Physiology: Journal Rankings

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	Physiological Reviews	62
2	Frontiers in Physiology	58
3	American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology	38
-	Journal of Physiology-London	38
5	International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity	37
6	Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology	31
-	American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology	31
8	Journal of Pineal Research	30
9	Journal of Cellular Physiology	29
10	Journal of Applied Physiology	28
-	Journal of Neurophysiology	28
12	Acta Physiologica	27
-	Annual Review of Physiology	27
14	Psychophysiology	26
15	American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology	25
-	International Journal of Biometeorology	25
17	American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism	24
18	International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance	23
19	Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry	22
-	Physiology	22
-	American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology	22
22	Pflugers Archiv-European Journal of Physiology	21
-	American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology	21
-	European Journal of Applied Physiology	21
25	International Journal of Psychophysiology	20
-	Journal of General Physiology	20
-	Physiological Measurement	20
28	Experimental Physiology	19
-	Physiological Research	19
-	Fish Physiology and Biochemistry	19
-	American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology	19
32	Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism	18
-	Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology	18
-	Advances in Physiology Education	18
35	Conservation Physiology	17
-	Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology	17
-	Chronobiology International	17
-	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology	17
39	Journal of Insect Physiology	16
-	Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology	16
-	Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology	16
42	Journal of Biological Rhythms	15
-	Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology	15
44	Journal of Membrane Biology	14
-	Korean Journal of Physiology & Pharmacology	14
-	Physiological Genomics	14
-	Journal of Physiological Sciences	14
-	Cryobiology	14
-	Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews	14
50	Neurophysiologie Clinique-Clinical Neurophysiology	13

-	Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry	13
-	Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology	13
-	Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology	13
-	Chemical Senses	13
55	Journal of Comparative Physiology B-Biochemical Systems and Environmental Physiology	12
-	Journal of Physiological Anthropology	12
-	Kidney & Blood Pressure Research	12
58	Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging	11
-	Lymphatic Research and Biology	11
-	Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine	11
61	Chinese Journal of Physiology	10
-	Hypertension in Pregnancy	10
-	Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia	10
64	Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology	9
-	Biological Rhythm Research	9
66	Pediatric Exercise Science	8
-	Physiological and Biochemical Zoology	8
-	Physiology International	8
69	Journal of Vascular Research	7
-	Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Esporte	7
71	Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deyatelnosti Imeni i P Pavlova	3
-	Neurophysiology	3
73	Klinische Neurophysiologie	2