45
- Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal45
- Molecular Biology Reports45
38 Cell Chemical Biology44
39 Biomacromolecules43
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer43
41 EMBO Reports42
42 Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews41
- Process Biochemistry41
- Journal of Molecular Biology41
45 Molecular Biology and Evolution40
- Cell and Bioscience40
- Natural Product Reports40
48 Lipids in Health and Disease39
49 Genome Research38
- Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry38
- Science Signaling38
- Antioxidants & Redox Signaling38
- Protein Science38
54 Apoptosis37
- FASEB Journal37
- Current Opinion in Chemical Biology37
57 Molecular Ecology36
- Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry36
- Plant Science36
60 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Basis of Disease35
- Cell Systems35
- Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology35
- Biochemical Society Transactions35
64 Journal of Genetics and Genomics34
- Molecular Aspects of Medicine34
- ACS Chemical Neuroscience34
- Journal of Neurochemistry34
- FEBS Journal34
69 Essays in Biochemistry33
- Progress in Lipid Research33
- Chemistry & Biodiversity33
- Molecular Ecology Resources33
73 Biological Trace Element Research32
- Current Medicinal Chemistry32
75 Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics31
- Bioelectrochemistry31
- Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology31
- FEBS Letters31
- Neurochemistry International31
- ChemBioChem31
- Molecular Systems Biology31
- Neurochemical Research31
- Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology31
- Structure31
85 Bioscience Reports30
- Macromolecular Bioscience30
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Cell Research30
- ACS Chemical Biology30
- RSC Medicinal Chemistry30
90 Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics29
- Journal of Molecular Modeling29
- Phytochemistry29
- Journal of Molecular Graphics & Modelling29
- European Journal of Human Genetics29
- Proteomics29
96 Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology28
- Molecular Biotechnology28
- Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution28
- Human Molecular Genetics28
- Biochemistry28
- Journal of Food Biochemistry28
- Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry28
- Cytokine28
- Annual Review of Biochemistry28
105 Biochemical Journal27
- Journal of Lipid Research27
- Biomedical Journal27
- Chemical Biology & Drug Design27
- Bioconjugate Chemistry27
- Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry27
- Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters27
- Molecular Medicine27
113 Biochimie26
- Biofactors26
- Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B-Biology26
- Matrix Biology26
- Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C-Toxicology & Pharmacology26
- BioEssays26
119 Journal of Biological Chemistry25
- Analytical Biochemistry25
- Open Biology25
- American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology25
- Progress in Biophysics & Molecular Biology25
- RNA25
125 Current Molecular Pharmacology24
- Proteins-Structure Function and Bioinformatics24
- Carbohydrate Research24
- Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica24
129 Biometals23
- Molecular Immunology23
- Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions23
- Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology23
- RNA Biology23
- Journal of Zhejiang University-Science B23
135 Gene Therapy22
- Journal of Cellular Biochemistry22
- Molecular Microbiology22
- International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology22
- Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry22
- FEBS Open Bio22
- Peptides22
142 Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology21
- Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology21
- Cell Biochemistry and Function21
- Epigenetics21
- Nitric Oxide-Biology and Chemistry21
147 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Biomembranes20
- Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics20
- Molecular Carcinogenesis20
- Acta Crystallographica Section D-Structural Biology20
- Plant Molecular Biology20
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-General Subjects20
- Photochemistry and Photobiology20
154 Biochemical Systematics and Ecology19
- Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology19
- Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability19
- Fish Physiology and Biochemistry19
- Journal of Structural Biology19
159 Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry18
- Addiction Biology18
- Steroids18
- IUBMB Life18
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Bioenergetics18
- Nucleic Acid Therapeutics18
165 Biochemistry-Moscow17
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms17
- Channels17
- Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology17
- Current Genomics17
- Current Opinion in Lipidology17
- Amino Acids17
- Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences17
- Journal of Biochemistry17
- Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy17
- Biomedical Chromatography17
- Current Protein & Peptide Science17
177 Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design16
- Journal of Molecular Recognition16
- Biophysical Chemistry16
- Molecular Genetics and Genomics16
- Molecular Reproduction and Development16
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids16
- Journal of Peptide Science16
- Amyloid-Journal of Protein Folding Disorders16
- Protein and Peptide Letters16
186 Insect Molecular Biology15
- Biological Chemistry15
- Journal of Molecular Evolution15
- Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology15
- Yeast15
- Biochemical Genetics15
- Journal of Molecular Neuroscience15
- Molecular and Cellular Probes15
- Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology15
- Free Radical Research15
- Genes & Genomics15
197 Biochemistry and Cell Biology14
- Journal of Membrane Biology14
- Glycoconjugate Journal14
- Journal of Liposome Research14
- Biopolymers14
- Biotechniques14
- Mammalian Genome14
- Current Drug Metabolism14
- Molecular Omics14
- Extremophiles14
- Protein Expression and Purification14
208 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Proteins and Proteomics13
- Chemistry and Physics of Lipids13
- Prostaglandins & Other Lipid Mediators13
- Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology13
- Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications13
- Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research13
- Cellular and Molecular Biology13
- Molecular Biology13
216 Protein Journal12
- Genetics and Molecular Biology12
- Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B-Biochemistry & Molecular Biology12
- Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids12
- Transgenic Research12
- Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Section C-A Journal of Biosciences12
222 Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology11
- Protein Engineering Design & Selection11
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education11
- Journal of Biomolecular Nmr11
- Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology D-Genomics & Proteomics11
227 Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology10
- Nucleosides Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids10
- International Journal of Genomics10
- Chromosoma10
231 Biocatalysis and Biotransformation9
- Innate Immunity9
- Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology9
- Peptide Science9
- Prion9
236 Hemoglobin8
- Lipids8
- Current Proteomics8
- Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction8
- Doklady Biochemistry and Biophysics8
241 Genes & Genetic Systems7
242 Chemoecology6
- Acta Crystallographica Section F-Structural Biology Communications6
244 Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry5
245 Molecular Genetics Microbiology and Virology4
246 Trace Elements and Electrolytes2
- Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology2
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