Are you looking for a list of molecular biology journals? Then you are in the right place.
Here, we provide an updated list of scholarly, peer-reviewed molecular biology journals.
Some of these are open access journals, while others have a high impact factor.
Additionally, many of these journals are indexed in various databases like PubMed, Scopus, Medline, Embase, DOAJ, Google Scholar, and Web of Science (WOS).
This list includes the best national and international academic journals.
Some of them are top-ranking and highly scientific journals with a high H-index and ranking.
For the most recent list of molecular biology journals, see the list below.
Journals List | Subject | ISSN | Impact Factor | Payment (APC) |
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Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica | Molecular Biology | 1745-7270 | 3.3 | ✅ |
aBIOTECH | Molecular Biology | 2662-1738 | 4.6 | ❌ |
Molecular Biology of the Cell | Molecular Biology | 1939-4586 | 3.3 | ✅ |
Oncogenesis | Molecular Biology | 2157-9024 | 6.2 | ✅ |
Skeletal Muscle | Molecular Biology | 2044-5040 | 4.8 | ✅ |
Molecular Cancer Research | Molecular Biology | 1557-3125 | 5.2 | ✅ |
mSystems | Molecular Biology | 2379-5077 | 6.4 | ✅ |
Antioxidants and Redox Signaling | Molecular Biology | 1557-7716 | 6.6 | ✅ |
Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters | Molecular Biology | 1689-1392 | 7.2 | ✅ |
Molecular Autism | Molecular Biology | 2040-2392 | 7.2 | ✅ |
Current Protocols in Molecular Biology | Molecular Biology | 1934-3647 | ✅ | |
Journal of Biological Chemistry | Molecular Biology | 1083-351X | 5.5 | ✅ |
American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular... | Molecular Biology | 1535-4989 | 6.4 | ✅ |
FEBS Journal | Molecular Biology | 1432-1033 | 5.4 | ❌ |
Molecular Therapy Methods and Clinical Development | Molecular Biology | 2329-0501 | 12.4 | ✅ |
PLoS Computational Biology | Molecular Biology | 1553-7358 | 4.3 | ✅ |
Journal of Molecular Cell Biology | Molecular Biology | 1759-4685 | 5.5 | ✅ |
Human Molecular Genetics | Molecular Biology | 1460-2083 | 5.1 | ✅ |
International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology | Molecular Biology | 1937-6448 | 6.8 | ❌ |
Cell Communication and Signaling | Molecular Biology | 1478-811X | 8.0 | ✅ |
Essays in Biochemistry | Molecular Biology | 1744-1358 | 8.5 | ❌ |
Molecular and Cellular Proteomics | Molecular Biology | 1535-9484 | 7.4 | ✅ |
Cell Journal | Molecular Biology | 2228-5814 | 2 | ✅ |
Clinical Epigenetics | Molecular Biology | 1868-7083 | 6.7 | ✅ |
RNA | Molecular Biology | 1469-9001 | 5.6 | ✅ |
npj Genomic Medicine | Molecular Biology | 2056-7944 | 6.0 | ✅ |
PLoS Genetics | Molecular Biology | 1553-7404 | 4.5 | ✅ |
Journal of Molecular Biology | Molecular Biology | 1089-8638 | 5.6 | ✅ |
PLoS Pathogens | Molecular Biology | 1553-7374 | 6.7 | ✅ |
Structure | Molecular Biology | 1878-4186 | 5.7 | ✅ |
Cell Chemical Biology | Molecular Biology | 2451-9456 | 8.6 | ✅ |
Science Signaling | Molecular Biology | 1937-9145 | 7.3 | ✅ |
NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics | Molecular Biology | 2631-9268 | 4.6 | ✅ |
Oncogene | Molecular Biology | 1476-5594 | 8.8 | ✅ |
Mobile DNA | Molecular Biology | 1759-8753 | 4.5 | ✅ |
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews RNA | Molecular Biology | 1757-7012 | 7.3 | ✅ |
Plant Communications | Molecular Biology | 2590-3462 | 10.5 | ✅ |
Development | Molecular Biology | 1477-9129 | 6.1 | ✅ |
Journal of Biomedical Science | Molecular Biology | 1423-0127 | 10.9 | ❌ |
Epigenetics and Chromatin | Molecular Biology | 1756-8935 | 5.1 | ✅ |
EMBO Reports | Molecular Biology | 1469-3178 | 7.7 | ✅ |
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Developmental Biol... | Molecular Biology | 1759-7692 | 3.1 | ✅ |
Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Bio... | Molecular Biology | 1549-7798 | 8.3 | ✅ |
Bioinformatics | Molecular Biology | 1367-4811 | 5.8 | ✅ |
Molecular Therapy | Molecular Biology | 1525-0024 | 12.4 | ✅ |
Trends in Molecular Medicine | Molecular Biology | 1471-499X | 14.5 | ✅ |
Autophagy | Molecular Biology | 1554-8635 | 13.3 | ✅ |
Current Opinion in Structural Biology | Molecular Biology | 1879-033X | 6.8 | ✅ |
Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews | Molecular Biology | 1098-5557 | 12.9 | ❌ |
Molecular Biology and Evolution | Molecular Biology | 1537-1719 | 15.1 | ✅ |
Molecular Psychiatry | Molecular Biology | 1476-5578 | 11.9 | ✅ |
Cell Death and Differentiation | Molecular Biology | 1476-5403 | 13.3 | ✅ |
Cell Discovery | Molecular Biology | 2056-5968 | 21.9 | ✅ |
Trends in Biochemical Sciences | Molecular Biology | 1362-4326 | 16.2 | ✅ |
PLoS Medicine | Molecular Biology | 1549-1676 | ✅ | |
Genome Medicine | Molecular Biology | 1756-994X | 13.8 | ✅ |
Nature Chemical Biology | Molecular Biology | 1552-4469 | 15.6 | ✅ |
Journal of Hematology and Oncology | Molecular Biology | 1756-8722 | 23.1 | ✅ |
Nature Structural and Molecular Biology | Molecular Biology | 1545-9985 | 14.5 | ✅ |
Cell Research | Molecular Biology | 1748-7838 | 39.3 | ✅ |
Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics | Molecular Biology | 1545-293X | 8.7 | ❌ |
Molecular Plant | Molecular Biology | 1752-9867 | 27.5 | ✅ |
Nature Methods | Molecular Biology | 1548-7105 | 47.99 | ✅ |
Developmental Cell | Molecular Biology | 1878-1551 | 11.8 | ✅ |
Oil Crop Science | Molecular Biology | 2666-626X | ✅ | |
Annual Review of Plant Biology | Molecular Biology | 1545-2123 | 23.9 | ❌ |
Molecular Cell | Molecular Biology | 1097-4164 | 19.328 | ✅ |
Cell Metabolism | Molecular Biology | 1932-7420 | 31.3 | ✅ |
Cell Host and Microbe | Molecular Biology | 1934-6069 | 30.1 | ❌ |
Stem Cell Investigation | Molecular Biology | 2313-0792 | ❌ | |
Genome Integrity | Molecular Biology | 2041-9414 | ✅ | |
ExRNA | Molecular Biology | 2398-0060 | 2.00 | ❌ |
Non Coding RNA Research | Molecular Biology | 2468-0540 | 5 | ✅ |
Journal of Genetics and Genomics | Molecular Biology | 1873-5533 | 5.9 | ❌ |
The Nucleus | Molecular Biology | 0976-7975 | 1.3 | ❌ |
Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants | Molecular Biology | 0974-0430 | 3.023 | ❌ |
Nature Reviews Genetics | Molecular Biology | 1471-0064 | 59.943 | ❌ |
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology | Molecular Biology | 1471-0080 | 113.915 | ❌ |