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| Journal | Subsubject | JIF | 5-Year JIF | JCI | Quartile | Publisher |
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New Biotechnology
ISSN 1871-6784 eISSN 1876-4347
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Biochemistry & Biotechnology | 4.900 | 5.000 | 1.330 | Q1 | ELSEVIER |
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BMC PLANT BIOLOGY
ISSN 1471-2229 eISSN 1471-2229
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Botany & Plant Science | 4.800 | 5.400 | 1.310 | Q1 | BMC |
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Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
ISSN 2296-4185 eISSN 2296-4185
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Biochemistry & Biotechnology | 4.800 | 5.600 | 0.800 | Q1 | FRONTIERS MEDIA SA |
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Frontiers in Plant Science
ISSN 1664-462X eISSN 1664-462X
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Botany & Plant Science | 4.800 | 5.700 | 1.130 | Q1 | FRONTIERS MEDIA SA |
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JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY
ISSN 0021-8901 eISSN 1365-2664
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Ecology & Evolution | 4.800 | 6.100 | 1.310 | Q1 | WILEY |
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JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIONAL ALLERGOLOGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY
ISSN 1018-9068 eISSN 1698-0808
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Immunology | 4.800 | 5.000 | 0.800 | Q1 | ESMON PUBLICIDAD S A, DEPT ALLERGY & CLIN IMMUNOL, CLIN UNIV NAVARRA |
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ANNALS OF ALLERGY ASTHMA & IMMUNOLOGY
ISSN 1081-1206 eISSN 1534-4436
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Immunology | 4.700 | 5.000 | 0.960 | Q1 | ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC |
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ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
ISSN 0098-8472 eISSN 1873-7307
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Botany & Plant Science | 4.700 | 5.400 | 1.100 | Q1 | PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD |
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GM Crops & Food-Biotechnology in Agriculture and the Food Chain
ISSN 2164-5698 eISSN 2164-5701
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Biochemistry & Biotechnology | 4.700 | 4.000 | 1.010 | Q1 | TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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ZOOLOGICAL RESEARCH
ISSN 2095-8137 eISSN 2095-8137
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Zoology & Animal Science | 4.700 | 4.700 | 2.230 | Q1 | SCIENCE PRESS |
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Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts
ISSN N/A eISSN 2731-3654
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Biochemistry & Biotechnology | 4.600 | 4.600 | 0.810 | Q1 | BMC |
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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS
ISSN 1018-4813 eISSN 1476-5438
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Genetics & Genomics | 4.600 | 4.800 | 1.000 | Q1 | SPRINGERNATURE |
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FOOD MICROBIOLOGY
ISSN 0740-0020 eISSN 1095-9998
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Microbiology | 4.600 | 5.100 | 1.080 | Q1 | ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD |
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JOURNAL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGY
ISSN 0146-6615 eISSN 1096-9071
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Microbiology | 4.600 | 4.700 | 1.290 | Q1 | WILEY |
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MicrobiologyOpen
ISSN 2045-8827 eISSN 2045-8827
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Microbiology | 4.600 | 3.800 | 0.790 | Q1 | WILEY |
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Artificial Cells Nanomedicine and Biotechnology
ISSN 2169-1401 eISSN 2169-141X
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Biochemistry & Biotechnology | 4.500 | 4.500 | 0.910 | Q1 | TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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Current Plant Biology
ISSN N/A eISSN 2214-6628
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Botany & Plant Science | 4.500 | 5.400 | 1.200 | Q1 | ELSEVIER |
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Frontiers in Microbiology
ISSN N/A eISSN 1664-302X
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Microbiology | 4.500 | 5.200 | 0.980 | Q1 | FRONTIERS MEDIA SA |
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JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
ISSN 0022-2836 eISSN 1089-8638
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Molecular & Cell Biology | 4.500 | 4.900 | 0.930 | Q2 | ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD |
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PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
ISSN 0079-6107 eISSN 1873-1732
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Molecular & Cell Biology | 4.500 | 3.700 | 0.600 | Q1 | PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD |
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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS PART C-SEMINARS IN MEDICAL GENETICS
ISSN 1552-4868 eISSN 1552-4876
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Genetics & Genomics | 4.400 | 3.600 | 0.560 | Q1 | WILEY |
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Clinical Epigenetics
ISSN 1868-7075 eISSN 1868-7083
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Genetics & Genomics | 4.400 | 5.800 | 1.120 | Q1 | BMC |
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Mycology-An International Journal On Fungal Biology
ISSN 2150-1203 eISSN 2150-1211
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Microbiology | 4.400 | 5.000 | 1.090 | Q1 | TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology
ISSN 2405-805X eISSN 2405-805X
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Biochemistry & Biotechnology | 4.400 | 4.500 | 1.030 | Q1 | KEAI PUBLISHING LTD |
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Allergy Asthma & Immunology Research
ISSN 2092-7355 eISSN 2092-7363
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Immunology | 4.300 | 4.500 | 0.880 | Q2 | KOREAN ACAD ASTHMA ALLERGY & CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY |
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APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
ISSN 0175-7598 eISSN 1432-0614
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Microbiology | 4.300 | 5.100 | 0.810 | Q1 | SPRINGER |
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BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL
ISSN 0264-6021 eISSN 1470-8728
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Biochemistry & Biotechnology | 4.300 | 3.900 | 0.700 | Q2 | PORTLAND PRESS LTD |
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BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS
ISSN 0300-5127 eISSN 1470-8752
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Biochemistry & Biotechnology | 4.300 | 4.400 | 0.440 | Q2 | PORTLAND PRESS LTD |
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CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY
ISSN 0955-0674 eISSN 1879-0410
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Molecular & Cell Biology | 4.300 | 6.000 | 0.780 | Q2 | CURRENT BIOLOGY LTD |
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ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
ISSN 1051-0761 eISSN 1939-5582
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Ecology & Evolution | 4.300 | 5.100 | 1.110 | Q1 | WILEY |
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ECOLOGY
ISSN 0012-9658 eISSN 1939-9170
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Ecology & Evolution | 4.300 | 5.200 | 1.200 | Q1 | WILEY |
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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY
ISSN 0171-9335 eISSN 1618-1298
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Molecular & Cell Biology | 4.300 | 5.500 | 0.730 | Q2 | ELSEVIER GMBH |
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Human Genomics
ISSN 1473-9542 eISSN 1479-7364
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Genetics & Genomics | 4.300 | 4.200 | 1.090 | Q1 | BMC |
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JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY
ISSN 0022-1317 eISSN 1465-2099
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Microbiology | 4.300 | 3.700 | 0.840 | Q1 | MICROBIOLOGY SOC |
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JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
ISSN 1138-7548 eISSN 1877-8755
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Biochemistry & Biotechnology | 4.300 | 4.100 | 0.960 | Q1 | SPRINGER |
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Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation
ISSN N/A eISSN 2056-3485
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Ecology & Evolution | 4.300 | 5.400 | 1.020 | Q1 | WILEY |
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Soil Ecology Letters
ISSN 2662-2289 eISSN 2662-2297
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Ecology & Evolution | 4.300 | 4.300 | 1.160 | Q1 | SPRINGERNATURE |
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BMC MICROBIOLOGY
ISSN 1471-2180 eISSN 1471-2180
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Microbiology | 4.200 | 4.800 | 1.090 | Q2 | BMC |
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JOURNAL OF FOOD BIOCHEMISTRY
ISSN 0145-8884 eISSN 1745-4514
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Biochemistry & Biotechnology | 4.200 | 4.300 | 0.660 | Q2 | WILEY |
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SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY
ISSN 0723-2020 eISSN 1618-0984
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Microbiology | 4.200 | 3.500 | 0.910 | Q2 | ELSEVIER GMBH |
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THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS
ISSN 0040-5752 eISSN 1432-2242
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Genetics & Genomics | 4.200 | 4.900 | 1.200 | Q1 | SPRINGER |
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WORLD JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY
ISSN 0959-3993 eISSN 1573-0972
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Microbiology | 4.200 | 4.600 | 0.820 | Q2 | SPRINGER |
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AIMS Microbiology
ISSN 2471-1888 eISSN 2471-1888
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Microbiology | 4.100 | 4.800 | 0.610 | Q2 | AMER INST MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES-AIMS |
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Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal
ISSN 2001-0370 eISSN 2001-0370
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Biochemistry & Biotechnology | 4.100 | 5.200 | 0.910 | Q2 | ELSEVIER |
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ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
ISSN 0925-8574 eISSN 1872-6992
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Ecology & Evolution | 4.100 | 4.300 | 0.770 | Q1 | ELSEVIER |
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PLANT SCIENCE
ISSN 0168-9452 eISSN 1873-2259
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Botany & Plant Science | 4.100 | 5.100 | 1.000 | Q1 | ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD |
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Current Research in Biotechnology
ISSN 2590-2628 eISSN 2590-2628
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Biochemistry & Biotechnology | 4.000 | 4.500 | 0.980 | Q2 | ELSEVIER |
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ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
ISSN 1462-2912 eISSN 1462-2920
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Microbiology | 4.000 | 4.800 | 1.000 | Q2 | WILEY |
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MICROBIAL ECOLOGY
ISSN 0095-3628 eISSN 1432-184X
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Ecology & Evolution | 4.000 | 4.000 | 1.010 | Q1 | SPRINGER |
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Microbial Genomics
ISSN 2057-5858 eISSN 2057-5858
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Genetics & Genomics | 4.000 | 4.600 | 1.100 | Q1 | MICROBIOLOGY SOC |
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Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology
ISSN 0048-3575 eISSN 1095-9939
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Biochemistry & Biotechnology | 4.000 | 4.500 | 1.520 | Q1 | ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE |
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PROCESS BIOCHEMISTRY
ISSN 1359-5113 eISSN 1873-3298
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Biochemistry & Biotechnology | 4.000 | 4.200 | 0.790 | Q2 | ELSEVIER SCI LTD |
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VIROLOGICA SINICA
ISSN 1674-0769 eISSN 1995-820X
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Microbiology | 4.000 | 4.100 | 0.930 | Q1 | KEAI PUBLISHING LTD |
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Virus Evolution
ISSN N/A eISSN 2057-1577
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Ecology & Evolution | 4.000 | 4.500 | 1.280 | Q1 | OXFORD UNIV PRESS |
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ARCHIVUM IMMUNOLOGIAE ET THERAPIAE EXPERIMENTALIS
ISSN 0004-069X eISSN 1661-4917
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Immunology | 3.900 | 3.600 | 0.600 | Q2 | DE GRUYTER POLAND SP Z O O |
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Ecological Processes
ISSN N/A eISSN 2192-1709
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Ecology & Evolution | 3.900 | 5.400 | 1.010 | Q1 | SPRINGER |
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FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY
ISSN 1050-4648 eISSN 1095-9947
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Immunology | 3.900 | 4.200 | 1.600 | Q1 | ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD |
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JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
ISSN 0168-1656 eISSN 1873-4863
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Biochemistry & Biotechnology | 3.900 | 3.800 | 0.970 | Q2 | ELSEVIER |
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Journal of Plant Ecology
ISSN 1752-9921 eISSN 1752-993X
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Ecology & Evolution | 3.900 | 2.900 | 1.030 | Q1 | OXFORD UNIV PRESS |
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MOLECULAR ECOLOGY
ISSN 0962-1083 eISSN 1365-294X
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Ecology & Evolution | 3.900 | 4.800 | 1.070 | Q1 | WILEY |
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Movement Ecology
ISSN 2051-3933 eISSN 2051-3933
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Ecology & Evolution | 3.900 | 4.500 | 1.090 | Q1 | BMC |
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Retrovirology
ISSN N/A eISSN 1742-4690
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Microbiology | 3.900 | 3.200 | 0.630 | Q2 | BMC |
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Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology
ISSN N/A eISSN 1878-8181
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Biochemistry & Biotechnology | 3.800 | 4.100 | 0.870 | Q2 | ELSEVIER |
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Biochemical Engineering Journal
ISSN 1369-703X eISSN 1873-295X
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Biochemistry & Biotechnology | 3.800 | 3.700 | 0.760 | Q2 | ELSEVIER |
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Clinical & Translational Immunology
ISSN N/A eISSN 2050-0068
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Immunology | 3.800 | 4.400 | 0.880 | Q2 | WILEY |
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CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL IMMUNOLOGY
ISSN 0009-9104 eISSN 1365-2249
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Immunology | 3.800 | 4.100 | 0.680 | Q2 | OXFORD UNIV PRESS |
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CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY
ISSN 1521-6616 eISSN 1521-7035
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Immunology | 3.800 | 4.300 | 0.830 | Q2 | ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE |
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EXERCISE IMMUNOLOGY REVIEW
ISSN 1077-5552 eISSN 1077-5552
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Immunology | 3.800 | 5.900 | 0.270 | Q1 | W W F VERLAGSGESELLSCHAFT GMBH |
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Journal of Virology
ISSN 0022-538X eISSN 1098-5514
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Microbiology | 3.800 | 3.900 | 1.090 | Q2 | AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY |
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Microbiology Spectrum
ISSN N/A eISSN 2165-0497
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Microbiology | 3.800 | 4.100 | 0.990 | Q2 | AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY |
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PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
ISSN 0167-4412 eISSN 1573-5028
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Molecular & Cell Biology | 3.800 | 4.600 | 0.880 | Q1 | SPRINGER |
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Virology Journal
ISSN N/A eISSN 1743-422X
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Microbiology | 3.800 | 3.700 | 0.900 | Q2 | BMC |
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APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
ISSN 0099-2240 eISSN 1098-5336
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Microbiology | 3.700 | 4.500 | 0.930 | Q2 | AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY |
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BMC GENOMICS
ISSN 1471-2164 eISSN 1471-2164
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Genetics & Genomics | 3.700 | 4.200 | 0.970 | Q2 | BMC |
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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
ISSN 0014-2980 eISSN 1521-4141
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Immunology | 3.700 | 4.600 | 0.710 | Q2 | WILEY |
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Evolution Letters
ISSN N/A eISSN 2056-3744
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Ecology & Evolution | 3.700 | 4.500 | 1.030 | Q1 | OXFORD UNIV PRESS |
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Expert Review of Clinical Immunology
ISSN 1744-666X eISSN 1744-8409
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Immunology | 3.700 | 4.100 | 0.500 | Q2 | TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
ISSN 0378-1127 eISSN 1872-7042
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Ecology & Evolution | 3.700 | 4.100 | 1.380 | Q1 | ELSEVIER |
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INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
ISSN 0965-1748 eISSN 1879-0240
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Molecular & Cell Biology | 3.700 | 4.100 | 1.250 | Q1 | PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD |
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Integrative Zoology
ISSN 1749-4877 eISSN 1749-4869
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Zoology & Animal Science | 3.700 | 3.000 | 1.690 | Q1 | WILEY |
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JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY
ISSN 0021-8790 eISSN 1365-2656
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Ecology & Evolution | 3.700 | 4.700 | 1.550 | Q1 | WILEY |
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JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS
ISSN 0022-2593 eISSN 1468-6244
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Genetics & Genomics | 3.700 | 4.100 | 1.020 | Q2 | BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP |
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LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY
ISSN 0921-2973 eISSN 1572-9761
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Ecology & Evolution | 3.700 | 5.100 | 1.020 | Q1 | SPRINGER |
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MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY
ISSN 0300-8177 eISSN 1573-4919
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Biochemistry & Biotechnology | 3.700 | 3.600 | 0.600 | Q2 | SPRINGER |
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PLoS Genetics
ISSN 1553-7404 eISSN 1553-7404
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Genetics & Genomics | 3.700 | 4.500 | 1.140 | Q2 | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE |
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ANNALS OF BOTANY
ISSN 0305-7364 eISSN 1095-8290
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Botany & Plant Science | 3.600 | 4.500 | 1.050 | Q1 | OXFORD UNIV PRESS |
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Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials
ISSN N/A eISSN 1476-0711
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Microbiology | 3.600 | 4.800 | 0.930 | Q2 | BMC |
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BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING
ISSN 0006-3592 eISSN 1097-0290
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Biochemistry & Biotechnology | 3.600 | 3.800 | 0.790 | Q2 | WILEY |
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CURRENT OPINION IN GENETICS & DEVELOPMENT
ISSN 0959-437X eISSN 1879-0380
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Genetics & Genomics | 3.600 | 3.900 | 0.760 | Q2 | CURRENT BIOLOGY LTD |
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Energy Ecology and Environment
ISSN 2363-7692 eISSN 2363-8338
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Ecology & Evolution | 3.600 | 3.700 | 0.680 | Q2 | SPRINGERNATURE |
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Epigenetics Insights
ISSN 2516-8657 eISSN 2516-8657
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Genetics & Genomics | 3.600 | 2.600 | 0.570 | Q2 | Maximum Academic Press |
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HUMAN GENETICS
ISSN 0340-6717 eISSN 1432-1203
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Genetics & Genomics | 3.600 | 4.500 | 0.890 | Q2 | SPRINGER |
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Human Genetics and Genomics Advances
ISSN 2666-2477 eISSN 2666-2477
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Genetics & Genomics | 3.600 | 3.800 | 1.070 | Q2 | ELSEVIER |
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY
ISSN 1438-4221 eISSN 1618-0607
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Microbiology | 3.600 | 3.500 | 0.950 | Q2 | ELSEVIER GMBH |
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Journal of Immunology Research
ISSN 2314-8861 eISSN 2314-7156
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Immunology | 3.600 | 4.200 | 0.660 | Q2 | WILEY |
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MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION
ISSN 1055-7903 eISSN 1095-9513
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Genetics & Genomics | 3.600 | 4.000 | 1.010 | Q1 | ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE |
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PLANT BIOLOGY
ISSN 1435-8603 eISSN 1438-8677
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Botany & Plant Science | 3.600 | 4.400 | 0.890 | Q1 | WILEY |
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Archives of Microbiology & Immunology
ISSN 2572-9365 eISSN 2572-9365
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Microbiology | 3.500 | 3.800 | 1.540 | Q1 | FORTUNE JOURNALS |
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BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY
ISSN 1439-1791 eISSN 1618-0089
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Ecology & Evolution | 3.500 | 4.000 | 0.950 | Q1 | ELSEVIER GMBH |
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Epigenetics & Chromatin
ISSN N/A eISSN 1756-8935
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Genetics & Genomics | 3.500 | 4.700 | 0.940 | Q2 | BMC |
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