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Best Physiology journals

195 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Physiology. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 49 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 Physiological Reviews 55.1 99th Q1 SCIE – No
2 Cell Metabolism 54.1 99th Q1 SCIE – No
3 Annual Review of Plant Biology 49.6 98th Q1 SCIE – Yes
4 Annual Review of Physiology 37.6 98th Q1 SCIE – No
5 Bone Research 26.2 97th Q1 SCIE – Yes
6 Circulation Research 24.8 97th Q1 SCIE – No
7 Cardiovascular Research 22.6 96th Q1 SCIE – No
8 New Phytologist 16.1 96th Q1 SCIE – No
9 Antioxidants 14.7 95th Q1 SCIE – Yes
10 Angiogenesis 14.3 95th Q1 SCIE – No
11 Antioxidants and Redox Signaling 14.1 94th Q1 SCIE – No
12 Basic Research in Cardiology 13.5 94th Q1 SCIE – No
13 Physiology 12.5 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
14 Plant Physiology 12.2 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
15 Journal of Experimental Botany 11.5 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
16 Redox Report 10.5 92nd Q1 SCIE – Yes
17 Plant, Cell and Environment 10.2 91st Q1 SCIE – No
18 Journal of Cellular Physiology 9.4 91st Q1 SCIE – No
19 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part - C: Toxicology and Pharmacology 9.2 90th Q1 SCIE – No
20 Temperature 9.1 90th Q1 – – No
21 Cell Insight 9.1 89th Q1 ESCI – Yes
22 Journal of Plant Physiology 8.8 89th Q1 SCIE – No
23 American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology 8.8 88th Q1 SCIE – No
24 Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry 8.7 88th Q1 SCIE – No
25 Comprehensive Physiology 8.6 87th Q1 SCIE – No
26 Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry 8.6 86th Q1 SCIE – No
27 Plant Growth Regulation 8.5 86th Q1 SCIE – No
28 Neuroscience Bulletin 8.3 85th Q1 SCIE – No
29 Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 8.2 85th Q1 SCIE – No
30 Acta Physiologica 8.2 84th Q1 SCIE – No
31 Vitamins and Hormones 8.2 84th Q1 – – No
32 Hypertension Research 8.2 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
33 mSystems 8.1 83rd Q1 SCIE – Yes
34 Cell Calcium 8.1 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
35 Plant and Cell Physiology 8 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
36 Frontiers in Physiology 8 81st Q1 SCIE – Yes
37 BMC Biology 7.8 81st Q1 SCIE – Yes
38 Bone 7.5 80th Q1 SCIE – No
39 Tree Physiology 7.5 80th Q1 SCIE – No
40 Microbiology Spectrum 7.5 79th Q1 SCIE – Yes
41 Neurobiology of Stress 7.3 79th Q1 SCIE – Yes
42 Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 7.3 78th Q1 SCIE – Yes
43 World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 7.3 78th Q1 SCIE – No
44 Journal of Physiology 7.2 77th Q1 SCIE – No
45 Journal of Hypertension 7.1 77th Q1 SCIE – No
46 Skin Pharmacology and Physiology 7 76th Q1 SCIE – No
47 Journal of Biological Rhythms 6.9 76th Q1 SCIE – No
48 ACS Chemical Neuroscience 6.9 75th Q1 SCIE – No
49 Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants 6.8 75th Q1 SCIE – No
50 Peptides 6.8 74th Q2 SCIE – No
51 American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology 6.6 74th Q2 SCIE – No
52 Nitric Oxide - Biology and Chemistry 6.6 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
53 Vascular Pharmacology 6.5 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
54 Advances in Microbial Physiology 6.5 72nd Q2 – – No
55 Clinical and Experimental Hypertension 6.5 72nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
56 American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology 6.4 71st Q2 SCIE – No
57 Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology 6.3 71st Q2 SCIE – No
58 Journal of Physiological Anthropology 6.1 70th Q2 SCIE – Yes
59 Neurogastroenterology and Motility 6.1 70th Q2 SCIE – No
60 Journal of Membrane Biology 6 69th Q2 SCIE – No
61 Frontiers in Aging 5.9 69th Q2 ESCI – Yes
62 American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism 5.9 68th Q2 SCIE – No
63 Horticulture Advances 5.8 68th Q2 ESCI – Yes
64 American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology 5.8 67th Q2 SCIE – No
65 Phytopathology Research 5.8 67th Q2 SCIE – Yes
66 Journal of Applied Physiology 5.8 66th Q2 SCIE – No
67 International Journal of Hyperthermia 5.7 66th Q2 SCIE – Yes
68 American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology 5.6 65th Q2 SCIE – No
69 Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology 5.6 65th Q2 SCIE – No
70 Physiological Measurement 5.5 64th Q2 SCIE – No
71 Psychophysiology 5.5 64th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
72 Journal of Thermal Biology 5.4 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
73 Physiologia Plantarum 5.4 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
74 Animal Bioscience 5.4 62nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
75 Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes 5.4 61st Q2 SCIE – No
76 Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology 5.4 61st Q2 SCIE – No
77 Digestive Diseases and Sciences 5.4 60th Q2 SCIE – No
78 Experimental Physiology 5.4 60th Q2 SCIE – Yes
79 Function 5.3 59th Q2 ESCI – Yes
80 Muscle and Nerve 5.3 59th Q2 SCIE – No
81 Journal of General Physiology 5.2 58th Q2 SCIE – No
82 Journal of Physiological Sciences 5.1 58th Q2 SCIE – Yes
83 Mycologia 5 57th Q2 SCIE – No
84 Nephron 4.9 57th Q2 SCIE – No
85 Cell Stress 4.8 56th Q2 ESCI – Yes
86 Journal of Basic and Clinical Physiology and Pharmacology 4.7 56th Q2 – – No
87 Stress 4.7 55th Q2 SCIE – Yes
88 Acta Physiologiae Plantarum 4.6 55th Q2 SCIE – No
89 Contact 4.6 54th Q2 – – Yes
90 Current Opinion in Physiology 4.6 54th Q2 ESCI – No
91 American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology 4.5 53rd Q2 SCIE – Yes
92 Journal of Experimental Biology 4.5 53rd Q2 SCIE – No
93 Prostaglandins and Other Lipid Mediators 4.5 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
94 Trees - Structure and Function 4.5 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
95 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part - B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 4.4 51st Q2 SCIE – No
96 Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 4.4 51st Q2 SCIE – No
97 Cereal Research Communications 4.3 50th Q2 SCIE – No
98 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology -Part A : Molecular and Integrative Physiology 4.3 50th Q2 SCIE – No
99 Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology 4.2 49th Q3 SCIE – No
100 Photosynthetica 4.2 49th Q3 SCIE – Yes
101 Conservation Physiology 4.2 48th Q3 SCIE – Yes
102 Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation 4.1 48th Q3 SCIE – No
103 Journal of Insect Physiology 4.1 47th Q3 SCIE – No
104 Journal of Vascular Research 4.1 47th Q3 SCIE – No
105 Aspects of Molecular Medicine 4 46th Q3 ESCI – Yes
106 Journal of Plant Nutrition 4 46th Q3 SCIE – No
107 Chronobiology International 4 45th Q3 SCIE – No
108 Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism 3.9 45th Q3 SCIE – No
109 Physical Activity and Health 3.9 44th Q3 – – Yes
110 Physiological Genomics 3.9 44th Q3 SCIE – No
111 Current Research in Physiology 3.9 43rd Q3 ESCI – Yes
112 Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology 3.9 43rd Q3 SCIE – No
113 Frontiers in Sports and Active Living 3.9 42nd Q3 ESCI – Yes
114 Journal of Science in Sport and Exercise 3.7 42nd Q3 ESCI – No
115 Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology 3.7 41st Q3 SCIE – No
116 Microcirculation 3.7 41st Q3 SCIE – No
117 Journal of Neurophysiology 3.7 40th Q3 SCIE – No
118 Physiological Research 3.7 40th Q3 SCIE – Yes
119 Microbial Physiology 3.7 39th Q3 SCIE – Yes
120 Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 3.6 39th Q3 SCIE, SSCI A No
121 Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology 3.6 38th Q3 SCIE – No
122 Plant Physiology Reports 3.6 38th Q3 ESCI – No
123 Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology 3.6 37th Q3 SCIE – No
124 Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology 3.6 36th Q3 SCIE – No
125 Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology 3.5 36th Q3 SCIE – No
126 Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry 3.5 35th Q3 ESCI – Yes
127 Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology 3.5 35th Q3 SCIE – No
128 FASEB BioAdvances 3.5 34th Q3 ESCI – Yes
129 Journal of Musculoskeletal Neuronal Interactions 3.4 34th Q3 SCIE – No
130 Clinical and Experimental Nephrology 3.4 33rd Q3 SCIE – No
131 Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility 3.4 33rd Q3 SCIE – No
132 Sleep and Biological Rhythms 3.4 32nd Q3 SCIE – No
133 Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology 3.3 32nd Q3 SCIE – No
134 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part D: Genomics and Proteomics 3.3 31st Q3 SCIE – No
135 Physiological Entomology 3.2 31st Q3 SCIE – No
136 Journal of Physiological Investigation 3.2 30th Q3 SCIE – Yes
137 Acta Histochemica et Cytochemica 3.1 30th Q3 SCIE – No
138 Advances in Weed Science 3.1 29th Q3 SCIE – Yes
139 Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany 3.1 29th Q3 SCIE – No
140 Cell Structure and Function 3.1 28th Q3 SCIE – Yes
141 Physiological Reports 3.1 28th Q3 ESCI – Yes
142 Audiology and Neurotology 3 27th Q3 SCIE – No
143 Chemical Senses 3 27th Q3 SCIE – No
144 Translational Medicine of Aging 3 26th Q3 – – Yes
145 Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research 2.9 26th Q3 SCIE – Yes
146 High Altitude Medicine and Biology 2.8 25th Q3 SCIE – No
147 Journal of Veterinary Cardiology 2.8 25th Q3 SCIE – No
148 Advances in Physiology Education 2.7 24th Q4 SCIE – Yes
149 Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging 2.7 24th Q4 SCIE – No
150 Biological Rhythm Research 2.7 23rd Q4 SCIE – No
151 Journal of Molecular Histology 2.6 23rd Q4 SCIE – No
152 Bioelectromagnetics 2.6 22nd Q4 SCIE – No
153 Biophysics and Physicobiology 2.6 22nd Q4 ESCI – Yes
154 Fish Physiology 2.6 21st Q4 – – No
155 General Physiology and Biophysics 2.6 21st Q4 SCIE – No
156 Annals of Human Biology 2.5 20th Q4 SCIE, SSCI – Yes
157 Phycological Research 2.5 20th Q4 SCIE – No
158 Journal of Psychophysiology 2.5 19th Q4 SCIE, SSCI – No
159 Journal of Smooth Muscle Research 2.5 19th Q4 – – Yes
160 Behavioral and Brain Sciences 2.5 18th Q4 SCIE, SSCI – No
161 Electrolyte and Blood Pressure 2.5 18th Q4 – – No
162 Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology 2.4 17th Q4 – – No
163 Physical Activity and Nutrition 2.4 16th Q4 – – No
164 Visual Neuroscience 2.3 16th Q4 SCIE – No
165 Canadian Entomologist 2.1 15th Q4 SCIE – No
166 Journal of Phytopathology 2 15th Q4 SCIE – No
167 Biorheology 1.9 14th Q4 SCIE – No
168 Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology 1.9 14th Q4 SCIE – No
169 Nutrire 1.9 13th Q4 ESCI – No
170 Turkish Journal of Biology 1.8 13th Q4 SCIE – Yes
171 Journal of Circadian Rhythms 1.4 12th Q4 – – Yes
172 Asian Journal of Natural Product Biochemistry 1.3 11th Q4 – – No
173 Regulatory Mechanisms in Biosystems 1.2 11th Q4 ESCI – Yes
174 Acta Physiologica Sinica 1.2 10th Q4 – – No
175 Nigerian Journal of Physiological Sciences 1.2 10th Q4 – – No
176 Physiology and Pharmacology (Iran) 1.1 9th Q4 ESCI – Yes
177 Revista Brasileira de Cineantropometria e Desempenho Humano 1.1 9th Q4 – – Yes
178 Chronobiology in Medicine 1 8th Q4 – – No
179 Comparative Exercise Physiology 1 8th Q4 ESCI – No
180 Iranian Journal of Plant Physiology 1 7th Q4 – – No
181 Fiziolohichnyi zhurnal (Kiev, Ukraine : 1994) 0.9 7th Q4 – – No
182 Neurophysiology 0.9 6th Q4 SCIE – No
183 Opera Medica et Physiologica 0.9 6th Q4 – – No
184 Journal of Plant Resources and Environment 0.9 5th Q4 – – No
185 Central European Journal of Sport Sciences and Medicine 0.8 5th Q4 – – Yes
186 Human Physiology 0.8 4th Q4 – – No
187 Journal of Clinical Exercise Physiology 0.8 4th Q4 – – No
188 Advances in Biochemistry in Health and Disease 0.7 3rd Q4 – – No
189 Commagene Journal of Biology 0.7 3rd Q4 – – No
190 Analele Universitatii din Oradea, Fascicula Biologie 0.6 2nd Q4 – – No
191 Proceedings on Applied Botany, Genetics and Breeding 0.6 2nd Q4 – – Yes
192 Environmental Stresses in Crop Sciences 0.6 1st Q4 – – Yes
193 Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology 0.6 1st Q4 – – No
194 Uspekhi Fiziologicheskikh Nauk 0.6 0th Q4 – – No
195 Physiologist 0 0th Q4 – – No

Rank and percentile are within the Physiology 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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