Biology & Biochemistry: Journal Rankings

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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Cell	73
2	Physiological Reviews	70
3	Annual Review of Pathology-Mechanisms of Disease	67
4	Biochar	63
-	Cancer Cell	63
6	Cell Metabolism	62
7	Fungal Diversity	61
8	Annual Review of Biochemistry	58
9	Environmental Chemistry Letters	55
10	Energy & Environmental Science	52
11	Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology	51
12	Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews	50
13	Molecular Cancer	45
14	Annual Review of Neuroscience	44
-	Nature Medicine	44
16	Human Reproduction Update	43
-	Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy	43
18	Nature Genetics	42
19	Cell Stem Cell	41
20	Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology	40
-	Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters	40
-	Annual Review of Biophysics	40
23	Nature Neuroscience	39
24	Nature Reviews Microbiology	37
25	Nature Sustainability	36
-	EMBO Journal	36
-	Annual Review of Physiology	36
-	Progress in Lipid Research	36
-	Science Translational Medicine	36
30	Cell Host & Microbe	35
-	Molecular Neurodegeneration	35
-	Acta Neuropathologica	35
-	Trends in Food Science & Technology	35
-	Molecular Cell	35
35	Clinical Microbiology Reviews	34
-	Annual Review of Entomology	34
-	Nature Microbiology	34
-	Ageing Research Reviews	34
-	Biotechnology Advances	34
-	Annual Review of Microbiology	34
41	Neuron	33
-	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	33
-	Pharmacology & Therapeutics	33
44	Nature Methods	32
-	Food Hydrocolloids	32
-	Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology	32
-	Microbiome	32
-	Translational Neurodegeneration	32
49	Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology	31
-	Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology	31

-	Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry	31
52	Drug Resistance Updates	30
53	Nature Cell Biology	29
-	Molecular Plant	29
-	Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety	29
-	Journal of Headache and Pain	29
-	Molecular Medicine	29
-	Journal of Cleaner Production	29
-	Water Research	29
60	Seminars in Immunopathology	28
-	Nature Reviews Genetics	28
-	Annual Review of Food Science and Technology	28
-	Redox Biology	28
64	Drugs	27
-	Remote Sensing of Environment	27
-	Gut Microbes	27
-	Nature Protocols	27
-	Molecular Aspects of Medicine	27
69	Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews	26
-	Biosensors & Bioelectronics	26
-	Annual Review of Genetics	26
-	Trends in Cell Biology	26
-	Food Packaging and Shelf Life	26
-	Resources Conservation and Recycling	26
75	Journal of Nanobiotechnology	25
-	Annual Review of Virology	25
-	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	25
-	Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders	25
-	Journal of Neuroinflammation	25
80	Nature Human Behaviour	24
-	Drug Delivery	24
-	Nature Reviews Neuroscience	24
-	Particle and Fibre Toxicology	24
-	Food Engineering Reviews	24
-	Journal of Hazardous Materials	24
-	Annual Review of Marine Science	24
-	Cell Discovery	24
-	Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition	24
-	Plant Cell	24
-	Journal of Controlled Release	24
91	Chemosphere	23
-	Current Opinion in Chemical Biology	23
-	EMBO Reports	23
-	Environmental Science & Technology	23
-	Journal of Extracellular Vesicles	23
-	Bioresource Technology	23
-	Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B	23
-	Global Change Biology	23
-	Pharmacological Research	23
-	Energy Policy	23
-	Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews	23
-	npj Clean Water	23
-	Food Chemistry	23
-	Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics	23
-	Reviews in Aquaculture	23
-	Science of the Total Environment	23
-	Pharmacological Reviews	23
108	Current Opinion in Biotechnology	22
-	Developmental Cell	22
-	Medicinal Research Reviews	22
-	Biological Reviews	22
-	Nature Climate Change	22
-	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	22
-	Current Opinion in Microbiology	22
-	Environment International	22
-	Lancet Planetary Health	22
-	Genome Medicine	22
-	Trends in Neurosciences	22
119	Cell Death and Differentiation	21
-	Nature Chemical Biology	21
-	Environment Development and Sustainability	21
-	ISME Journal	21
-	Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology	21
-	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	21
-	Sleep Medicine Reviews	21
-	Brain	21
-	Computers and Electronics in Agriculture	21
-	Environmental Science and Pollution Research	21
129	Cell Death & Disease	20
-	Nature Ecology & Evolution	20
-	Current Pollution Reports	20
-	Mycosphere	20
-	Cell Reports	20
-	Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences	20
-	One Earth	20
-	Ecological Indicators	20
-	Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering	20
-	Current Opinion in Structural Biology	20
-	Environmental Research	20
-	Metabolic Engineering	20
-	Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews	20
-	Trends in Microbiology	20
143	Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology	19
-	Critical Reviews in Biotechnology	19
-	npj Biofilms and Microbiomes	19
-	Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy	19
-	Phytomedicine	19
-	Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	19
-	Drug Discovery Today	19
-	Current Opinion in Food Science	19
-	Molecular Psychiatry	19
-	Environmental Pollution	19
-	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews	19
-	Agronomy for Sustainable Development	19
-	Trends in Cognitive Sciences	19
-	Waste Management	19
157	Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology	18
-	Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports	18
-	Ecosystem Services	18
-	Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability	18
-	Essays in Biochemistry	18
-	Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology	18
-	Journal of Environmental Management	18
-	Clinical Epigenetics	18
-	Cell Chemical Biology	18
-	Food Research International	18
-	Animal Nutrition	18
-	Annual Review of Vision Science	18
-	Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment	18
-	Trends in Biotechnology	18
-	Trends in Pharmacological Sciences	18
172	Nature Biotechnology	17
-	Molecular Systems Biology	17
-	npj Regenerative Medicine	17
-	Nucleic Acids Research	17

-	Field Crops Research	17
-	Journal of Tissue Engineering	17
-	Microbiological Research	17
-	Agricultural Water Management	17
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer	17
-	Antioxidants	17
-	Alzheimers Research & Therapy	17
-	American Journal of Human Genetics	17
-	Plant Biotechnology Journal	17
-	Postharvest Biology and Technology	17
-	Food Control	17
-	Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology	17
-	Journal of Integrative Plant Biology	17
-	Autophagy	17
-	Annual Review of Animal Biosciences	17
-	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	17
-	Antioxidants & Redox Signaling	17
-	Matrix Biology	17
-	Meat Science	17
-	International Soil and Water Conservation Research	17
-	Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology	17
-	Precision Agriculture	17
-	Journal of Applied Microbiology	17
-	International Journal of Biological Sciences	17
-	Systemic Biology	17

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