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Life Sciences Journals

Life sciences cover subjects ranging from molecular and cell biology to genetics, microbiology, ecology and plant science. Because citation behaviour differs across these specialties, narrower comparisons are usually more informative than broad cross-field comparisons.

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718Approved journals

711Journals with JIF

206Q1 journals

103.300Highest available JIF

2.300Median available JIF

Quartile distribution

Life Sciences journals by quartile

710 journals with Q1–Q4 data

Q1206

29.0% of quartile-classified journals

Q2174

24.5% of quartile-classified journals

Q3184

25.9% of quartile-classified journals

Q4146

20.6% of quartile-classified journals

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8 subsubjects with 10+ approved journals

Ecology & Evolution 175 Microbiology 112 Biochemistry & Biotechnology 107 Genetics & Genomics 93 Immunology 67 Zoology & Animal Science 61 Botany & Plant Science 60 Molecular & Cell Biology 43

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Journal	Subsubject	JIF	5-Year JIF	JCI	Quartile	Publisher
Journal of Molecular Cell Biology ISSN 1674-2788 eISSN 1759-4685	Molecular & Cell Biology	5.900	6.700	0.740	Q2	OXFORD UNIV PRESS
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY ISSN 0022-2836 eISSN 1089-8638	Molecular & Cell Biology	4.500	4.900	0.930	Q2	ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Allergy Asthma & Immunology Research ISSN 2092-7355 eISSN 2092-7363	Immunology	4.300	4.500	0.880	Q2	KOREAN ACAD ASTHMA ALLERGY & CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY
BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL ISSN 0264-6021 eISSN 1470-8728	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	4.300	3.900	0.700	Q2	PORTLAND PRESS LTD
BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS ISSN 0300-5127 eISSN 1470-8752	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	4.300	4.400	0.440	Q2	PORTLAND PRESS LTD
CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY ISSN 0955-0674 eISSN 1879-0410	Molecular & Cell Biology	4.300	6.000	0.780	Q2	CURRENT BIOLOGY LTD
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY ISSN 0171-9335 eISSN 1618-1298	Molecular & Cell Biology	4.300	5.500	0.730	Q2	ELSEVIER GMBH
BMC MICROBIOLOGY ISSN 1471-2180 eISSN 1471-2180	Microbiology	4.200	4.800	1.090	Q2	BMC
JOURNAL OF FOOD BIOCHEMISTRY ISSN 0145-8884 eISSN 1745-4514	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	4.200	4.300	0.660	Q2	WILEY
SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY ISSN 0723-2020 eISSN 1618-0984	Microbiology	4.200	3.500	0.910	Q2	ELSEVIER GMBH
WORLD JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY ISSN 0959-3993 eISSN 1573-0972	Microbiology	4.200	4.600	0.820	Q2	SPRINGER
AIMS Microbiology ISSN 2471-1888 eISSN 2471-1888	Microbiology	4.100	4.800	0.610	Q2	AMER INST MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES-AIMS
Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal ISSN 2001-0370 eISSN 2001-0370	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	4.100	5.200	0.910	Q2	ELSEVIER
Current Research in Biotechnology ISSN 2590-2628 eISSN 2590-2628	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	4.000	4.500	0.980	Q2	ELSEVIER
ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY ISSN 1462-2912 eISSN 1462-2920	Microbiology	4.000	4.800	1.000	Q2	WILEY
PROCESS BIOCHEMISTRY ISSN 1359-5113 eISSN 1873-3298	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	4.000	4.200	0.790	Q2	ELSEVIER SCI LTD
ARCHIVUM IMMUNOLOGIAE ET THERAPIAE EXPERIMENTALIS ISSN 0004-069X eISSN 1661-4917	Immunology	3.900	3.600	0.600	Q2	DE GRUYTER POLAND SP Z O O
JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY ISSN 0168-1656 eISSN 1873-4863	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	3.900	3.800	0.970	Q2	ELSEVIER
Retrovirology ISSN N/A eISSN 1742-4690	Microbiology	3.900	3.200	0.630	Q2	BMC
Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology ISSN N/A eISSN 1878-8181	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	3.800	4.100	0.870	Q2	ELSEVIER
Biochemical Engineering Journal ISSN 1369-703X eISSN 1873-295X	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	3.800	3.700	0.760	Q2	ELSEVIER
Clinical & Translational Immunology ISSN N/A eISSN 2050-0068	Immunology	3.800	4.400	0.880	Q2	WILEY
CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL IMMUNOLOGY ISSN 0009-9104 eISSN 1365-2249	Immunology	3.800	4.100	0.680	Q2	OXFORD UNIV PRESS
CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY ISSN 1521-6616 eISSN 1521-7035	Immunology	3.800	4.300	0.830	Q2	ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
Journal of Virology ISSN 0022-538X eISSN 1098-5514	Microbiology	3.800	3.900	1.090	Q2	AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
Microbiology Spectrum ISSN N/A eISSN 2165-0497	Microbiology	3.800	4.100	0.990	Q2	AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
Virology Journal ISSN N/A eISSN 1743-422X	Microbiology	3.800	3.700	0.900	Q2	BMC
APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY ISSN 0099-2240 eISSN 1098-5336	Microbiology	3.700	4.500	0.930	Q2	AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
BMC GENOMICS ISSN 1471-2164 eISSN 1471-2164	Genetics & Genomics	3.700	4.200	0.970	Q2	BMC
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY ISSN 0014-2980 eISSN 1521-4141	Immunology	3.700	4.600	0.710	Q2	WILEY
Expert Review of Clinical Immunology ISSN 1744-666X eISSN 1744-8409	Immunology	3.700	4.100	0.500	Q2	TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS ISSN 0022-2593 eISSN 1468-6244	Genetics & Genomics	3.700	4.100	1.020	Q2	BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY ISSN 0300-8177 eISSN 1573-4919	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	3.700	3.600	0.600	Q2	SPRINGER
PLoS Genetics ISSN 1553-7404 eISSN 1553-7404	Genetics & Genomics	3.700	4.500	1.140	Q2	PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials ISSN N/A eISSN 1476-0711	Microbiology	3.600	4.800	0.930	Q2	BMC
BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING ISSN 0006-3592 eISSN 1097-0290	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	3.600	3.800	0.790	Q2	WILEY
CURRENT OPINION IN GENETICS & DEVELOPMENT ISSN 0959-437X eISSN 1879-0380	Genetics & Genomics	3.600	3.900	0.760	Q2	CURRENT BIOLOGY LTD
Energy Ecology and Environment ISSN 2363-7692 eISSN 2363-8338	Ecology & Evolution	3.600	3.700	0.680	Q2	SPRINGERNATURE
Epigenetics Insights ISSN 2516-8657 eISSN 2516-8657	Genetics & Genomics	3.600	2.600	0.570	Q2	Maximum Academic Press
HUMAN GENETICS ISSN 0340-6717 eISSN 1432-1203	Genetics & Genomics	3.600	4.500	0.890	Q2	SPRINGER
Human Genetics and Genomics Advances ISSN 2666-2477 eISSN 2666-2477	Genetics & Genomics	3.600	3.800	1.070	Q2	ELSEVIER
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY ISSN 1438-4221 eISSN 1618-0607	Microbiology	3.600	3.500	0.950	Q2	ELSEVIER GMBH
Journal of Immunology Research ISSN 2314-8861 eISSN 2314-7156	Immunology	3.600	4.200	0.660	Q2	WILEY
Epigenetics & Chromatin ISSN N/A eISSN 1756-8935	Genetics & Genomics	3.500	4.700	0.940	Q2	BMC
MICROBIOLOGY-SGM ISSN 1350-0872 eISSN 1465-2080	Microbiology	3.500	3.300	0.610	Q2	MICROBIOLOGY SOC
ANNALS OF MICROBIOLOGY ISSN 1590-4261 eISSN 1869-2044	Microbiology	3.400	3.800	0.750	Q2	BMC
Biochemistry Research International ISSN 2090-2247 eISSN 2090-2255	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	3.400	3.500	0.820	Q2	WILEY
BMC BIOTECHNOLOGY ISSN N/A eISSN 1472-6750	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	3.400	3.600	0.870	Q2	BMC
Ecological Complexity ISSN 1476-945X eISSN 1476-9840	Ecology & Evolution	3.400	3.300	0.860	Q2	ELSEVIER
EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION ISSN 1063-6560 eISSN 1530-9304	Ecology & Evolution	3.400	5.100	0.770	Q2	MIT PRESS
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL VIROLOGY ISSN 1386-6532 eISSN 1873-5967	Microbiology	3.400	3.300	1.070	Q2	ELSEVIER
JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY ISSN 0022-1767 eISSN 1550-6606	Immunology	3.400	3.900	0.750	Q2	AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY ISSN 0923-2508 eISSN 1769-7123	Microbiology	3.400	3.700	0.720	Q2	ELSEVIER
APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY ISSN 0273-2289 eISSN 1559-0291	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	3.300	3.100	0.700	Q2	SPRINGER
BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY OF LIPIDS ISSN 1388-1981 eISSN 1879-2618	Molecular & Cell Biology	3.300	4.100	0.710	Q2	ELSEVIER
PHYSIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANTS ISSN 0971-5894 eISSN 0974-0430	Molecular & Cell Biology	3.300	3.900	0.830	Q2	SPRINGER
ECOLOGICAL MODELLING ISSN 0304-3800 eISSN 1872-7026	Ecology & Evolution	3.200	3.500	0.890	Q2	ELSEVIER
ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY ISSN 1708-3087 eISSN N/A	Ecology & Evolution	3.200	4.000	0.880	Q2	Resilience Alliance
Environmental Epigenetics ISSN 2058-5888 eISSN 2058-5888	Genetics & Genomics	3.200	3.300	0.930	Q2	OXFORD UNIV PRESS
Epigenetics ISSN 1559-2294 eISSN 1559-2308	Genetics & Genomics	3.200	3.700	0.800	Q2	TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
Evolutionary Applications ISSN 1752-4571 eISSN 1752-4571	Ecology & Evolution	3.200	4.100	0.960	Q2	WILEY
FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY ISSN 0168-6496 eISSN 1574-6941	Microbiology	3.200	4.200	0.880	Q2	OXFORD UNIV PRESS
HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS ISSN 0964-6906 eISSN 1460-2083	Genetics & Genomics	3.200	3.800	0.800	Q2	OXFORD UNIV PRESS
INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOLOGY ISSN 0953-8178 eISSN 1460-2377	Immunology	3.200	4.800	0.640	Q2	OXFORD UNIV PRESS
International Journal of Microbiology ISSN 1687-918X eISSN 1687-9198	Microbiology	3.200	4.700	0.690	Q2	WILEY
JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY ISSN 1364-5072 eISSN 1365-2672	Microbiology	3.200	3.800	0.660	Q2	OXFORD UNIV PRESS
JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY ISSN 1367-5435 eISSN 1476-5535	Microbiology	3.200	3.600	0.530	Q2	OXFORD UNIV PRESS
JOURNAL OF INORGANIC BIOCHEMISTRY ISSN 0162-0134 eISSN 1873-3344	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	3.200	3.600	0.900	Q2	ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
Biotechnology Journal ISSN 1860-6768 eISSN 1860-7314	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	3.100	4.100	0.740	Q2	WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
Botanical Studies ISSN N/A eISSN 1999-3110	Botany & Plant Science	3.100	3.500	0.900	Q2	SPRINGER
FOLIA MICROBIOLOGICA ISSN 0015-5632 eISSN 1874-9356	Microbiology	3.100	2.900	0.530	Q2	SPRINGER
FOOD SCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY ISSN 1226-7708 eISSN 2092-6456	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	3.100	3.500	0.500	Q2	KOREAN SOCIETY FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY-KOSFOST
FUNCTIONAL & INTEGRATIVE GENOMICS ISSN 1438-793X eISSN 1438-7948	Genetics & Genomics	3.100	3.000	1.020	Q2	SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
IMMUNOLOGIC RESEARCH ISSN 0257-277X eISSN 1559-0755	Immunology	3.100	3.000	0.580	Q2	SPRINGER
JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY ISSN 1017-7825 eISSN 1738-8872	Microbiology	3.100	3.200	0.640	Q2	KOREAN SOC MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY
Metabarcoding and Metagenomics ISSN N/A eISSN 2534-9708	Genetics & Genomics	3.100	0.000	0.780	Q2	PENSOFT PUBLISHERS
ARCHIVES OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS ISSN 0003-9861 eISSN 1096-0384	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	3.000	3.600	0.820	Q2	ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOPROCESS ENGINEERING ISSN 1226-8372 eISSN 1976-3816	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	3.000	2.400	0.600	Q2	KOREAN SOC BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOENGINEERING
BOTANICAL REVIEW ISSN 0006-8101 eISSN 1874-9372	Botany & Plant Science	3.000	5.700	0.510	Q2	SPRINGER
GENOMICS ISSN 0888-7543 eISSN 1089-8646	Genetics & Genomics	3.000	3.300	0.880	Q2	ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
MYCOLOGICAL PROGRESS ISSN 1617-416X eISSN 1861-8952	Microbiology	3.000	3.000	0.800	Q2	SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
IMMUNOGENETICS ISSN 0093-7711 eISSN 1432-1211	Genetics & Genomics	2.900	2.700	0.630	Q2	SPRINGER
JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY ISSN 0165-0378 eISSN 1872-7603	Immunology	2.900	3.300	0.820	Q2	ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
Journal of Systematics and Evolution ISSN 1674-4918 eISSN 1759-6831	Ecology & Evolution	2.900	3.300	0.920	Q2	WILEY
PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS ISSN 1433-8319 eISSN 1433-8319	Ecology & Evolution	2.900	3.700	0.890	Q2	ELSEVIER GMBH
Systems Microbiology and Biomanufacturing ISSN 2662-7655 eISSN 2662-7663	Microbiology	2.900	3.500	0.550	Q2	SPRINGERNATURE
Application of Clinical Genetics ISSN N/A eISSN 1178-704X	Genetics & Genomics	2.800	3.700	0.560	Q2	DOVE MEDICAL PRESS LTD
Frontiers in Genetics ISSN N/A eISSN 1664-8021	Genetics & Genomics	2.800	3.300	0.750	Q2	FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
Genome Biology and Evolution ISSN 1759-6653 eISSN 1759-6653	Ecology & Evolution	2.800	3.200	0.880	Q2	OXFORD UNIV PRESS
JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMICAL AND MOLECULAR TOXICOLOGY ISSN 1095-6670 eISSN 1099-0461	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	2.800	3.100	0.710	Q2	WILEY
NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics ISSN N/A eISSN 2631-9268	Genetics & Genomics	2.800	5.000	1.050	Q2	OXFORD UNIV PRESS
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY ISSN 0002-9122 eISSN 1537-2197	Botany & Plant Science	2.700	3.000	0.760	Q2	WILEY
ARCHIVES OF PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY ISSN 1381-3455 eISSN 1744-4160	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	2.700	2.900	0.740	Q2	TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Food and Environmental Virology ISSN 1867-0334 eISSN 1867-0342	Microbiology	2.700	3.100	0.720	Q2	SPRINGER
FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY ISSN 1445-4408 eISSN 1445-4416	Botany & Plant Science	2.700	3.000	0.790	Q2	CSIRO PUBLISHING
RESTORATION ECOLOGY ISSN 1061-2971 eISSN 1526-100X	Ecology & Evolution	2.700	3.700	0.740	Q2	WILEY
SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY ISSN 0254-6299 eISSN 1727-9321	Botany & Plant Science	2.700	3.100	0.790	Q2	ELSEVIER
Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems ISSN 2168-3565 eISSN 2168-3573	Ecology & Evolution	2.600	3.100	0.520	Q2	TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
BMC Ecology and Evolution ISSN N/A eISSN 2730-7182	Ecology & Evolution	2.600	2.700	0.700	Q2	BMC
Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology ISSN 1528-4050 eISSN 1473-6322	Immunology	2.600	2.500	0.420	Q2	LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS

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