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Best Molecular Biology journals
413 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Molecular Biology. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 104 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 Molecular Cell Biology | 165.2 | 99th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 2 | Nature Reviews Genetics | 74.8 | 99th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 3 | Journal of Hematology and Oncology | 70.1 | 99th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 4 | Physiological Reviews | 55.1 | 99th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 5 | Cell Metabolism | 54.1 | 98th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 6 | Annual Review of Plant Biology | 49.6 | 98th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 7 | Nature Methods | 40 | 98th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 8 | Molecular Plant | 39.2 | 98th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 9 | Cell Death and Differentiation | 29.3 | 97th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 10 | Clinical and Molecular Hepatology | 28.1 | 97th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 11 | Molecular Cell | 27 | 97th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 12 | Molecular Neurodegeneration | 25.1 | 97th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 13 | Cell Research | 24.3 | 96th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 14 | Ageing Research Reviews | 24.1 | 96th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 15 | Trends in Molecular Medicine | 24 | 96th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 16 | Nature Chemical Biology | 22.8 | 96th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 17 | Experimental and Molecular Medicine | 22.6 | 96th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 18 | Autophagy | 22.5 | 95th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 19 | Molecular Psychiatry | 21.7 | 95th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 20 | Molecular Aspects of Medicine | 21.6 | 95th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 21 | Journal of Biomedical Science | 21.4 | 95th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 22 | Cell Discovery | 20.4 | 94th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 23 | Trends in Biochemical Sciences | 20.1 | 94th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 24 | Genome Medicine | 18 | 94th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 25 | Molecular Therapy | 17.9 | 94th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 26 | International Journal of Biological Sciences | 17.8 | 93rd | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 27 | Acta Biomaterialia | 17.7 | 93rd | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 28 | Plant Communications | 17.6 | 93rd | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 29 | Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters | 17.1 | 93rd | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 30 | Aggregate | 16.9 | 92nd | Q1 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 31 | Developmental Cell | 15.7 | 92nd | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 32 | Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics | 15.1 | 92nd | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 33 | Nature Structural and Molecular Biology | 15.1 | 92nd | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 34 | Antioxidants | 14.7 | 91st | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 35 | Antioxidants and Redox Signaling | 14.1 | 91st | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 36 | Oncogene | 14 | 91st | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 37 | Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics | 13.9 | 91st | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 38 | Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | 13.7 | 90th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 39 | Current Opinion in Structural Biology | 13.7 | 90th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 40 | Briefings in Bioinformatics | 13.6 | 90th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 41 | EMBO Journal | 13.6 | 90th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 42 | Cell Chemical Biology | 13.6 | 89th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 43 | Cell Communication and Signaling | 13.3 | 89th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 44 | Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: RNA | 13.2 | 89th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 45 | Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews | 12.8 | 89th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 46 | FEBS Journal | 12.7 | 89th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 47 | Molecular Horticulture | 12.7 | 88th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 48 | Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences | 12 | 88th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 49 | Experientia Supplementum (2012) | 12 | 88th | Q1 | – | – | No |
| 50 | Materials Today Bio | 12 | 88th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 51 | Molecular Metabolism | 11.9 | 87th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 52 | Journal of Genetics and Genomics | 11.7 | 87th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 53 | Molecular Biomedicine | 11.7 | 87th | Q1 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 54 | Extracellular Vesicle | 11.6 | 87th | Q1 | – | – | Yes |
| 55 | International Journal of Biological Macromolecules | 11.4 | 86th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 56 | Nucleic Acid Therapeutics | 11.4 | 86th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 57 | Essays in Biochemistry | 11.3 | 86th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 58 | Bioinformatics | 11.1 | 86th | Q1 | SCIE | A | Yes |
| 59 | Cancer Gene Therapy | 11.1 | 85th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 60 | Oncogenesis | 11 | 85th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 61 | Chemical Biology Letters | 10.8 | 85th | Q1 | ESCI | – | No |
| 62 | Genes and Diseases | 10.4 | 85th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 63 | Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry | 10.2 | 84th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 64 | Gene Therapy | 10.1 | 84th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 65 | Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins | 10.1 | 84th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 66 | International Journal of Molecular Sciences | 10 | 84th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 67 | Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine | 9.9 | 83rd | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 68 | Molecular Biology and Evolution | 9.9 | 83rd | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 69 | Molecular Medicine | 9.7 | 83rd | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 70 | Molecular Cancer Research | 9.6 | 83rd | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 71 | Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology | 9.6 | 82nd | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 72 | Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology | 9.6 | 82nd | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 73 | EMBO Reports | 9.5 | 82nd | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 74 | Cell Surface | 9.4 | 82nd | Q1 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 75 | Matrix Biology | 9.4 | 82nd | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 76 | Biomolecules | 9.3 | 81st | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 77 | Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience | 9.3 | 81st | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 78 | Journal of Biological Engineering | 9.3 | 81st | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 79 | Methods | 9.3 | 81st | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 80 | Protein Science | 9.3 | 80th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 81 | Molecular Plant Pathology | 9.2 | 80th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 82 | New Biotechnology | 9.2 | 80th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 83 | Cell Insight | 9.1 | 80th | Q1 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 84 | American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology | 9 | 79th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 85 | Food Chemistry: Molecular Sciences | 8.9 | 79th | Q1 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 86 | Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences | 8.9 | 79th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 87 | Phenomics | 8.9 | 79th | Q1 | ESCI | – | No |
| 88 | Journal of Molecular Biology | 8.9 | 78th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 89 | Mitochondrion | 8.9 | 78th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 90 | Progress in Microbes and Molecular Biology | 8.8 | 78th | Q1 | – | – | Yes |
| 91 | Cell Cycle | 8.7 | 78th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 92 | Clinical and Molecular Allergy | 8.7 | 77th | Q1 | – | – | No |
| 93 | Molecular and Cellular Proteomics | 8.6 | 77th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 94 | Molecular Autism | 8.6 | 77th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 95 | Biofilm | 8.5 | 77th | Q1 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 96 | aBIOTECH | 8.5 | 76th | Q1 | ESCI | – | No |
| 97 | Bioscience Reports | 8.4 | 76th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 98 | Biophysical Reviews | 8.3 | 76th | Q1 | ESCI | – | No |
| 99 | Laboratory Investigation | 8.3 | 76th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 100 | BMC Bioinformatics | 8.3 | 75th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 101 | Journal of Cell Communication and Signaling | 8.3 | 75th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 102 | Stem Cells International | 8.3 | 75th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 103 | Non-coding RNA Research | 8.2 | 75th | Q1 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 104 | PLOS Pathogens | 8.2 | 75th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 105 | Journal of Investigative Dermatology | 8.2 | 74th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 106 | Clinical Epigenetics | 8.1 | 74th | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 107 | Metabolites | 8.1 | 74th | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 108 | mSystems | 8.1 | 74th | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 109 | Cell Calcium | 8.1 | 73rd | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 110 | Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry | 8 | 73rd | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 111 | Journal of Molecular Endocrinology | 7.9 | 73rd | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 112 | Molecular Diversity | 7.9 | 73rd | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 113 | International Journal of Tryptophan Research | 7.8 | 72nd | Q2 | ESCI | – | No |
| 114 | Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution | 7.8 | 72nd | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 115 | Science Signaling | 7.8 | 72nd | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 116 | Experimental Gerontology | 7.7 | 72nd | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 117 | Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology | 7.7 | 71st | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 118 | Molecular Therapy Methods and Clinical Development | 7.7 | 71st | Q2 | – | – | Yes |
| 119 | npj Genomic Medicine | 7.7 | 71st | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 120 | Biochemical Journal | 7.6 | 71st | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 121 | ACS Bio and Med Chem Au | 7.5 | 70th | Q2 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 122 | Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Cell Research | 7.5 | 70th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 123 | Current Opinion in Lipidology | 7.5 | 70th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 124 | Journal of Cellular Biochemistry | 7.4 | 70th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 125 | Epigenetics | 7.4 | 69th | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 126 | Human Gene Therapy | 7.4 | 69th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 127 | Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology | 7.4 | 69th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 128 | Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics | 7.3 | 69th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 129 | Journal of Molecular Cell Biology | 7.3 | 68th | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 130 | Matrix Biology Plus | 7.3 | 68th | Q2 | – | – | Yes |
| 131 | Molecular Medicine Reports | 7.3 | 68th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 132 | Neurobiology of Stress | 7.3 | 68th | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 133 | BioData Mining | 7.2 | 67th | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 134 | Human Molecular Genetics | 7.2 | 67th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 135 | Molecules and Cells | 7.2 | 67th | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 136 | Research in Microbiology | 7.2 | 67th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 137 | Structure | 7.2 | 67th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 138 | Cytokine | 7.2 | 66th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 139 | Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Basis of Disease | 7.1 | 66th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 140 | Fungal Biology and Biotechnology | 7.1 | 66th | Q2 | – | – | Yes |
| 141 | Microbial Genomics | 7.1 | 66th | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 142 | Phytochemistry | 7.1 | 65th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 143 | Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids | 7 | 65th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 144 | Journal of Biological Chemistry | 6.9 | 65th | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 145 | Skeletal Muscle | 6.9 | 65th | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 146 | Bioorganic Chemistry | 6.9 | 64th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 147 | Journal of Dermatological Science | 6.9 | 64th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 148 | RNA Biology | 6.9 | 64th | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 149 | Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry | 6.8 | 64th | Q2 | – | – | No |
| 150 | BMB Reports | 6.8 | 63rd | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 151 | Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics | 6.8 | 63rd | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 152 | IUBMB Life | 6.8 | 63rd | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 153 | Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants | 6.8 | 63rd | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 154 | Current Gene Therapy | 6.7 | 62nd | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 155 | Glycoconjugate Journal | 6.7 | 62nd | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 156 | Pathogens | 6.7 | 62nd | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 157 | RNA | 6.7 | 62nd | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 158 | Biomedical Microdevices | 6.6 | 61st | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 159 | Experimental Dermatology | 6.6 | 61st | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 160 | PLOS Genetics | 6.6 | 61st | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 161 | Proteomics | 6.6 | 61st | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 162 | Current Research in Structural Biology | 6.5 | 60th | Q2 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 163 | Biological Chemistry | 6.4 | 60th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 164 | Human Genomics | 6.4 | 60th | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 165 | Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | 6.4 | 60th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 166 | Proteomes | 6.4 | 60th | Q2 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 167 | Journal of Molecular Recognition | 6.4 | 59th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 168 | Virchows Archiv | 6.4 | 59th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 169 | Briefings in Functional Genomics | 6.3 | 59th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 170 | Experimental and Molecular Pathology | 6.3 | 59th | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 171 | Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Reviews | 6.3 | 58th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 172 | Epigenetics and Chromatin | 6.3 | 58th | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 173 | Molecular and Cellular Pediatrics | 6.2 | 58th | Q2 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 174 | PLOS Computational Biology | 6.2 | 58th | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 175 | Molecular Genetics and Metabolism | 6.2 | 57th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 176 | Molecular Immunology | 6.1 | 57th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 177 | Molecular Microbiology | 6.1 | 57th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 178 | Non-coding RNA | 6.1 | 57th | Q2 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 179 | Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms | 6.1 | 56th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 180 | Molecular Human Reproduction | 6.1 | 56th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 181 | RSC Chemical Biology | 6.1 | 56th | Q2 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 182 | Clinical Proteomics | 6 | 56th | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 183 | Environmental Epigenetics | 6 | 55th | Q2 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 184 | Molecular Biotechnology | 6 | 55th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 185 | Oil Crop Science | 6 | 55th | Q2 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 186 | Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction | 5.9 | 55th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 187 | Analytical Biochemistry | 5.9 | 54th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 188 | Archives of Microbiology | 5.9 | 54th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 189 | FASEB Journal | 5.9 | 54th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 190 | Frontiers in Aging | 5.9 | 54th | Q2 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 191 | FEBS Letters | 5.8 | 53rd | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 192 | Journal of Bacteriology | 5.8 | 53rd | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 193 | Molecular Biology Reports | 5.8 | 53rd | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 194 | Nucleus (India) | 5.8 | 53rd | Q2 | ESCI | – | No |
| 195 | Molecular Brain | 5.7 | 53rd | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 196 | Cardiovascular Toxicology | 5.7 | 52nd | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 197 | Mycorrhiza | 5.7 | 52nd | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 198 | Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica | 5.6 | 52nd | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 199 | Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry | 5.6 | 52nd | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 200 | BMC Molecular and Cell Biology | 5.6 | 51st | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 201 | Molecular Carcinogenesis | 5.6 | 51st | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 202 | Traffic | 5.6 | 51st | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 203 | Infection, Genetics and Evolution | 5.5 | 51st | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 204 | Cancer Genetics | 5.5 | 50th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 205 | Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience | 5.5 | 50th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 206 | Metabarcoding and Metagenomics | 5.4 | 50th | Q2 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 207 | Molecular Breeding | 5.4 | 50th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 208 | Development (Cambridge) | 5.4 | 49th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 209 | DNA Research | 5.4 | 49th | Q3 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 210 | Innate Immunity | 5.4 | 49th | Q3 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 211 | Microbial Cell | 5.4 | 49th | Q3 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 212 | Protein Engineering, Design and Selection | 5.4 | 49th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 213 | Advances in Biological Regulation | 5.3 | 48th | Q3 | ESCI | – | No |
| 214 | Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics | 5.3 | 48th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 215 | Current Bioinformatics | 5.3 | 48th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 216 | World Journal of Stem Cells | 5.3 | 47th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 217 | Cell Division | 5.2 | 47th | Q3 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 218 | Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology | 5.2 | 47th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 219 | Purinergic Signalling | 5.2 | 47th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 220 | Chemistry and Physics of Lipids | 5.2 | 46th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 221 | Current Stem Cell Reports | 5.2 | 46th | Q3 | ESCI | – | No |
| 222 | Molecular Omics | 5.2 | 46th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 223 | DNA and Cell Biology | 5.1 | 46th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 224 | Journal of Heredity | 5.1 | 46th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 225 | Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects | 5 | 45th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 226 | mSphere | 5 | 45th | Q3 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 227 | Mycologia | 5 | 45th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 228 | Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science | 5 | 45th | Q3 | – | – | No |
| 229 | Current Issues in Molecular Biology | 5 | 44th | Q3 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 230 | Molecular and Cellular Probes | 5 | 44th | Q3 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 231 | International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology | 4.9 | 44th | Q3 | – | – | No |
| 232 | Pathobiology | 4.9 | 44th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 233 | Cancer Genomics and Proteomics | 4.9 | 43rd | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 234 | Current Molecular Medicine | 4.9 | 43rd | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 235 | Insect Molecular Biology | 4.9 | 43rd | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 236 | Mobile DNA | 4.9 | 43rd | Q3 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 237 | Phytobiomes Journal | 4.9 | 42nd | Q3 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 238 | Histochemistry and Cell Biology | 4.8 | 42nd | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 239 | Journal of Gene Medicine | 4.8 | 42nd | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 240 | Steroids | 4.8 | 42nd | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 241 | Animal Models and Experimental Medicine | 4.8 | 41st | Q3 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 242 | Differentiation | 4.8 | 41st | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 243 | Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | 4.8 | 41st | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 244 | DNA Repair | 4.7 | 41st | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 245 | Journal of Developmental Biology | 4.7 | 40th | Q3 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 246 | Plasmid | 4.7 | 40th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 247 | ChemBioChem | 4.6 | 40th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 248 | International Journal of Experimental Pathology | 4.6 | 40th | Q3 | – | – | No |
| 249 | Connective Tissue Research | 4.6 | 39th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 250 | Molecular and Cellular Biology | 4.6 | 39th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 251 | G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics | 4.5 | 39th | Q3 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 252 | Journal of Anatomy | 4.5 | 39th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 253 | Journal of Experimental Biology | 4.5 | 39th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 254 | Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters | 4.5 | 38th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 255 | Brain Research | 4.4 | 38th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 256 | Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part - B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | 4.4 | 38th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 257 | Molecular Biology of the Cell | 4.4 | 38th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 258 | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering | 4.4 | 37th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 259 | Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics | 4.3 | 37th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 260 | Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology -Part A : Molecular and Integrative Physiology | 4.3 | 37th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 261 | Molecular Genetics and Genomics | 4.3 | 37th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 262 | Expert Review of Proteomics | 4.3 | 36th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 263 | Pathogens and Immunity | 4.3 | 36th | Q3 | – | – | Yes |
| 264 | OMICS A Journal of Integrative Biology | 4.2 | 36th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 265 | Zoologica Scripta | 4.2 | 36th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 266 | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications | 4.1 | 35th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 267 | European Journal of Translational Myology | 4.1 | 35th | Q3 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 268 | NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics | 4.1 | 35th | Q3 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 269 | Receptors (Switzerland) | 4.1 | 35th | Q3 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 270 | Toxicologic Pathology | 4.1 | 34th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 271 | Aspects of Molecular Medicine | 4 | 34th | Q3 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 272 | Experimental Hematology | 4 | 34th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 273 | Proteome Science | 4 | 34th | Q3 | – | – | No |
| 274 | Biochemistry and Cell Biology | 4 | 33rd | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 275 | Current Protein and Peptide Science | 4 | 33rd | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 276 | Journal of Biological Physics | 4 | 33rd | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 277 | Bioinformatics Advances | 3.9 | 33rd | Q3 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 278 | Virus Genes | 3.9 | 32nd | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 279 | Bioinformatics and Biology Insights | 3.8 | 32nd | Q3 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 280 | FEMS Microbiology Letters | 3.8 | 32nd | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 281 | Journal of Nucleic Acids | 3.8 | 32nd | Q3 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 282 | Redox Experimental Medicine | 3.8 | 32nd | Q3 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 283 | Biochemical Genetics | 3.8 | 31st | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 284 | Journal of Biochemistry | 3.8 | 31st | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 285 | Journal of Microbiological Methods | 3.8 | 31st | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 286 | Physical Biology | 3.8 | 31st | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 287 | Journal of Peptide Science | 3.8 | 30th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 288 | Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases | 3.7 | 30th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 289 | Chemistry and Biodiversity | 3.7 | 30th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 290 | Microcirculation | 3.7 | 30th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 291 | Genes and Genomics | 3.7 | 29th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 292 | Biologia | 3.6 | 29th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 293 | Canadian Journal of Microbiology | 3.6 | 29th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 294 | Hormone Molecular Biology and Clinical Investigation | 3.6 | 29th | Q3 | ESCI | – | No |
| 295 | Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology | 3.6 | 28th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 296 | Developmental Biology | 3.5 | 28th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 297 | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 3.5 | 28th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 298 | Molecular Physics | 3.5 | 28th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 299 | Microbiology Research | 3.5 | 27th | Q3 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 300 | Journal of Computational Biology | 3.4 | 27th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
All remaining Molecular Biology journals (113)
Ranked below the top 300 by CiteScore percentile. Every title links to its full profile.
- PHAGE: Therapy, Applications, and Research Q3
- Tree Genetics and Genomes Q3
- Acta Naturae Q3
- Biodiversitas Q3
- Biomedical Chromatography Q3
- Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology Q3
- Algorithms for Molecular Biology Q3
- Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part D: Genomics and Proteomics Q3
- Molecular Cytogenetics Q3
- Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis Q3
- Pharmacogenetics and Genomics Q3
- Genetics and Molecular Biology Q4
- Gene Expression Patterns Q4
- Molecular Genetics and Genomic Medicine Q4
- Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports Q4
- Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology Q4
- Experimental Lung Research Q4
- Reports of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Q4
- Reproduction, Fertility and Development Q4
- Cell Structure and Function Q4
- Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology Q4
- Genome Q4
- International Journal of Immunogenetics Q4
- Current Topics in Membranes Q4
- Journal of Solution Chemistry Q4
- Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research Q4
- Cytogenetic and Genome Research Q4
- Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry Q4
- IET Systems Biology Q4
- International Journal of Genomics Q4
- Critical Reviews in Eukaryotic Gene Expression Q4
- Biophysics and Physicobiology Q4
- Gene Expression Q4
- Medical Molecular Morphology Q4
- Plant Molecular Biology Reporter Q4
- Genetics in Medicine Open Q4
- AIMS Biophysics Q4
- Journal of Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Q4
- Human Genome Variation Q4
- Computational and Mathematical Biophysics Q4
- Genes and Genetic Systems Q4
- Dermatology Practical and Conceptual Q4
- Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Food Sciences Q4
- Methods in Molecular Biology Q4
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education Q4
- Canadian Entomologist Q4
- Folia Biologica (Czech Republic) Q4
- Eurobiotech Journal Q4
- Enzymes Q4
- Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Q4
- Methods in Enzymology Q4
- Molecular Biology Research Communications Q4
- International Journal of Molecular and Cellular Medicine Q4
- Turkish Journal of Biology Q4
- Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science Q4
- Politics, Religion and Ideology Q4
- Journal of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Q4
- Passer Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences Q4
- Turkish Journal of Biochemistry Q4
- Journal of Cellular Biotechnology Q4
- European Journal of Biology Q4
- Journal of Tropical Life Science Q4
- Magnesium Research Q4
- Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources Q4
- Current Issues in Pharmacy and Medical Sciences Q4
- Journal of Biomolecular Techniques Q4
- Journal of Cellular Neuroscience and Oxidative Stress Q4
- Trakya University Journal of Natural Sciences Q4
- Current Chemical Biology Q4
- Journal of Sichuan University (Medical Science) Q4
- Minerva Biotechnology and Biomolecular Research Q4
- ExRNA Q4
- Research in Plant Disease Q4
- Biotechnology Bulletin Q4
- Borneo Journal of Resource Science and Technology Q4
- WSEAS Transactions on Biology and Biomedicine Q4
- Current Proteomics Q4
- OBM Genetics Q4
- Statistical Applications in Genetics and Molecular Biology Q4
- Archives of Breast Cancer Q4
- Current Bladder Dysfunction Reports Q4
- Microbiology Resource Announcements Q4
- Mikrobiolohichnyi Zhurnal Q4
- Mexican Journal of Biotechnology Q4
- Academia Biology Q4
- Plant Protection Bulletin (Turkey) Q4
- Microbes and Infectious Diseases Q4
- Radiatsionnaya Biologiya. Radioekologiya Q4
- Biology of Extracellular Matrix Q4
- Current Topics in Peptide and Protein Research Q4
- RNA Technologies Q4
- Biophysical Bulletin Q4
- Commagene Journal of Biology Q4
- Mitochondrial DNA Part A: DNA Mapping, Sequencing, and Analysis Q4
- Postepy Biochemii Q4
- Taprobanica Q4
- Analele Universitatii din Oradea, Fascicula Biologie Q4
- Asia-Pacific Journal of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Q4
- China Brewing Q4
- Proceedings on Applied Botany, Genetics and Breeding Q4
- Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Q4
- Chinese Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Q4
- Genes and Cells Q4
- Genetics and Molecular Research Q4
- Molecular Genetics, Microbiology and Virology Q4
- Current Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine Q4
- Revista de Biologia Neotropical / Journal of Neotropical Biology Q4
- Indonesian Journal of Tropical and Infectious Disease Q4
- Journal of Integrated OMICS Q4
- Biologicheskie Membrany Q4
- Journal of Sickle Cell Disease Q4
- Malaysian Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Q4
- BioSpektrum Q4
Rank and percentile are within the Molecular Biology Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-10-04). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.