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Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs that used to have more than one decimal point are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)
Rank Journal Impact Factor
1 Nature Reviews Drug Discovery ca. 122.7
2 Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology ca. 81.3
3 Nature Reviews Microbiology ca. 69.2
4 Nature Medicine ca. 58.7
5 Cancer Cell ca. 48.8
6 Cell ca. 45.5
7 Nature Reviews Genetics ca. 39.1
8 Nature Methods ca. 36.1
9 Nature Biotechnology ca. 33.1
10 Energy & Environmental Science ca. 32.4
11 Nature Genetics ca. 31.7
12 Physiological Reviews ca. 29.9
13 Nature Climate Change ca. 29.6
14 Annual Review of Pathology-Mechanisms of Disease ca. 28.4
15 Cell Research ca. 28.1
16 Cell Metabolism ca. 27.7
- Molecular Cancer ca. 27.7
18 Nature Sustainability ca. 25.7
19 Fungal Diversity ca. 24.5
20 Lancet Planetary Health ca. 24.1
21 Nature Human Behaviour ca. 21.4
22 Nature Neuroscience ca. 21.2
23 Cell Host & Microbe ca. 20.6
24 Nature Microbiology ca. 20.5
25 Cell Stem Cell ca. 19.8
26 Pharmacological Reviews ca. 19.3
27 Clinical Microbiology Reviews ca. 19
28 Nature Cell Biology ca. 17.3
29 Molecular Plant ca. 17.1
30 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Computational Molecular Science ca. 16.8
31 Trends in Ecology & Evolution ca. 16.7
- Trends in Cognitive Sciences ca. 16.7
33 Behavioral and Brain Sciences ca. 16.6
- Nucleic Acids Research ca. 16.6
35 Science Translational Medicine ca. 15.8
- Drug Resistance Updates ca. 15.8
37 Annual Review of Physiology ca. 15.7
38 Journal of Extracellular Vesicles ca. 15.5
39 Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews ca. 15.2
40 Trends in Food Science & Technology ca. 15.1
41 Environmental Chemistry Letters ca. 15
- Annual Review of Entomology ca. 15
43 Molecular Neurodegeneration ca. 14.9
44 Human Reproduction Update ca. 14.8
45 Neuron ca. 14.7
- Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B ca. 14.7
47 Autophagy ca. 14.6
- Trends in Neurosciences ca. 14.6
49 Molecular Cell ca. 14.5
50 Annual Review of Marine Science ca. 14.3
- Trends in Biotechnology ca. 14.3
52 Progress in Lipid Research ca. 14
- Trends in Microbiology ca. 14
54 Nature Ecology & Evolution ca. 13.9
- Trends in Pharmacological Sciences ca. 13.9
56 Microbiome ca. 13.8
57 Physics of Life Reviews ca. 13.7
- Cell Death and Differentiation ca. 13.7
59 Trends in Genetics ca. 13.6
- Protein & Cell ca. 13.6
61 Nature Protocols ca. 13.1
- Biochar ca. 13.1
63 Cell Discovery ca. 13
- Drugs ca. 13
- Trends in Cell Biology ca. 13
66 Nature Chemical Biology ca. 12.9
67 Trends in Molecular Medicine ca. 12.8
68 Ageing Research Reviews ca. 12.5
- Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ca. 12.5
70 Gut Microbes ca. 12.2
- Journal of Hazardous Materials ca. 12.2
72 Molecular Therapy ca. 12.1
- Biotechnology Advances ca. 12.1
- Annual Review of Neuroscience ca. 12.1
- Annual Review of Biochemistry ca. 12.1
76 Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety ca. 12
- Pharmacology & Therapeutics ca. 12
78 Trends in Biochemical Sciences ca. 11.6
79 Genomics Proteomics & Bioinformatics ca. 11.5
80 Water Research ca. 11.4
- Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology ca. 11.4
- Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology ca. 11.4
83 Endocrine Pathology ca. 11.3
84 Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology ca. 11.2
- Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics ca. 11.2
- Sleep Medicine Reviews ca. 11.2
- Resources Conservation and Recycling ca. 11.2
88 Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry ca. 11.1
- Remote Sensing of Environment ca. 11.1
90 Biological Reviews ca. 11
- Molecular Biology and Evolution ca. 11
- Food Hydrocolloids ca. 11
93 Clinical Microbiology and Infection ca. 10.9
- Medicinal Research Reviews ca. 10.9
95 Global Change Biology ca. 10.8
- Translational Neurodegeneration ca. 10.8
- Environmental Science & Technology ca. 10.8
- ISME Journal ca. 10.8
99 Redox Biology ca. 10.7
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics ca. 10.7
- Developmental Cell ca. 10.7
- Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences ca. 10.7
103 Brain ca. 10.6
- Journal of Nanobiotechnology ca. 10.6
- Annual Review of Food Science and Technology ca. 10.6
106 Journal of Controlled Release ca. 10.5
107 npj Clean Water ca. 10.4
- Annual Review of Biophysics ca. 10.4
- Genome Medicine ca. 10.4
110 Environment International ca. 10.3
111 Natural Product Reports ca. 10.2
112 FEMS Microbiology Reviews ca. 10.1
- Plant Biotechnology Journal ca. 10.1
- Environmental Health Perspectives ca. 10.1
115 Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment ca. 10
- Plant Cell ca. 10
117 Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment ca. 9.8
118 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer ca. 9.7
- Bioresource Technology ca. 9.7
- Journal of Cleaner Production ca. 9.7
121 Molecular Psychiatry ca. 9.6
- Biological Psychiatry ca. 9.6
123 Experimental and Molecular Medicine ca. 9.5
124 EMBO Journal ca. 9.4
125 Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews ca. 9.3
- Acta Neuropathologica ca. 9.3
- Energy Policy ca. 9.3
- Journal of Integrative Plant Biology ca. 9.3
- Journal of Neuroinflammation ca. 9.3
130 Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters ca. 9.2
131 Pharmacological Research ca. 9.1
132 Cell Systems ca. 9
- Reviews in Medical Virology ca. 9
134 Environmental Science & Technology Letters ca. 8.9
- Current Opinion in Food Science ca. 8.9
136 Brain Behavior and Immunity ca. 8.8
- Reviews in Aquaculture ca. 8.8
138 Annual Review of Animal Biosciences ca. 8.7
- Annual Review of Genetics ca. 8.7
- Molecular Aspects of Medicine ca. 8.7
141 Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology ca. 8.6
- Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions ca. 8.6
143 Annual Review of Microbiology ca. 8.5
- Molecular Systems Biology ca. 8.5
- Food Packaging and Shelf Life ca. 8.5
- Food Chemistry ca. 8.5
147 Emerging Microbes & Infections ca. 8.4
148 Human Reproduction Open ca. 8.3
- Journal of Pineal Research ca. 8.3
150 International Journal of Biological Sciences ca. 8.2
- Cell Communication and Signaling ca. 8.2
- Clinical Infectious Diseases ca. 8.2
- Science of the Total Environment ca. 8.2
154 Communications Earth & Environment ca. 8.1
- Critical Reviews in Biotechnology ca. 8.1
- Annals of Neurology ca. 8.1
- Chemosphere ca. 8.1
- Current Biology ca. 8.1
- American Journal of Human Genetics ca. 8.1
- Cell Death & Disease ca. 8.1
- Annual Review of Virology ca. 8.1
162 Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering ca. 8
- Aging Cell ca. 8
- Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews ca. 8
- Science China-Life Sciences ca. 8
- Journal of Environmental Management ca. 8
167 Alzheimers Research & Therapy ca. 7.9
- Seminars in Immunopathology ca. 7.9
169 npj Biofilms and Microbiomes ca. 7.8
- Neurology-Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation ca. 7.8
171 Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics ca. 7.7
- Environmental Research ca. 7.7
- International Journal of Biological Macromolecules ca. 7.7
- Computers and Electronics in Agriculture ca. 7.7
175 Bioscience ca. 7.6
- Plant Phenomics ca. 7.6
- Horticulture Research ca. 7.6
- Brain Stimulation ca. 7.6
- Environmental Pollution ca. 7.6
180 Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews ca. 7.5
- Cell Reports ca. 7.5
- Genes & Development ca. 7.5
183 CNS Drugs ca. 7.4
- Journal of Cell Biology ca. 7.4
185 Journal of Headache and Pain ca. 7.3
- International Soil and Water Conservation Research ca. 7.3
- Earths Future ca. 7.3
- Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition ca. 7.3
189 Particle and Fibre Toxicology ca. 7.2
- Water Research X ca. 7.2
191 Modern Pathology ca. 7.1
- Stem Cell Research & Therapy ca. 7.1
- Waste Management ca. 7.1
- Current Opinion in Biotechnology ca. 7.1
- Free Radical Biology and Medicine ca. 7.1
196 Computers in Biology and Medicine ca. 7
- Food Research International ca. 7
- Trends in Parasitology ca. 7
- Ecological Indicators ca. 7
200 Current Opinion in Chemical Biology ca. 6.9
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