{"id":1093,"date":"2020-04-03T14:14:09","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T14:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.idtdna.com\/page\/synbio-journal-rankings-for-2020"},"modified":"2025-08-22T16:15:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T16:15:26","slug":"synbio-journal-rankings-for-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sg.idtdna.com\/page\/support-and-education\/decoded-plus\/synbio-journal-rankings-for-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Synthetic Biology Journal Rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scimagojr.com\/journalrank.php\" target=\"_blank\">Scimago<\/a>, for 2018&mdash;the most recent year for which data are available&mdash;here are a list of the top-ranking Synthetic Biology journals in various disciplines, followed by their <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/H-index\" target=\"_blank\">H index<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Journals<\/h2>\n<p>View the top Microbiology and Biotechnology Journals according to&nbsp;Scimago.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/nbt\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nature Biotechnology<\/a> (399)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.asm.org\/journal\/aem\" target=\"_blank\">Applied and Environmental Microbiology<\/a> (293)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.springer.com\/journal\/253\">Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology<\/a> (198)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/journal\/10970290\" target=\"_blank\">Biotechnology and Bioengineering<\/a> (171)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/journal\/biotechnology-advances\" target=\"_blank\">Biotechnology Advances<\/a> (161)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Biochemistry Journals<\/h2>\n<p>View the top Biochemistry (Medical) journals according to&nbsp;Scimago.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/journal\/jacsat\" target=\"_blank\">Journal of the American Chemical Society<\/a> (542)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jbc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Journal of Biological Chemistry<\/a> (477)<\/li>\n<li>Blood (426)<\/li>\n<li>Bioinformatics (335)<\/li>\n<li>Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (328)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Biochemistry (Medical) Journals<\/h2>\n<p>View the top Biochemistry (Medical) journals according to&nbsp;Scimago.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/jcem\" target=\"_blank\">Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism<\/a> (328)<\/li>\n<li>Clinical Chemistry (201)<\/li>\n<li>Clinica Chimica Acta (127)<\/li>\n<li>Apoptosis (102)<\/li>\n<li>Clinical Chemistry and laboratory Medicine (91)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Bioengineering Journals<\/h2>\n<p>View the top Bioengineering Journals according to&nbsp;Scimago.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/journal\/nalefd\" target=\"_blank\">Nano Letters<\/a> (430)<\/li>\n<li>Nature Biotechnology (399)<\/li>\n<li>Biomaterials (337)<\/li>\n<li>Nature Nanotechnology (286)<\/li>\n<li>Biosource Technology (251<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Biomaterials Journals<\/h2>\n<p>View the top Biomaterials Journals according to&nbsp;Scimago.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.journals.elsevier.com\/biomaterials\" target=\"_blank\">Biomaterials<\/a> (337)<\/li>\n<li>Advanced Functional Materials (269)<\/li>\n<li>Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (209)<\/li>\n<li>Small (195)<\/li>\n<li>Biomacromolecules (193)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Biomedical Engineering Journals<\/h2>\n<p>View the top Biomedical Engineering journals according to&nbsp;Scimago.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/nbt\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nature Biotechnology<\/a> (399)<\/li>\n<li>Nature Nanotechnology (286)<\/li>\n<li>Current Opinion in Biotechnology (181)<\/li>\n<li>Lab on a Chip (181)<\/li>\n<li>Journal of Biomechanics (177)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Scimago, for 2018&mdash;the most recent year for which data are available&mdash;here are a list of the top-ranking Synthetic Biology journals in various disciplines, followed by their H index. 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