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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Physiological Reviews	79
2	Cell	69
3	Fungal Diversity	68
4	Cell Research	61
5	Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology	58
6	Annual Review of Pathology-Mechanisms of Disease	57
7	Cancer Cell	52
8	Annual Review of Biochemistry	51
9	Cell Metabolism	50
-	Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews	50
11	Annual Review of Neuroscience	46
12	Energy & Environmental Science	43
-	Experimental and Molecular Medicine	43
14	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	42
-	Annual Review of Physiology	42
-	Cell Stem Cell	42
17	Trends in Food Science & Technology	41
-	Molecular Cancer	41
19	Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology	40
-	Environmental Chemistry Letters	40
21	Nature Genetics	39
-	Clinical Microbiology Reviews	39
23	Science Translational Medicine	38
-	Annual Review of Microbiology	38
-	Nature Medicine	38
26	Human Reproduction Update	36
27	Progress in Lipid Research	35
28	Annual Review of Genetics	34
-	Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters	34
-	Biotechnology Advances	34
-	Cell Host & Microbe	34
-	Nature Neuroscience	34
33	Annual Review of Entomology	33
-	Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology	33
-	Neuron	33
36	Molecular Cell	32
37	Molecular Plant	31
38	Molecular Neurodegeneration	30
39	Journal of Hazardous Materials	29
-	Biotechnology for Biofuels	29
-	Nature Protocols	29
-	Pharmacology & Therapeutics	29
-	Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology	29
44	Annual Review of Marine Science	28
-	Ageing Research Reviews	28
-	Nature Methods	28
-	Nature Reviews Genetics	28
-	Food Hydrocolloids	28
-	Drug Resistance Updates	28
50	Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety	27

-	Remote Sensing of Environment	27
-	Journal of Extracellular Vesicles	27
-	Annual Review of Biophysics	27
-	Water Research	27
-	EMBO Journal	27
-	Bioresource Technology	27
-	Nature Reviews Microbiology	27
58	Resources Conservation and Recycling	26
-	Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology	26
-	Biosensors & Bioelectronics	26
61	Genome Medicine	25
-	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	25
-	Drugs	25
-	Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	25
-	Seminars in Immunopathology	25
-	Journal of Cleaner Production	25
-	Nature Cell Biology	25
-	Nature Reviews Neuroscience	25
69	Genes and Immunity	24
-	Acta Neuropathologica	24
-	Annual Review of Food Science and Technology	24
-	Trends in Neurosciences	24
73	Sleep Medicine Reviews	23
-	Global Change Biology	23
-	Journal of Nanobiotechnology	23
-	Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews	23
-	Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews	23
-	Food Chemistry	23
-	Journal of Headache and Pain	23
-	ISME Journal	23
-	Environment International	23
-	Chemosphere	23
-	Energy Policy	23
-	Molecular Medicine	23
-	Biological Reviews	23
-	Pharmacological Reviews	23
87	Reviews in Aquaculture	22
-	Journal of Neuroinflammation	22
-	Trends in Cell Biology	22
-	Cell Death and Differentiation	22
-	Molecular Aspects of Medicine	22
92	Science of the Total Environment	21
-	Journal of Controlled Release	21
-	Current Opinion in Virology	21
-	Pharmacological Research	21
-	Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders	21
-	Current Opinion in Biotechnology	21
-	Drug Delivery	21
-	Current Opinion in Microbiology	21
-	Environmental Science & Technology	21
-	Brain	21
-	Metabolic Engineering	21
103	Plant Cell	20
-	Developmental Cell	20
-	Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition	20
-	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	20
-	Trends in Microbiology	20
-	Critical Reviews in Biotechnology	20
-	Molecular Psychiatry	20
-	Nature Climate Change	20
111	Trends in Biotechnology	19
-	Trends in Cognitive Sciences	19
-	Clinical Epigenetics	19
-	Cell Death & Disease	19
-	Environmental Pollution	19
-	Molecular Systems Biology	19
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer	19
-	Nature Biotechnology	19
-	Nature Chemical Biology	19
-	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	19
-	Plant Biotechnology Journal	19
-	Gut Microbes	19
-	Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics	19
-	Current Opinion in Structural Biology	19
-	Computers and Electronics in Agriculture	19
-	Environmental Science and Pollution Research	19
-	Natural Product Reports	19
-	Particle and Fibre Toxicology	19
129	Waste Management	18
-	EMBO Reports	18
-	Environmental Research	18
-	Medicinal Research Reviews	18
-	Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology	18
-	Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology	18
-	American Journal of Human Genetics	18
-	Essays in Biochemistry	18
-	Current Opinion in Chemical Biology	18
-	Drug Discovery Today	18
-	Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews	18
140	Food Control	17
-	Antioxidants & Redox Signaling	17
-	Agronomy for Sustainable Development	17
-	Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies	17
-	Journal of Environmental Management	17
-	International Journal of Biological Sciences	17
-	Environment Development and Sustainability	17
-	Current Opinion in Neurobiology	17
-	Ecological Indicators	17
-	Cell Biology and Toxicology	17
-	Oncogene	17
-	Food Engineering Reviews	17
-	Trends in Pharmacological Sciences	17
-	Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology	17
-	Nucleic Acids Research	17
-	LWT-Food Science and Technology	17
-	Neuroimage	17
157	Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences	16
-	Food Research International	16
-	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	16
-	Tissue Engineering Part B-Reviews	16
-	Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability	16
-	Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences	16
-	Archives of Pharmacal Research	16
-	Phytomedicine	16
-	Postharvest Biology and Technology	16
-	Progress in Neurobiology	16
-	Journal of Environmental Sciences	16
-	Systemic Biology	16
-	Trends in Biochemical Sciences	16
-	Molecular Therapy	16
-	Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy	16
172	Genes & Development	15
-	Field Crops Research	15
-	Journal of Cell Biology	15
-	Journal of Integrative Plant Biology	15

-	Agricultural Water Management	15
-	Environmental Science & Policy	15
-	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews	15
-	Mechanisms of Ageing and Development	15
-	Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	15
-	Acta Pharmacologica Sinica	15
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Computational Molecular Science	15
-	Trends in Genetics	15
-	Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces	15
-	Autophagy	15
-	Modern Pathology	15
-	Bioinformatics	15
-	Meat Science	15
189	Stem Cell Research & Therapy	14
-	Agricultural and Forest Meteorology	14
-	Alzheimers Research & Therapy	14
-	Trends in Molecular Medicine	14
-	Current Biology	14
-	Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports	14
-	Current Opinion in Pharmacology	14
-	CNS Drugs	14
-	Computers in Biology and Medicine	14
-	Environmental Health	14
-	Microbiological Research	14
-	Biosystems Engineering	14

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