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Best Molecular Medicine journals

178 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Molecular Medicine. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 45 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 Biotechnology 66.4 99th Q1 SCIE No
2 Molecular Cancer 55 99th Q1 SCIE Yes
3 Cell Stem Cell 36.1 98th Q1 SCIE No
4 Clinical and Translational Medicine 33.8 98th Q1 SCIE Yes
5 Medicinal Research Reviews 29.1 97th Q1 SCIE No
6 Pharmacological Reviews 25.9 96th Q1 SCIE No
7 Trends in Molecular Medicine 24 96th Q1 SCIE No
8 Experimental and Molecular Medicine 22.6 95th Q1 SCIE Yes
9 Molecular Aspects of Medicine 21.6 95th Q1 SCIE No
10 Journal of Nanobiotechnology 20.2 94th Q1 SCIE Yes
11 Biomarker Research 18.5 94th Q1 SCIE Yes
12 Genome Medicine 18 93th Q1 SCIE Yes
13 Molecular Therapy 17.9 93th Q1 SCIE No
14 Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer 16.6 92th Q1 SCIE Yes
15 Archives of Pharmacal Research 13.6 91th Q1 SCIE No
16 Cell Chemical Biology 13.6 91th Q1 SCIE No
17 Phytomedicine 13.2 90th Q1 SCIE No
18 EMBO Molecular Medicine 13.1 90th Q1 SCIE Yes
19 Pharmaceutical Biology 12.4 89th Q1 SCIE Yes
20 Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 12 89th Q1 SCIE Yes
21 Stem Cell Research and Therapy 11.9 88th Q1 SCIE Yes
22 Molecular Biomedicine 11.7 87th Q1 ESCI Yes
23 Nucleic Acid Therapeutics 11.4 87th Q1 SCIE No
24 Acta Materia Medica 11.4 86th Q1 Yes
25 Cancer Gene Therapy 11.1 86th Q1 SCIE No
26 Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 11.1 85th Q1 SCIE No
27 Molecular Therapy Nucleic Acids 10.8 85th Q1 SCIE Yes
28 BioFactors 10.8 84th Q1 SCIE No
29 Molecules 10.3 84th Q1 SCIE Yes
30 Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine 10.3 83th Q1 SCIE No
31 Gene Therapy 10.1 82th Q1 SCIE No
32 Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins 10.1 82th Q1 SCIE No
33 Molecular Diagnosis and Therapy 10 81th Q1 SCIE No
34 Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine 9.9 81th Q1 SCIE Yes
35 Expert Review of Vaccines 9.9 80th Q1 SCIE Yes
36 Molecular Medicine 9.7 80th Q1 SCIE Yes
37 Molecular Therapy Oncology 9.6 79th Q1 SCIE Yes
38 Molecular Oncology 9.4 79th Q1 SCIE Yes
39 Pharmaceuticals 9 78th Q1 SCIE Yes
40 Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry 8.9 77th Q1 SCIE No
41 Mitochondrion 8.9 77th Q1 SCIE No
42 Pharmaceutical Research 8.7 76th Q1 SCIE No
43 Cellular Oncology 8.6 76th Q1 SCIE Yes
44 Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets 8.6 75th Q1 SCIE No
45 Journal of Molecular Medicine 8.6 75th Q1 SCIE No
46 EXCLI Journal 8.6 74th Q2 SCIE Yes
47 European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry Reports 8.5 74th Q2 ESCI Yes
48 Cancer Biology and Therapy 8.4 73th Q2 SCIE Yes
49 Nature Mental Health 8.1 72th Q2 ESCI No
50 Transplantation and Cellular Therapy 8.1 72th Q2 SCIE No
51 Current Molecular Pharmacology 7.8 71th Q2 SCIE No
52 Molecular Therapy Methods and Clinical Development 7.7 71th Q2 Yes
53 Molecular Pharmaceutics 7.6 70th Q2 SCIE No
54 Human Gene Therapy 7.4 70th Q2 SCIE No
55 Open Medicinal Chemistry Journal 7.3 69th Q2 No
56 Molecular Medicine Reports 7.3 68th Q2 SCIE No
57 Virologica Sinica 7.3 68th Q2 SCIE No
58 Stem Cells 7.3 67th Q2 SCIE No
59 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Basis of Disease 7.1 67th Q2 SCIE No
60 Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine 6.9 66th Q2 SCIE Yes
61 ACS Chemical Biology 6.9 65th Q2 SCIE No
62 Frontiers in Genetics 6.9 65th Q2 SCIE Yes
63 Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry 6.8 65th Q2 No
64 Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics 6.8 64th Q2 SCIE No
65 Molecular Informatics 6.8 63th Q2 SCIE No
66 Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology 6.7 63th Q2 SCIE No
67 Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry 6.7 62th Q2 SCIE No
68 Profiles of Drug Substances, Excipients and Related Methodology 6.7 62th Q2 No
69 Current Gene Therapy 6.7 61th Q2 SCIE No
70 Vascular Pharmacology 6.5 61th Q2 SCIE No
71 Current Medicinal Chemistry 6.5 60th Q2 SCIE No
72 Vaccine 6.4 60th Q2 SCIE No
73 Biomolecules and Therapeutics 6.4 59th Q2 SCIE No
74 Human Genomics 6.4 58th Q2 SCIE Yes
75 Journal of Natural Products 6.3 58th Q2 SCIE No
76 Journal of Molecular Diagnostics 6.3 57th Q2 SCIE No
77 Progress in Medicinal Chemistry 6.3 57th Q2 No
78 Biomimetics 6.2 56th Q2 SCIE Yes
79 Human Genetics and Genomics Advances 6.1 56th Q2 ESCI Yes
80 Chemical Biology and Drug Design 6.1 55th Q2 SCIE No
81 Current Drug Targets 6 55th Q2 SCIE No
82 NeuroMolecular Medicine 6 54th Q2 SCIE No
83 Clinical Proteomics 6 53th Q2 SCIE Yes
84 Bioinspiration and Biomimetics 5.9 53th Q2 SCIE No
85 Analytical Cellular Pathology 5.8 52th Q2 SCIE Yes
86 Nucleus (India) 5.8 52th Q2 ESCI No
87 Biotechnology Journal 5.7 51th Q2 SCIE No
88 ChemMedChem 5.7 51th Q2 SCIE No
89 Pharmacogenomics Journal 5.7 50th Q2 SCIE No
90 RSC Medicinal Chemistry 5.7 50th Q2 SCIE No
91 Journal of Pharmacological Sciences 5.7 49th Q3 SCIE Yes
92 Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry 5.6 48th Q3 SCIE No
93 Function 5.3 48th Q3 ESCI Yes
94 Advances in Biological Regulation 5.3 47th Q3 ESCI No
95 Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research 5.3 47th Q3 SCIE No
96 International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics 5.3 46th Q3 SCIE No
97 Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 5.2 46th Q3 SCIE No
98 Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology 5.2 45th Q3 SCIE No
99 Molecular Pharmacology 5.2 44th Q3 SCIE No
100 Phytochemical Analysis 5.2 44th Q3 SCIE No

Rank and percentile are within the Molecular Medicine 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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