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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

Showing 101–146 of 146 matching journals

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Journal	Subsubject	JIF	5-Year JIF	JCI	Quartile	Publisher
Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology ISSN 2008-3645 eISSN 2008-4161	Microbiology	0.500	0.600	0.130	Q4	BRIEFLANDS
Minerva Biotechnology and Biomolecular Research ISSN 2724-542X eISSN 2724-5934	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	0.500	0.500	0.100	Q4	EDIZIONI MINERVA MEDICA
Nanobiotechnology Reports ISSN 2635-1676 eISSN 2635-1684	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	0.500	0.500	0.050	Q4	PLEIADES PUBLISHING INC
REVUE SUISSE DE ZOOLOGIE ISSN 0035-418X eISSN 0035-418X	Zoology & Animal Science	0.500	0.600	0.340	Q4	MUSEUM HISTOIRE NATURELLE
RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF GENETICS ISSN 1022-7954 eISSN 1608-3369	Genetics & Genomics	0.500	0.500	0.130	Q4	PLEIADES PUBLISHING INC
Theoretical and Applied Ecology ISSN 1995-4301 eISSN 2618-8406	Ecology & Evolution	0.500	0.400	0.120	Q4	LLC PUBLISHING HOUSE, KAMERTON
ACTA BIOLOGICA CRACOVIENSIA SERIES BOTANICA ISSN 0001-5296 eISSN 1898-0295	Botany & Plant Science	0.400	0.800	0.150	Q4	POLSKA AKAD NAUK, POLISH ACAD SCIENCES, PAS BRANCH CRACOW
Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica ISSN 1346-7565 eISSN 2189-7042	Botany & Plant Science	0.400	0.400	0.120	Q4	JAPANESE SOC PLANT SYSTEMATICS, UNIV TOKYO, GRADUATE SCH
AIMS Allergy and Immunology ISSN 2575-615X eISSN 2575-615X	Immunology	0.400	0.500	0.080	Q4	AMER INST MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES-AIMS
Asthma Allergy Immunology ISSN 1308-9234 eISSN 1308-9234	Immunology	0.400	0.400	0.120	Q4	Turkish Natl Soc Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Biochemistry Moscow-Supplement Series B-Biomedical Chemistry ISSN 1990-7508 eISSN 1990-7516	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	0.400	0.500	0.110	Q4	MAIK NAUKA-INTERPERIODICA
Chilean Journal of Agricultural & Animal Sciences ISSN 0719-3882 eISSN 0719-3890	Zoology & Animal Science	0.400	0.500	0.110	Q4	UNIV CONCEPCION, CAMPUS CHILLAN
Ecologia Aplicada ISSN 1726-2216 eISSN 1993-9507	Ecology & Evolution	0.400	0.600	0.080	Q4	UNIV NACIONAL AGRARIA LA MOLINA
Human Ecology Review ISSN 1074-4827 eISSN 2204-0919	Ecology & Evolution	0.400	1.200	0.180	Q4	ANU PRESS
Investigacion Bibliotecologica ISSN 0187-358X eISSN 2448-8321	Ecology & Evolution	0.400	0.400	0.080	Q4	UNIV NACIONAL AUTONOMA MEXICO
Iranian Journal of Applied Animal Science ISSN 2251-628X eISSN 2251-631X	Zoology & Animal Science	0.400	0.600	0.190	Q4	ISLAMIC AZAD UNIV, RASHT
Malaysian Journal of Microbiology ISSN 1823-8262 eISSN 2231-7538	Microbiology	0.400	0.400	0.090	Q4	MALAYSIAN SOC MICROBIOLOGY
Scientific Papers-Series D-Animal Science ISSN 2285-5750 eISSN 2393-2260	Zoology & Animal Science	0.400	0.300	0.130	Q4	UNIV AGRONOMIC SCIENCES & VETERINARY MEDICINE BUCHAREST - USAMV
Statistical Applications in Genetics and Molecular Biology ISSN 2194-6302 eISSN 1544-6115	Molecular & Cell Biology	0.400	0.500	0.210	Q4	WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH
TROPICAL ZOOLOGY ISSN 0394-6975 eISSN 1970-9528	Zoology & Animal Science	0.400	0.700	0.300	Q4	PAGEPRESS PUBL
Visnyk of V N Karazin Kharkiv National University-Series Geology Geography Ecology ISSN 2410-7360 eISSN 2411-3913	Ecology & Evolution	0.400	0.300	0.160	Q4	V N KARAZIN KHARKIV NATL UNIV
Alergia Astma Immunologia ISSN 1427-3101 eISSN 1427-3101	Immunology	0.300	0.200	0.050	Q4	Asthma and Allergy Patients Support Organization
ANALES DEL JARDIN BOTANICO DE MADRID ISSN 0211-1322 eISSN 1988-3196	Botany & Plant Science	0.300	0.500	0.140	Q4	CONSEJO SUPERIOR INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS-CSIC
BANGLADESH JOURNAL OF BOTANY ISSN 0253-5416 eISSN 2079-9926	Botany & Plant Science	0.300	0.400	0.090	Q4	BANGLADESH BOTANICAL SOC
BIOTECHNOLOGY LAW REPORT ISSN 0730-031X eISSN 1557-8704	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	0.300	0.200	0.080	Q4	MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
Ideas in Ecology and Evolution ISSN 1918-3178 eISSN 1918-3178	Ecology & Evolution	0.300	0.500	0.070	Q4	QUEENS UNIV
IHERINGIA SERIE BOTANICA ISSN N/A eISSN 2446-8231	Botany & Plant Science	0.300	0.400	0.090	Q4	FUNDACAO ZOOBOTANICA RIO GRANDE SUL, MUSEU CIENCIAS NATURAIS
INDIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCES ISSN 0367-8318 eISSN 0367-8318	Zoology & Animal Science	0.300	0.400	0.120	Q4	INDIAN COUNC AGRICULTURAL RES
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY AND ZOOLOGY ISSN 0021-4914 eISSN 1347-6068	Zoology & Animal Science	0.300	0.400	0.170	Q4	JAPAN SOC APPL ENTOMOL ZOOL
Molecular Genetics Microbiology and Virology ISSN 0891-4168 eISSN 1934-841X	Microbiology	0.300	0.500	0.070	Q4	PLEIADES PUBLISHING INC
South of Russia-Ecology Development ISSN 1992-1098 eISSN 2413-0958	Ecology & Evolution	0.300	0.300	0.080	Q4	KAMERTON PUBLISHER
Turkish Journal of Immunology ISSN 1301-109X eISSN 2147-8325	Immunology	0.300	0.200	0.060	Q4	GALENOS PUBL HOUSE
ZOOLOGICHESKY ZHURNAL ISSN 0044-5134 eISSN N/A	Zoology & Animal Science	0.300	0.300	0.170	Q4	MAIK NAUKA-INTERPERIODICA PUBL
ANTHROPOLOGIE-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN DIVERSITY AND EVOLUTION ISSN 0323-1119 eISSN 0323-1119	Ecology & Evolution	0.200	0.200	0.150	Q4	MORAVIAN MUSEUM
Biblios-Revista de Bibliotecologia y Ciencias de la Informacion ISSN 1562-4730 eISSN 1562-4730	Ecology & Evolution	0.200	0.200	0.030	Q4	UNIV PITTSBURGH, UNIV LIBRARY SYSTEM
Current Allergy & Clinical Immunology ISSN 1609-3607 eISSN 1609-3607	Immunology	0.200	0.200	0.030	Q4	ALLERGY SOC SOUTH AFRICA
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR RESEARCH ISSN N/A eISSN 1676-5680	Genetics & Genomics	0.200	0.500	0.060	Q4	FUNPEC-EDITORA
PROGRESS IN BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS ISSN 1000-3282 eISSN 1000-3282	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	0.200	0.300	0.060	Q4	CHINESE ACAD SCIENCES, INST BIOPHYSICS
Research Journal of Biotechnology ISSN 0973-6263 eISSN 2278-4535	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	0.200	0.200	0.050	Q4	RESEARCH JOURNAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE ISSN 0901-3393 eISSN 2002-0112	Zoology & Animal Science	0.200	0.400	0.100	Q4	SCANDINAVIAN SOC LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE
Asian Biotechnology and Development Review ISSN 0972-7566 eISSN 0972-7566	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	0.100	0.100	0.030	Q4	RESEARCH & INFORMATION SYSTEM NON-ALIGNED & OTHER DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Bibliotecas-Revista de la Escuela de Bibliotecologia Documentacion e Informacion ISSN 1409-3049 eISSN 1659-3286	Ecology & Evolution	0.100	0.200	0.040	Q4	UNIV NACL, ESCUELA BIBLIOTECOLOGIA DOCUMENTACION & INFORMACION
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS ISSN 0972-3757 eISSN 2456-6330	Genetics & Genomics	0.100	0.100	0.020	Q4	KAMLA-RAJ ENTERPRISES
Social Evolution & History ISSN 1681-4363 eISSN 1681-4363	Ecology & Evolution	0.100	0.200	0.090	Q4	UCHITEL PUBLISHING HOUSE
International Journal of Ecological Economics & Statistics ISSN 0973-1385 eISSN 0973-1385	Ecology & Evolution	—	0.100	0.050	Q4	CENTRE ENVIRONMENT SOCIAL & ECONOMIC RESEARCH PUBL-CESER
International Journal of Ecology & Development ISSN 0972-9984 eISSN 0973-7308	Ecology & Evolution	—	0.100	0.020	Q4	CENTRE ENVIRONMENT SOCIAL & ECONOMIC RESEARCH PUBL-CESER

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