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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Fungal Diversity	78
2	Annual Review of Pathology-Mechanisms of Disease	71
3	Cell Research	70
4	Physiological Reviews	68
5	Cell	65
6	Biochar	57
7	Experimental and Molecular Medicine	56
8	Cell Metabolism	54
9	Cancer Cell	52
-	Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology	52
11	Energy & Environmental Science	51
12	Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews	50
-	Annual Review of Biochemistry	50
14	Annual Review of Physiology	46
15	Horticulture Research	45
-	Environmental Chemistry Letters	45
17	Cell Stem Cell	44
-	Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy	44
-	Molecular Cancer	44
20	Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters	42
21	Progress in Lipid Research	40
-	Nature Medicine	40
23	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	39
-	Annual Review of Microbiology	39
-	Trends in Food Science & Technology	39
26	Clinical Microbiology Reviews	38
-	Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry	38
-	Nature Genetics	38
-	Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology	38
-	Annual Review of Neuroscience	38
31	Annual Review of Entomology	37
32	Nature Neuroscience	36
-	Nature Sustainability	36
-	Human Reproduction Update	36
-	Science Translational Medicine	36
-	Annual Review of Genetics	36
37	Biotechnology Advances	35
-	Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology	35
39	Neuron	34
40	Cell Host & Microbe	33
-	Molecular Cell	33
42	Annual Review of Biophysics	32
43	Drug Resistance Updates	31
-	Nature Reviews Microbiology	31
-	Molecular Neurodegeneration	31
-	Translational Neurodegeneration	31
-	Pharmacology & Therapeutics	31
-	Annual Review of Food Science and Technology	31
-	Nature Microbiology	31
-	Food Hydrocolloids	31

-	Annual Review of Marine Science	31
52	Ageing Research Reviews	30
-	Microbiome	30
-	Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology	30
55	Molecular Plant	29
-	EMBO Journal	29
-	Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety	29
58	Bioresource Technology	28
-	Nature Methods	28
-	Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology	28
-	Acta Neuropathologica	28
62	Biosensors & Bioelectronics	27
-	Nature Reviews Neuroscience	27
-	Nature Cell Biology	27
-	Nature Protocols	27
-	Water Research	27
-	Remote Sensing of Environment	27
-	Journal of Cleaner Production	27
69	Resources Conservation and Recycling	26
-	Genome Medicine	26
-	Journal of Headache and Pain	26
72	Food Packaging and Shelf Life	25
-	Trends in Neurosciences	25
-	Redox Biology	25
-	Journal of Nanobiotechnology	25
-	Journal of Hazardous Materials	25
-	Annual Review of Animal Biosciences	25
-	Molecular Aspects of Medicine	25
-	Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B	25
80	Cell Death and Differentiation	24
-	Food Chemistry	24
-	Drugs	24
-	Molecular Medicine	24
-	Chemosphere	24
-	Seminars in Immunopathology	24
-	Journal of Extracellular Vesicles	24
87	Biological Reviews	23
-	Energy Policy	23
-	Biotechnology for Biofuels	23
-	Sleep Medicine Reviews	23
-	Drug Delivery	23
-	Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews	23
-	Cell Discovery	23
-	Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews	23
-	Trends in Cell Biology	23
-	Environment International	23
-	Journal of Neuroinflammation	23
-	Journal of Controlled Release	23
99	Global Change Biology	22
-	Gut Microbes	22
-	Particle and Fibre Toxicology	22
-	Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition	22
-	Science of the Total Environment	22
-	Pharmacological Reviews	22
-	Environmental Science & Technology	22
-	Reviews in Aquaculture	22
-	Plant Cell	22
-	Current Opinion in Biotechnology	22
-	Nature Climate Change	22
-	Nature Reviews Genetics	22
-	Brain	22
-	Lancet Planetary Health	22
-	Pharmacological Research	22
-	Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders	22
115	Current Opinion in Microbiology	21
-	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	21
-	Natural Product Reports	21
-	Current Opinion in Virology	21
119	Current Opinion in Structural Biology	20
-	Nature Chemical Biology	20
-	Nature Human Behaviour	20
-	Cell Death & Disease	20
-	Computers and Electronics in Agriculture	20
-	Medicinal Research Reviews	20
-	Clinical Epigenetics	20
-	Cell Reports	20
-	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	20
-	Developmental Cell	20
-	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	20
-	Environmental Pollution	20
-	Environmental Science and Pollution Research	20
-	Metabolic Engineering	20
-	Annual Review of Virology	20
-	ISME Journal	20
-	International Journal of Biological Sciences	20
136	Molecular Psychiatry	19
-	Drug Discovery Today	19
-	Current Opinion in Food Science	19
-	Nature Biotechnology	19
-	Neurology-Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation	19
-	Trends in Microbiology	19
-	Environment Development and Sustainability	19
-	Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics	19
-	Current Opinion in Chemical Biology	19
-	EMBO Reports	19
-	Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology	19
-	Environmental Research	19
148	Ecological Indicators	18
-	npj Biofilms and Microbiomes	18
-	npj Regenerative Medicine	18
-	Mycosphere	18
-	Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering	18
-	Cell Biology and Toxicology	18
-	Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences	18
-	Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology	18
-	Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	18
-	Trends in Biotechnology	18
-	Trends in Cognitive Sciences	18
-	Essays in Biochemistry	18
-	Food Control	18
-	Agronomy for Sustainable Development	18
-	Archives of Pharmacal Research	18
-	npj Clean Water	18
-	Ecosystem Services	18
-	Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment	18
-	Critical Reviews in Biotechnology	18
-	Waste Management	18
-	Food Engineering Reviews	18
-	Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews	18
170	Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy	17
-	Nucleic Acids Research	17
-	Nature Ecology & Evolution	17
-	Neuroimage	17
-	Food Research International	17
-	Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences	17

-	Trends in Pharmacological Sciences	17
-	Journal of Environmental Management	17
-	Environmental Technology & Innovation	17
-	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	17
-	International Soil and Water Conservation Research	17
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer	17
-	Molecular Systems Biology	17
-	Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies	17
-	Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability	17
-	Cell Chemical Biology	17
-	Current Pollution Reports	17
-	Postharvest Biology and Technology	17
-	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	17
-	Phytomedicine	17
-	Plant Biotechnology Journal	17
-	American Journal of Human Genetics	17
192	Bioinformatics	16
-	Autophagy	16
-	Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology	16
-	Journal of Tissue Engineering	16
-	Tissue Engineering Part B-Reviews	16
-	Acta Pharmacologica Sinica	16
-	Animal Nutrition	16
-	Antioxidants & Redox Signaling	16
-	Bioengineered	16

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