Scopus indexed biotechnology journals

Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books, and conference proceedings. Scopus is currently indexing nearly 36,377 journals from approximately 11,678 publishers. In this blog post, we will be listing Scopus-indexed biotechnology journals.

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There are more than 500 Scopus indexed journals that publish biotechnology-related research. However, we are listing the top 25 Scopus indexed biotechnology journals. More biotechnology journals can be found at https://phdtalks.org/journal-finder.php

Top 25 Scopus indexed biotechnology journals

S. No.	Journal Title	Publisher	E-ISSN	Journal Scope	SJR
1	Nature Microbiology	Nature Publishing Group	20585276	Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (Q1); Cell Biology (Q1); Genetics (Q1); Immunology (Q1); Microbiology (Q1); Microbiology (medical) (Q1)	9.69
2	Nature Biomedical Engineering	Nature Publishing Group	2157846X	Bioengineering (Q1); Biomedical Engineering (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Computer Science Applications (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1)	5.635
3	PLoS Medicine	Public Library of Science	15491277, 15491676	Biochemistry (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Cell Biology (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Molecular Biology (Q1)	4.18
4	Nano Today	Elsevier	17480132	Bioengineering (Q1); Biomedical Engineering (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Materials Science (miscellaneous) (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (Q1); Pharmaceutical Science (Q1)	3.89
5	Small	Wiley-VCH Verlag	16136829, 16136810	Biomaterials (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Chemistry (miscellaneous) (Q1); Engineering (miscellaneous) (Q1); Materials Science (miscellaneous) (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (Q1)	3.225
6	Nature Biotechnology	Nature Publishing Group	15461696, 10870156	Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (Q1); Bioengineering (Q1); Biomedical Engineering (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Molecular Medicine (Q1)	20.12
7	Plant Communications	Cell Press	25903462	Biochemistry (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Cell Biology (Q1); Molecular Biology (Q1); Plant Science (Q1)	2.742
8	Plant Biotechnology Journal	Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd	14677644, 14677652	Agronomy and Crop Science (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Plant Science (Q1)	2.699
9	Trends in Biotechnology	Elsevier Ltd.	01677799, 18793096	Bioengineering (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1)	2.681
10	BMC Biology	BioMed Central Ltd.	17417007	Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) (Q1); Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Cell Biology (Q1); Developmental Biology (Q1); Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (Q1); Physiology	2.673
11	Protein and Cell	Higher Education Press	16748018, 1674800X	Biochemistry (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Cell Biology (Q1); Drug Discovery (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1)	2.636
12	Annual Review of Animal Biosciences	Annual Reviews Inc.	21658110, 21658102	Animal Science and Zoology (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Genetics (Q1); Veterinary (miscellaneous) (Q1)	2.62
13	Molecular Ecology Resources	Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd	1755098X, 17550998	Biotechnology (Q1); Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (Q1); Genetics (Q1)	2.496
14	Biotechnology Advances	Elsevier Inc.	18731899, 07349750	Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (Q1); Bioengineering (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1)	2.482
15	Ageing Research Reviews	Elsevier Ireland Ltd	15681637	Aging (Q1); Biochemistry (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Molecular Biology (Q1); Neurology (Q1)	2.437
16	Trends in Food Science and Technology	Elsevier Ltd.	9242244	Biotechnology (Q1); Food Science (Q1)	2.402
17	Bioactive Materials	KeAi Communications Co.	2452199X	Biomaterials (Q1); Biomedical Engineering (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1)	2.281
18	ACS Photonics	American Chemical Society	23304022	Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Q1); Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (Q1)	2.273
19	Current Opinion in Biotechnology	Elsevier Ltd.	18790429, 09581669	Bioengineering (Q1); Biomedical Engineering (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1)	2.17
20	Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology	Springer Netherlands	15691705, 15729826	Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (Q1); Environmental Engineering (Q1); Pollution (Q1); Waste Management and Disposal (Q1)	2.13
21	Nanophotonics	Walter de Gruyter	21928614, 21928606	Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Q1); Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (Q1)	2.124
22	Biosensors and Bioelectronics	Elsevier Ltd.	18734235, 09565663	Biomedical Engineering (Q1); Biophysics (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Electrochemistry (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (Q1)	2.113
23	Biofuel Research Journal	Green Wave Publishing of Canada	22928782	Biotechnology (Q1); Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous) (Q1); Energy Engineering and Power Technology (Q1); Environmental Engineering (Q1); Fuel Technology (Q1); Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (Q1); Waste Management and Disposal (Q1	2.001
24	Nature Methods	Nature Publishing Group	15487091, 15487105	Biochemistry (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Cell Biology (Q1); Molecular Biology (Q1)	12.115
25	Metabolic Engineering	Academic Press Inc.	10967176, 10967184	Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (Q1); Bioengineering (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1)	1.998