New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Biology & Biochemistry

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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)
Rank Journal TQCC
1 Fungal Diversity69
2 Annual Review of Pathology-Mechanisms of Disease67
- Physiological Reviews67
- Cell67
5 Cell Research63
6 Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology61
7 Cancer Cell52
8 Cell Metabolism50
- Biochar50
10 Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews49
11 Energy & Environmental Science47
12 Horticulture Research46
13 Experimental and Molecular Medicine45
14 Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics44
- Annual Review of Physiology44
- Annual Review of Biochemistry44
17 Cell Stem Cell43
- Molecular Cancer43
- Environmental Chemistry Letters43
20 Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters41
- Trends in Food Science & Technology41
22 Annual Review of Microbiology40
- Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy40
24 Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology39
- Nature Medicine39
26 Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry38
- Clinical Microbiology Reviews38
- Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology38
- Human Reproduction Update38
- Nature Genetics38
31 Science Translational Medicine37
- Progress in Lipid Research37
33 Annual Review of Genetics36
- Annual Review of Neuroscience36
35 Biotechnology Advances35
- Nature Sustainability35
- Nature Neuroscience35
- Annual Review of Entomology35
39 Cell Host & Microbe33
- Neuron33
- Molecular Cell33
42 Molecular Neurodegeneration31
43 Annual Review of Biophysics30
- Pharmacology & Therapeutics30
- Nature Reviews Microbiology30
- Food Hydrocolloids30
- Annual Review of Marine Science30
- Nature Reviews Genetics30
49 Ageing Research Reviews29
- Translational Neurodegeneration29
- Nature Reviews Neuroscience29
- Molecular Plant29
- Nature Microbiology29
54 Nature Methods28
- Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology28
- Drug Resistance Updates28
- EMBO Journal28
- Remote Sensing of Environment28
- Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology28
- Journal of Hazardous Materials28
- Microbiome28
- Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety28
63 Water Research27
- Bioresource Technology27
- Annual Review of Virology27
- Nature Cell Biology27
- Nature Protocols27
68 Annual Review of Food Science and Technology26
- Redox Biology26
- Genome Medicine26
- Journal of Cleaner Production26
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics26
73 Resources Conservation and Recycling25
- Journal of Headache and Pain25
- Journal of Extracellular Vesicles25
- Acta Neuropathologica25
- Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B25
- Drugs25
79 Energy Policy24
- Seminars in Immunopathology24
- Molecular Medicine24
- Journal of Nanobiotechnology24
- Food Packaging and Shelf Life24
84 Cell Death and Differentiation23
- Trends in Neurosciences23
- Sleep Medicine Reviews23
- Biological Reviews23
- Reviews in Aquaculture23
- Environment International23
- Cell Discovery23
- Chemosphere23
- Trends in Cell Biology23
- Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions23
- Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews23
- Molecular Aspects of Medicine23
- Food Chemistry23
97 Annual Review of Animal Biosciences22
- Annual Review of Vision Science22
- Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders22
- Journal of Neuroinflammation22
- ISME Journal22
- Journal of Controlled Release22
- Pharmacological Research22
- Global Change Biology22
- Drug Delivery22
- Biotechnology for Biofuels22
107 Science of the Total Environment21
- Plant Cell21
- Particle and Fibre Toxicology21
- Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition21
- Current Opinion in Microbiology21
- Brain21
- Gut Microbes21
- Nature Climate Change21
- Metabolic Engineering21
- Current Opinion in Biotechnology21
- Current Opinion in Virology21
- Lancet Planetary Health21
- Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews21
- Environmental Science & Technology21
121 Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics20
- Pharmacological Reviews20
- Molecular Psychiatry20
- Nature Chemical Biology20
- Current Opinion in Food Science20
- Environmental Science and Pollution Research20
- Cell Reports20
- Trends in Ecology & Evolution20
- Clinical Epigenetics20
130 Cell Death & Disease19
- Trends in Cognitive Sciences19
- Trends in Microbiology19
- Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment19
- Neurology-Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation19
- Nature Biotechnology19
- Nature Human Behaviour19
- Medicinal Research Reviews19
- Drug Discovery Today19
- Current Opinion in Structural Biology19
- Computers and Electronics in Agriculture19
- Environmental Pollution19
- Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology19
- International Journal of Biological Sciences19
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer19
- Nature Structural & Molecular Biology19
- Natural Product Reports19
- Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews19
- Ecosystem Services19
- EMBO Reports19
- Developmental Cell19
151 Agronomy for Sustainable Development18
- Trends in Biotechnology18
- Trends in Pharmacological Sciences18
- npj Regenerative Medicine18
- Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering18
- Environmental Research18
- Molecular Systems Biology18
- Critical Reviews in Biotechnology18
- Current Opinion in Chemical Biology18
- Food Control18
- Environment Development and Sustainability18
162 Waste Management17
- Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences17
- International Soil and Water Conservation Research17
- Cell Biology and Toxicology17
- Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy17
- Neuroimage17
- Mycosphere17
- Nucleic Acids Research17
- Nature Ecology & Evolution17
- Ecological Indicators17
- Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology17
- Food Engineering Reviews17
- Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions17
- American Journal of Human Genetics17
- Plant Biotechnology Journal17
- Postharvest Biology and Technology17
- Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology17
- npj Clean Water17
- Oncogene17
- Current Opinion in Neurobiology17
- Journal of Environmental Management17
- LWT-Food Science and Technology17
- Essays in Biochemistry17
- Food Research International17
- Environmental Technology & Innovation17
187 Cell Systems16
- Acta Pharmacologica Sinica16
- Animal Nutrition16
- Tissue Engineering Part B-Reviews16
- Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences16
- Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment16
- Antioxidants & Redox Signaling16
- Autophagy16
- Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies16
- Molecular Therapy16
- npj Biofilms and Microbiomes16
- Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology16
- Journal of Environmental Sciences16
- Cell Chemical Biology16
(This list is limited to max. 200 journals; click here to see the full list)
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