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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

Specialties

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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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Life Sciences journal list

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Journal	Subsubject	JIF	5-Year JIF	JCI	Quartile	Publisher
DNA AND CELL BIOLOGY ISSN 1044-5498 eISSN 1557-7430	Molecular & Cell Biology	2.600	2.400	0.510	Q2	MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
Ecological Solutions and Evidence ISSN N/A eISSN 2688-8319	Ecology & Evolution	2.600	2.800	0.720	Q2	WILEY
Epigenomics ISSN 1750-1911 eISSN 1750-192X	Genetics & Genomics	2.600	2.800	0.620	Q2	TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
EVOLUTION ISSN 0014-3820 eISSN 1558-5646	Ecology & Evolution	2.600	3.100	0.880	Q2	OXFORD UNIV PRESS
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution ISSN 2296-701X eISSN 2296-701X	Ecology & Evolution	2.600	3.100	0.690	Q2	FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
BMC Genomic Data ISSN N/A eISSN 2730-6844	Genetics & Genomics	2.500	2.400	0.660	Q2	BMC
Briefings in Functional Genomics ISSN 2041-2649 eISSN 2041-2657	Genetics & Genomics	2.500	3.100	0.550	Q2	OXFORD UNIV PRESS
ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS Y MICROBIOLOGIA CLINICA ISSN 0213-005X eISSN 1578-1852	Microbiology	2.500	2.300	0.560	Q2	EDICIONES DOYMA S A
FISH PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY ISSN 0920-1742 eISSN 1573-5168	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	2.500	3.100	0.830	Q2	SPRINGER
JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS ISSN 1434-5161 eISSN 1435-232X	Genetics & Genomics	2.500	2.700	0.630	Q2	SPRINGERNATURE
MUTATION RESEARCH-GENETIC TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MUTAGENESIS ISSN 1383-5718 eISSN 1879-3592	Genetics & Genomics	2.500	2.300	0.620	Q2	ELSEVIER
Physiological Genomics ISSN 1094-8341 eISSN 1531-2267	Genetics & Genomics	2.500	3.000	0.690	Q2	AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
Quantitative Plant Biology ISSN N/A eISSN 2632-8828	Botany & Plant Science	2.500	2.400	0.430	Q2	CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
Allergy Asthma and Clinical Immunology ISSN 1710-1492 eISSN 1710-1492	Immunology	2.400	2.800	0.510	Q2	BMC
Applications in Plant Sciences ISSN 2168-0450 eISSN 2168-0450	Botany & Plant Science	2.400	3.000	0.860	Q2	WILEY
Horticulture Environment and Biotechnology ISSN 2211-3452 eISSN 2211-3460	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	2.400	2.400	0.780	Q2	KOREAN SOC HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE
Rangeland Ecology & Management ISSN 1550-7424 eISSN 1551-5028	Ecology & Evolution	2.400	2.500	0.620	Q2	ELSEVIER
WEB ECOLOGY ISSN 2193-3081 eISSN 1399-1183	Ecology & Evolution	2.400	3.000	0.590	Q2	COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH
Alpine Botany ISSN 1664-2201 eISSN 1664-221X	Botany & Plant Science	2.300	2.600	0.690	Q2	SPRINGER BASEL AG
Ecology and Evolution ISSN 2045-7758 eISSN 2045-7758	Ecology & Evolution	2.300	2.800	0.650	Q2	WILEY
JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY ISSN 1010-061X eISSN 1420-9101	Ecology & Evolution	2.300	2.200	0.590	Q2	OXFORD UNIV PRESS
OECOLOGIA ISSN 0029-8549 eISSN 1432-1939	Ecology & Evolution	2.300	2.800	0.710	Q2	SPRINGER
BEHAVIOR GENETICS ISSN 0001-8244 eISSN 1573-3297	Genetics & Genomics	2.200	2.200	0.750	Q2	SPRINGER
BOTANICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY ISSN 0024-4074 eISSN 1095-8339	Botany & Plant Science	2.200	2.200	0.600	Q2	OXFORD UNIV PRESS
Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology ISSN N/A eISSN 2666-6227	Ecology & Evolution	2.200	2.300	0.850	Q2	ELSEVIER
ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT & RESTORATION ISSN 1442-7001 eISSN 1442-8903	Ecology & Evolution	2.200	2.300	0.580	Q2	WILEY
Fungal Ecology ISSN 1754-5048 eISSN 1878-0083	Ecology & Evolution	2.200	2.700	0.650	Q2	ELSEVIER SCI LTD
Medicinal Plant Biology ISSN N/A eISSN 2835-6969	Botany & Plant Science	2.200	2.200	0.440	Q2	Maximum Academic Press
ANIMAL GENETICS ISSN 0268-9146 eISSN 1365-2052	Genetics & Genomics	2.100	2.500	0.680	Q2	WILEY
CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY ISSN 0009-9120 eISSN 1873-2933	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	2.100	2.500	1.050	Q2	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
HISTOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY ISSN 0948-6143 eISSN 1432-119X	Molecular & Cell Biology	2.100	2.100	0.750	Q2	SPRINGER
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE & BIOTECHNOLOGY ISSN 1462-0316 eISSN 2380-4084	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	2.100	2.400	0.500	Q2	TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES ISSN 0171-8630 eISSN 1616-1599	Ecology & Evolution	2.100	2.500	0.730	Q2	INTER-RESEARCH
PARASITE IMMUNOLOGY ISSN 0141-9838 eISSN 1365-3024	Immunology	2.100	2.000	0.380	Q2	WILEY
FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AND ECOLOGY ISSN 0969-997X eISSN 1365-2400	Ecology & Evolution	2.000	2.000	0.700	Q2	WILEY
JOURNAL OF PLANT BIOLOGY ISSN 1226-9239 eISSN 1867-0725	Botany & Plant Science	2.000	2.800	0.540	Q2	SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
OCULAR IMMUNOLOGY AND INFLAMMATION ISSN 0927-3948 eISSN 1744-5078	Immunology	2.000	2.400	0.780	Q2	TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
SYSTEMATICS AND BIODIVERSITY ISSN 1477-2000 eISSN 1478-0933	Ecology & Evolution	2.000	1.900	0.510	Q2	TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
ARCHIVES OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY ISSN 0739-4462 eISSN 1520-6327	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	1.900	2.200	0.680	Q2	WILEY
JOURNAL OF ANIMAL BREEDING AND GENETICS ISSN 0931-2668 eISSN 1439-0388	Genetics & Genomics	1.900	2.600	0.880	Q2	WILEY
Journal of Genetic Counseling ISSN 1059-7700 eISSN 1573-3599	Genetics & Genomics	1.900	2.200	0.630	Q2	WILEY
Landscape and Ecological Engineering ISSN 1860-1871 eISSN 1860-188X	Ecology & Evolution	1.900	2.200	0.530	Q2	SPRINGER JAPAN KK
ACTA AGRICULTURAE SCANDINAVICA SECTION B-SOIL AND PLANT SCIENCE ISSN 0906-4710 eISSN 1651-1913	Botany & Plant Science	1.800	1.800	0.490	Q2	TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
ANIMAL BIOTECHNOLOGY ISSN 1049-5398 eISSN 1532-2378	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	1.800	2.000	0.630	Q2	TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
AQUATIC ECOLOGY ISSN 1386-2588 eISSN 1573-5125	Ecology & Evolution	1.800	2.000	0.600	Q2	SPRINGER
Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding ISSN 1212-1975 eISSN 1805-9325	Genetics & Genomics	1.800	1.300	0.400	Q2	CZECH ACADEMY AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY ECONOMICS ISSN 0936-9937 eISSN 1432-1386	Ecology & Evolution	1.800	2.100	0.470	Q2	SPRINGER
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ISSN 0022-0981 eISSN 1879-1697	Ecology & Evolution	1.800	2.100	0.580	Q2	ELSEVIER
Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective ISSN 0173-9565 eISSN 1439-0485	Ecology & Evolution	1.800	1.700	0.600	Q2	WILEY
Translational Animal Science ISSN N/A eISSN 2573-2102	Zoology & Animal Science	1.800	1.600	0.590	Q2	OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
BMC Zoology ISSN N/A eISSN 2056-3132	Zoology & Animal Science	1.700	1.600	0.860	Q2	BMC
CONSERVATION GENETICS ISSN 1566-0621 eISSN 1572-9737	Genetics & Genomics	1.700	2.200	0.500	Q2	SPRINGER
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION ISSN 1552-5007 eISSN 1552-5015	Ecology & Evolution	1.700	2.000	0.670	Q2	WILEY
JOURNAL OF GENETIC PSYCHOLOGY ISSN 0022-1325 eISSN 1940-0896	Genetics & Genomics	1.700	2.000	0.590	Q2	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science ISSN 1559-6109 eISSN 1559-6109	Zoology & Animal Science	1.700	1.800	0.790	Q2	AMER ASSOC LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE
PLANT ECOLOGY ISSN 1385-0237 eISSN 1573-5052	Ecology & Evolution	1.700	1.800	0.580	Q2	SPRINGER
REVIEW OF PALAEOBOTANY AND PALYNOLOGY ISSN 0034-6667 eISSN 1879-0615	Botany & Plant Science	1.700	1.800	0.730	Q2	ELSEVIER
SABRAO Journal of Breeding and Genetics ISSN 1029-7073 eISSN 2224-8978	Genetics & Genomics	1.700	1.600	0.550	Q2	SOC ADVANCEMENT BREEDING RESEARCHES ASIA & OCEANIA
TURKISH JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY ISSN 1300-0179 eISSN 1303-6114	Zoology & Animal Science	1.700	1.100	0.770	Q2	Tubitak Scientific & Technological Research Council Turkey
ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY ISSN 0307-6946 eISSN 1365-2311	Ecology & Evolution	1.600	2.300	0.860	Q2	WILEY
Journal of Comparative Physiology B-Biochemical Systems and Environmental Physiology ISSN 0174-1578 eISSN 1432-136X	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	1.600	1.800	0.850	Q2	SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY ISSN 0952-8369 eISSN 1469-7998	Zoology & Animal Science	1.600	2.000	0.900	Q2	WILEY
Tree Genetics & Genomes ISSN 1614-2942 eISSN 1614-2950	Genetics & Genomics	1.600	2.000	0.610	Q2	SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
ZOOLOGY ISSN 0944-2006 eISSN 1873-2720	Zoology & Animal Science	1.600	1.700	0.890	Q2	ELSEVIER GMBH
Applied Animal Science ISSN 2590-2873 eISSN 2590-2865	Zoology & Animal Science	1.500	1.700	0.540	Q2	ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
New Bioethics-A Multidisciplinary Journal of Biotechnology and the Body ISSN 2050-2877 eISSN 2050-2885	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	1.500	1.100	0.500	Q2	TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
ZOOLOGISCHER ANZEIGER ISSN 0044-5231 eISSN 0044-5231	Zoology & Animal Science	1.500	1.500	0.850	Q2	ELSEVIER GMBH
European Zoological Journal ISSN 2475-0263 eISSN 2475-0263	Zoology & Animal Science	1.400	1.600	0.890	Q2	TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
INSECT SYSTEMATICS & EVOLUTION ISSN 1399-560X eISSN 1876-312X	Ecology & Evolution	1.400	1.200	0.610	Q2	BRILL
Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A-Ecological and Integrative Physiology ISSN 2471-5638 eISSN 2471-5646	Ecology & Evolution	1.400	2.100	0.920	Q2	WILEY
ZOOLOGICAL STUDIES ISSN 1021-5506 eISSN 1810-522X	Zoology & Animal Science	1.400	1.500	0.790	Q2	BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER, ACAD SINICA
ACTA ZOOLOGICA ISSN 0001-7272 eISSN 1463-6395	Zoology & Animal Science	1.300	1.200	0.660	Q2	WILEY
JOURNAL OF VECTOR ECOLOGY ISSN 1081-1710 eISSN 1948-7134	Ecology & Evolution	1.300	1.700	0.580	Q2	SOC VECTOR ECOLOGY
Revolutionary Russia ISSN 0954-6545 eISSN 1743-7873	Ecology & Evolution	0.200	0.200	0.860	Q2	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

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