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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

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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
Biodiversity Data Journal ISSN 1314-2836 eISSN 1314-2828	Ecology & Evolution	1.100	1.200	0.300	Q3	PENSOFT PUBLISHERS
Biomedical and Biotechnology Research Journal ISSN 2588-9834 eISSN 2588-9842	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	1.100	1.100	0.260	Q4	WOLTERS KLUWER MEDKNOW PUBLICATIONS
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
Ecological Restoration ISSN 1543-4060 eISSN 1543-4079	Ecology & Evolution	1.100	1.700	0.410	Q4	UNIV WISCONSIN PRESS
Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics ISSN 1110-8630 eISSN 2090-2441	Genetics & Genomics	1.100	1.300	0.280	Q4	SPRINGERNATURE
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
Industrial Biotechnology ISSN 1550-9087 eISSN 1931-8421	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	1.100	0.000	0.180	Q4	MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
International Journal of Immunogenetics ISSN 1744-3121 eISSN 1744-313X	Genetics & Genomics	1.100	1.900	0.400	Q4	WILEY
Iranian Journal of Immunology ISSN 1735-1383 eISSN 1735-367X	Immunology	1.100	1.300	0.220	Q4	SHIRAZ INST CANCER RES
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
Theoretical Ecology ISSN 1874-1738 eISSN 1874-1746	Ecology & Evolution	1.100	1.700	0.330	Q4	SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
ANNALS OF CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY ISSN 0004-5632 eISSN 1758-1001	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	1.000	1.900	0.680	Q4	SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
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
Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers ISSN 1945-0265 eISSN 1945-0257	Genetics & Genomics	1.000	1.100	0.250	Q4	MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
Journal of Translational Genetics and Genomics ISSN N/A eISSN 2578-5281	Genetics & Genomics	1.000	0.000	0.250	Q4	OAE PUBLISHING INC
JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY ISSN 0266-4674 eISSN 1469-7831	Ecology & Evolution	1.000	1.400	0.290	Q4	CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
Molecular Biology Research Communications ISSN 2322-181X eISSN 2345-2005	Molecular & Cell Biology	1.000	1.300	0.240	Q4	SHIRAZ UNIV
New Microbiologica ISSN 1121-7138 eISSN 1121-7138	Microbiology	1.000	1.100	0.250	Q4	EDIZIONI INT SRL
PALAEONTOGRAPHICA ABTEILUNG A-PALAOZOOLOGIE-STRATIGRAPHIE ISSN 0375-0442 eISSN 0375-0442	Zoology & Animal Science	1.000	1.900	0.940	Q4	E SCHWEIZERBARTSCHE VERLAGSBUCHHANDLUNG
POPULATION ECOLOGY ISSN 1438-3896 eISSN 1438-390X	Ecology & Evolution	1.000	1.600	0.310	Q4	WILEY
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
VIROLOGIE ISSN 1267-8694 eISSN N/A	Microbiology	1.000	0.700	0.170	Q4	JLE
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
Evolutionary Psychology ISSN 1474-7049 eISSN 1474-7049	Ecology & Evolution	0.900	1.600	0.450	Q4	SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY ISSN 0556-3321 eISSN 2070-3368	Botany & Plant Science	0.900	1.000	0.310	Q4	PAKISTAN BOTANICAL SOC
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
Annali di Botanica ISSN 0365-0812 eISSN 2239-3129	Botany & Plant Science	0.600	0.700	0.180	Q4	UNIV STUDI ROMA LA SAPIENZA
APPLIED ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH ISSN 1589-1623 eISSN 1785-0037	Ecology & Evolution	0.600	0.800	0.150	Q4	ALOKI Applied Ecological Research and Forensic Inst Ltd
BIOTECHNOLOGIE AGRONOMIE SOCIETE ET ENVIRONNEMENT ISSN 1370-6233 eISSN 1780-4507	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	0.600	0.800	0.140	Q4	FAC UNIV SCIENCES AGRONOMIQUES GEMBLOUX
Journal of Geology Geography and Geoecology ISSN 2617-2909 eISSN 2617-2119	Ecology & Evolution	0.600	0.400	0.140	Q4	OLES GONCHAR DNIPRO NATL UNIV
Journal of Insect Biodiversity ISSN 2538-1318 eISSN 2147-7612	Ecology & Evolution	0.600	0.000	0.260	Q4	MAGNOLIA PRESS
Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology ISSN 0973-7510 eISSN 2581-690X	Microbiology	0.600	0.700	0.150	Q4	DR M N KHAN
Microbiology Resource Announcements ISSN N/A eISSN 2576-098X	Microbiology	0.600	0.600	0.170	Q4	AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
North-Western Journal of Zoology ISSN 1584-9074 eISSN 1842-6441	Zoology & Animal Science	0.600	0.900	0.350	Q4	UNIV ORADEA PUBL HOUSE
Redia-Journal of Zoology ISSN 0370-4327 eISSN 0370-4327	Zoology & Animal Science	0.600	0.500	0.360	Q4	CRA-RESEARCH CENTRE AGROBIOLOGY & PEDOLOGY
RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY ISSN 1067-4136 eISSN 1608-3334	Ecology & Evolution	0.600	0.700	0.210	Q4	PLEIADES PUBLISHING INC
SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE ISSN 0375-1589 eISSN 2221-4062	Zoology & Animal Science	0.600	0.900	0.260	Q4	SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCES
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
ZOOLOGY IN THE MIDDLE EAST ISSN 0939-7140 eISSN 2326-2680	Zoology & Animal Science	0.600	0.700	0.330	Q4	TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
ACTA ZOOLOGICA BULGARICA ISSN 0324-0770 eISSN N/A	Zoology & Animal Science	0.500	0.500	0.230	Q4	INST ZOOLOGY, BAS
AFRICAN ZOOLOGY ISSN 1562-7020 eISSN 2224-073X	Zoology & Animal Science	0.500	0.900	0.350	Q4	TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Contemporary Problems of Ecology ISSN 1995-4255 eISSN 1995-4263	Ecology & Evolution	0.500	0.600	0.170	Q4	MAIK NAUKA/INTERPERIODICA/SPRINGER
Cytology and Genetics ISSN 0095-4527 eISSN 1934-9440	Genetics & Genomics	0.500	0.500	0.150	Q4	PLEIADES PUBLISHING INC
Evolutionary and Institutional Economics Review ISSN 1349-4961 eISSN 2188-2096	Ecology & Evolution	0.500	0.500	0.180	Q4	SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
GAYANA BOTANICA ISSN 0016-5301 eISSN 0717-6643	Botany & Plant Science	0.500	0.400	0.130	Q4	EDICIONES UNIV, CONCEPCION
Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences-JAPS ISSN 1018-7081 eISSN 2309-8694	Botany & Plant Science	0.500	0.600	0.210	Q4	PAKISTAN AGRICULTURAL SCIENTISTS FORUM
JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY ISSN 0022-0930 eISSN 1608-3202	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	0.500	0.600	0.150	Q4	PLEIADES PUBLISHING INC
Journal of Wildlife and Biodiversity ISSN N/A eISSN 2588-3526	Ecology & Evolution	0.500	0.600	0.150	Q4	ARAK UNIV, ARAK
Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology ISSN 2008-3645 eISSN 2008-4161	Microbiology	0.500	0.600	0.130	Q4	BRIEFLANDS
Minerva Biotechnology and Biomolecular Research ISSN 2724-542X eISSN 2724-5934	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	0.500	0.500	0.100	Q4	EDIZIONI MINERVA MEDICA
Nanobiotechnology Reports ISSN 2635-1676 eISSN 2635-1684	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	0.500	0.500	0.050	Q4	PLEIADES PUBLISHING INC
REVUE SUISSE DE ZOOLOGIE ISSN 0035-418X eISSN 0035-418X	Zoology & Animal Science	0.500	0.600	0.340	Q4	MUSEUM HISTOIRE NATURELLE
RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF GENETICS ISSN 1022-7954 eISSN 1608-3369	Genetics & Genomics	0.500	0.500	0.130	Q4	PLEIADES PUBLISHING INC
Theoretical and Applied Ecology ISSN 1995-4301 eISSN 2618-8406	Ecology & Evolution	0.500	0.400	0.120	Q4	LLC PUBLISHING HOUSE, KAMERTON
Worldviews-Global Religions Culture and Ecology ISSN 1363-5247 eISSN 1568-5357	Ecology & Evolution	0.500	0.500	0.820	N/A	BRILL
ACTA BIOLOGICA CRACOVIENSIA SERIES BOTANICA ISSN 0001-5296 eISSN 1898-0295	Botany & Plant Science	0.400	0.800	0.150	Q4	POLSKA AKAD NAUK, POLISH ACAD SCIENCES, PAS BRANCH CRACOW
Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica ISSN 1346-7565 eISSN 2189-7042	Botany & Plant Science	0.400	0.400	0.120	Q4	JAPANESE SOC PLANT SYSTEMATICS, UNIV TOKYO, GRADUATE SCH
AIMS Allergy and Immunology ISSN 2575-615X eISSN 2575-615X	Immunology	0.400	0.500	0.080	Q4	AMER INST MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES-AIMS
Asthma Allergy Immunology ISSN 1308-9234 eISSN 1308-9234	Immunology	0.400	0.400	0.120	Q4	Turkish Natl Soc Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Biochemistry Moscow-Supplement Series B-Biomedical Chemistry ISSN 1990-7508 eISSN 1990-7516	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	0.400	0.500	0.110	Q4	MAIK NAUKA-INTERPERIODICA
Chilean Journal of Agricultural & Animal Sciences ISSN 0719-3882 eISSN 0719-3890	Zoology & Animal Science	0.400	0.500	0.110	Q4	UNIV CONCEPCION, CAMPUS CHILLAN
Ecologia Aplicada ISSN 1726-2216 eISSN 1993-9507	Ecology & Evolution	0.400	0.600	0.080	Q4	UNIV NACIONAL AGRARIA LA MOLINA
Human Ecology Review ISSN 1074-4827 eISSN 2204-0919	Ecology & Evolution	0.400	1.200	0.180	Q4	ANU PRESS
Investigacion Bibliotecologica ISSN 0187-358X eISSN 2448-8321	Ecology & Evolution	0.400	0.400	0.080	Q4	UNIV NACIONAL AUTONOMA MEXICO
Iranian Journal of Applied Animal Science ISSN 2251-628X eISSN 2251-631X	Zoology & Animal Science	0.400	0.600	0.190	Q4	ISLAMIC AZAD UNIV, RASHT
Malaysian Journal of Microbiology ISSN 1823-8262 eISSN 2231-7538	Microbiology	0.400	0.400	0.090	Q4	MALAYSIAN SOC MICROBIOLOGY
NOWELE-North-Western European Language Evolution ISSN 0108-8416 eISSN 2212-9715	Ecology & Evolution	0.400	0.300	0.370	N/A	JOHN BENJAMINS PUBLISHING CO
Scientific Papers-Series D-Animal Science ISSN 2285-5750 eISSN 2393-2260	Zoology & Animal Science	0.400	0.300	0.130	Q4	UNIV AGRONOMIC SCIENCES & VETERINARY MEDICINE BUCHAREST - USAMV
Statistical Applications in Genetics and Molecular Biology ISSN 2194-6302 eISSN 1544-6115	Molecular & Cell Biology	0.400	0.500	0.210	Q4	WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH
TROPICAL ZOOLOGY ISSN 0394-6975 eISSN 1970-9528	Zoology & Animal Science	0.400	0.700	0.300	Q4	PAGEPRESS PUBL
Visnyk of V N Karazin Kharkiv National University-Series Geology Geography Ecology ISSN 2410-7360 eISSN 2411-3913	Ecology & Evolution	0.400	0.300	0.160	Q4	V N KARAZIN KHARKIV NATL UNIV
Alergia Astma Immunologia ISSN 1427-3101 eISSN 1427-3101	Immunology	0.300	0.200	0.050	Q4	Asthma and Allergy Patients Support Organization
ANALES DEL JARDIN BOTANICO DE MADRID ISSN 0211-1322 eISSN 1988-3196	Botany & Plant Science	0.300	0.500	0.140	Q4	CONSEJO SUPERIOR INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS-CSIC
BANGLADESH JOURNAL OF BOTANY ISSN 0253-5416 eISSN 2079-9926	Botany & Plant Science	0.300	0.400	0.090	Q4	BANGLADESH BOTANICAL SOC
BIOTECHNOLOGY LAW REPORT ISSN 0730-031X eISSN 1557-8704	Biochemistry & Biotechnology	0.300	0.200	0.080	Q4	MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
ECOLOGY LAW QUARTERLY ISSN 0046-1121 eISSN 0046-1121	Ecology & Evolution	0.300	0.800	0.210	Q3	UNIV CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY SCH LAW
Ideas in Ecology and Evolution ISSN 1918-3178 eISSN 1918-3178	Ecology & Evolution	0.300	0.500	0.070	Q4	QUEENS UNIV
IHERINGIA SERIE BOTANICA ISSN N/A eISSN 2446-8231	Botany & Plant Science	0.300	0.400	0.090	Q4	FUNDACAO ZOOBOTANICA RIO GRANDE SUL, MUSEU CIENCIAS NATURAIS
INDIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCES ISSN 0367-8318 eISSN 0367-8318	Zoology & Animal Science	0.300	0.400	0.120	Q4	INDIAN COUNC AGRICULTURAL RES
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY AND ZOOLOGY ISSN 0021-4914 eISSN 1347-6068	Zoology & Animal Science	0.300	0.400	0.170	Q4	JAPAN SOC APPL ENTOMOL ZOOL
Molecular Genetics Microbiology and Virology ISSN 0891-4168 eISSN 1934-841X	Microbiology	0.300	0.500	0.070	Q4	PLEIADES PUBLISHING INC
South of Russia-Ecology Development ISSN 1992-1098 eISSN 2413-0958	Ecology & Evolution	0.300	0.300	0.080	Q4	KAMERTON PUBLISHER
Turkish Journal of Immunology ISSN 1301-109X eISSN 2147-8325	Immunology	0.300	0.200	0.060	Q4	GALENOS PUBL HOUSE
ZOOLOGICHESKY ZHURNAL ISSN 0044-5134 eISSN N/A	Zoology & Animal Science	0.300	0.300	0.170	Q4	MAIK NAUKA-INTERPERIODICA PUBL
ANTHROPOLOGIE-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN DIVERSITY AND EVOLUTION ISSN 0323-1119 eISSN 0323-1119	Ecology & Evolution	0.200	0.200	0.150	Q4	MORAVIAN MUSEUM
Biblios-Revista de Bibliotecologia y Ciencias de la Informacion ISSN 1562-4730 eISSN 1562-4730	Ecology & Evolution	0.200	0.200	0.030	Q4	UNIV PITTSBURGH, UNIV LIBRARY SYSTEM

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