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Life Sciences Journals

Life sciences cover subjects ranging from molecular and cell biology to genetics, microbiology, ecology and plant science. Because citation behaviour differs across these specialties, narrower comparisons are usually more informative than broad cross-field comparisons.

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718Approved journals

711Journals with JIF

206Q1 journals

103.300Highest available JIF

2.300Median available JIF

Quartile distribution

Life Sciences journals by quartile

710 journals with Q1–Q4 data

Q1206

29.0% of quartile-classified journals

Q2174

24.5% of quartile-classified journals

Q3184

25.9% of quartile-classified journals

Q4146

20.6% of quartile-classified journals

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8 subsubjects with 10+ approved journals

Ecology & Evolution 175 Microbiology 112 Biochemistry & Biotechnology 107 Genetics & Genomics 93 Immunology 67 Zoology & Animal Science 61 Botany & Plant Science 60 Molecular & Cell Biology 43

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Journal	Subsubject	JIF	5-Year JIF	JCI	Quartile	Publisher
AUSTRAL ECOLOGY ISSN 1442-9985 eISSN 1442-9993	Ecology & Evolution	1.600	1.800	0.480	Q3	WILEY
AUSTRALIAN SYSTEMATIC BOTANY ISSN 1030-1887 eISSN 1446-5701	Botany & Plant Science	1.600	1.500	0.480	Q3	CSIRO PUBLISHING
BIOCHEMICAL GENETICS ISSN 0006-2928 eISSN 1573-4927	Genetics & Genomics	1.600	1.800	0.430	Q3	SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
CURRENT GENETICS ISSN 0172-8083 eISSN 1432-0983	Genetics & Genomics	1.600	2.200	0.400	Q3	SPRINGER
FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY ISSN 0890-5436 eISSN 1532-4249	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	1.600	2.100	0.320	Q3	TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES ISSN 1058-5893 eISSN 1537-5315	Botany & Plant Science	1.600	2.100	0.370	Q3	UNIV CHICAGO PRESS
Plant Biotechnology Reports ISSN 1863-5466 eISSN 1863-5474	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	1.600	2.100	0.380	Q3	SPRINGER
Plant Ecology & Diversity ISSN 1755-0874 eISSN 1755-1668	Ecology & Evolution	1.600	2.200	0.520	Q3	TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
PLANT SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION ISSN 0378-2697 eISSN 1615-6110	Ecology & Evolution	1.600	1.700	0.460	Q3	SPRINGER WIEN
WETLANDS ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT ISSN 0923-4861 eISSN 1572-9834	Ecology & Evolution	1.600	1.800	0.350	Q3	SPRINGER
ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY ISSN 1146-609X eISSN 1873-6238	Ecology & Evolution	1.500	1.800	0.410	Q3	ELSEVIER
Egyptian Journal of Botany ISSN 0375-9237 eISSN 2357-0350	Botany & Plant Science	1.500	1.300	0.380	Q3	NATL INFORMATION DOCUMENTATION CENT, ACAD SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY
Evolutionary Psychological Science ISSN N/A eISSN 2198-9885	Ecology & Evolution	1.500	1.600	0.580	Q3	SPRINGERNATURE
Journal of Crop Science and Biotechnology ISSN 1975-9479 eISSN 2005-8276	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	1.500	0.000	0.450	Q3	SPRINGERNATURE
Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education ISSN 1935-7877 eISSN 1935-7885	Microbiology	1.500	1.500	0.770	Q3	AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
JOURNAL OF PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY ISSN 0971-7811 eISSN 0974-1275	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	1.500	1.900	0.340	Q3	SPRINGER INDIA
Marine Biodiversity ISSN 1867-1616 eISSN 1867-1624	Ecology & Evolution	1.500	1.600	0.480	Q3	SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
MOLECULAR AND BIOCHEMICAL PARASITOLOGY ISSN 0166-6851 eISSN 1872-9428	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	1.500	1.500	0.360	Q3	ELSEVIER
TURKISH JOURNAL OF BOTANY ISSN 1300-008X eISSN 1303-6106	Botany & Plant Science	1.500	1.500	0.360	Q3	Tubitak Scientific & Technological Research Council Turkey
ANIMAL BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION ISSN 1578-665X eISSN 2014-928X	Ecology & Evolution	1.400	1.300	0.210	Q3	MUSEU DE CIENCIES NATURALS-ZOOLOGIA
BOTANICA MARINA ISSN 0006-8055 eISSN 1437-4323	Botany & Plant Science	1.400	2.100	0.450	Q3	WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH
ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH ISSN 0912-3814 eISSN 1440-1703	Ecology & Evolution	1.400	2.000	0.450	Q3	WILEY
Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences ISSN 2330-2925 eISSN 2330-2933	Ecology & Evolution	1.400	1.400	0.500	Q3	AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
JOURNAL OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY ISSN 0270-5060 eISSN 2156-6941	Ecology & Evolution	1.400	1.500	0.440	Q3	TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens ISSN N/A eISSN 2673-5636	Botany & Plant Science	1.400	1.600	0.480	Q3	MDPI
NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF BOTANY ISSN 0028-825X eISSN 1175-8643	Botany & Plant Science	1.400	1.100	0.310	Q3	TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY ISSN 0110-6465 eISSN 1177-7788	Ecology & Evolution	1.400	1.700	0.380	Q3	NEW ZEALAND ECOL SOC
PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTER ISSN 0735-9640 eISSN 1572-9818	Molecular & Cell Biology	1.400	1.800	0.380	Q3	SPRINGER
Transplant Immunology ISSN 0966-3274 eISSN 1878-5492	Immunology	1.400	1.400	0.420	Q3	ELSEVIER
Tropical Plant Biology ISSN 1935-9756 eISSN 1935-9764	Botany & Plant Science	1.400	1.700	0.410	Q3	SPRINGER
ACTA AGROBOTANICA ISSN 0065-0951 eISSN 2300-357X	Botany & Plant Science	1.300	1.400	0.370	Q3	POLSKIE TOWARZYSTWO BOTANICZNE
ANNALS OF THE MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN ISSN 0026-6493 eISSN 2162-4372	Botany & Plant Science	1.300	1.500	0.340	Q3	MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN
BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY ISSN 0916-8451 eISSN 1347-6947	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	1.300	1.800	0.280	Q3	OXFORD UNIV PRESS
Botany ISSN 1916-2790 eISSN 1916-2804	Botany & Plant Science	1.300	1.200	0.320	Q3	CANADIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING
Botany Letters ISSN 2381-8107 eISSN 2381-8115	Botany & Plant Science	1.300	1.500	0.420	Q3	TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Brazilian Journal of Botany ISSN 0100-8404 eISSN 1806-9959	Botany & Plant Science	1.300	1.400	0.330	Q3	SOC BOTANICA SAO PAULO
CHEMOECOLOGY ISSN 0937-7409 eISSN 1423-0445	Ecology & Evolution	1.300	1.500	0.340	Q3	SPRINGER BASEL AG
CZECH JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE ISSN 1212-1819 eISSN 1805-9309	Zoology & Animal Science	1.300	1.300	0.510	Q3	CZECH ACADEMY AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
ECOLOGY OF FRESHWATER FISH ISSN 0906-6691 eISSN 1600-0633	Ecology & Evolution	1.300	1.900	0.590	Q3	WILEY
ECONOMIC BOTANY ISSN 0013-0001 eISSN 1874-9364	Botany & Plant Science	1.300	2.000	0.450	Q3	SPRINGER
Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca ISSN 0255-965X eISSN 1842-4309	Botany & Plant Science	1.300	1.500	0.380	Q3	UNIV AGR SCI & VETERINARY MED CLUJ-NAPOCA
Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments ISSN 1867-1594 eISSN 1867-1608	Ecology & Evolution	1.300	1.600	0.600	Q3	SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
Plant Ecology and Evolution ISSN 2032-3913 eISSN 2032-3921	Ecology & Evolution	1.300	1.200	0.370	Q3	SOC ROYAL BOTAN BELGIQUE
Anatomy & Cell Biology ISSN 2093-3665 eISSN 2093-3673	Molecular & Cell Biology	1.200	1.500	0.720	Q3	MEDRANG
ANIMAL SCIENCE JOURNAL ISSN 1344-3941 eISSN 1740-0929	Zoology & Animal Science	1.200	1.900	0.640	Q3	WILEY
APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY AND ZOOLOGY ISSN 0003-6862 eISSN 1347-605X	Zoology & Animal Science	1.200	1.400	0.540	Q3	SPRINGER JAPAN KK
Asian Myrmecology ISSN 1985-1944 eISSN N/A	Ecology & Evolution	1.200	0.900	0.450	Q3	UNIV MALAYSIA SABAH
Chemistry-Didactics-Ecology-Metrology ISSN 1640-9019 eISSN 2084-4506	Ecology & Evolution	1.200	0.800	0.270	Q3	SCIENDO
Economics Ecology Socium ISSN 2616-7107 eISSN 2786-8958	Ecology & Evolution	1.200	0.000	0.250	Q3	Dr. Viktor Koval
FOLIA GEOBOTANICA ISSN 1211-9520 eISSN 1874-9348	Botany & Plant Science	1.200	1.400	0.340	Q3	SPRINGER
Invasive Plant Science and Management ISSN 1939-7291 eISSN 1939-747X	Botany & Plant Science	1.200	1.500	0.360	Q3	CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF BIOSPHERES ISSN 0169-6149 eISSN 1573-0875	Ecology & Evolution	1.200	1.300	0.450	Q3	SPRINGER
PHYTON-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY ISSN 0031-9457 eISSN 1851-5657	Botany & Plant Science	1.200	1.300	0.370	Q3	TECH SCIENCE PRESS
REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE ZOOTECNIA-BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE ISSN 1516-3598 eISSN 1806-9290	Zoology & Animal Science	1.200	1.300	0.450	Q3	REVISTA BRASILEIRA ZOOTECNIA BRAZILIAN JOURNAL ANIMAL SCI
Acta Botanica Brasilica ISSN 0102-3306 eISSN 1677-941X	Botany & Plant Science	1.100	1.300	0.250	Q3	SOC BOTANICA BRASIL
ANIMAL SCIENCE PAPERS AND REPORTS ISSN 0860-4037 eISSN 2300-8342	Zoology & Animal Science	1.100	0.900	0.390	Q3	Polish Acad Sciences, Inst Genetics & Animal Biotechnology
AQUATIC MICROBIAL ECOLOGY ISSN 0948-3055 eISSN 1616-1564	Ecology & Evolution	1.100	1.300	0.380	Q3	INTER-RESEARCH
Avian Conservation and Ecology ISSN 1712-6568 eISSN N/A	Ecology & Evolution	1.100	1.500	0.560	Q3	Resilience Alliance
BELGIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY ISSN 0777-6276 eISSN 2295-0451	Zoology & Animal Science	1.100	1.200	0.650	Q3	ROYAL BELGIAN ZOOLOGICAL SOC
Biodiversity Data Journal ISSN 1314-2836 eISSN 1314-2828	Ecology & Evolution	1.100	1.200	0.300	Q3	PENSOFT PUBLISHERS
Botanica Serbica ISSN 1821-2158 eISSN 1821-2638	Botany & Plant Science	1.100	0.900	0.270	Q3	UNIV BELGRADE, INST BOTANY & BOTANICAL GARDEN
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY ISSN 0008-4301 eISSN 1480-3283	Zoology & Animal Science	1.100	1.400	0.680	Q3	CANADIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING
Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology ISSN 1984-7033 eISSN 1518-7853	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	1.100	1.300	0.280	Q3	BRAZILIAN SOC PLANT BREEDING
ETHOLOGY ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION ISSN 0394-9370 eISSN 1828-7131	Ecology & Evolution	1.100	1.300	0.560	Q3	TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Folia Oecologica ISSN 1336-5266 eISSN 1338-7014	Ecology & Evolution	1.100	1.100	0.440	Q3	WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH
Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology ISSN 2090-9896 eISSN 2090-990X	Zoology & Animal Science	1.100	1.500	0.300	Q3	SPRINGER
NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY ISSN 0301-4223 eISSN 1175-8821	Zoology & Animal Science	1.100	1.100	0.570	Q3	TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
NORDIC JOURNAL OF BOTANY ISSN 0107-055X eISSN 1756-1051	Botany & Plant Science	1.100	1.100	0.290	Q3	WILEY
Plant Biotechnology ISSN 1342-4580 eISSN N/A	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	1.100	1.500	0.320	Q3	JAPANESE SOC PLANT CELL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE ISSN 0008-3984 eISSN 1918-1825	Zoology & Animal Science	1.000	1.300	0.480	Q3	CANADIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCE ISSN 0008-4220 eISSN 1918-1833	Botany & Plant Science	1.000	0.000	0.340	Q3	CANADIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING
RAFFLES BULLETIN OF ZOOLOGY ISSN 0217-2445 eISSN 2345-7600	Zoology & Animal Science	1.000	0.900	0.540	Q3	NATL UNIV SINGAPOIRE, FAC SCIENCE,LEE KONG CHIAN NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
SILVAE GENETICA ISSN 0037-5349 eISSN 2509-8934	Genetics & Genomics	1.000	0.800	0.290	Q3	SCIENDO
ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE ISSN 0289-0003 eISSN 0289-0003	Zoology & Animal Science	1.000	0.900	0.560	Q3	ZOOLOGICAL SOC JAPAN
ACTA AGRICULTURAE SCANDINAVICA SECTION A-ANIMAL SCIENCE ISSN 0906-4702 eISSN 1651-1972	Zoology & Animal Science	0.900	0.900	0.390	Q3	TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
ANNALES ZOOLOGICI ISSN 0003-4541 eISSN 1734-1833	Zoology & Animal Science	0.900	0.700	0.470	Q3	MUSEUM & INST ZOOLOGY PAS-POLISH ACAD SCIENCES
AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY ISSN 0004-959X eISSN 1446-5698	Zoology & Animal Science	0.900	0.900	0.490	Q3	CSIRO PUBLISHING
BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY EDUCATION ISSN 1470-8175 eISSN 1539-3429	Molecular & Cell Biology	0.900	1.200	0.370	Q3	WILEY
Comparative Cytogenetics ISSN 1993-0771 eISSN 1993-078X	Genetics & Genomics	0.900	0.900	0.340	Q3	PENSOFT PUBLISHERS
Tropical Animal Science Journal ISSN 2615-787X eISSN 2615-790X	Zoology & Animal Science	0.900	0.900	0.390	Q3	BOGOR AGRICULTURAL UNIV, FAC ANIMAL SCIENCE
Zoosystematics and Evolution ISSN 1860-0743 eISSN 1860-0743	Ecology & Evolution	0.900	1.200	0.790	Q3	PENSOFT PUBLISHERS
TURKISH JOURNAL OF VETERINARY & ANIMAL SCIENCES ISSN 1300-0128 eISSN 1300-0128	Zoology & Animal Science	0.600	0.700	0.270	Q3	Tubitak Scientific & Technological Research Council Turkey
ECOLOGY LAW QUARTERLY ISSN 0046-1121 eISSN 0046-1121	Ecology & Evolution	0.300	0.800	0.210	Q3	UNIV CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY SCH LAW
ANNALES HISTORIQUES DE LA REVOLUTION FRANCAISE ISSN 0003-4436 eISSN 1952-403X	Ecology & Evolution	0.100	0.200	0.130	Q3	SOC ETUDES ROBESPIERRISTES

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