New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Biology & Biochemistry

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 International Journal of Molecular Sciences60249
2 Sustainability57643
3 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health32482
4 Science of the Total Environment32397
5 Molecules29480
6 International Journal of Biological Macromolecules26129
7 Remote Sensing21776
8 Journal of Cleaner Production17876
9 Frontiers in Pharmacology16905
10 Foods16849
11 Frontiers in Microbiology16715
12 Water15972
13 Animals14759
14 Food Chemistry14005
15 Chemosphere13827
16 Journal of Environmental Management12976
17 Biophysical Journal12845
18 Journal of Hazardous Materials12816
19 Biomedicines12446
20 Agronomy-Basel12274
21 Cells11941
22 Open Forum Infectious Diseases11417
23 Microorganisms10949
24 Environmental Research9728
25 Zootaxa9386
26 eLife9363
27 Viruses-Basel9319
28 Journal of Biological Chemistry9292
29 Pharmaceutics9252
30 Agriculture-Basel9044
31 Frontiers in Genetics8722
32 Environmental Pollution8656
33 Frontiers in Marine Science8567
34 Environmental Science & Technology8316
35 Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry8281
36 FASEB Journal8246
37 Life-Basel8069
38 Genes8035
39 Antioxidants7934
40 Frontiers in Physiology7688
41 Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology7349
42 Frontiers in Neuroscience7336
43 Biomolecules7228
44 Journal of Animal Science7162
45 Atmosphere7137
46 Industrial Crops and Products7110
47 Environmental Science and Pollution Research7047
48 Microbiology Spectrum7016
49 Frontiers in Neurology7000
50 Pharmaceuticals6772
51 International Immunopharmacology6727
52 Bioresource Technology6666
53 Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy6536
54 LWT-Food Science and Technology6472
55 Fertility and Sterility6442
56 Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology6297
57 Antibiotics-Basel6212
58 Brain Sciences6193
59 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety6162
60 Cell Reports6129
61 Ecological Indicators6057
62 Communications Biology6053
63 Biology-Basel6049
64 Frontiers in Environmental Science5960
65 Sleep5950
66 Food Bioscience5890
67 Water Research5847
68 Physiology5742
69 Food Research International5721
70 Ecology and Evolution5701
71 Journal of the Neurological Sciences5676
72 Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications5639
73 Pathogens5580
74 Human Reproduction5556
75 Journal of Ethnopharmacology5473
76 Computers in Biology and Medicine5336
77 Nucleic Acids Research5228
78 Aquaculture5216
79 Marine Pollution Bulletin5196
80 Biological Psychiatry5079
81 Journal of Medicinal Chemistry4616
82 International Journal of Pharmaceutics4541
83 Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience4493
84 Journal of Fungi4446
85 Insects4375
86 Free Radical Biology and Medicine4346
87 Food Hydrocolloids4307
88 Molecular Biology Reports4232
89 Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology4141
90 Poultry Science4135
91 Metabolites4114
92 Environmental Monitoring and Assessment4083
93 Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience3982
94 BMC Genomics3967
95 European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry3856
96 Cell Death & Disease3843
97 Computers and Electronics in Agriculture3797
98 Toxicology Letters3764
99 Current Biology3763
100 Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences3723
101 Brain Stimulation3636
102 Environmental Research Letters3604
103 Toxics3588
104 Biosensors & Bioelectronics3580
105 Journal of Dairy Science3533
106 European Neuropsychopharmacology3522
107 Biomed Research International3515
108 Journal of Food Composition and Analysis3488
109 Bioorganic Chemistry3480
110 Life Sciences3477
111 Chemistry & Biodiversity3453
112 Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems3436
113 Food & Function3367
114 Journal of Alzheimers Disease3357
115 Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics3298
116 Phytomedicine3296
117 Journal of Medical Virology3293
118 Journal of Controlled Release3264
119 Clinical Infectious Diseases3240
120 mBio3233
121 Analytical Methods3164
122 Journal of Chromatography A3161
123 Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture3158
124 PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases3151
125 Natural Product Research3144
126 Environment International3128
127 Clinical Neurophysiology3123
128 IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics3119
129 Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine3093
130 Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling3079
131 Water Air and Soil Pollution3072
132 International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology3066
133 Fermentation-Basel3058
134 Cytotherapy3011
135 European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology3000
136 Food Science & Nutrition2971
137 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics2954
138 European Journal of Pharmacology2952
139 Aging-US2943
140 Neuroimage2937
141 Journal of Neuroscience2929
142 Gene2905
143 Toxins2890
144 Neurological Sciences2863
145 Food Control2850
146 Food and Chemical Toxicology2822
147 Frontiers in Human Neuroscience2786
148 Neural Networks2768
149 Neuromuscular Disorders2735
150 Molecular Neurobiology2730
151 Fish & Shellfish Immunology2712
152 Food Chemistry-X2696
153 Journal of Virology2648
154 Molecular Genetics and Metabolism2644
155 International Journal of Food Science and Technology2637
156 Plant and Soil2634
157 Journal of Nanobiotechnology2626
158 Environmental Earth Sciences2620
159 Nature Medicine2610
160 Water Resources Research2601
161 Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine2597
162 Marine Drugs2594
163 Infection and Drug Resistance2587
164 Briefings in Bioinformatics2580
165 Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces2548
166 Polish Journal of Environmental Studies2541
167 Pest Management Science2528
168 Laboratory Investigation2492
169 Gait & Posture2482
170 Agricultural Water Management2478
171 Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry2464
172 Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics2460
173 Resources Conservation and Recycling2457
174 Journal of Pain2444
175 Journal of Infectious Diseases2421
176 Journal of Food Measurement and Characterization2391
177 Environmental Technology & Innovation2390
178 Microbial Pathogenesis2384
179 Energy & Environmental Science2377
180 Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics2354
181 Journal of Functional Foods2350
182 Communications Earth & Environment2334
- Journal of Experimental Biology2334
184 International Journal of Nanomedicine2325
185 Journal of Food Science2317
186 Naunyn-Schmiedebergs Archives of Pharmacology2305
187 Global Change Biology2299
188 Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis2298
189 Biomacromolecules2268
190 Placenta2240
191 Pathology Research and Practice2238
192 Applied and Environmental Microbiology2235
193 Neural Regeneration Research2233
194 Journal of Physiology-London2227
195 Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics2214
196 Pathology2194
197 Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases2175
198 American Journal of Clinical Pathology2173
199 Waste Management2171
200 Atmospheric Environment2155
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