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 Scopus indexed biotechnology journals. More biotechnology journals can be found at https://phdtalks.org/journal-finder.php

Top Scopus indexed biotechnology journals

S. No.	Journal Title	Publisher	Journal Scope
1	Nature Microbiology	Nature Publishing Group	Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (Q1); Cell Biology (Q1); Genetics (Q1); Immunology (Q1); Microbiology (Q1); Microbiology (medical) (Q1)
2	Nature Biomedical Engineering	Nature Publishing Group	Bioengineering (Q1); Biomedical Engineering (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Computer Science Applications (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1)
3	PLoS Medicine	Public Library of Science	Biochemistry (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Cell Biology (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Molecular Biology (Q1)
4	Nano Today	Elsevier	Bioengineering (Q1); Biomedical Engineering (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Materials Science (miscellaneous) (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (Q1); Pharmaceutical Science (Q1)
5	Annual Review of Animal Biosciences	Annual Reviews Inc.	Animal Science and Zoology (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Genetics (Q1); Veterinary (miscellaneous) (Q1)
6	Small	Wiley-VCH Verlag	Biomaterials (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Chemistry (miscellaneous) (Q1); Engineering (miscellaneous) (Q1); Materials Science (miscellaneous) (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (Q1)
7	Protein and Cell	Higher Education Press	Biochemistry (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Cell Biology (Q1); Drug Discovery (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1)
8	Biofuel Research Journal	Green Wave Publishing of Canada	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
9	Green Synthesis and Catalysis	KeAi Communications Co.	Biotechnology (Q1); Catalysis (Q1)
10	Ageing Research Reviews	Elsevier Ireland Ltd	Aging (Q1); Biochemistry (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Molecular Biology (Q1); Neurology (Q1)
11	Nature Biotechnology	Nature Publishing Group	Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (Q1); Bioengineering (Q1); Biomedical Engineering (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Molecular Medicine (Q1)
12	Plant Communications	Cell Press	Biochemistry (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Cell Biology (Q1); Molecular Biology (Q1); Plant Science (Q1)
13	Plant Biotechnology Journal	Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd	Agronomy and Crop Science (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Plant Science (Q1)
14	Bioactive Materials	KeAi Communications Co.	Biomaterials (Q1); Biomedical Engineering (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1)
15	Trends in Biotechnology	Elsevier Ltd.	Bioengineering (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1)
16	Biotechnology Advances	Elsevier Inc.	Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (Q1); Bioengineering (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1)
17	Molecular Ecology Resources	Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd	Biotechnology (Q1); Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (Q1); Genetics (Q1)
18	Trends in Food Science and Technology	Elsevier Ltd.	Biotechnology (Q1); Food Science (Q1)
19	Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology	Springer Netherlands	Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (Q1); Environmental Engineering (Q1); Pollution (Q1); Waste Management and Disposal (Q1)
20	BMC Biology	BioMed Central Ltd.	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
21	Biosensors and Bioelectronics	Elsevier Ltd.	Biomedical Engineering (Q1); Biophysics (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Electrochemistry (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (Q1)
22	Cell Reports Methods	Cell Press	Biochemistry (Q1); Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Computer Science Applications (Q1); Genetics (Q1); Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging (Q1)
23	ACS Photonics	American Chemical Society	Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Q1); Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (Q1)
24	Current Opinion in Biotechnology	Elsevier Ltd.	Bioengineering (Q1); Biomedical Engineering (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1)
25	Nanophotonics	Walter de Gruyter	Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Q1); Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (Q1)
26	Nature Methods	Nature Publishing Group	Biochemistry (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Cell Biology (Q1); Molecular Biology (Q1)
27	npj Biofilms and Microbiomes	Nature Publishing Group	Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Microbiology (Q1)
28	Transcription	Taylor and Francis Ltd.	Biochemistry (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Genetics (Q1)
29	Metabolic Engineering	Academic Press Inc.	Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (Q1); Bioengineering (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1)
30	Horticulture Research	Oxford University Press	Biochemistry (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Genetics (Q1); Horticulture (Q1); Plant Science (Q1)
31	International Journal of Biological Sciences	Ivyspring International Publisher	Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (Q1); Cell Biology (Q1); Developmental Biology (Q1); Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (Q1); Molecular Biology (Q1)
32	IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.	Biotechnology (Q1); Computer Science Applications (Q1); Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Q1); Health Informatics (Q1); Health Information Management (Q1)
33	BioDrugs	Adis International Ltd	Biotechnology (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1)
34	Acta Biomaterialia	Elsevier BV	Biochemistry (Q1); Biomaterials (Q1); Biomedical Engineering (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Molecular Biology (Q1)
35	Critical Reviews in Biotechnology	Informa Healthcare	Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1)
36	Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal	Research Network of Computational and Structural Biotechnology	Biochemistry (Q1); Biophysics (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Computer Science Applications (Q1); Genetics (Q1); Structural Biology (Q2)
37	Environmental Microbiomes	BioMed Central Ltd.	Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (Q1); Genetics (Q1); Microbiology (Q1)
38	Biofabrication	IOP Publishing Ltd.	Biochemistry (Q1); Bioengineering (Q1); Biomaterials (Q1); Biomedical Engineering (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1)
39	Bioengineering and Translational Medicine	John Wiley & Sons Inc.	Biomedical Engineering (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Pharmaceutical Science (Q1)
40	Materials Today Bio	Elsevier BV	Bioengineering (Q1); Biomaterials (Q1); Biomedical Engineering (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Molecular Biology (Q1); Cell Biology (Q2)
41	Current Opinion in Food Science	Elsevier BV	Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (Q1); Food Science (Q1)
42	Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology	BioMed Central Ltd.	Animal Science and Zoology (Q1); Biochemistry (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Food Science (Q1)
43	Journal of Nanobiotechnology	BioMed Central Ltd.	Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (Q1); Bioengineering (Q1); Biomedical Engineering (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Molecular Medicine (Q1); Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (Q1); Pharmaceutical Science (Q1)
44	Theoretical And Applied Genetics	Springer Verlag	Agronomy and Crop Science (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Genetics (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1)
45	Critical Reviews in Microbiology	Informa Healthcare	Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Microbiology (Q1)
46	FASEB Journal	John Wiley & Sons Inc.	Biochemistry (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Genetics (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Molecular Biology (Q2)
47	Drug Discovery Today: Technologies	Elsevier Ltd.	Biotechnology (Q1); Drug Discovery (Q1); Molecular Medicine (Q1)
48	Bioconjugate Chemistry	American Chemical Society	Bioengineering (Q1); Biomedical Engineering (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Organic Chemistry (Q1); Pharmaceutical Science (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1)
49	Journal of the Royal Society Interface	The Royal Society	Biochemistry (Q1); Bioengineering (Q1); Biomaterials (Q1); Biomedical Engineering (Q1); Biophysics (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1)
50	Phytochemistry Reviews	Springer Netherlands	Biotechnology (Q1); Plant Science (Q1)
51	Biofilm	Elsevier BV	Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (Q1); Microbiology (Q1); Cell Biology (Q2); Molecular Biology (Q2)
52	Cell Surface	Elsevier BV	Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (Q1); Microbiology (Q1); Cell Biology (Q2); Molecular Biology (Q2)
53	Marine Life Science and Technology	Springer Verlag	Aquatic Science (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (Q1); Oceanography (Q1)
54	CRISPR Journal	Mary Ann Liebert Inc.	Biotechnology (Q1); Genetics (Q1)
55	Journal of Water Process Engineering	Elsevier Ltd.	Biotechnology (Q1); Process Chemistry and Technology (Q1); Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality (Q1); Waste Management and Disposal (Q1); Water Science and Technology (Q1)
56	Interface Focus	The Royal Society	Biochemistry (Q1); Bioengineering (Q1); Biomaterials (Q1); Biomedical Engineering (Q1); Biophysics (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1)
57	Plant Methods	BioMed Central Ltd.	Biotechnology (Q1); Plant Science (Q1); Genetics (Q2)
58	Microbial Biotechnology	John Wiley and Sons Ltd	Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (Q1); Biochemistry (Q1); Bioengineering (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1)
59	BMC Genomics	BioMed Central Ltd.	Biotechnology (Q1); Genetics (Q2)
60	Microbial Cell		Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (Q1); Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) (Q1); Parasitology (Q1); Cell Biology (Q2); Genetics (Q2); Microbiology (Q2); Molecular Biology (Q2); Virology (Q2)
61	Microbial Cell Factories	BioMed Central Ltd.	Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (Q1); Bioengineering (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1)
62	Journal of Heredity	Oxford University Press	Biotechnology (Q1); Genetics (Q2); Genetics (clinical) (Q2); Molecular Biology (Q2)
63	Food Control	Elsevier BV	Biotechnology (Q1); Food Science (Q1)
64	SLAS Discovery	Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening	Analytical Chemistry (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Biochemistry (Q2); Molecular Medicine (Q2)
65	Molecular Nutrition and Food Research	Wiley-VCH Verlag	Biotechnology (Q1); Food Science (Q1)
66	Applied and Environmental Microbiology	American Society for Microbiology	Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Ecology (Q1); Food Science (Q1)
67	FEMS Microbiology Ecology	Oxford University Press	Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (Q1); Ecology (Q1); Microbiology (Q2)
68	Biotechnology for Biofuels	BioMed Central Ltd.	Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Energy (miscellaneous) (Q1); Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (Q1); Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (Q2)
69	OpenNano	Elsevier Inc.	Biotechnology (Q1); Internal Medicine (Q1); Pharmaceutical Science (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1)
70	New Biotechnology	Elsevier	Bioengineering (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Molecular Biology (Q2)
71	Biotechnology Reports	Elsevier BV	Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1)
72	Biosafety and Health	Elsevier BV	Biotechnology (Q1); Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (Q1); Infectious Diseases (Q2); Microbiology (medical) (Q2)
73	Fungal Biology and Biotechnology	BioMed Central Ltd.	Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (Q1); Cell Biology (Q2); Molecular Biology (Q2)
74	Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology	Springer Verlag	Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1)
75	Biomedical Optics Express	Optica Publishing Group	Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1)
76	Rice Science	Elsevier	Agronomy and Crop Science (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Plant Science (Q1)
77	Nanotheranostics	Ivyspring International Publishers	Biomedical Engineering (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous) (Q1)
78	Systematic and Applied Microbiology	Urban und Fischer Verlag Jena	Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (Q1); Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (Q1); Microbiology (Q2)
79	Journal of Ginseng Research	The Korean Society of Ginseng	Biotechnology (Q1); Complementary and Alternative Medicine (Q1); Plant Science (Q1); Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) (Q2)
80	Bio-Design and Manufacturing	Springer Singapore	Biomedical Engineering (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (Q1); Materials Science (miscellaneous) (Q1)
81	Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology	Frontiers Media S.A.	Biomedical Engineering (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Bioengineering (Q2); Histology (Q2)
82	Synthetic Biology	Oxford University Press	Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) (Q1); Biomedical Engineering (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Bioengineering (Q2); Biomaterials (Q2)
83	Current Research in Food Science	Elsevier BV	Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Food Science (Q1)
84	aBIOTECH	Springer Nature	Agronomy and Crop Science (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Plant Science (Q1); Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) (Q2); Genetics (Q2); Molecular Biology (Q2)
85	Biotechnology Journal	Wiley-VCH Verlag	Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Molecular Medicine (Q2)
86	Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture	Springer International Publishing AG	Agronomy and Crop Science (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Food Science (Q1); Biochemistry (Q2)
87	Food Structure	Elsevier BV	Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (Q1); Food Science (Q1); Bioengineering (Q2)
88	Biophysical Reports	Tabriz University of Medical Sciences	Biophysics (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Biochemistry (Q2); Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) (Q2)
89	Nanobiomedicine	SAGE Publications Ltd	Biomedical Engineering (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1)
90	Nanotechnology Reviews	Walter de Gruyter GmbH	Engineering (miscellaneous) (Q1); Materials Science (miscellaneous) (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Surfaces, Coatings and Films (Q1); Biomaterials (Q2); Biotechnology (Q2); Energy Engineering and Power Technology (Q2); Process Chemistry and Technolo
91	Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces	Elsevier	Physical and Theoretical Chemistry (Q1); Biotechnology (Q2); Colloid and Surface Chemistry (Q2); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q2); Surfaces and Interfaces (Q2)
92	Bioprinting	Elsevier BV	Biomedical Engineering (Q1); Biotechnology (Q2); Computer Science Applications (Q2)
93	Macromolecular Bioscience	Wiley-VCH Verlag	Materials Chemistry (Q1); Polymers and Plastics (Q1); Bioengineering (Q2); Biomaterials (Q2); Biotechnology (Q2)
94	Molecular Breeding	Springer Netherlands	Agronomy and Crop Science (Q1); Plant Science (Q1); Biotechnology (Q2); Genetics (Q2); Molecular Biology (Q2)
95	European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics	Elsevier	Pharmaceutical Science (Q1); Biotechnology (Q2); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q2)
96	International Journal of Bioprinting	Whioce Publishing Pte. Ltd	Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (Q1); Biotechnology (Q2); Materials Science (miscellaneous) (Q2)
97	Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology	Oxford University Press	Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (Q1); Bioengineering (Q2); Biotechnology (Q2); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q2)
98	Biosensors and Bioelectronics: X	Elsevier Ltd.	Biophysics (Q1); Biomedical Engineering (Q2); Biotechnology (Q2); Electrochemistry (Q2)
99	Bioinspiration and Biomimetics	IOP Publishing Ltd.	Biophysics (Q1); Engineering (miscellaneous) (Q1); Biochemistry (Q2); Biotechnology (Q2); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q2); Molecular Medicine (Q2)
100	Journal of Investigative Dermatology Symposium Proceedings	Nature Publishing Group	Dermatology (Q1); Biotechnology (Q2); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q2); Molecular Biology (Q2); Cell Biology (Q3)