Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology journals

959 journals whose published work sits mainly in biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, with what each charges and how it is indexed.

Journals

959

Median charge

$3,522

Across 615 journals that publish a fee.

Free to publish

No article processing charge recorded in DOAJ.

Offer waivers

264

Journals that say they will waive the fee on request.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology journals that charge nothing

29 of these journals record no article processing charge. Most are funded by a society, university or national body.

Lowest publication charges

Journal	Charge	Weeks	h-index
Applied and Environmental MicrobiologyAmerican Society for Microbiology	No charge	11	479
Journal of BacteriologyAmerican Society for Microbiology	No charge	12	396
SLAS DISCOVERYElsevier BV	No charge	13	101
Wellcome Open ResearchWellcome	No charge	5	83
Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series BJapan Academy	No charge	14	94
Journal of Ginseng ResearchElsevier BV	No charge	32	84
BMC ProceedingsBioMed Central	No charge	10	45
TURKISH JOURNAL OF BIOLOGYScientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK)	No charge	24	54
BioimpactsTabriz University of Medical Sciences	No charge	5	46
Egyptian Journal of Medical Human GeneticsSpringer Science+Business Media	No charge	18	37
Forensic Sciences ResearchTaylor & Francis	No charge	26	42
Biophysics ReportsSpringer Science+Business Media	No charge	8	34
The Ukrainian Biochemical JournalNational Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and Palladin Institute of Biochemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.	No charge	16	21
Problems of Particularly Dangerous Infections—	No charge	12	19
Iranian Biomedical JournalPasteur Institute of Iran	No charge	8	27

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Most-cited biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology journals

Journal	h-index	Citedness	Access	Charge
CellCell Press	1,232	39.6	Subscription	$11,400
Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesNational Academy of Sciences	1,176	8.3	Subscription	—
Nucleic Acids ResearchOxford University Press	882	15.9	Open	$3,992
Nature GeneticsNature Portfolio	789	17.6	Subscription	$12,690
Journal of Biological ChemistryElsevier BV	784	1.8	Open	$3,430
Nature CommunicationsNature Portfolio	749	17.0	Open	$6,990
Nature BiotechnologyNature Portfolio	639	12.4	Subscription	$12,690
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell BiologyNature Portfolio	625	42.1	Subscription	—
PLoS ONEPublic Library of Science	601	3.1	Open	$2,382
The Journal of Cell BiologyRockefeller University Press	600	6.3	Subscription	—
Nature reviews. CancerNature Portfolio	599	25.0	Subscription	—
Genes & DevelopmentCold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press	595	4.6	Open	—
BioinformaticsOxford University Press	572	6.1	Open	$3,989
The EMBO JournalSpringer Nature	566	7.8	Open	$7,990
Annual Review of BiochemistryAnnual Reviews	542	24.3	Subscription	—
Molecular CellElsevier BV	534	13.4	Subscription	$10,400
Nature Reviews GeneticsNature Portfolio	532	16.9	Subscription	—
Nature MethodsNature Portfolio	515	21.5	Subscription	$12,690
Nature Reviews MicrobiologyNature Portfolio	493	33.6	Subscription	—
Nature Cell BiologyNature Portfolio	489	16.0	Subscription	$12,690
Journal of Molecular BiologyElsevier BV	487	4.6	Subscription	$4,730
Cancer CellCell Press	486	32.7	Subscription	$10,400
Applied and Environmental MicrobiologyAmerican Society for Microbiology	479	4.2	Open	Free
DevelopmentThe Company of Biologists	472	3.5	Subscription	—
Cancer ResearchAmerican Association for Cancer Research	469	0.6	Subscription	—

Ranked by h-index, an OpenAlex citation statistic. This is not a Journal Impact Factor and the two are not interchangeable — see our methodology.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology journals that charge nothing

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Most-cited biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology journals

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