New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

Physiology

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)
Rank Journal TQCC
1 Physiological Reviews73
2 Annual Review of Physiology39
3 International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity15
4 American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology12
- Journal of Pineal Research12
6 Frontiers in Physiology10
- Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology10
8 American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology9
- Journal of Cellular Physiology9
10 American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology8
- American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology8
- Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry8
- Pflugers Archiv-European Journal of Physiology8
- American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism8
- American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology8
- Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews8
- Journal of General Physiology8
18 Psychophysiology7
- Acta Physiologica7
- Chinese Journal of Physiology7
- Journal of Applied Physiology7
- Journal of Physiological Anthropology7
- Journal of Neurophysiology7
- Journal of Physiology-London7
25 Physiological Research6
- Conservation Physiology6
- Physiological Genomics6
- American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology6
- Fish Physiology and Biochemistry6
- International Journal of Biometeorology6
- International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance6
- Journal of Biological Rhythms6
- Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology6
- Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology6
- Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia6
- Journal of Physiological Sciences6
- Physiological and Biochemical Zoology6
- Physiological Measurement6
39 Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism5
- Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology5
- European Journal of Applied Physiology5
- Experimental Physiology5
- Journal of Comparative Physiology B-Biochemical Systems and Environmental Physiology5
- Journal of Insect Physiology5
- Journal of Membrane Biology5
- Korean Journal of Physiology & Pharmacology5
- Neurophysiologie Clinique-Clinical Neurophysiology5
- Advances in Physiology Education5
- Chemical Senses5
- Chronobiology International5
- Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology5
- Lymphatic Research and Biology5
53 Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology4
- Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology4
- Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology4
- Hypertension in Pregnancy4
57 Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry3
- Kidney & Blood Pressure Research3
- Pediatric Exercise Science3
- Physiology International3
- Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology3
- Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine3
- Journal of Vascular Research3
64 Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging2
- Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology2
- Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Esporte2
- Biological Rhythm Research2
68 Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deyatelnosti Imeni i P Pavlova1
- International Journal of Psychophysiology1
- Cryobiology1
71 Physiology0
- Klinische Neurophysiologie0
- Neurophysiology0
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