Best journals for Molecular Biology
The top 40 of 910 Molecular Biology journals, ranked by Scimago quartile, then by how central Molecular Biology is to each journal, then OpenAlex cites/paper (2-year window), drawn from a 17,500-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded; the FAQ below gives the exact ranking rule. These are field-wide rankings — for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, paste your title and abstract into the Journal Finder (a free account starts with 25 welcome credits).
Data as of — the date our venue index was last rebuilt from OpenAlex and Scimago.
- 1Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy50.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer NatureOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 2Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology44.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature PortfolioScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 8Pharmacological Reviews27.7 cites/paper · Q1 · American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental TherapeuticsScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 10Physiological Reviews23.4 cites/paper · Q1 · American Physiological SocietyScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 12Journal of Extracellular Vesicles20.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & FrancisOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 16Nature Communications17.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature PortfolioOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 19Nucleic Acids Research16.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Oxford University PressOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 28Journal of Biomedical Science14.9 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed CentralOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 30Experimental & Molecular Medicine14.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer NatureOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 32FEMS Microbiology Reviews14.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Oxford University PressOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 37Science Advances13.0 cites/paper · Q1 · American Association for the Advancement of ScienceOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 38Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research12.9 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed CentralOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 40International Journal of Oncology12.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Spandidos PublishingScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
“Cites/paper” is the OpenAlex 2-year citation rate — a transparent signal, not a licensed Impact Factor. Many regional and open-access journals are strong but aren’t covered by Scimago, so they show “no Scimago quartile”; that’s a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.
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