Journal rankings · indicator year 2008
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Subfield ranking · 2008
Molecular Biology journal rankings 2008
778 ranked journals · Subfield in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Molecular Biology has 778 ranked journals in 2008. The median journal has an OJR of 0.95, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.02 on 2007; Q1 starts at OJR 1.53. The top three are Pharmacological Reviews, Nature Genetics, and Cell.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2008. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2005–2007, the window the 2008 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (14)
778 ranked journals
Filters
Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2007. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2005–2007, the window the 2008 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2005–2007 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2000 to 2008. | Compare |
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1Pharmacological ReviewsAmerican Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics · United States | 10.04Q1 | 23.72 1.43 up from 2007 | 83 | 35% | $4,500 | ||
2Nature GeneticsNature Portfolio · United States | 8.88Q1 | 24.15 3.86 up from 2007 | 965 | 47% | $12,690 | ||
3CellCell Press · United States | 8.51Q1 | 22.32 0.74 up from 2007 | 1,678 | 97% | $11,400 | ||
4Annual Review of Biophysics and Biomolecular StructureAnnual Reviews · United States | 7.76Q1 | 20.35 0.65 up from 2007 | 59 | — | — | ||
5NatureNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 6.62Q1 | 10.54 0.47 down from 2007 | 9,450 | 27% | $12,690 | ||
6Journal of Clinical InvestigationOAAmerican Society for Clinical Investigation · United States | 5.54Q1 | 14.54 1.22 up from 2007 | 1,609 | 100% | $5,200 | ||
7Progress in Lipid ResearchElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 5.31Q1 | 12.69 0.86 up from 2007 | 60 | 19% | $5,530 | ||
8Cell MetabolismCell Press · United States | 4.93Q1 | 12.79 0.55 up from 2007 | 361 | 100% | $10,400 | ||
9Nature BiotechnologyNature Portfolio · United States | 4.77Q1 | 8.95 0.29 up from 2007 | 1,142 | 22% | $12,690 | ||
10ScienceAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science · United States | 4.54Q1 | 6.66 0.41 up from 2007 | 14,052 | 18% | — | ||
11Nature Cell BiologyNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 4.51Q1 | 12.68 0.43 up from 2007 | 742 | 39% | $12,690 | ||
12Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesNational Academy of Sciences · United States | 4.49Q1 | 10.71 0.12 up from 2007 | 10,707 | 100% | — | ||
13FEMS Microbiology ReviewsOAOxford University Press · Netherlands | 4.45Q1 | 9.73 0.88 up from 2007 | 145 | 78% | $3,297 | ||
14Cell stem cellElsevier BV · United States | 4.33Q1 | 10.98no 2007 value | 94 | 100% | $10,400 | — | |
15Molecular CellElsevier BV · United States | 4.21Q1 | 12.59 0.19 up from 2007 | 1,092 | 99% | $10,400 | ||
16Molecular Systems BiologyOASpringer Nature · United Kingdom | 4.19Q1 | 11.78 2.28 up from 2007 | 187 | 100% | $7,990 | ||
17Pharmacology & TherapeuticsElsevier BV · United States | 4.17Q1 | 10.82 2.33 up from 2007 | 334 | 28% | $5,660 | ||
18PLoS BiologyOAPublic Library of Science · United States | 3.94Q1 | 9.36 1.39 up from 2007 | 1,096 | 100% | $5,500 | ||
19Systematic BiologyOxford University Press · United States | 3.88Q1 | 7.04 0.53 down from 2007 | 268 | 38% | $2,166 | ||
20Molecular & Cellular ProteomicsOAElsevier BV · United States | 3.87Q1 | 8.87 0.05 down from 2007 | 649 | 100% | $3,430 | ||
21Biotechnology AdvancesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.80Q1 | 7.15 1.60 up from 2007 | 137 | 6% | $5,460 | ||
22Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Reviews on CancerElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.73Q1 | 11.03 3.17 up from 2007 | 97 | 23% | $5,070 | ||
23Critical Reviews in BiotechnologyTaylor & Francis · United States | 3.60Q1 | 6.46 0.29 up from 2007 | 38 | 0% | — | ||
24TrAC Trends in Analytical ChemistryElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.57Q1 | 4.36 0.29 up from 2007 | 398 | 9% | $5,150 | ||
25Molecular Aspects of MedicineElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.56Q1 | 6.32 3.60 down from 2007 | 99 | 43% | $5,220 | ||
26Circulation ResearchLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 3.47Q1 | 9.19 0.24 up from 2007 | 1,152 | 69% | — | ||
27Molecular Biology and EvolutionOAOxford University Press · United States | 3.45Q1 | 8.09 1.08 up from 2007 | 811 | 78% | $3,418 | ||
28The EMBO JournalOASpringer Nature · Germany | 3.42Q1 | 9.42 0.05 down from 2007 | 1,398 | 92% | $7,990 | ||
29Developmental CellElsevier BV · United States | 3.42Q1 | 9.84 0.10 down from 2007 | 618 | 100% | $10,400 | ||
30Human Molecular GeneticsOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 3.21Q1 | 8.40 0.55 down from 2007 | 1,146 | 71% | $4,390 | ||
31Cancer ResearchAmerican Association for Cancer Research · United States | 3.08Q1 | 8.42 0.09 up from 2007 | 4,569 | 32% | — | ||
32Stem CellsOxford University Press · United States | 3.08Q1 | 8.35 0.45 up from 2007 | 947 | 46% | $4,477 | ||
33Medicinal Research ReviewsWiley · United States | 3.06Q1 | 7.99 1.64 up from 2007 | 93 | 20% | $4,980 | ||
34Cellular MicrobiologyOAWiley · United Kingdom | 3.06Q1 | 7.29 1.63 up from 2007 | 601 | 85% | $2,350 | ||
35Drug Metabolism ReviewsTaylor & Francis · United States | 2.99Q1 | 5.31 1.72 up from 2007 | 124 | 32% | — | ||
36Physiological ReviewsAmerican Physiological Society · United States | 2.96Q1 | 45.35 6.65 up from 2007 | 90 | 25% | — | ||
37Nature Chemical BiologyNature Portfolio · United States | 2.94Q1 | 6.99 1.01 up from 2007 | 518 | 41% | $12,690 | ||
38Critical Reviews in Analytical ChemistryTaylor & Francis · United States | 2.93Q1 | 4.20 0.59 up from 2007 | 52 | 11% | — | ||
39Computer applications in the biosciencesOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 2.93Q1 | —no 2007 value | 414 | — | — | ||
40Drug Resistance UpdatesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.92Q1 | 8.47 1.54 up from 2007 | 72 | 22% | $5,410 | ||
41PhysiologyAmerican Physiological Society · United States | 2.88Q1 | 7.26 0.39 up from 2007 | 166 | 19% | — | ||
42Journal of NanobiotechnologyOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.82Q1 | 4.84 0.49 up from 2007 | 34 | 100% | $3,790 | ||
43Journal of BiologyOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.81Q1 | 8.55 1.49 up from 2007 | 41 | 100% | $2,686 | ||
44Nature MethodsNature Portfolio · United States | 2.79Q1 | 6.96 0.32 up from 2007 | 878 | 37% | $12,690 | ||
45Nature Structural & Molecular BiologyNature Portfolio · United States | 2.75Q1 | 8.35 0.29 up from 2007 | 707 | 52% | $12,690 | ||
46PLoS GeneticsOAPublic Library of Science · United States | 2.74Q1 | 11.06 5.59 up from 2007 | 769 | 100% | $3,043 | ||
47Progress in Biophysics and Molecular BiologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.72Q1 | 5.92 1.05 up from 2007 | 142 | 96% | $4,260 | ||
48Critical Reviews in MicrobiologyTaylor & Francis · United States | 2.68Q1 | 3.89 0.19 down from 2007 | 55 | 6% | — | ||
49American Journal Of PathologyElsevier BV · United States | 2.67Q1 | 6.61 0.39 up from 2007 | 1,142 | 97% | $2,800 | ||
50Analytical ChemistryAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 2.64Q1 | 5.70 0.92 up from 2007 | 3,703 | 20% | $4,500 |
Subfields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with Molecular Biology highlighted.
- Molecular Biology778
- Genetics77
- Cancer Research21
- Cell Biology17
- Molecular Medicine7
- Biophysics6
- Biochemistry3
- Structural Biology3
- Aging2
- Clinical Biochemistry2
- Developmental Biology1
- Endocrinology1
- Physiology1
- Biotechnology0
Journals
Citations made in 2008. Corpus-wide, 71.1% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
202 additional Molecular Biology journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2005–2007, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2008. Publication window: 2005–2007. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 778
- Window papers (baseline)
- 286,182 +17.8% from indicator year 2005
- Median OJR
- 0.95 +9.0% from indicator year 2005
- Rising journals (2025)
- 129
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2005–2007 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 519 | 546 | 586 | 626 | 650 | 687 | 707 | 752 | 778 | 801 | 844 | 901 | 955 | 996 | 1,034 | 1,073 | 1,109 | 1,133 | 1,155 | 1,157 | 1,141 | 1,136 | 1,158 | 1,167 | 1,149 | 1,152 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 181,358 | 194,151 | 205,259 | 217,711 | 227,129 | 242,923 | 257,591 | 273,038 | 286,182 | 303,541 | 319,771 | 333,582 | 344,870 | 354,245 | 365,796 | 374,398 | 378,858 | 377,367 | 371,908 | 369,033 | 372,681 | 388,390 | 409,363 | 424,318 | 425,615 | 430,199 | |
| Median OJR | 0.66 | 0.65 | 0.70 | 0.79 | 0.82 | 0.872 | 0.923 | 0.929 | 0.95 | 0.97 | 1.010 | 1.051 | 1.049 | 1.014 | 1.001 | 0.99 | 0.98 | 0.944 | 0.940 | 0.933 | 0.937 | 0.917 | 0.9097 | 0.870 | 0.89 | 0.9095 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.