Journals 100

2026 Edition

Life Sciences

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Rank Name Publisher Publication volume Diversity of authoring institutions Typical FWCI Median FWCI of best work Gravitas Diversity of citing institutions Open access Overall Score
1 Nature Communications Springer Nature 100.0 95.5 98.0 97.7 100.0 96.3 86.4 98.0
2 Science Advances American Association for the Advancement of Science 96.5 86.4 96.4 96.1 100.0 89.6 85.0 96.1
3 Nature Springer Nature 96.7 68.7 99.8 100.0 100.0 94.2 35.5 95.3
4 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences National Academy of Sciences 99.9 91.3 93.0 92.7 100.0 93.2 83.1 95.0
5 Cell Elsevier BV 62.6 59.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 89.5 77.6 94.3
6 Science American Association for the Advancement of Science 91.5 65.3 98.5 99.9 100.0 90.2 23.2 93.7
7 Neuron Elsevier BV 66.7 69.0 97.7 95.6 99.9 86.7 75.2 93.2
8 Cell Reports Elsevier BV 97.9 87.9 90.3 86.6 100.0 89.0 83.7 92.5
9 Nature Methods Springer Nature 74.6 43.6 98.1 99.8 99.9 85.4 52.5 92.4
10 Nature Neuroscience Springer Nature 52.2 56.5 99.6 99.7 99.9 88.5 51.9 92.2
11 Nucleic Acids Research Oxford University Press 82.1 85.4 84.1 98.5 100.0 88.6 86.1 92.0
12 Food Chemistry Elsevier BV 99.0 96.9 94.6 88.7 99.7 94.0 9.0 91.9
13 Journal of Clinical Investigation American Society for Clinical Investigation 58.2 69.7 96.6 93.1 97.4 83.2 86.0 91.4
14 Cell Death and Disease Springer Nature 76.7 75.7 91.6 89.8 99.3 82.2 86.1 91.2
15 Nature Genetics Springer Nature 28.6 63.6 99.8 99.9 100.0 86.6 48.2 91.1
16 Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy Springer Nature 32.7 36.1 99.8 100.0 97.4 89.2 86.4 90.8
16 Cell Metabolism Elsevier BV 36.4 49.9 100.0 99.9 97.0 84.6 70.5 90.8
16 Immunity Elsevier BV 28.5 55.2 99.8 99.6 98.1 84.0 70.9 90.8
19 LWT Elsevier BV 95.8 97.8 90.5 81.6 97.7 93.6 55.4 90.3
20 Food Hydrocolloids Elsevier BV 75.7 94.9 98.3 94.5 91.3 91.0 11.3 90.1
20 Molecular Cell Elsevier BV 45.8 55.3 96.4 94.0 100.0 76.9 75.7 90.1
22 Molecular Psychiatry Springer Nature 82.6 82.0 90.9 88.6 95.8 90.7 63.1 89.8
23 Current Biology Elsevier BV 90.4 81.3 86.8 84.4 99.8 86.6 74.7 89.7
23 Trends in Food Science & Technology Elsevier BV 47.2 78.3 99.2 98.8 94.6 92.2 12.3 89.7
25 Brain Oxford University Press 49.4 79.8 96.6 96.4 90.6 85.2 72.8 89.6
25 Journal of Neuroinflammation Springer Nature 74.4 78.1 94.9 92.4 87.9 88.1 87.0 89.6
27 New Phytologist Wiley 58.3 88.4 90.6 87.6 99.3 89.0 65.5 89.5
28 Nature Biotechnology Springer Nature 39.9 37.2 99.3 99.9 100.0 79.5 35.4 89.4
29 Genome biology Springer Nature 33.1 62.4 93.9 92.8 99.8 80.6 86.2 89.3
30 Advanced Science Wiley 82.3 71.6 93.8 93.6 86.0 84.9 87.2 88.9
31 Food Research International Elsevier BV 91.7 93.4 92.0 85.4 95.4 92.8 12.4 88.6
31 eLife eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 99.9 91.8 81.4 78.5 100.0 89.7 86.1 88.6
33 Computers and Electronics in Agriculture Elsevier BV 55.4 79.8 95.7 95.0 95.0 88.8 14.7 88.5
33 International Journal of Biological Macromolecules Elsevier BV 99.9 96.1 87.5 82.9 99.3 96.4 6.3 88.5
35 Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems Frontiers Media 72.7 98.2 85.1 90.3 90.8 98.1 84.7 88.4
35 Science Translational Medicine American Association for the Advancement of Science 44.2 54.6 98.9 97.6 94.5 79.3 37.6 88.4
37 Antioxidants Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 98.7 92.5 81.9 76.3 99.1 94.8 86.2 88.3
37 Nature Immunology Springer Nature 29.3 46.1 98.7 99.2 96.9 83.4 39.4 88.3
37 Theranostics Ivyspring International Publisher 53.8 59.4 95.0 93.1 93.1 71.8 85.5 88.3
40 Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy Elsevier BV 95.4 84.8 82.4 80.5 97.3 90.4 84.6 87.9
40 Redox Biology Elsevier BV 62.1 67.8 96.3 96.4 83.5 80.7 87.3 87.9
42 Communications Biology Springer Nature 96.2 84.8 81.8 78.0 99.4 88.5 86.4 87.8
42 Foods Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 99.9 99.3 79.9 72.7 99.9 98.7 85.7 87.8
44 The EMBO Journal Springer Nature 53.7 63.3 91.3 90.4 95.9 75.5 81.4 87.7
44 Nature Cell Biology Springer Nature 33.6 45.7 98.4 99.0 95.4 77.0 41.8 87.7
46 Scientific Reports Springer Nature 100.0 99.6 76.9 75.6 100.0 98.7 86.7 87.6
47 Translational Psychiatry Springer Nature 86.4 86.8 87.6 82.6 90.6 90.1 86.5 87.5
48 Agriculture Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 94.3 98.0 76.6 81.7 97.3 97.7 84.4 87.3
49 Agricultural Systems Elsevier BV 42.5 97.7 97.1 97.2 80.9 99.1 45.7 87.1
49 The Journal of Experimental Medicine Rockefeller University Press 29.9 57.8 95.6 95.0 92.2 76.5 81.4 87.1
51 Nature Metabolism Springer Nature 37.9 46.8 98.8 99.2 90.2 83.2 35.8 86.7
51 Developmental Cell Elsevier BV 46.3 55.7 93.4 90.8 94.8 74.2 70.1 86.7
53 NeuroImage Elsevier BV 69.4 95.2 82.2 77.7 98.5 89.3 85.0 86.6
53 Nature Microbiology Springer Nature 36.0 41.9 99.5 99.7 87.7 82.3 52.1 86.6
55 Frontiers in Immunology Frontiers Media 100.0 97.5 75.3 74.4 100.0 95.3 84.9 86.5
56 Frontiers in Plant Science Frontiers Media 99.7 97.7 77.1 71.4 100.0 95.8 84.7 86.4
56 The Plant Cell Oxford University Press 29.7 63.1 94.0 90.2 95.4 75.0 70.4 86.4
58 PLoS Biology Public Library of Science 70.1 59.9 88.2 86.4 93.9 74.2 86.2 86.3
59 Agronomy Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 99.5 98.9 73.5 74.1 99.9 98.1 85.4 86.1
60 Clinical Infectious Diseases Oxford University Press 86.8 90.5 86.9 93.3 82.2 91.8 56.7 86.0
61 Frontiers in Microbiology Frontiers Media 100.0 98.2 75.7 69.3 100.0 96.6 85.3 85.7
61 Carbohydrate Polymers Elsevier BV 79.9 87.9 93.9 90.8 84.0 90.5 10.7 85.7
63 Microbiome Springer Nature 32.7 47.0 99.1 98.9 81.9 75.9 85.6 85.6
64 Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment Elsevier BV 66.7 94.1 94.7 91.5 80.7 95.2 25.2 85.4
65 Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology Springer Nature 27.0 15.3 93.5 99.8 99.4 80.7 15.0 84.9
66 Frontiers in Pharmacology Frontiers Media 99.9 95.5 73.2 69.5 99.8 94.6 86.7 84.7
67 Heliyon Elsevier BV 99.9 97.2 70.1 73.8 98.3 97.9 87.4 84.5
68 Plants Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 99.6 98.6 71.3 68.8 100.0 97.8 85.5 84.3
68 Soil Biology and Biochemistry Elsevier BV 36.1 90.3 97.8 97.7 77.4 89.0 26.6 84.3
70 EBioMedicine Elsevier BV 53.9 65.0 92.7 92.8 79.8 80.3 84.1 84.2
71 Cell Host & Microbe Elsevier BV 29.7 34.2 99.2 99.7 81.4 74.1 69.1 84.1
72 JCI Insight American Society for Clinical Investigation 59.9 70.1 88.7 82.2 88.4 77.1 86.1 84.0
72 mBio American Society for Microbiology 86.7 78.6 81.6 77.3 91.2 83.1 84.7 84.0
74 Molecular Biology and Evolution Oxford University Press 42.2 72.5 81.2 83.4 97.3 82.2 85.7 83.9
74 Frontiers in Nutrition Frontiers Media 88.7 93.1 78.6 73.5 91.6 94.6 84.9 83.9
74 Journal of Neuroscience Society for Neuroscience 93.2 89.4 75.8 69.8 99.2 86.0 77.3 83.9
77 Aging Cell Wiley 73.8 67.8 91.4 87.9 78.3 80.9 85.4 83.8
78 Molecules Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 100.0 99.0 69.9 67.2 100.0 97.7 86.9 83.7
79 Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer BMJ 37.4 78.4 92.1 89.2 81.5 81.8 85.7 83.6
80 PLoS Pathogens Public Library of Science 86.6 78.8 82.2 75.2 90.4 81.9 84.8 83.5
81 Antibiotics Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 99.9 99.4 72.2 68.9 95.7 98.1 84.8 83.4
81 BMC Plant Biology Springer Nature 67.7 83.0 82.3 77.4 90.5 87.6 86.8 83.4
81 Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry American Chemical Society 96.2 82.4 84.4 77.0 94.4 85.2 6.4 83.4
84 Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research Springer Nature 30.6 55.8 94.3 90.4 84.1 72.9 86.1 83.3
85 Agricultural Water Management Elsevier BV 56.2 93.0 92.3 86.6 79.4 93.3 41.4 83.2
86 PLANT PHYSIOLOGY Oxford University Press 55.1 76.7 83.2 77.9 95.8 78.3 68.3 83.1
86 Gut Microbes Landes Bioscience 39.1 63.9 96.1 96.4 72.9 83.1 86.7 83.1
86 Plant Biotechnology Journal Wiley 34.0 56.3 94.4 86.3 86.0 69.0 85.5 83.1
89 Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology Frontiers Media 97.9 89.8 74.4 70.7 93.4 91.0 84.2 82.8
89 Food Control Elsevier BV 77.7 89.7 86.7 82.0 86.8 89.6 17.1 82.8
91 Microorganisms Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 99.8 97.1 68.9 65.1 99.5 96.1 85.7 82.6
92 The ISME Journal Springer Nature 32.1 50.8 95.9 95.7 77.0 72.3 84.4 82.5
93 Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity Hindawi Publishing Corporation 77.9 74.9 82.2 77.4 87.8 81.4 85.4 82.4
94 PLoS ONE Public Library of Science 100.0 99.2 65.6 66.6 100.0 97.1 86.4 82.3
95 Pharmaceutics Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 99.3 94.0 71.9 67.2 94.3 93.4 89.4 82.2
96 Nature Chemical Biology Springer Nature 32.5 32.3 93.9 95.5 88.3 67.7 32.8 82.0
96 Nature Structural & Molecular Biology Springer Nature 31.0 39.5 91.6 88.7 92.1 68.9 45.9 82.0
96 International Journal of Molecular Sciences Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 100.0 99.0 66.5 63.9 100.0 97.7 86.0 82.0
99 Journal of Dairy Science Elsevier BV 89.5 91.0 81.9 70.1 84.6 92.3 83.8 81.8
100 iScience Elsevier BV 98.0 89.7 69.8 64.4 98.5 87.9 85.1 81.5
100 Animals Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 100.0 98.2 67.5 61.5 99.5 96.3 84.3 81.5