New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Biology & Biochemistry

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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Cell172
2 Nature Medicine168
3 Science of the Total Environment159
4 International Journal of Molecular Sciences158
5 Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy156
6 Journal of Hazardous Materials147
7 Journal of Cleaner Production143
8 Nucleic Acids Research141
9 Chemosphere135
10 Energy & Environmental Science130
11 Journal of Environmental Management125
12 Nature Biotechnology118
- Environmental Science & Technology118
14 Molecules113
15 Water Research112
16 Food Chemistry111
- Sustainability111
- Nature Genetics111
19 Environmental Research105
- Bioresource Technology105
- Cancer Cell105
22 Nature Methods102
23 Food Hydrocolloids101
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health101
25 Cells100
- International Journal of Biological Macromolecules100
27 Molecular Cancer99
28 Environmental Pollution98
- Trends in Food Science & Technology98
30 Computers in Biology and Medicine97
31 Environmental Science and Pollution Research96
32 Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy94
- Antioxidants94
34 Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology93
35 Nature Reviews Microbiology92
- Cell Metabolism92
37 Molecular Cell91
38 Science Translational Medicine90
- Nature Neuroscience90
- Resources Conservation and Recycling90
41 Environment International87
- Ecological Indicators87
- Remote Sensing87
- Neuron87
- Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews87
46 Journal of Controlled Release86
- Cell Reports86
48 Foods85
- Nature Microbiology85
50 Cell Death & Disease84
- Pharmaceutics84
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics84
53 eLife83
- Nature Climate Change83
55 Global Change Biology82
- Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B82
- Nature Sustainability82
- Computers and Electronics in Agriculture82
59 Journal of Nanobiotechnology81
60 Remote Sensing of Environment80
- Nature Reviews Drug Discovery80
- Redox Biology80
63 Energy Policy79
- Frontiers in Microbiology79
65 Cell Host & Microbe78
66 Microorganisms77
- Frontiers in Pharmacology77
68 Cell Stem Cell75
- Molecular Psychiatry75
- Ageing Research Reviews75
71 Biomolecules74
72 Pharmacological Research73
- Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety73
- Food Research International73
- Nature Reviews Genetics73
76 Environmental Chemistry Letters72
- Briefings in Bioinformatics72
- Brain72
- Antibiotics-Basel72
80 Biomedicines71
- Clinical Infectious Diseases71
- Industrial Crops and Products71
83 Environmental Technology & Innovation70
- Nature Cell Biology70
85 Molecular Plant69
- Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews69
87 Water68
- Journal of Medicinal Chemistry68
- Agronomy-Basel68
- Viruses-Basel68
- Microbiome68
92 Neuroimage67
- Pharmaceuticals67
- LWT-Food Science and Technology67
- Nature Protocols67
96 Current Biology66
- Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology66
98 IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics65
- Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology65
100 European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry64
- Journal of Neuroinflammation64
- Molecular Therapy64
- Nature Chemical Biology64
- Pharmacology & Therapeutics64
105 Biotechnology Advances63
- Nature Ecology & Evolution63
- Nature Reviews Neuroscience63
- Lancet Planetary Health63
- Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry63
110 Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety62
- Marine Pollution Bulletin62
112 Food Control61
- Communications Biology61
- Neural Networks61
- Free Radical Biology and Medicine61
116 Drugs60
- Phytomedicine60
- Marine Drugs60
- Gut Microbes60
- Nature Human Behaviour60
- Plant Cell60
122 Agriculture-Basel59
- Journal of Medical Virology59
124 Waste Management58
- Cell Death and Differentiation58
- Frontiers in Environmental Science58
- Biology-Basel58
128 Bioinformatics57
- International Journal of Biological Sciences57
- Frontiers in Physiology57
- Stem Cell Research & Therapy57
- Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition57
- Physiological Reviews57
- Life-Basel57
135 Autophagy56
- Journal of Environmental Sciences56
- Journal of Extracellular Vesicles56
- Food Packaging and Shelf Life56
- Trends in Cell Biology56
- Trends in Ecology & Evolution56
- EMBO Journal56
- Clinical Microbiology and Infection56
- Cell Death Discovery56
- Life Sciences56
- Journal of Ethnopharmacology56
146 Environmental Research Letters55
- Trends in Biotechnology55
- Pathogens55
149 Food Bioscience54
- Biological Psychiatry54
- Communications Earth & Environment54
- Developmental Cell54
- Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences54
- mBio54
- Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling54
- Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences54
- Drug Discovery Today54
- Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces54
- Journal of Fungi54
- International Immunopharmacology54
- Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience54
- One Earth54
163 Trends in Cognitive Sciences53
- Plant Biotechnology Journal53
- Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience53
- Journal of Biological Chemistry53
- ISME Journal53
- Frontiers in Neuroscience53
- Genes53
- Animals53
- Nature Structural & Molecular Biology53
172 Biological Reviews52
- Microbiology Spectrum52
- Molecular Neurodegeneration52
- Agricultural Water Management52
- Urban Climate52
- International Journal of Pharmaceutics52
178 Trends in Microbiology51
- Trends in Neurosciences51
- International Journal of Nanomedicine51
- Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment51
- Frontiers in Genetics51
183 Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences50
- Sleep Medicine Reviews50
- Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics50
- Cell Communication and Signaling50
- Brain Behavior and Immunity50
- Journal of Integrative Plant Biology50
- Toxics50
- Aquaculture50
191 Trends in Pharmacological Sciences49
- Earths Future49
- Biochemical Pharmacology49
- Metabolites49
- Microbiological Research49
- American Journal of Human Genetics49
- Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions49
- Environmental Health Perspectives49
- Environment Development and Sustainability49
- Emerging Microbes & Infections49
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