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Best Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all) journals

222 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all). All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 56 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Nature Reviews Methods Primers 88.3 99th Q1 SCIE – No
2 Nature Medicine 73.9 99th Q1 SCIE – No
3 Cell 67.8 98th Q1 SCIE – No
4 Annual Review of Medicine 43 98th Q1 SCIE – No
5 Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 34.6 97th Q1 SCIE – No
6 Nature Protocols 31.3 97th Q1 SCIE – No
7 Biological Reviews 24.5 97th Q1 SCIE – No
8 Nature Communications 24.3 96th Q1 SCIE – Yes
9 Cytokine and Growth Factor Reviews 21.8 96th Q1 SCIE – No
10 Mass Spectrometry Reviews 21.2 95th Q1 SCIE – No
11 eBioMedicine 19.1 95th Q1 SCIE – Yes
12 Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 18.3 94th Q1 SCIE – No
13 Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology 16.2 94th Q1 SCIE – No
14 Cell Reports Medicine 15.9 93rd Q1 SCIE – Yes
15 Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine 15.9 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
16 Developmental Cell 15.7 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
17 EMBO Journal 13.6 92nd Q1 SCIE – Yes
18 Critical Reviews in Clinical Laboratory Sciences 12.8 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
19 Science China Life Sciences 12.7 91st Q1 SCIE – No
20 Cell Reports 12.3 91st Q1 SCIE – Yes
21 Management of Environmental Quality 11.8 90th Q1 ESCI C No
22 Molecular Systems Biology 11.7 90th Q1 SCIE – Yes
23 Cell and Bioscience 11.5 89th Q1 SCIE – Yes
24 Cells 11.4 89th Q1 SCIE – Yes
25 Journal of Translational Medicine 11.3 89th Q1 SCIE – Yes
26 Current Biology 10.7 88th Q1 SCIE – No
27 Life Sciences 10.7 88th Q1 SCIE – No
28 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 10.2 87th Q1 SCIE – No
29 Emerging Topics in Life Sciences 9.9 87th Q1 ESCI – No
30 BioMed Research International 9.4 86th Q1 ESCI – No
31 Methods 9.3 86th Q1 SCIE – No
32 PLOS Biology 9.2 85th Q1 SCIE – Yes
33 Interdisciplinary Sciences - Computational Life Sciences 9 85th Q1 SCIE – No
34 Journal of Zhejiang University: Science B 8.3 84th Q1 SCIE – No
35 Communications Biology 8.2 84th Q1 SCIE – Yes
36 BioScience Trends 8 84th Q1 SCIE – No
37 Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 7.9 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
38 BMC Biology 7.8 83rd Q1 SCIE – Yes
39 Biomedicines 7.8 82nd Q1 SCIE – Yes
40 CBE Life Sciences Education 7.6 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
41 Biological Research 7.5 81st Q1 SCIE – Yes
42 BioMetals 7.4 81st Q1 SCIE – No
43 Biology 7.3 80th Q1 SCIE – Yes
44 Life 7.1 80th Q1 SCIE – Yes
45 Biomolecular Concepts 7 80th Q1 ESCI – Yes
46 Insect Science 7 79th Q1 SCIE – No
47 Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine 7 79th Q1 SCIE – Yes
48 Journal of Taibah University for Science 6.8 78th Q1 SCIE – Yes
49 Clinical and Experimental Medicine 6.7 78th Q1 SCIE – No
50 Experimental Biology and Medicine 6.6 77th Q1 SCIE – Yes
51 Scientific World Journal 6.6 77th Q1 – – Yes
52 Extracellular Vesicles and Circulating Nucleic Acids 6.6 76th Q1 ESCI – No
53 Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research 6.4 76th Q1 – – No
54 Biology Direct 6.4 76th Q1 SCIE – Yes
55 Biological Procedures Online 6.3 75th Q1 SCIE – Yes
56 DMM Disease Models and Mechanisms 6.2 75th Q1 SCIE – Yes
57 Maturitas 6.2 74th Q2 SCIE – No
58 Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 6.1 74th Q2 SCIE – No
59 Laboratory Animal Research 6.1 73rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
60 Open Biology 6.1 73rd Q2 SCIE – Yes
61 Applied Biological Chemistry 5.8 72nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
62 Database : the journal of biological databases and curation 5.8 72nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
63 Frontiers in Bioscience - Landmark 5.7 71st Q2 SCIE – Yes
64 Current Research in Translational Medicine 5.5 71st Q2 SCIE – No
65 Frontiers in Bioscience - Scholar 5.5 71st Q2 – – Yes
66 Advanced Biology 5.5 70th Q2 SCIE – No
67 Frontiers in Bioscience - Elite 5.4 70th Q2 – – Yes
68 BioEssays 5.4 69th Q2 SCIE – No
69 Clinical and Translational Science 5.4 69th Q2 SCIE – Yes
70 Alternatives to Laboratory Animals 5.2 68th Q2 SCIE – No
71 Arab Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences 5.2 68th Q2 – – Yes
72 FEBS Open Bio 5.1 67th Q2 SCIE – Yes
73 Journal of Investigative Medicine 5.1 67th Q2 SCIE – No
74 Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research 5.1 67th Q2 SCIE – No
75 Animal Cells and Systems 5 66th Q2 SCIE – Yes
76 Journal of Analytical Science and Technology 5 66th Q2 SCIE – Yes
77 Current Opinion in Systems Biology 5 65th Q2 ESCI – No
78 PeerJ 4.9 65th Q2 SCIE – Yes
79 Acta Biochimica Polonica 4.8 64th Q2 SCIE – Yes
80 Journal of Applied Crystallography 4.8 64th Q2 SCIE – No
81 Biomolecules and Biomedicine 4.7 63rd Q2 SCIE – Yes
82 Natural Sciences 4.7 63rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
83 npj Systems Biology and Applications 4.7 63rd Q2 SCIE – Yes
84 Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences 4.6 62nd Q2 SCIE – No
85 Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering 4.6 61st Q2 SCIE – No
86 Neuroscience 4.6 61st Q2 SCIE – No
87 Current Protocols 4.4 60th Q2 ESCI – No
88 Journal of Biophotonics 4.3 60th Q2 SCIE – No
89 BioTechniques 4.3 59th Q2 SCIE – Yes
90 BioImpacts 4.2 59th Q2 SCIE – Yes
91 Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine 4.2 58th Q2 SCIE – Yes
92 BioMedicine (Taiwan) 4.2 58th Q2 ESCI – Yes
93 Experimental Animals 4.1 58th Q2 SCIE – No
94 Animal Welfare 4 57th Q2 SCIE – Yes
95 Journal of Theoretical Biology 4 57th Q2 SCIE – No
96 Journal of Oral Biosciences 3.9 56th Q2 ESCI – No
97 Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy 3.8 56th Q2 ESCI – No
98 BioSystems 3.7 55th Q2 SCIE – No
99 Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 3.6 55th Q2 SCIE – No
100 Biomedical Reports 3.6 54th Q2 ESCI – No
101 Biometrics 3.6 54th Q2 SCIE – No
102 Journal of Applied Biomedicine 3.6 54th Q2 SCIE – Yes
103 Biologia Futura 3.5 53rd Q2 SCIE – No
104 Indian Journal of Medical Research 3.5 53rd Q2 SCIE – No
105 Cryobiology 3.5 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
106 Acta Biotheoretica 3.4 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
107 Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 3.4 51st Q2 – – No
108 Journal of Applied Biology and Biotechnology 3.3 51st Q2 – – No
109 Biointerphases 3.3 50th Q2 SCIE – No
110 In Vivo 3.3 50th Q2 SCIE – No
111 Obesity Medicine 3.3 50th Q2 – – No
112 Baghdad Science Journal 3.3 49th Q3 ESCI – Yes
113 Open Life Sciences 3.3 49th Q3 SCIE – Yes
114 Mathematical Biosciences 3.2 48th Q3 SCIE – No
115 South African Journal of Science 3.2 48th Q3 SCIE – Yes
116 Biopreservation and Biobanking 3.2 47th Q3 SCIE – No
117 Comparative Medicine 3.2 47th Q3 – – No
118 Journal of Biosciences 3.1 46th Q3 SCIE – No
119 Journal of Integrated Science and Technology 3.1 46th Q3 – – No
120 BMC Proceedings 3 45th Q3 – – Yes
121 All Life 2.9 45th Q3 SCIE – Yes
122 F1000Research 2.9 45th Q3 – – Yes
123 Biology Open 2.8 44th Q3 SCIE – Yes
124 Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education 2.8 44th Q3 ESCI – Yes
125 Tropical Life Sciences Research 2.7 43rd Q3 ESCI – Yes
126 Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine 2.6 43rd Q3 SCIE – No
127 Biology Methods and Protocols 2.6 42nd Q3 ESCI – Yes
128 Cold Spring Harbor Protocols 2.6 42nd Q3 – – No
129 Iraqi Journal of Science 2.6 42nd Q3 – – No
130 Biophysics Reports 2.6 41st Q3 – – Yes
131 BMC Research Notes 2.6 41st Q3 ESCI – Yes
132 Artificial Life and Robotics 2.5 40th Q3 ESCI – No
133 Iranian Biomedical Journal 2.5 40th Q3 ESCI – Yes
134 STAR Protocols 2.5 39th Q3 ESCI – Yes
135 Sovremennye Tehnologii v Medicine 2.4 39th Q3 ESCI – No
136 Communications in Mathematical Biology and Neuroscience 2.4 38th Q3 ESCI – No
137 Biomedical Papers 2.3 38th Q3 SCIE – Yes
138 OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences 2.2 37th Q3 – – No
139 Wellcome Open Research 2.2 37th Q3 – – Yes
140 Biomedical Research (Japan) 2.2 36th Q3 SCIE – No
141 Jordan Journal of Biological Sciences 2.2 36th Q3 – – No
142 Journal of Advanced Biotechnology and Experimental Therapeutics 2.1 36th Q3 – – Yes
143 Asian Biomedicine 2 35th Q3 SCIE – No
144 Vavilovskii Zhurnal Genetiki i Selektsii 2 35th Q3 ESCI – Yes
145 Mathematical Medicine and Biology 2 34th Q3 SCIE – No
146 Advancements in Life Sciences 1.8 34th Q3 – – Yes
147 Advanced Biomedical Research 1.8 33rd Q3 ESCI – Yes
148 Journal of Experimental Biology and Agricultural Sciences 1.8 33rd Q3 – – No
149 Bio-protocol 1.7 32nd Q3 ESCI – Yes
150 Journal of Visualized Experiments 1.7 32nd Q3 SCIE – No
151 Malaysian Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences 1.7 32nd Q3 ESCI – No
152 HAYATI Journal of Biosciences 1.6 31st Q3 – – Yes
153 Indonesian Biomedical Journal 1.6 31st Q3 ESCI – Yes
154 Folia Biologica (Poland) 1.6 30th Q3 SCIE – No
155 Makara Journal of Science 1.5 30th Q3 ESCI – Yes
156 Biosaintifika 1.5 29th Q3 – – Yes
157 Uniciencia 1.5 29th Q3 ESCI – Yes
158 Journal of Applied and Natural Science 1.5 28th Q3 – – No
159 World Academy of Sciences Journal 1.5 28th Q3 – – No
160 Journal of Biological Research (Greece) 1.5 27th Q3 SCIE – Yes
161 Journal of Bioscience and Applied Research 1.5 27th Q3 – – Yes
162 Journal of Bio-X Research 1.5 27th Q3 ESCI – Yes
163 Biopolymers and Cell 1.5 26th Q3 – – No
164 Biomedica 1.4 26th Q3 SCIE – Yes
165 Biophotonics Discovery 1.4 25th Q3 – – No
166 Chemistry of Natural Compounds 1.4 25th Q3 SCIE – No
167 Archives of Biological Sciences 1.4 24th Q4 SCIE – Yes
168 Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine 1.4 24th Q4 SCIE – No
169 Journal of Medical Investigation 1.4 23rd Q4 ESCI – No
170 Granja 1.3 23rd Q4 ESCI – Yes
171 Neuromethods 1.3 23rd Q4 – – No
172 Comptes Rendus - Biologies 1.3 22nd Q4 SCIE – Yes
173 Proceedings of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences: Part B 1.3 22nd Q4 – – No
174 Biomeditsinskaya Khimiya 1.3 21st Q4 – – No
175 Journal of Nanjing Agricultural University 1.3 21st Q4 – – No
176 Acta Medica Okayama 1.2 20th Q4 SCIE – No
177 Journal of Respiratory Biology and Translational Medicine 1.2 20th Q4 – – No
178 Allelopathy Journal 1.2 19th Q4 – – No
179 Doklady Biological Sciences 1.2 19th Q4 – – No
180 Journal of Biological Research (Italy) 1.2 19th Q4 ESCI – Yes
181 Clinical Laboratory 1.2 18th Q4 SCIE – No
182 Biomedical Research and Therapy 1.1 18th Q4 ESCI – No
183 Biological Communications 1.1 17th Q4 – – No
184 Moscow University Biological Sciences Bulletin 1.1 17th Q4 – – No
185 Biochemist 1.1 16th Q4 – – No
186 Mass Spectrometry Letters 1 16th Q4 ESCI – Yes
187 Biology Bulletin 0.9 15th Q4 SCIE – No
188 International Journal of Data Mining and Bioinformatics 0.9 15th Q4 SCIE – No
189 Acta Biologica Szegediensis 0.9 14th Q4 – – No
190 Journal of Mathematical and Fundamental Sciences 0.9 14th Q4 ESCI – Yes
191 Revista Colombiana de Reumatologia 0.9 14th Q4 ESCI – No
192 International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences 0.9 13th Q4 – – No
193 Zhejiang Daxue Xuebao (Nongye yu Shengming Kexue Ban)/Journal of the Zhejiang University - Agriculture and Life Science 0.9 13th Q4 – – Yes
194 Journal of Siberian Federal University - Biology 0.8 12th Q4 – – Yes
195 Periodicum Biologorum 0.8 12th Q4 SCIE – No
196 Revista U.D.C.A Actualidad and Divulgacion Cientifica 0.8 11th Q4 – – Yes
197 Uchenye Zapiski Kazanskogo Universiteta. Seriya Estestvennye Nauki 0.8 11th Q4 ESCI – Yes
198 Defence Life Science Journal 0.8 10th Q4 – – No
199 Annales de Biologie Clinique 0.7 10th Q4 SCIE – No
200 Plant Root 0.7 10th Q4 ESCI – No
201 Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Fisicas y Naturales 0.7 9th Q4 ESCI – Yes
202 RSC Detection Science 0.7 9th Q4 – – No
203 Annals of Arid Zone 0.7 8th Q4 – – No
204 Siberian Journal of Life Sciences and Agriculture 0.7 8th Q4 – – Yes
205 Acta Biomedica Scientifica 0.6 7th Q4 – – Yes
206 Acta Microbiologica Bulgarica 0.6 7th Q4 – – No
207 Experimental and Applied Biomedical Research (EABR) 0.6 6th Q4 – – No
208 Natures Sciences Societes 0.6 6th Q4 – – Yes
209 Open Biochemistry Journal 0.6 6th Q4 – – No
210 Acta Scientiarum - Biological Sciences 0.6 5th Q4 – – Yes
211 Medecine/Sciences 0.6 5th Q4 SCIE – No
212 Aviakosmicheskaia i ekologicheskaia meditsina = Aerospace and environmental medicine 0.6 4th Q4 – – No
213 Biologie Aujourd'hui 0.5 4th Q4 – – No
214 Medical Journal of Chinese People's Liberation Army 0.5 4th Q4 – – No
215 Journal of Experimental and Clinical Medicine (Turkey) 0.5 3rd Q4 – – No
216 Acta Scientiarum - Health Sciences 0.5 2nd Q4 ESCI – Yes
217 Scandinavian Journal of Laboratory Animal Science 0.5 2nd Q4 SCIE – No
218 Chinese Journal of Medical Science Research Management 0.4 2nd Q4 – – No
219 Journal of Shanghai Jiaotong University (Medical Science) 0.4 1st Q4 – – Yes
220 Sibirskij Nauchnyj Medicinskij Zhurnal 0.4 1st Q4 – – Yes
221 Biological Models Research and Technology Journal 0.3 0th Q4 – – No
222 Studia Universitatis Vasile Goldis Arad, Seria Stiintele Vietii 0.3 0th Q4 – – No

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