This blog post highlights the top journals that publish research in the field of Life Sciences.
Clarivate released the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) with the latest Impact Factors for Web of Science–indexed journals in June.
In this post, we present Life Science journals that have an Impact Factor greater than 10.
The Impact Factor is the average number of citations that articles published in a journal receive over the past two years.
Free (Non-APC) life science journals
Scopus indexed Life Science Journals
Journals with Impact Factor more than 30
| Journal | Publisher | Impact Factor | Broad Publication Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY | NATURE PORTFOLIO | 33.1 | Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology |
| Nature Reviews Drug Discovery | Nature Publishing Group | 122.7 | Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology |
| Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy | Nature Publishing Group | 40.8 | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Cell Biology |
| Cell | Elsevier B.V. | 45.5 | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Cell Biology |
| Nature Medicine | Nature Research | 58.7 | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Cell Biology |
| Nature Reviews Genetics | Nature Publishing Group | 39.1 | Genetics & Heredity |
| Nature Genetics | Nature Publishing Group | 31.7 | Genetics & Heredity |
| Nature Reviews Microbiology | Nature Publishing Group | 69.2 | Microbiology |
| Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology | Nature Publishing Group | 81.3 | Cell Biology |
| Cancer Cell | Cell Press | 48.8 | Oncology | Cell Biology |
Journals with Impact Factor more than 20
| Journal | Publisher | Impact Factor | Broad Publication Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physiological Reviews | American Physiological Society | 29.9 | Physiology |
| IMETA | WILEY | 23.7 | Microbiology |
| Nature Microbiology | Nature Publishing Group | 20.5 | Microbiology |
| CELL HOST & MICROBE | CELL PRESS | 20.6 | Microbiology | Parasitology | Virology |
| LANCET MICROBE | ELSEVIER | 20.9 | Infectious Diseases | Microbiology |
| Molecular Cancer | BioMed Central | 27.7 | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Oncology |
| Cell Metabolism | Cell Press | 27.7 | Cell Biology | Endocrinology & Metabolism |
| Cell Research | Nature Publishing Group | 28.1 | Cell Biology |
Journals with Impact Factor more than 10
| Journal | Publisher | Impact Factor | Broad Publication Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genome Biology | BioMed Central | 10.1 | Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology | Genetics |
| Molecular Therapy | The American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy | 12.1 | Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology | Genetics |
| TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION | CELL PRESS | 16.7 | Ecology | Evolutionary Biology | Genetics |
| Molecular Biology and Evolution | Oxford University Press | 11 | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Evolutionary |
| Journal of Nanobiotechnology | BioMed Central | 10.6 | Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology | Nanoscience |
| Plant Biotechnology Journal | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 10.1 | Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology | Plant Science |
| TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY | CELL PRESS | 14.3 | Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology |
| BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES | PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD | 12.1 | Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology |
| BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS | ELSEVIER ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY | 10.7 | Biophysics | Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology |
| ISME Journal | Oxford University Press | 10.8 | Ecology | Microbiology |
| CELL GENOMICS | ELSEVIER | 11.1 | Genetics & Heredity | Cell Biology |
| Trends in Microbiology | Elsevier Ltd | 14 | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Microbiology |
| ANNUAL REVIEW OF ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS | ANNUAL REVIEWS | 11.2 | Ecology | Evolutionary Biology |
| NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION | NATURE PORTFOLIO | 13.9 | Ecology | Evolutionary Biology |
| Annual Review of Physiology | Annual Reviews Inc. | 15.7 | Physiology |
| Molecular Cell | Cell Press | 14.5 | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Cell Biology |
| Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology | Annual Reviews Inc. | 11.4 | Cell Biology | Developmental Biology |
| Developmental Cell | Cell Press | 10.7 | Cell Biology | Developmental Biology |
| Cell Death and Differentiation | Nature Publishing Group | 13.7 | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Cell Biology |
| Trends in Molecular Medicine | Elsevier Ltd | 12.8 | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Cell Biology |
| NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY | NATURE PORTFOLIO | 12.5 | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Biophysics |
| Genome Medicine | BioMed Central | 10.4 | Genetics & Heredity |
| Trends in Genetics | Elsevier Ltd | 13.6 | Genetics & Heredity |
| GENOMICS PROTEOMICS & BIOINFORMATICS | ELSEVIER | 11.5 | Genetics & Heredity |
| Gut Microbes | Taylor & Francis | 12.2 | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Microbiology |
| Microbiome | BioMed Central | 13.8 | Microbiology |
| Clinical Microbiology Reviews | American Society for Microbiology (ASM) | 19 | Microbiology |
| Clinical Microbiology and Infection | Elsevier B.V. | 10.9 | Infectious Diseases | Microbiology |
| FEMS Microbiology Reviews | Oxford University Press | 10.1 | Microbiology |
| Global Change Biology | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 10.8 | Biodiversity Conservation | Ecology |
| PROTEIN & CELL | OXFORD UNIV PRESS | 13.6 | Cell Biology |
| Redox Biology | Elsevier | 10.7 | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
| Cell Discovery | Nature Publishing Group | 13 | Cell Biology |
| Cell Reports Medicine | Elsevier | 11.7 | Cell Biology | Medicine, Research & Experimental |
| Nucleic Acids Research | Oxford University Press | 16.6 | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
| Journal of Extracellular Vesicles | Wiley-Blackwell | 15.5 | Cell Biology |
| Annual Review of Biochemistry | Annual Reviews Inc. | 12.1 | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
| Nature Cell Biology | Nature Publishing Group | 17.3 | Cell Biology |
| Cell Stem Cell | Cell Press | 19.8 | Cell & Tissue Engineering | Cell Biology |
| Science Translational Medicine | American Association for the Advancement of Scienc… | 15.8 | Cell Biology | Medicine, Research & Experimental |
| Trends in Cell Biology | Elsevier Ltd | 13 | Cell Biology |
| Nature Chemical Biology | Nature Publishing Group | 12.9 | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
| Molecular Plant | Oxford University Press | 17.1 | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Plant Sciences |
| Annual Review of Marine Science | Annual Reviews Inc. | 14.3 | Geochemistry & Geophysics | Marine & Freshwater |
| BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS | WILEY | 11 | Biology |
| NATURE AGING | SPRINGERNATURE | 17 | Cell Biology | Geriatrics & Gerontology | Neurosci… |
| Trends in Biochemical Sciences | Elsevier Ltd | 11.6 | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
| Human Reproduction Update | Oxford University Press | 14.8 | Obstetrics & Gynecology | Reproductive Biology |
| Autophagy | Taylor & Francis | 14.6 | Cell Biology |
| Progress in Lipid Research | Elsevier Ltd | 14 | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Nutrition & Die… |
| Ageing Research Reviews | Elsevier Ireland Ltd | 12.5 | Cell Biology | Geriatrics & Gerontology |
| Natural Product Reports | Royal Society of Chemistry | 10.2 | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Chemistry, Medi… |
| Physics of Life Reviews | Elsevier B.V. | 13.7 | Biology | Biophysics |