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Best Biophysics journals

155 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Biophysics. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 39 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Nature Reviews Bioengineering 40.3 99th Q1 SCIE No
2 Biomaterials 24.7 99th Q1 SCIE No
3 Annual Review of Biophysics 24.6 98th Q1 SCIE No
4 Biosensors and Bioelectronics 19.2 97th Q1 SCIE No
5 Soft Robotics 15.8 97th Q1 SCIE No
6 Ultrafast Science 15.2 96th Q1 ESCI Yes
7 Structural Health Monitoring 14.4 95th Q1 SCIE No
8 IRBM 13.1 95th Q1 SCIE No
9 Brain Stimulation 12.8 94th Q1 SCIE Yes
10 Biosensors 12.1 93th Q1 SCIE Yes
11 Biosensors and Bioelectronics: X 11.3 93th Q1 Yes
12 International Journal of Nanomedicine 10.6 92th Q1 SCIE Yes
13 Journal of Food Biochemistry 9.9 91th Q1 SCIE No
14 Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology 9.6 91th Q1 SCIE No
15 Bioelectrochemistry 9.5 90th Q1 SCIE No
16 Journal of Bionic Engineering 9.5 90th Q1 SCIE No
17 Journal of Molecular Biology 8.9 89th Q1 SCIE No
18 Bioscience Reports 8.4 88th Q1 SCIE Yes
19 Biophysical Reviews 8.3 88th Q1 ESCI No
20 Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal 8.2 87th Q1 SCIE Yes
21 Chemical Physics Impact 8 86th Q1 ESCI Yes
22 Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics 7.6 86th Q1 SCIE No
23 Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine 7.6 85th Q1 SCIE Yes
24 Interface Focus 7.4 84th Q1 SCIE No
25 Journal of Luminescence 7.4 84th Q1 SCIE No
26 Matrix Biology Plus 7.3 83th Q1 Yes
27 Zeitschrift fur Medizinische Physik 7.3 82th Q1 SCIE Yes
28 Journal of Biomaterials Science, Polymer Edition 7.2 82th Q1 SCIE No
29 Biophysics Reviews 7 81th Q1 ESCI No
30 Frontiers in Remote Sensing 6.9 80th Q1 ESCI Yes
31 AMB Express 6.7 80th Q1 SCIE Yes
32 Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology 6.7 79th Q1 SCIE No
33 Plasmonics 6.7 79th Q1 SCIE No
34 APL Bioengineering 6.6 78th Q1 SCIE Yes
35 Channels 6.4 77th Q1 SCIE Yes
36 Journal of the Royal Society Interface 6.4 77th Q1 SCIE No
37 Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences 6.2 76th Q1 SCIE No
38 BBA Advances 6.2 75th Q1 ESCI Yes
39 Journal of Proteomics 6.1 75th Q1 SCIE No
40 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms 6.1 74th Q2 SCIE No
41 Medical Physics 6 73th Q2 SCIE No
42 Metallomics 6 73th Q2 SCIE No
43 Journal of Membrane Biology 6 72th Q2 SCIE No
44 Analytical Biochemistry 5.9 71th Q2 SCIE No
45 Bioinspiration and Biomimetics 5.9 71th Q2 SCIE No
46 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes 5.9 70th Q2 SCIE No
47 FEBS Letters 5.8 70th Q2 SCIE No
48 Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica 5.6 69th Q2 SCIE Yes
49 Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy 5.6 68th Q2 SCIE Yes
50 Physiological Measurement 5.5 68th Q2 SCIE No
51 Biophysical Journal 5.4 67th Q2 SCIE No
52 Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 5.3 66th Q2 SCIE No
53 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics 5.3 65th Q2 SCIE No
54 Gait and Posture 5.3 65th Q2 SCIE No
55 Frontiers in Physics 5.2 64th Q2 SCIE Yes
56 Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences 5.2 64th Q2 SCIE Yes
57 Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine 5.2 63th Q2 SCIE No
58 Biophysical Chemistry 5.1 62th Q2 SCIE No
59 QRB Discovery 5.1 62th Q2 Yes
60 International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery 5.1 61th Q2 SCIE No
61 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects 5 60th Q2 SCIE No
62 Journal of Applied Biomaterials and Functional Materials 5 60th Q2 SCIE Yes
63 Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology 5 59th Q2 SCIE No
64 BIO Integration 4.8 59th Q2 Yes
65 Luminescence 4.8 58th Q2 SCIE No
66 Food Biophysics 4.6 57th Q2 SCIE No
67 Medical Engineering and Physics 4.6 57th Q2 SCIE No
68 Footwear Science 4.5 56th Q2 ESCI No
69 Journal of Magnetic Resonance 4.4 55th Q2 SCIE No
70 Radiation Research 4.4 55th Q2 SCIE No
71 Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology 4.4 54th Q2 SCIE No
72 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics 4.3 53th Q2 SCIE No
73 Journal of Biomechanics 4.3 53th Q2 SCIE No
74 Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine 4.3 52th Q2 SCIE No
75 European Biophysics Journal 4.3 51th Q2 SCIE No
76 Physica Medica 4.2 51th Q2 SCIE No
77 Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 4.1 50th Q2 SCIE No
78 Biosurface and Biotribology 4.1 50th Q2 ESCI Yes
79 Biophysical Reports 4 49th Q3 ESCI Yes
80 European Physical Journal E 4 48th Q3 SCIE No
81 Journal of Biological Physics 4 48th Q3 SCIE No
82 Biochemistry (Moscow) 4 47th Q3 SCIE No
83 Radiation and Environmental Biophysics 4 46th Q3 SCIE No
84 Magnetic Resonance Imaging 3.9 46th Q3 SCIE No
85 ASAIO Journal 3.8 45th Q3 SCIE No
86 Physical Biology 3.8 44th Q3 SCIE No
87 European Journal of Histochemistry 3.7 44th Q3 SCIE Yes
88 Biopolymers 3.7 43th Q3 SCIE No
89 Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports 3.6 42th Q3 ESCI Yes
90 Mechanobiology in Medicine 3.6 42th Q3 ESCI Yes
91 Molecular Physics 3.5 41th Q3 SCIE No
92 Human Movement Science 3.5 40th Q3 SCIE, SSCI No
93 Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine 3.4 40th Q3 SCIE No
94 Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics 3.3 39th Q3 SCIE No
95 Peptide Science 3.3 39th Q3 SCIE No
96 Radiation 3.3 38th Q3 Yes
97 Journal of Sport Rehabilitation 3.2 37th Q3 SCIE No
98 Clinical Biomechanics 2.9 37th Q3 SCIE No
99 Indian Journal of Biochemistry and Biophysics 2.9 36th Q3 SCIE Yes
100 Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research 2.9 35th Q3 SCIE Yes

Rank and percentile are within the Biophysics Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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