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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Cell214
2 Science of the Total Environment187
3 Nature Medicine180
4 Journal of Cleaner Production158
5 Journal of Hazardous Materials148
6 International Journal of Molecular Sciences138
7 Nucleic Acids Research132
8 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health130
9 Energy & Environmental Science129
10 Chemosphere126
11 Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy121
12 Environmental Science & Technology119
13 Journal of Environmental Management114
14 Nature Genetics112
- Nature Biotechnology112
16 Clinical Infectious Diseases111
- Water Research111
18 Molecules110
19 International Journal of Biological Macromolecules109
- Sustainability109
21 Environmental Science and Pollution Research108
22 Nature Methods104
- Bioresource Technology104
24 Environmental Pollution103
- Trends in Food Science & Technology103
26 Cancer Cell99
- eLife99
28 Biosensors & Bioelectronics98
29 Cell Metabolism97
30 Molecular Cell96
- Environmental Research96
32 Cell Reports95
- Nature Reviews Microbiology95
34 Food Chemistry94
35 Science Translational Medicine93
- Nature Neuroscience93
37 Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology92
- Cells92
39 Molecular Cancer91
40 Cell Host & Microbe90
- Journal of Medical Virology90
42 Nature Climate Change89
- Neuron89
- Environment International89
45 Resources Conservation and Recycling87
46 Journal of Controlled Release86
- Nature Reviews Drug Discovery86
- Nature Sustainability86
49 Remote Sensing85
- Frontiers in Microbiology85
- Food Hydrocolloids85
52 Clinical Microbiology and Infection84
- Brain Behavior and Immunity84
54 Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy83
55 Redox Biology82
- Remote Sensing of Environment82
57 Ecological Indicators81
- Frontiers in Pharmacology81
59 Nature Microbiology80
- Antioxidants80
61 Computers in Biology and Medicine79
- Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology79
- Pharmacological Research79
64 Cell Death & Disease78
- Cell Stem Cell78
66 Biomolecules76
- Global Change Biology76
68 Food Research International75
- Brain75
- Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety75
- Computers and Electronics in Agriculture75
72 Environmental Chemistry Letters74
- Energy Policy74
- Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B74
- Foods74
76 Life Sciences73
77 Pharmaceutics71
- Microorganisms71
- Viruses-Basel71
- Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews71
81 Nature Cell Biology70
- Nature Reviews Genetics70
- Nature Human Behaviour70
- Nature Reviews Neuroscience70
85 Nature Protocols69
- Developmental Cell69
- Neuroimage69
88 Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety68
- Microbiome68
90 Journal of Clinical Microbiology67
- Journal of Medicinal Chemistry67
- Briefings in Bioinformatics67
- Bioinformatics67
- Current Biology67
- Journal of Infectious Diseases67
- Cell Research67
- Ageing Research Reviews67
- Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology67
99 Nature Ecology & Evolution66
- Environmental Research Letters66
101 ISME Journal65
- Agronomy-Basel65
- Waste Management65
- Molecular Plant65
- Communications Biology65
106 IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics64
- Nature Chemical Biology64
- Molecular Psychiatry64
- Journal of Clinical Virology64
- Marine Pollution Bulletin64
111 EMBO Journal63
- Water63
113 Biotechnology Advances62
- Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry62
- Environmental Technology & Innovation62
- Lancet Planetary Health62
- Molecular Therapy62
- Journal of Biological Chemistry62
- European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry62
- Frontiers in Neuroscience62
121 Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews61
- Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity61
- Free Radical Biology and Medicine61
- Stem Cell Research & Therapy61
- Cell Death and Differentiation61
- Gut Microbes61
- Frontiers in Physiology61
128 Pharmacology & Therapeutics60
- International Journal of Nanomedicine60
130 Nature Structural & Molecular Biology59
- Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics59
- International Journal of Pharmaceutics59
- Food Control59
- Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition59
- Journal of Neuroinflammation59
- mBio59
- Antibiotics-Basel59
- Industrial Crops and Products59
139 Journal of Extracellular Vesicles58
- Trends in Ecology & Evolution58
141 Biomedicines57
- Neural Networks57
- LWT-Food Science and Technology57
- Trends in Biotechnology57
- Trends in Neurosciences57
- Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics57
- Journal of Nanobiotechnology57
- Frontiers in Neurology57
149 Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling56
- Experimental and Molecular Medicine56
- Drugs56
- Trends in Cognitive Sciences56
153 American Journal of Human Genetics55
- Annals of Neurology55
- Genome Medicine55
- One Earth55
- Autophagy55
- Journal of Ethnopharmacology55
- Trends in Cell Biology55
160 Physiological Reviews54
- Environment Development and Sustainability54
- Biological Psychiatry54
- Oncogene54
- International Immunopharmacology54
- Marine Drugs54
- Aging-US54
- Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences54
168 Biology-Basel53
- Pharmaceuticals53
- Animals53
- Journal of Virology53
- Journal of Fungi53
173 Plant Cell52
- Food and Chemical Toxicology52
- Journal of Environmental Sciences52
- Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences52
- Trends in Microbiology52
- Agricultural Water Management52
- Agriculture-Basel52
- Frontiers in Genetics52
- Phytomedicine52
- Pathogens52
- Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces52
- Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions52
185 Aquaculture51
- Plant Biotechnology Journal51
- Drug Discovery Today51
- Genes51
189 International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents50
- FEBS Journal50
- European Journal of Pharmacology50
- Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems50
- PLoS Genetics50
- Journal of Cell Biology50
- Current Opinion in Food Science50
- Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences50
- Trends in Biochemical Sciences50
198 Bioorganic Chemistry49
- British Journal of Pharmacology49
- Journal of Neuroscience49
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