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Best Biophysics journals

155 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Biophysics. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 39 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 Bioengineering 40.3 99th Q1 SCIE – No
2 Biomaterials 24.7 99th Q1 SCIE – No
3 Annual Review of Biophysics 24.6 98th Q1 SCIE – No
4 Biosensors and Bioelectronics 19.2 97th Q1 SCIE – No
5 Soft Robotics 15.8 97th Q1 SCIE – No
6 Ultrafast Science 15.2 96th Q1 ESCI – Yes
7 Structural Health Monitoring 14.4 95th Q1 SCIE – No
8 IRBM 13.1 95th Q1 SCIE – No
9 Brain Stimulation 12.8 94th Q1 SCIE – Yes
10 Biosensors 12.1 93rd Q1 SCIE – Yes
11 Biosensors and Bioelectronics: X 11.3 93rd Q1 – – Yes
12 International Journal of Nanomedicine 10.6 92nd Q1 SCIE – Yes
13 Journal of Food Biochemistry 9.9 91st Q1 SCIE – No
14 Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology 9.6 91st Q1 SCIE – No
15 Bioelectrochemistry 9.5 90th Q1 SCIE – No
16 Journal of Bionic Engineering 9.5 90th Q1 SCIE – No
17 Journal of Molecular Biology 8.9 89th Q1 SCIE – No
18 Bioscience Reports 8.4 88th Q1 SCIE – Yes
19 Biophysical Reviews 8.3 88th Q1 ESCI – No
20 Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal 8.2 87th Q1 SCIE – Yes
21 Chemical Physics Impact 8 86th Q1 ESCI – Yes
22 Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics 7.6 86th Q1 SCIE – No
23 Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine 7.6 85th Q1 SCIE – Yes
24 Interface Focus 7.4 84th Q1 SCIE – No
25 Journal of Luminescence 7.4 84th Q1 SCIE – No
26 Matrix Biology Plus 7.3 83rd Q1 – – Yes
27 Zeitschrift fur Medizinische Physik 7.3 82nd Q1 SCIE – Yes
28 Journal of Biomaterials Science, Polymer Edition 7.2 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
29 Biophysics Reviews 7 81st Q1 ESCI – No
30 Frontiers in Remote Sensing 6.9 80th Q1 ESCI – Yes
31 AMB Express 6.7 80th Q1 SCIE – Yes
32 Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology 6.7 79th Q1 SCIE – No
33 Plasmonics 6.7 79th Q1 SCIE – No
34 APL Bioengineering 6.6 78th Q1 SCIE – Yes
35 Channels 6.4 77th Q1 SCIE – Yes
36 Journal of the Royal Society Interface 6.4 77th Q1 SCIE – No
37 Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences 6.2 76th Q1 SCIE – No
38 BBA Advances 6.2 75th Q1 ESCI – Yes
39 Journal of Proteomics 6.1 75th Q1 SCIE – No
40 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms 6.1 74th Q2 SCIE – No
41 Medical Physics 6 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
42 Metallomics 6 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
43 Journal of Membrane Biology 6 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
44 Analytical Biochemistry 5.9 71st Q2 SCIE – No
45 Bioinspiration and Biomimetics 5.9 71st Q2 SCIE – No
46 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes 5.9 70th Q2 SCIE – No
47 FEBS Letters 5.8 70th Q2 SCIE – No
48 Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica 5.6 69th Q2 SCIE – Yes
49 Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy 5.6 68th Q2 SCIE – Yes
50 Physiological Measurement 5.5 68th Q2 SCIE – No
51 Biophysical Journal 5.4 67th Q2 SCIE – No
52 Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 5.3 66th Q2 SCIE – No
53 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics 5.3 65th Q2 SCIE – No
54 Gait and Posture 5.3 65th Q2 SCIE – No
55 Frontiers in Physics 5.2 64th Q2 SCIE – Yes
56 Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences 5.2 64th Q2 SCIE – Yes
57 Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine 5.2 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
58 Biophysical Chemistry 5.1 62nd Q2 SCIE – No
59 QRB Discovery 5.1 62nd Q2 – – Yes
60 International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery 5.1 61st Q2 SCIE – No
61 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects 5 60th Q2 SCIE – No
62 Journal of Applied Biomaterials and Functional Materials 5 60th Q2 SCIE – Yes
63 Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology 5 59th Q2 SCIE – No
64 BIO Integration 4.8 59th Q2 – – Yes
65 Luminescence 4.8 58th Q2 SCIE – No
66 Food Biophysics 4.6 57th Q2 SCIE – No
67 Medical Engineering and Physics 4.6 57th Q2 SCIE – No
68 Footwear Science 4.5 56th Q2 ESCI – No
69 Journal of Magnetic Resonance 4.4 55th Q2 SCIE – No
70 Radiation Research 4.4 55th Q2 SCIE – No
71 Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology 4.4 54th Q2 SCIE – No
72 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics 4.3 53rd Q2 SCIE – No
73 Journal of Biomechanics 4.3 53rd Q2 SCIE – No
74 Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine 4.3 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
75 European Biophysics Journal 4.3 51st Q2 SCIE – No
76 Physica Medica 4.2 51st Q2 SCIE – No
77 Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 4.1 50th Q2 SCIE – No
78 Biosurface and Biotribology 4.1 50th Q2 ESCI – Yes
79 Biophysical Reports 4 49th Q3 ESCI – Yes
80 European Physical Journal E 4 48th Q3 SCIE – No
81 Journal of Biological Physics 4 48th Q3 SCIE – No
82 Biochemistry (Moscow) 4 47th Q3 SCIE – No
83 Radiation and Environmental Biophysics 4 46th Q3 SCIE – No
84 Magnetic Resonance Imaging 3.9 46th Q3 SCIE – No
85 ASAIO Journal 3.8 45th Q3 SCIE – No
86 Physical Biology 3.8 44th Q3 SCIE – No
87 European Journal of Histochemistry 3.7 44th Q3 SCIE – Yes
88 Biopolymers 3.7 43rd Q3 SCIE – No
89 Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports 3.6 42nd Q3 ESCI – Yes
90 Mechanobiology in Medicine 3.6 42nd Q3 ESCI – Yes
91 Molecular Physics 3.5 41st Q3 SCIE – No
92 Human Movement Science 3.5 40th Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
93 Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine 3.4 40th Q3 SCIE – No
94 Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics 3.3 39th Q3 SCIE – No
95 Peptide Science 3.3 39th Q3 SCIE – No
96 Radiation 3.3 38th Q3 – – Yes
97 Journal of Sport Rehabilitation 3.2 37th Q3 SCIE – No
98 Clinical Biomechanics 2.9 37th Q3 SCIE – No
99 Indian Journal of Biochemistry and Biophysics 2.9 36th Q3 SCIE – Yes
100 Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research 2.9 35th Q3 SCIE – Yes
101 Journal of Solution Chemistry 2.9 35th Q3 SCIE – No
102 Journal of Motor Behavior 2.7 34th Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
103 Current Pharmaceutical Analysis 2.7 33rd Q3 SCIE – No
104 Technology and Health Care 2.7 33rd Q3 SCIE – No
105 Integrative Biology 2.7 32nd Q3 SCIE – No
106 Biophysics and Physicobiology 2.6 31st Q3 ESCI – Yes
107 Biophysics Reports 2.6 31st Q3 – – Yes
108 Bioelectromagnetics 2.6 30th Q3 SCIE – No
109 General Physiology and Biophysics 2.6 30th Q3 SCIE – No
110 AIMS Biophysics 2.4 29th Q3 ESCI – No
111 Human Movement 2.4 28th Q3 ESCI – Yes
112 Journal of Electrical Bioimpedance 2.3 28th Q3 – – Yes
113 Journal of Applied Biomechanics 2.3 27th Q3 SCIE – No
114 Computational and Mathematical Biophysics 2.3 26th Q3 – – Yes
115 Newton 2.2 26th Q3 – – No
116 EJNMMI Reports 2.2 25th Q3 ESCI – Yes
117 Journal of Motor Learning and Development 2.2 24th Q4 ESCI – No
118 Biochemistry (Moscow) Supplement Series A: Membrane and Cell Biology 2.1 24th Q4 ESCI – No
119 International Journal of Secondary Metabolite 2 23rd Q4 – – Yes
120 Enzymes 2 22nd Q4 – – No
121 Acta Crystallographica Section F:Structural Biology Communications 1.9 22nd Q4 SCIE – No
122 Innovative Biosystems and Bioengineering 1.9 21st Q4 – – Yes
123 Biomedical Engineering - Applications, Basis and Communications 1.8 20th Q4 ESCI – No
124 Open Biotechnology Journal 1.8 20th Q4 – – No
125 Asia Oceania Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Biology 1.7 19th Q4 – – Yes
126 Molecular Biology 1.7 19th Q4 SCIE – No
127 Acta of Bioengineering and Biomechanics 1.4 18th Q4 SCIE – No
128 Advances in Biomembranes and Lipid Self-Assembly 1.4 17th Q4 – – No
129 Journal of Cellular Neuroscience and Oxidative Stress 1.4 17th Q4 – – No
130 Isokinetics and Exercise Science 1.3 16th Q4 SCIE – No
131 Doklady Biochemistry and Biophysics 1.3 15th Q4 SCIE – No
132 Journal of Medical Physics 1.3 15th Q4 ESCI – Yes
133 Polish Journal of Medical Physics and Engineering 1.2 14th Q4 ESCI – No
134 Regulatory Mechanisms in Biosystems 1.2 13th Q4 ESCI – Yes
135 MHSalud 1.1 13th Q4 ESCI – Yes
136 Biophysics (Russian Federation) 1.1 12th Q4 – – No
137 Series on Biomechanics 1.1 11th Q4 – – No
138 Comparative Exercise Physiology 1 11th Q4 ESCI – No
139 Radiatsionnaya Biologiya. Radioekologiya 0.8 10th Q4 – – No
140 Applied and Computational Mechanics 0.7 10th Q4 – – Yes
141 Biophysical Bulletin 0.7 9th Q4 – – Yes
142 Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics 0.7 8th Q4 SCIE – Yes
143 Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias 0.6 8th Q4 – – Yes
144 Chinese Journal of Medical Physics 0.5 7th Q4 – – No
145 Izvestiya of Saratov University. Physics 0.5 6th Q4 – – Yes
146 Journal of Joint Surgery and Research 0.5 6th Q4 ESCI – Yes
147 Built Environment Journal 0.3 5th Q4 – – No
148 Applied Biological Research 0.3 4th Q4 ESCI – No
149 IRBM News 0.3 4th Q4 – – No
150 Lekar a Technika 0.3 3rd Q4 – – No
151 Medecine Nucleaire 0.3 2nd Q4 SCIE – No
152 Pharmaceutical Technology 0.2 2nd Q4 – – No
153 European Pharmaceutical Review 0.2 1st Q4 – – No
154 NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics 0.2 0th Q4 – – No
155 Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation 0.1 0th Q4 – – No

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