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 Nature Portfolio 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 Nature Portfolio 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 Cell Press 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 Cell Press 66.7 69.0 97.7 95.6 99.9 86.7 75.2 93.2
8 Cell Reports Cell Press 97.9 87.9 90.3 86.6 100.0 89.0 83.7 92.5
9 Nature Methods Nature Portfolio 74.6 43.6 98.1 99.8 99.9 85.4 52.5 92.4
10 Nature Neuroscience Nature Portfolio 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 Nature Portfolio 28.6 63.6 99.8 99.9 100.0 86.6 48.2 91.1
16 Cell Metabolism Cell Press 36.4 49.9 100.0 99.9 97.0 84.6 70.5 90.8
16 Immunity Cell Press 28.5 55.2 99.8 99.6 98.1 84.0 70.9 90.8
16 Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy Springer Nature 32.7 36.1 99.8 100.0 97.4 89.2 86.4 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 BioMed Central 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 Nature Portfolio 39.9 37.2 99.3 99.9 100.0 79.5 35.4 89.4
29 Genome biology BioMed Central 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 Nature Portfolio 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 Foods Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 99.9 99.3 79.9 72.7 99.9 98.7 85.7 87.8
42 Communications Biology Nature Portfolio 96.2 84.8 81.8 78.0 99.4 88.5 86.4 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 Nature Portfolio 33.6 45.7 98.4 99.0 95.4 77.0 41.8 87.7
46 Scientific Reports Nature Portfolio 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 Nature Portfolio 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 Nature Microbiology Nature Portfolio 36.0 41.9 99.5 99.7 87.7 82.3 52.1 86.6
53 NeuroImage Elsevier BV 69.4 95.2 82.2 77.7 98.5 89.3 85.0 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 BioMed Central 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 Nature Portfolio 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 Cell Press 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 BioMed Central 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 BioMed Central 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 Food Control Elsevier BV 77.7 89.7 86.7 82.0 86.8 89.6 17.1 82.8
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
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 Structural & Molecular Biology Nature Portfolio 31.0 39.5 91.6 88.7 92.1 68.9 45.9 82.0
96 Nature Chemical Biology Nature Portfolio 32.5 32.3 93.9 95.5 88.3 67.7 32.8 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 Cell Press 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