New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Biology & Biochemistry

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 2024
1 Nature Reviews Microbiology ca. 103.3
2 Nature Reviews Drug Discovery ca. 101.8
3 Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology ca. 90.2
4 Nature Reviews Genetics ca. 52
5 Nature Medicine ca. 50
6 Cancer Cell ca. 44.5
7 Cell ca. 42.5
8 Nature Biotechnology ca. 41.7
9 Annual Review of Pathology-Mechanisms of Disease ca. 34.5
10 Molecular Cancer ca. 33.9
11 Nature Methods ca. 32.1
12 Cell Metabolism ca. 30.9
13 Energy & Environmental Science ca. 30.8
14 Nature Genetics ca. 29
15 Physiological Reviews ca. 28.7
16 Nature Climate Change ca. 27.1
- Nature Sustainability ca. 27.1
18 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Computational Molecular Science ca. 27
19 Cell Research ca. 25.9
20 Fungal Diversity ca. 24.8
21 Molecular Plant ca. 24.1
22 Drug Resistance Updates ca. 21.7
23 Lancet Planetary Health ca. 21.6
24 Annual Review of Biochemistry ca. 20.5
25 Cell Stem Cell ca. 20.4
- Environmental Chemistry Letters ca. 20.4
27 Trends in Pharmacological Sciences ca. 19.9
28 Nature Microbiology ca. 19.4
29 Clinical Microbiology Reviews ca. 19.3
30 Annual Review of Physiology ca. 19.1
- Nature Cell Biology ca. 19.1
32 Annual Review of Marine Science ca. 18.9
33 Cell Host & Microbe ca. 18.7
34 Trends in Cell Biology ca. 18.1
35 Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews ca. 17.6
36 Pharmacological Reviews ca. 17.3
- Trends in Ecology & Evolution ca. 17.3
38 Trends in Cognitive Sciences ca. 17.2
39 Annual Review of Entomology ca. 16.7
40 Molecular Cell ca. 16.6
41 Trends in Genetics ca. 16.3
42 Human Reproduction Update ca. 16.1
43 Nature Protocols ca. 16
44 Nature Human Behaviour ca. 15.9
45 Trends in Food Science & Technology ca. 15.4
- Cell Death and Differentiation ca. 15.4
47 Trends in Biotechnology ca. 14.9
- Progress in Lipid Research ca. 14.9
- Trends in Microbiology ca. 14.9
50 Endocrine Pathology ca. 14.7
51 Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B ca. 14.6
- Science Translational Medicine ca. 14.6
53 Nature Ecology & Evolution ca. 14.5
- Journal of Extracellular Vesicles ca. 14.5
55 Drugs ca. 14.4
56 Physics of Life Reviews ca. 14.3
- Autophagy ca. 14.3
58 Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety ca. 14.1
59 Trends in Molecular Medicine ca. 13.8
60 Annual Review of Biophysics ca. 13.7
- Nature Chemical Biology ca. 13.7
- Behavioral and Brain Sciences ca. 13.7
63 Biochar ca. 13.5
64 Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry ca. 13.4
65 Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology ca. 13.2
66 Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology ca. 13.1
- Nucleic Acids Research ca. 13.1
68 Experimental and Molecular Medicine ca. 12.9
69 Protein & Cell ca. 12.8
70 Microbiome ca. 12.7
71 Journal of Nanobiotechnology ca. 12.6
72 Biotechnology Advances ca. 12.5
- Pharmacology & Therapeutics ca. 12.5
- Cell Discovery ca. 12.5
75 Water Research ca. 12.4
- Annual Review of Food Science and Technology ca. 12.4
- Ageing Research Reviews ca. 12.4
- Food Hydrocolloids ca. 12.4
79 FEMS Microbiology Reviews ca. 12.3
80 Molecular Therapy ca. 12
- Global Change Biology ca. 12
82 Redox Biology ca. 11.9
- Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences ca. 11.9
84 Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews ca. 11.8
85 Biological Reviews ca. 11.7
- Brain ca. 11.7
87 Plant Cell ca. 11.6
- Medicinal Research Reviews ca. 11.6
89 Journal of Controlled Release ca. 11.5
90 Remote Sensing of Environment ca. 11.4
- npj Clean Water ca. 11.4
- Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics ca. 11.4
- Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology ca. 11.4
94 Environmental Science & Technology ca. 11.3
- Journal of Hazardous Materials ca. 11.3
- Reviews in Aquaculture ca. 11.3
97 Genome Medicine ca. 11.2
98 Human Reproduction Open ca. 11.1
99 Gut Microbes ca. 11
- Trends in Biochemical Sciences ca. 11
101 Resources Conservation and Recycling ca. 10.9
102 Natural Product Reports ca. 10.6
- Food Packaging and Shelf Life ca. 10.6
- Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology ca. 10.6
105 Biosensors & Bioelectronics ca. 10.5
- Pharmacological Research ca. 10.5
- Plant Biotechnology Journal ca. 10.5
108 Physiology ca. 10.3
- Molecular Aspects of Medicine ca. 10.3
110 Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters ca. 10.2
111 Molecular Psychiatry ca. 10.1
- Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ca. 10.1
- Journal of Neuroinflammation ca. 10.1
114 Journal of Cleaner Production ca. 10
- ISME Journal ca. 10
- International Journal of Biological Sciences ca. 10
117 Annual Review of Microbiology ca. 9.9
118 Food Chemistry ca. 9.8
- Environmental Health Perspectives ca. 9.8
120 Environment International ca. 9.7
- Sleep Medicine Reviews ca. 9.7
122 Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment ca. 9.6
- Cell Death & Disease ca. 9.6
124 Science China-Life Sciences ca. 9.5
125 Journal of Integrative Plant Biology ca. 9.3
- Acta Neuropathologica ca. 9.3
127 Seminars in Immunopathology ca. 9.2
- Energy Policy ca. 9.2
- npj Biofilms and Microbiomes ca. 9.2
130 Current Opinion in Food Science ca. 9.1
- Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions ca. 9.1
132 Biological Psychiatry ca. 9
- Bioresource Technology ca. 9
134 Communications Earth & Environment ca. 8.9
- Computers and Electronics in Agriculture ca. 8.9
- Cell Communication and Signaling ca. 8.9
- Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis ca. 8.9
138 Environmental Science & Technology Letters ca. 8.8
- Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition ca. 8.8
140 Annual Review of Animal Biosciences ca. 8.7
- Developmental Cell ca. 8.7
142 Annual Review of Genetics ca. 8.6
143 Horticulture Research ca. 8.5
- International Journal of Biological Macromolecules ca. 8.5
- Clinical Microbiology and Infection ca. 8.5
146 Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management ca. 8.4
- Brain Stimulation ca. 8.4
- Acta Pharmacologica Sinica ca. 8.4
- Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology ca. 8.4
- Journal of Environmental Management ca. 8.4
151 Annual Review of Virology ca. 8.3
- EMBO Journal ca. 8.3
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer ca. 8.3
- Phytomedicine ca. 8.3
155 Water Research X ca. 8.2
- Free Radical Biology and Medicine ca. 8.2
- Earths Future ca. 8.2
- Particle and Fibre Toxicology ca. 8.2
- Food Chemistry-X ca. 8.2
160 Current Pollution Reports ca. 8.1
- Drug Delivery ca. 8.1
- Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews ca. 8.1
- Apoptosis ca. 8.1
- American Journal of Human Genetics ca. 8.1
165 Science of the Total Environment ca. 8
- Food Research International ca. 8
167 Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews ca. 7.9
- Genomics Proteomics & Bioinformatics ca. 7.9
- Journal of Headache and Pain ca. 7.9
- Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics ca. 7.9
171 Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews ca. 7.8
- npj Science of Food ca. 7.8
173 Critical Reviews in Biotechnology ca. 7.7
- Molecular Systems Biology ca. 7.7
- Annals of Neurology ca. 7.7
- Genes & Development ca. 7.7
- Environmental Research ca. 7.7
- Briefings in Bioinformatics ca. 7.7
- Cell Systems ca. 7.7
- British Journal of Pharmacology ca. 7.7
181 Food Engineering Reviews ca. 7.6
- Brain Behavior and Immunity ca. 7.6
- Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment ca. 7.6
- Bioscience ca. 7.6
- Alzheimers Research & Therapy ca. 7.6
186 Current Opinion in Microbiology ca. 7.5
- Current Biology ca. 7.5
- Neurology-Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation ca. 7.5
- Archives of Pharmacal Research ca. 7.5
- Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy ca. 7.5
- Emerging Microbes & Infections ca. 7.5
- Drug Discovery Today ca. 7.5
193 Ecological Indicators ca. 7.4
- Amyloid-Journal of Protein Folding Disorders ca. 7.4
- CNS Drugs ca. 7.4
- Food Science and Human Wellness ca. 7.4
197 Environmental Pollution ca. 7.3
- Oncogene ca. 7.3
- Clinical Infectious Diseases ca. 7.3
- International Soil and Water Conservation Research ca. 7.3
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