Biology & Biochemistry: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Physiological Reviews	76
2	Cell	70
3	Fungal Diversity	66
4	Cell Research	60
5	Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology	56
6	Annual Review of Pathology-Mechanisms of Disease	54
7	Cancer Cell	50
8	Cell Metabolism	49
-	Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews	49
10	Annual Review of Biochemistry	48
11	Biochar	46
12	Experimental and Molecular Medicine	45
-	Annual Review of Neuroscience	45
14	Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry	44
15	Trends in Food Science & Technology	43
-	Horticulture Research	43
17	Cell Stem Cell	42
-	Energy & Environmental Science	42
19	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	41
20	Molecular Cancer	40
21	Nature Genetics	39
22	Environmental Chemistry Letters	38
-	Nature Medicine	38
-	Science Translational Medicine	38
-	Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy	38
-	Clinical Microbiology Reviews	38
-	Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology	38
-	Annual Review of Biophysics	38
-	Annual Review of Physiology	38
30	Human Reproduction Update	36
-	Annual Review of Microbiology	36
32	Cell Host & Microbe	35
-	Nature Neuroscience	35
-	Progress in Lipid Research	35
35	Biotechnology Advances	34
36	Annual Review of Genetics	33
37	Neuron	32
-	Molecular Cell	32
-	Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters	32
-	Nature Sustainability	32
41	Annual Review of Entomology	31
42	Nature Protocols	30
-	Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology	30
-	Molecular Plant	30
45	Nature Microbiology	29
-	Nature Reviews Genetics	29
-	Microbiome	29
-	Journal of Hazardous Materials	29
-	Molecular Neurodegeneration	29
-	Biotechnology for Biofuels	29

-	Pharmacology & Therapeutics	29
52	Food Hydrocolloids	28
-	Ageing Research Reviews	28
54	Water Research	27
-	Translational Neurodegeneration	27
-	Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology	27
-	Remote Sensing of Environment	27
-	Drug Resistance Updates	27
-	EMBO Journal	27
-	Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety	27
-	Bioresource Technology	27
-	Annual Review of Marine Science	27
-	Annual Review of Virology	27
-	Nature Methods	27
-	Nature Reviews Neuroscience	27
-	Resources Conservation and Recycling	27
-	Genes and Immunity	27
-	Journal of Extracellular Vesicles	27
69	Nature Reviews Microbiology	26
-	Genome Medicine	26
-	Drugs	26
72	Nature Cell Biology	25
-	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	25
-	Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	25
-	Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology	25
-	Biological Reviews	25
-	Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B	25
-	Biosensors & Bioelectronics	25
-	Journal of Cleaner Production	25
80	Food Packaging and Shelf Life	24
-	Acta Neuropathologica	24
-	Seminars in Immunopathology	24
-	Redox Biology	24
-	ISME Journal	24
85	Food Chemistry	23
-	Trends in Neurosciences	23
-	Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews	23
-	Environment International	23
-	Cell Death and Differentiation	23
-	Pharmacological Reviews	23
-	Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews	23
-	Annual Review of Food Science and Technology	23
-	Journal of Headache and Pain	23
94	Cell Discovery	22
-	Molecular Medicine	22
-	Sleep Medicine Reviews	22
-	Molecular Aspects of Medicine	22
-	Global Change Biology	22
-	Energy Policy	22
-	Journal of Nanobiotechnology	22
-	Chemosphere	22
-	Reviews in Aquaculture	22
-	Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment	22
-	Annual Review of Vision Science	22
105	Environmental Science & Technology	21
-	Metabolic Engineering	21
-	Lancet Planetary Health	21
-	Pharmacological Research	21
-	Trends in Cell Biology	21
-	Current Opinion in Biotechnology	21
-	Developmental Cell	21
-	Journal of Neuroinflammation	21
-	Journal of Controlled Release	21
114	Cell Reports	20
-	Nature Climate Change	20
-	Brain	20
-	Science of the Total Environment	20
-	Trends in Microbiology	20
-	Molecular Systems Biology	20
-	Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition	20
-	Current Opinion in Food Science	20
-	Current Opinion in Microbiology	20
-	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	20
-	Molecular Psychiatry	20
-	Plant Cell	20
-	Critical Reviews in Biotechnology	20
-	Drug Delivery	20
-	Current Opinion in Virology	20
-	Annual Review of Animal Biosciences	20
-	Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics	20
131	Waste Management	19
-	Trends in Cognitive Sciences	19
-	Plant Biotechnology Journal	19
-	Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering	19
-	Environmental Science and Pollution Research	19
-	Environmental Pollution	19
-	Nature Chemical Biology	19
-	Nature Human Behaviour	19
-	Clinical Epigenetics	19
-	Cell Death & Disease	19
-	Ecosystem Services	19
-	Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders	19
143	Essays in Biochemistry	18
-	Food Control	18
-	Natural Product Reports	18
-	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	18
-	Trends in Biotechnology	18
-	Gut Microbes	18
-	Drug Discovery Today	18
-	Current Opinion in Structural Biology	18
-	American Journal of Human Genetics	18
-	Environmental Research	18
-	npj Regenerative Medicine	18
-	Nature Biotechnology	18
-	Nature Ecology & Evolution	18
-	Particle and Fibre Toxicology	18
-	Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology	18
-	Neurology-Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation	18
-	Medicinal Research Reviews	18
-	Current Opinion in Neurobiology	18
-	Computers and Electronics in Agriculture	18
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer	18
163	Environmental Technology & Innovation	17
-	Environment Development and Sustainability	17
-	Oncogene	17
-	Trends in Pharmacological Sciences	17
-	Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews	17
-	LWT-Food Science and Technology	17
-	Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies	17
-	Progress in Neurobiology	17
-	Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology	17
-	International Soil and Water Conservation Research	17
-	Journal of Environmental Management	17
-	Nucleic Acids Research	17
-	Cell Systems	17

-	Molecular Therapy	17
-	npj Biofilms and Microbiomes	17
-	Current Opinion in Chemical Biology	17
-	EMBO Reports	17
-	Current Pollution Reports	17
-	Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology	17
-	Agronomy for Sustainable Development	17
183	Food Research International	16
-	Systemic Biology	16
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Computational Molecular Science	16
-	Trends in Genetics	16
-	Cell Chemical Biology	16
-	Ecological Indicators	16
-	Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy	16
-	Autophagy	16
-	International Journal of Biological Sciences	16
-	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	16
-	Neuroimage	16
-	Trends in Biochemical Sciences	16
-	Stem Cell Reports	16
-	Cell Biology and Toxicology	16
-	Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability	16
-	Archives of Pharmacal Research	16
-	Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	16
-	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	16

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