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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy178
2 Cell172
3 Nature Medicine170
4 Science of the Total Environment163
- International Journal of Molecular Sciences163
6 Nucleic Acids Research140
- Journal of Cleaner Production140
8 Journal of Hazardous Materials129
9 Energy & Environmental Science128
10 Sustainability126
11 Molecules125
12 Environmental Science & Technology123
13 Journal of Environmental Management122
14 Chemosphere119
15 Water Research115
16 Nature Genetics114
17 Nature Biotechnology112
- Cancer Cell112
- Food Chemistry112
20 Environmental Research111
21 Nature Methods108
- International Journal of Biological Macromolecules108
23 Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy106
24 Molecular Cancer103
25 Food Hydrocolloids101
- Antioxidants101
27 Pharmaceutics99
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health99
29 Cells98
30 Cell Metabolism97
31 Nature Neuroscience95
- Environmental Pollution95
- Foods95
34 Nature Reviews Microbiology94
- Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology94
36 Journal of Controlled Release93
- Bioresource Technology93
- Computers in Biology and Medicine93
39 Nature Sustainability91
- Frontiers in Microbiology91
- Redox Biology91
- Trends in Food Science & Technology91
43 Computers and Electronics in Agriculture90
44 Nature Microbiology89
45 Molecular Cell88
- Remote Sensing88
- Neuron88
48 Global Change Biology87
49 Science Translational Medicine86
- Cell Reports86
- Cell Death & Disease86
52 Resources Conservation and Recycling85
- Journal of Nanobiotechnology85
- Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews85
55 Microorganisms84
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics84
57 Frontiers in Pharmacology82
- Ecological Indicators82
- Nature Climate Change82
- Environment International82
61 Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B80
- Biomedicines80
- Cell Host & Microbe80
64 Food Research International79
- Ageing Research Reviews79
- eLife79
67 Nature Reviews Drug Discovery78
- Biomolecules78
- Cell Stem Cell78
70 Microbiome75
- Environmental Chemistry Letters75
- Gut Microbes75
- Antibiotics-Basel75
- Remote Sensing of Environment75
75 Pharmaceuticals74
- Nature Cell Biology74
- Molecular Psychiatry74
- Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety74
79 Water73
- Energy Policy73
- Brain73
- Pharmacological Research73
83 IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics71
- Agriculture-Basel71
85 Agronomy-Basel70
- Industrial Crops and Products70
- Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology70
- Environmental Science and Pollution Research70
- Phytomedicine70
90 Nature Human Behaviour69
- Briefings in Bioinformatics69
- Nature Reviews Genetics69
93 Nature Chemical Biology68
- Cell Death Discovery68
- Journal of Medicinal Chemistry68
96 Biotechnology Advances67
- Cell Communication and Signaling67
- Communications Biology67
- Journal of Neuroinflammation67
100 Nature Ecology & Evolution66
- Molecular Plant66
- Viruses-Basel66
- Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry66
104 Neural Networks65
- Plant Cell65
- Nature Protocols65
- Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews65
108 Clinical Infectious Diseases64
109 Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology63
- Molecular Therapy63
111 Life-Basel62
- Communications Earth & Environment62
- Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety62
- Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition62
- Frontiers in Environmental Science62
116 Neuroimage61
- Marine Drugs61
- Trends in Cell Biology61
119 Lancet Planetary Health60
- Nature Reviews Neuroscience60
- Pharmacology & Therapeutics60
- Journal of Environmental Sciences60
- Toxics60
- Food Control60
- European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry60
- Journal of Ethnopharmacology60
- Current Biology60
128 LWT-Food Science and Technology59
- Environmental Technology & Innovation59
- Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling59
- Marine Pollution Bulletin59
- Free Radical Biology and Medicine59
- Trends in Ecology & Evolution59
134 International Immunopharmacology58
- Trends in Neurosciences58
- Stem Cell Research & Therapy58
- Trends in Biotechnology58
- Physiological Reviews58
- Drug Discovery Today58
- International Journal of Nanomedicine58
- Microbiological Research58
- Food Packaging and Shelf Life58
143 Life Sciences57
- Waste Management57
- Food Bioscience57
- Trends in Cognitive Sciences57
- Biology-Basel57
- International Journal of Pharmaceutics57
- One Earth57
- Frontiers in Neuroscience57
- ISME Journal57
152 International Journal of Biological Sciences56
- Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience56
- Trends in Microbiology56
- Animals56
- Autophagy56
- Journal of Biological Chemistry56
- Nature Structural & Molecular Biology56
- Drugs56
160 Pathogens55
- Agricultural Water Management55
- EMBO Journal55
- Frontiers in Physiology55
- Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment55
- Brain Behavior and Immunity55
166 Urban Climate54
- Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences54
- Microbiology Spectrum54
- Molecular Neurodegeneration54
- Plant Biotechnology Journal54
- Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces54
- Journal of Fungi54
173 Frontiers in Genetics53
- Trends in Pharmacological Sciences53
- Brain Sciences53
- Genes53
- Frontiers in Neurology53
- Journal of Integrative Plant Biology53
- Earths Future53
180 Journal of Extracellular Vesicles52
- Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences52
- Biological Psychiatry52
- Cell Death and Differentiation52
184 Genome Medicine51
- Field Crops Research51
- Reviews in Aquaculture51
- Biochemical Pharmacology51
- Drug Resistance Updates51
- Metabolites51
- npj Parkinsons Disease51
- Frontiers in Marine Science51
- Water Resources Research51
- Bioinformatics51
- Developmental Cell51
- Ecological Economics51
196 Neurobiology of Disease50
- Aging Cell50
- Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics50
- Clinical Microbiology and Infection50
- mBio50
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