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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
MICROBIOLOGY-SGM ISSN 1350-0872 eISSN 1465-2080	Microbiology	3.500	3.300	0.610	Q2	MICROBIOLOGY SOC
Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation ISSN 2530-0644 eISSN 2530-0644	Ecology & Evolution	3.500	4.800	1.190	Q1	ELSEVIER SCI LTD
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
Global Ecology and Conservation ISSN N/A eISSN 2351-9894	Ecology & Evolution	3.400	4.300	0.970	Q1	ELSEVIER
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
Palaeontographica Abteilung B-Palaeophytologie Palaeobotany-Palaeophytology ISSN 2194-900X eISSN 2509-839X	Botany & Plant Science	3.300	1.900	1.140	Q1	E SCHWEIZERBARTSCHE VERLAGSBUCHHANDLUNG
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
EVOLUTION AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR ISSN 1090-5138 eISSN 1879-0607	Ecology & Evolution	3.200	3.700	1.180	Q1	ELSEVIER SCIENCE 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 ANIMAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISSN 2672-0191 eISSN 2055-0391	Zoology & Animal Science	3.200	3.200	0.990	Q1	KOREAN SOCIETY ANIMAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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
BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION ISSN 0960-3115 eISSN 1572-9710	Ecology & Evolution	3.100	3.700	0.690	Q1	SPRINGER
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
CELL BIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL ISSN 1065-6995 eISSN 1095-8355	Molecular & Cell Biology	3.100	3.500	0.470	Q3	WILEY
EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY ISSN 1060-1538 eISSN 1520-6505	Ecology & Evolution	3.100	3.900	1.490	Q1	WILEY
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
Forensic Science International-Genetics ISSN 1872-4973 eISSN 1878-0326	Genetics & Genomics	3.100	3.500	1.380	Q1	ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
FUNCTIONAL & INTEGRATIVE GENOMICS ISSN 1438-793X eISSN 1438-7948	Genetics & Genomics	3.100	3.000	1.020	Q2	SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
GENETICS SELECTION EVOLUTION ISSN 0999-193X eISSN 1297-9686	Genetics & Genomics	3.100	4.200	1.260	Q1	BMC
IMMUNOLOGIC RESEARCH ISSN 0257-277X eISSN 1559-0755	Immunology	3.100	3.000	0.580	Q2	SPRINGER
JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION ISSN 0047-2484 eISSN 1095-8606	Ecology & Evolution	3.100	2.900	1.600	Q1	ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
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
BIOCHEMISTRY ISSN 0006-2960 eISSN 1520-4995	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	3.000	2.800	0.630	Q3	AMER CHEMICAL SOC
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
CURRENT ISSUES IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY ISSN 1467-3037 eISSN 1467-3045	Molecular & Cell Biology	3.000	3.200	0.550	Q3	MDPI
GENOMICS ISSN 0888-7543 eISSN 1089-8646	Genetics & Genomics	3.000	3.300	0.880	Q2	ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
IMMUNOLOGY AND CELL BIOLOGY ISSN 0818-9641 eISSN 1440-1711	Molecular & Cell Biology	3.000	3.900	0.500	Q3	WILEY
JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY ISSN 0021-9193 eISSN 1098-5530	Microbiology	3.000	3.200	0.690	Q3	AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY ISSN 0300-8584 eISSN 1432-1831	Microbiology	3.000	3.500	0.940	Q3	SPRINGER
MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY ISSN 0161-5890 eISSN 1872-9142	Immunology	3.000	3.400	0.680	Q3	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
MYCOLOGICAL PROGRESS ISSN 1617-416X eISSN 1861-8952	Microbiology	3.000	3.000	0.800	Q2	SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
CELLULAR IMMUNOLOGY ISSN 0008-8749 eISSN 1090-2163	Immunology	2.900	3.800	0.650	Q3	ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
IMMUNOGENETICS ISSN 0093-7711 eISSN 1432-1211	Genetics & Genomics	2.900	2.700	0.630	Q2	SPRINGER
INTERNATIONAL REVIEWS OF IMMUNOLOGY ISSN 0883-0185 eISSN 1563-5244	Immunology	2.900	4.200	0.460	Q3	TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE ISSN 0021-8812 eISSN 1525-3163	Zoology & Animal Science	2.900	3.300	1.090	Q1	OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
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
Molecular Oral Microbiology ISSN 2041-1006 eISSN 2041-1014	Microbiology	2.900	3.400	0.940	Q1	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
CHEMBIOCHEM ISSN 1439-4227 eISSN 1439-7633	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	2.800	3.000	0.570	Q3	WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
Fish and Shellfish Immunology Reports ISSN 2667-0119 eISSN 2667-0119	Immunology	2.800	2.700	0.720	Q1	ELSEVIER
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
IMMUNOLOGY LETTERS ISSN 0165-2478 eISSN 1879-0542	Immunology	2.800	3.400	0.630	Q3	ELSEVIER
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY & CELL BIOLOGY ISSN 1357-2725 eISSN 1878-5875	Molecular & Cell Biology	2.800	3.800	0.590	Q3	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMICAL AND MOLECULAR TOXICOLOGY ISSN 1095-6670 eISSN 1099-0461	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	2.800	3.100	0.710	Q2	WILEY
JOURNAL OF CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY ISSN 0730-2312 eISSN 1097-4644	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	2.800	2.600	0.520	Q3	WILEY
Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology ISSN 2090-5920 eISSN 2090-5920	Genetics & Genomics	2.800	3.900	0.700	Q3	ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY ISSN 1436-2228 eISSN 1436-2236	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	2.800	3.000	0.820	Q1	SPRINGER
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTS ISSN 0301-4851 eISSN 1573-4978	Molecular & Cell Biology	2.800	2.800	0.480	Q3	SPRINGER
NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics ISSN N/A eISSN 2631-9268	Genetics & Genomics	2.800	5.000	1.050	Q2	OXFORD UNIV PRESS
ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY ISSN 0024-4082 eISSN 1096-3642	Zoology & Animal Science	2.800	2.900	1.600	Q1	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
BIOTECHNOLOGY AND APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY ISSN 0885-4513 eISSN 1470-8744	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	2.700	3.400	0.580	Q3	WILEY
BMC IMMUNOLOGY ISSN N/A eISSN 1471-2172	Immunology	2.700	3.100	0.580	Q3	BMC
BMC Molecular and Cell Biology ISSN N/A eISSN 2661-8850	Molecular & Cell Biology	2.700	2.500	0.420	Q3	BMC
CELL BIOCHEMISTRY AND FUNCTION ISSN 0263-6484 eISSN 1099-0844	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	2.700	3.000	0.430	Q3	WILEY
CRYPTOGAMIE MYCOLOGIE ISSN 0181-1584 eISSN 1776-100X	Microbiology	2.700	2.400	0.660	Q3	ADAC-CRYPTOGAMIE
Current Clinical Microbiology Reports ISSN 2196-5471 eISSN 2196-5471	Microbiology	2.700	2.800	0.670	Q3	SPRINGER
Environmental Microbiology Reports ISSN 1758-2229 eISSN 1758-2229	Microbiology	2.700	3.400	0.570	Q3	WILEY
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
HUMAN AND ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT ISSN 1080-7039 eISSN 1549-7860	Ecology & Evolution	2.700	3.900	0.680	Q3	TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
JOURNAL OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTION AND GENETICS ISSN 1058-0468 eISSN 1573-7330	Genetics & Genomics	2.700	3.100	0.890	Q1	SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
JOURNAL OF BASIC MICROBIOLOGY ISSN 0233-111X eISSN 1521-4028	Microbiology	2.700	3.500	0.610	Q3	WILEY
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY ISSN 0270-7306 eISSN 1098-5549	Molecular & Cell Biology	2.700	4.300	0.540	Q3	TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL ISSN 1059-1524 eISSN 1939-4586	Molecular & Cell Biology	2.700	2.900	0.490	Q3	AMER SOC CELL BIOLOGY
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY ISSN 0031-0182 eISSN 1872-616X	Ecology & Evolution	2.700	3.000	0.990	Q1	ELSEVIER
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
VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY ISSN 0378-1135 eISSN 1873-2542	Microbiology	2.700	2.900	1.050	Q1	ELSEVIER
Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems ISSN 2168-3565 eISSN 2168-3573	Ecology & Evolution	2.600	3.100	0.520	Q2	TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
AQUATIC BOTANY ISSN 0304-3770 eISSN 1879-1522	Botany & Plant Science	2.600	2.200	0.710	Q1	ELSEVIER
ARCHIVES OF MICROBIOLOGY ISSN 0302-8933 eISSN 1432-072X	Microbiology	2.600	2.800	0.620	Q3	SPRINGER HEIDELBERG

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