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Best Molecular Medicine journals

178 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Molecular Medicine. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 45 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 Biotechnology 66.4 99th Q1 SCIE – No
2 Molecular Cancer 55 99th Q1 SCIE – Yes
3 Cell Stem Cell 36.1 98th Q1 SCIE – No
4 Clinical and Translational Medicine 33.8 98th Q1 SCIE – Yes
5 Medicinal Research Reviews 29.1 97th Q1 SCIE – No
6 Pharmacological Reviews 25.9 96th Q1 SCIE – No
7 Trends in Molecular Medicine 24 96th Q1 SCIE – No
8 Experimental and Molecular Medicine 22.6 95th Q1 SCIE – Yes
9 Molecular Aspects of Medicine 21.6 95th Q1 SCIE – No
10 Journal of Nanobiotechnology 20.2 94th Q1 SCIE – Yes
11 Biomarker Research 18.5 94th Q1 SCIE – Yes
12 Genome Medicine 18 93rd Q1 SCIE – Yes
13 Molecular Therapy 17.9 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
14 Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer 16.6 92nd Q1 SCIE – Yes
15 Archives of Pharmacal Research 13.6 91st Q1 SCIE – No
16 Cell Chemical Biology 13.6 91st Q1 SCIE – No
17 Phytomedicine 13.2 90th Q1 SCIE – No
18 EMBO Molecular Medicine 13.1 90th Q1 SCIE – Yes
19 Pharmaceutical Biology 12.4 89th Q1 SCIE – Yes
20 Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 12 89th Q1 SCIE – Yes
21 Stem Cell Research and Therapy 11.9 88th Q1 SCIE – Yes
22 Molecular Biomedicine 11.7 87th Q1 ESCI – Yes
23 Nucleic Acid Therapeutics 11.4 87th Q1 SCIE – No
24 Acta Materia Medica 11.4 86th Q1 – – Yes
25 Cancer Gene Therapy 11.1 86th Q1 SCIE – No
26 Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 11.1 85th Q1 SCIE – No
27 Molecular Therapy Nucleic Acids 10.8 85th Q1 SCIE – Yes
28 BioFactors 10.8 84th Q1 SCIE – No
29 Molecules 10.3 84th Q1 SCIE – Yes
30 Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine 10.3 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
31 Gene Therapy 10.1 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
32 Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins 10.1 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
33 Molecular Diagnosis and Therapy 10 81st Q1 SCIE – No
34 Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine 9.9 81st Q1 SCIE – Yes
35 Expert Review of Vaccines 9.9 80th Q1 SCIE – Yes
36 Molecular Medicine 9.7 80th Q1 SCIE – Yes
37 Molecular Therapy Oncology 9.6 79th Q1 SCIE – Yes
38 Molecular Oncology 9.4 79th Q1 SCIE – Yes
39 Pharmaceuticals 9 78th Q1 SCIE – Yes
40 Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry 8.9 77th Q1 SCIE – No
41 Mitochondrion 8.9 77th Q1 SCIE – No
42 Pharmaceutical Research 8.7 76th Q1 SCIE – No
43 Cellular Oncology 8.6 76th Q1 SCIE – Yes
44 Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets 8.6 75th Q1 SCIE – No
45 Journal of Molecular Medicine 8.6 75th Q1 SCIE – No
46 EXCLI Journal 8.6 74th Q2 SCIE – Yes
47 European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry Reports 8.5 74th Q2 ESCI – Yes
48 Cancer Biology and Therapy 8.4 73rd Q2 SCIE – Yes
49 Nature Mental Health 8.1 72nd Q2 ESCI – No
50 Transplantation and Cellular Therapy 8.1 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
51 Current Molecular Pharmacology 7.8 71st Q2 SCIE – No
52 Molecular Therapy Methods and Clinical Development 7.7 71st Q2 – – Yes
53 Molecular Pharmaceutics 7.6 70th Q2 SCIE – No
54 Human Gene Therapy 7.4 70th Q2 SCIE – No
55 Open Medicinal Chemistry Journal 7.3 69th Q2 – – No
56 Molecular Medicine Reports 7.3 68th Q2 SCIE – No
57 Virologica Sinica 7.3 68th Q2 SCIE – No
58 Stem Cells 7.3 67th Q2 SCIE – No
59 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Basis of Disease 7.1 67th Q2 SCIE – No
60 Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine 6.9 66th Q2 SCIE – Yes
61 ACS Chemical Biology 6.9 65th Q2 SCIE – No
62 Frontiers in Genetics 6.9 65th Q2 SCIE – Yes
63 Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry 6.8 65th Q2 – – No
64 Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics 6.8 64th Q2 SCIE – No
65 Molecular Informatics 6.8 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
66 Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology 6.7 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
67 Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry 6.7 62nd Q2 SCIE – No
68 Profiles of Drug Substances, Excipients and Related Methodology 6.7 62nd Q2 – – No
69 Current Gene Therapy 6.7 61st Q2 SCIE – No
70 Vascular Pharmacology 6.5 61st Q2 SCIE – No
71 Current Medicinal Chemistry 6.5 60th Q2 SCIE – No
72 Vaccine 6.4 60th Q2 SCIE – No
73 Biomolecules and Therapeutics 6.4 59th Q2 SCIE – No
74 Human Genomics 6.4 58th Q2 SCIE – Yes
75 Journal of Natural Products 6.3 58th Q2 SCIE – No
76 Journal of Molecular Diagnostics 6.3 57th Q2 SCIE – No
77 Progress in Medicinal Chemistry 6.3 57th Q2 – – No
78 Biomimetics 6.2 56th Q2 SCIE – Yes
79 Human Genetics and Genomics Advances 6.1 56th Q2 ESCI – Yes
80 Chemical Biology and Drug Design 6.1 55th Q2 SCIE – No
81 Current Drug Targets 6 55th Q2 SCIE – No
82 NeuroMolecular Medicine 6 54th Q2 SCIE – No
83 Clinical Proteomics 6 53rd Q2 SCIE – Yes
84 Bioinspiration and Biomimetics 5.9 53rd Q2 SCIE – No
85 Analytical Cellular Pathology 5.8 52nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
86 Nucleus (India) 5.8 52nd Q2 ESCI – No
87 Biotechnology Journal 5.7 51st Q2 SCIE – No
88 ChemMedChem 5.7 51st Q2 SCIE – No
89 Pharmacogenomics Journal 5.7 50th Q2 SCIE – No
90 RSC Medicinal Chemistry 5.7 50th Q2 SCIE – No
91 Journal of Pharmacological Sciences 5.7 49th Q3 SCIE – Yes
92 Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry 5.6 48th Q3 SCIE – No
93 Function 5.3 48th Q3 ESCI – Yes
94 Advances in Biological Regulation 5.3 47th Q3 ESCI – No
95 Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research 5.3 47th Q3 SCIE – No
96 International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics 5.3 46th Q3 SCIE – No
97 Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 5.2 46th Q3 SCIE – No
98 Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology 5.2 45th Q3 SCIE – No
99 Molecular Pharmacology 5.2 44th Q3 SCIE – No
100 Phytochemical Analysis 5.2 44th Q3 SCIE – No
101 Molecular Pain 5.1 43rd Q3 SCIE – Yes
102 NMR in Biomedicine 5.1 43rd Q3 SCIE – No
103 Journal of Experimental Pharmacology 5.1 42nd Q3 – – Yes
104 Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science 5 42nd Q3 – – No
105 Nuclear Medicine and Biology 5 41st Q3 SCIE – No
106 Biomarker Insights 4.9 41st Q3 ESCI – Yes
107 Current Molecular Medicine 4.9 40th Q3 SCIE – No
108 Journal of Gene Medicine 4.8 39th Q3 SCIE – No
109 Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine 4.8 39th Q3 SCIE – Yes
110 Cell Stress 4.8 38th Q3 ESCI – Yes
111 Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 4.8 38th Q3 SCIE – No
112 SLAS Discovery 4.8 37th Q3 SCIE – Yes
113 Molecular Imaging 4.7 37th Q3 SCIE – Yes
114 Planta Medica 4.7 36th Q3 SCIE – No
115 ChemBioChem 4.6 36th Q3 SCIE – No
116 Extremophiles 4.5 35th Q3 SCIE – No
117 Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters 4.5 34th Q3 SCIE – No
118 Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution 4.5 34th Q3 SCIE – No
119 Future Medicinal Chemistry 4.4 33rd Q3 SCIE – No
120 SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research 4.4 33rd Q3 SCIE – No
121 Journal of Medicinal and Chemical Sciences 4.3 32nd Q3 – – No
122 Vaccine: X 4.2 32nd Q3 ESCI – Yes
123 OMICS A Journal of Integrative Biology 4.2 31st Q3 SCIE – No
124 Aspects of Molecular Medicine 4 31st Q3 ESCI – Yes
125 Turkish Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 4 30th Q3 ESCI – No
126 AIDS Research and Therapy 3.8 29th Q3 SCIE – Yes
127 Assay and Drug Development Technologies 3.8 29th Q3 SCIE – No
128 Journal of Peptide Science 3.8 28th Q3 SCIE – No
129 Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases 3.7 28th Q3 SCIE – No
130 Chemistry and Biodiversity 3.7 27th Q3 SCIE – No
131 FASEB BioAdvances 3.5 27th Q3 ESCI – Yes
132 Acta Naturae 3.3 26th Q3 SCIE – No
133 Molecular Cytogenetics 3.3 25th Q3 SCIE – Yes
134 Pharmacogenetics and Genomics 3.2 25th Q3 SCIE – No
135 Advances in Biomarker Sciences and Technology 3.1 24th Q4 – – Yes
136 GigaByte 3.1 24th Q4 ESCI – Yes
137 Mitochondrial Communications 3.1 23rd Q4 – – Yes
138 Pharmacogenomics 3 23rd Q4 SCIE – No
139 Molecular and Cellular Oncology 3 22nd Q4 ESCI – Yes
140 Viral Immunology 3 22nd Q4 SCIE – No
141 Nanomedicine Research Journal 3 21st Q4 – – Yes
142 Current Computer-Aided Drug Design 2.9 20th Q4 SCIE – No
143 Infectious Disorders - Drug Targets 2.9 20th Q4 – – No
144 Exploration of Medicine 2.9 19th Q4 – – Yes
145 Journal of Asian Natural Products Research 2.8 19th Q4 SCIE – No
146 Clinical and Translational Discovery 2.8 18th Q4 ESCI – Yes
147 Current Pharmaceutical Analysis 2.7 18th Q4 SCIE – No
148 Personalized Medicine 2.7 17th Q4 SCIE – No
149 Central Nervous System Agents in Medicinal Chemistry 2.6 17th Q4 – – No
150 Nucleosides, Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids 2.3 16th Q4 SCIE – No
151 Expert Review of Precision Medicine and Drug Development 2.3 15th Q4 ESCI – No
152 Future Cardiology 2.2 15th Q4 ESCI – No
153 Discover Mental Health 2.2 14th Q4 ESCI – Yes
154 EJNMMI Reports 2.2 14th Q4 ESCI – Yes
155 Letters in Drug Design and Discovery 2.2 13th Q4 SCIE – No
156 Eurobiotech Journal 2 13th Q4 ESCI – Yes
157 International Journal of Molecular and Cellular Medicine 1.9 12th Q4 ESCI – No
158 Tropical Journal of Natural Product Research 1.9 12th Q4 – – No
159 Cardiovascular and Hematological Disorders - Drug Targets 1.8 11th Q4 – – No
160 Current Enzyme Inhibition 1.5 10th Q4 – – No
161 Topics in Medicinal Chemistry 1.4 10th Q4 – – No
162 Current Cancer Therapy Reviews 1.3 9th Q4 ESCI – No
163 Turkish Computational and Theoretical Chemistry 1.3 9th Q4 – – No
164 OBM Genetics 1.2 8th Q4 – – No
165 Pteridines 1.2 8th Q4 – – Yes
166 Yaoxue Xuebao 1.1 7th Q4 – – No
167 Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine 1.1 6th Q4 – – No
168 Proceedings of the Shevchenko Scientific Society. Medical Sciences 1 6th Q4 – – Yes
169 Methods in Pharmacology and Toxicology 0.9 5th Q4 – – No
170 Clinical and Experimental Morphology 0.7 5th Q4 – – No
171 Advances in Biochemistry in Health and Disease 0.7 4th Q4 – – No
172 Biochemistry (Moscow) Supplement Series B: Biomedical Chemistry 0.6 4th Q4 ESCI – No
173 Current Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine 0.5 3rd Q4 – – No
174 Cellular Therapy and Transplantation 0.4 2nd Q4 – – No
175 VacciMonitor 0.4 1st Q4 – – Yes
176 Progress in Drug Research 0.2 1st Q4 – – No
177 Chinese Journal of Cancer Biotherapy 0.2 0th Q4 – – No
178 European Pharmaceutical Review 0.2 0th Q4 – – No

Rank and percentile are within the Molecular Medicine 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.

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