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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 Molecular Cancer ca. 27.7
- Cell Metabolism 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 Cognitive Sciences ca. 16.7
- Trends in Ecology & Evolution ca. 16.7
33 Behavioral and Brain Sciences ca. 16.6
- Nucleic Acids Research ca. 16.6
35 Drug Resistance Updates ca. 15.8
- Science Translational Medicine 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 Annual Review of Entomology ca. 15
- Environmental Chemistry Letters ca. 15
43 Molecular Neurodegeneration ca. 14.9
44 Human Reproduction Update ca. 14.8
45 Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B ca. 14.7
- Neuron ca. 14.7
47 Trends in Neurosciences ca. 14.6
- Autophagy ca. 14.6
49 Molecular Cell ca. 14.5
50 Trends in Biotechnology ca. 14.3
- Annual Review of Marine Science ca. 14.3
52 Progress in Lipid Research ca. 14
- Trends in Microbiology ca. 14
54 Trends in Pharmacological Sciences ca. 13.9
- Nature Ecology & Evolution ca. 13.9
56 Microbiome ca. 13.8
57 Physics of Life Reviews ca. 13.7
- Cell Death and Differentiation ca. 13.7
59 Protein & Cell ca. 13.6
- Trends in Genetics ca. 13.6
61 Biochar ca. 13.1
- Nature Protocols ca. 13.1
63 Trends in Cell Biology ca. 13
- Drugs ca. 13
- Cell Discovery ca. 13
66 Nature Chemical Biology ca. 12.9
67 Trends in Molecular Medicine ca. 12.8
68 Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ca. 12.5
- Ageing Research Reviews ca. 12.5
70 Journal of Hazardous Materials ca. 12.2
- Gut Microbes ca. 12.2
72 Molecular Therapy ca. 12.1
- Biotechnology Advances ca. 12.1
- Annual Review of Biochemistry ca. 12.1
- Annual Review of Neuroscience ca. 12.1
76 Pharmacology & Therapeutics ca. 12
- Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety 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 Sleep Medicine Reviews ca. 11.2
- Resources Conservation and Recycling ca. 11.2
- Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology ca. 11.2
- Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics ca. 11.2
88 Remote Sensing of Environment ca. 11.1
- Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry ca. 11.1
90 Biological Reviews ca. 11
- Food Hydrocolloids ca. 11
- Molecular Biology and Evolution ca. 11
93 Clinical Microbiology and Infection ca. 10.9
- Medicinal Research Reviews ca. 10.9
95 Environmental Science & Technology ca. 10.8
- Global Change Biology ca. 10.8
- ISME Journal ca. 10.8
- Translational Neurodegeneration ca. 10.8
99 Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences ca. 10.7
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics ca. 10.7
- Developmental Cell ca. 10.7
- Redox Biology ca. 10.7
103 Journal of Nanobiotechnology ca. 10.6
- Brain ca. 10.6
- Annual Review of Food Science and Technology ca. 10.6
106 Journal of Controlled Release ca. 10.5
107 Annual Review of Biophysics ca. 10.4
- npj Clean Water 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
- Journal of Cleaner Production ca. 9.7
- Bioresource Technology ca. 9.7
121 Biological Psychiatry ca. 9.6
- Molecular 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
- Journal of Neuroinflammation ca. 9.3
- Journal of Integrative Plant Biology ca. 9.3
- Energy Policy ca. 9.3
- Acta Neuropathologica 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 Reviews in Aquaculture ca. 8.8
- Brain Behavior and Immunity 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 Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions ca. 8.6
- Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology ca. 8.6
143 Food Chemistry ca. 8.5
- Annual Review of Microbiology ca. 8.5
- Molecular Systems Biology ca. 8.5
- Food Packaging and Shelf Life ca. 8.5
147 Emerging Microbes & Infections ca. 8.4
148 Journal of Pineal Research ca. 8.3
- Human Reproduction Open ca. 8.3
150 International Journal of Biological Sciences ca. 8.2
- Science of the Total Environment ca. 8.2
- Clinical Infectious Diseases ca. 8.2
- Cell Communication and Signaling ca. 8.2
154 Chemosphere ca. 8.1
- Communications Earth & Environment ca. 8.1
- Critical Reviews in Biotechnology ca. 8.1
- Cell Death & Disease ca. 8.1
- Current Biology ca. 8.1
- Annual Review of Virology ca. 8.1
- Annals of Neurology ca. 8.1
- American Journal of Human Genetics ca. 8.1
162 Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering ca. 8
- Journal of Environmental Management ca. 8
- Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews ca. 8
- Science China-Life Sciences ca. 8
- Aging Cell 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 Environmental Research ca. 7.7
- Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics ca. 7.7
- International Journal of Biological Macromolecules ca. 7.7
- Computers and Electronics in Agriculture ca. 7.7
175 Bioscience ca. 7.6
- Brain Stimulation ca. 7.6
- Plant Phenomics ca. 7.6
- Environmental Pollution ca. 7.6
- Horticulture Research ca. 7.6
180 Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews ca. 7.5
- Genes & Development ca. 7.5
- Cell Reports ca. 7.5
183 Journal of Cell Biology ca. 7.4
- CNS Drugs ca. 7.4
185 International Soil and Water Conservation Research ca. 7.3
- Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition ca. 7.3
- Earths Future ca. 7.3
- Journal of Headache and Pain ca. 7.3
189 Particle and Fibre Toxicology ca. 7.2
- Water Research X ca. 7.2
191 Waste Management ca. 7.1
- Current Opinion in Biotechnology ca. 7.1
- Free Radical Biology and Medicine ca. 7.1
- Stem Cell Research & Therapy ca. 7.1
- Modern Pathology ca. 7.1
196 Computers in Biology and Medicine ca. 7
- Trends in Parasitology ca. 7
- Food Research International ca. 7
- Ecological Indicators ca. 7
200 Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy ca. 6.9
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