The ERA research rankings are based on research published throughout the world in ERA accepted journals. The Biological Sciences research rankings involved an analysis of a range of journal publications to establish the performance level of each participating institution in this field.

List of Biological Sciences Research ERA Ranking Journals:

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– ACS Chemical Biology
– AIDS
– Acta Biologica Hungarica
– Acta Biologica Szegediensis
– Acta Biomedica de l’Ateneo Parmense
– Acta Biotheoretica
– Acta Botanica Hungarica
– Acta Crystallographica Section D: Structural Biology
– Acta Crystallographica. Section F: Structural Biology Communications
– Acta Physiologica Hungarica
– Acta Scientiarum Polonorum: Biotechnologia
– Acta Scientiarum: Biological Sciences
– Acta Tropica
– Advances in Marine Biology
– Aerobiologia
– Aerosol and Air Quality Research
– African Journal of Aquatic Science
– African Journal of Biotechnology
– African Journal of Marine Science
– Age
– Aging Cell
– Agricultural and Forest Entomology
– Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
– Algorithms for Molecular Biology
– American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences
– American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology
– American Journal of Human Genetics
– American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology and Metabolism
– American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology
– American Journal of Veterinary Research
– American Midland Naturalist
– American Museum of Natural History Bulletin
– Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
– Anatomical Record
– Animal Behaviour
– Animal Biodiversity and Conservation
– Animal Cells and Systems
– Animal Cognition
– Animal Conservation
– Animal Production Science
– Animal Reproduction Science
– Animal: the international journal of animal biosciences
– Annales de Biologie Clinique
– Annals of Agri Bio Research
– Annals of Applied Biology
– Annals of Biology
– Annals of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History
– Annual Review of Biochemistry
– Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology
– Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics
– Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology
– Annual Review of Physiology
– Antarctic Science
– Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology
– Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism
– Applied Soil Ecology
– Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
– Aquatic Living Resources: international journal devoted to aquatic resources
– Aquatic Sciences: research across boundaries
– Aquatic Toxicology
– Arab Journal of Biotechnology
– Archives for Agronomy and Soil Science
– Archives of Biological Sciences
– Archives of Virology
– Artificial Cells Blood Substitutes and Biotechnology
– Asia Pacific Journal of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
– Asian Biotechnology and Development Review
– Austral Ecology: a journal of ecology in the Southern Hemisphere
– Australasian Journal of Ecotoxicology
– Australian Journal of Zoology
– BBA: Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids
– BBA: Proteins and Proteomics
– BMC Bioinformatics
– BMC Biology
– BMC Biotechnology
– BMC Developmental Biology
– BMC Genomics
– BMC Microbiology
– Basic and Applied Ecology
– Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
– Bio-Research
– BioControl: journal of the International Organisation for Biological Control
– BioEssays
– BioMed Research International
– BioProcessing: advances and trends in biological product development
– BioTechniques: the journal of laboratory technology for bioresearch
– Biochemical Journal
– Biochemical Systematics and Ecology
– Biochemistry and Cell Biology
– Biochimica et Biophysica Acta: international journal of biochemistry and biophysics
– Biodiversity
– Bioelectromagnetics
– Biofouling: the journal of bioadhesion and biofilm research
– Biogeosciences
– Bioinformatics
– Bioinspiration and Biomimetics
– Biointerphases: an open access journal for the biomaterials interface community
– Biologia
– Biological Bulletin
– Biological Conservation
– Biological Invasions
– Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
– Biological Psychiatry
– Biological Research
– Biological Reviews
– Biologicals
– Biology
– Biology Direct
– Biology Letters
– Biology and Fertility of Soils
– Biology and Philosophy
– Biology of Reproduction
– Biomacromolecules
– Biomedical and Environmental Sciences
– Biophysical Chemistry
– Biophysical Journal
– Biopolymers
– Bioscience
– Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: biodefense strategy practice and science
– Biosystems
– Biotechnology
– Biotechnology Advances
– Biotechnology Annual Review
– Biotechnology Letters
– Biotechnology Progress
– Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry
– Biotechnology and Biotechnological Equipment
– Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Reviews
– Biotechnology and Molecular Biology Reviews
– Biotecnologia Aplicada
– Biotekhnologiya
– Biotropica
– Bird Conservation International
– Bone
– Botanica Marina
– Brain Behavior and Evolution
– Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology: an international journal
– Bulletin of Marine Science
– Bulletin of Mathematical Biology
– Cell
– Cell Death and Differentiation
– Cell Stem Cell
– Cell Transplantation
– Cellular Reprogramming
– Chelonian Conservation Biology
– Chemical Senses
– Chemoecology: evolutionary mechanistic and environmental approaches to chemically-mediated interaction
– Chinese Journal of Bioprocess Engineering
– Chronobiology International: the journal of biological and medical rhythm research
– Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy
– Clinical Infectious Diseases
– Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C: Toxicology and Pharmacology
– Comparative Immunology Microbiology and Infectious Diseases: the international journal for medical and veterinary researchers and practitioners
– Comparative Medicine (Memphis)
– Compost Science and Utilization
– Comptes Rendus Biologies (Academie des Sciences)
– Computational Biology
– Computational Biology and Chemistry
– Conservation Biology
– Conservation Genetics
– Conservation Physiology
– Conservation Science Western Australia
– Continental Shelf Research
– Coral Reefs
– Critical Reviews in Biotechnology
– Current Aging Science
– Current Bioinformatics
– Current Biology
– Current Biotechnology
– Current Gene Therapy: the international journal for in-depth reviews on gene therapy
– Current Opinion in Biotechnology
– CytoJournal
– Cytotechnology: international journal of cell culture and biotechnology
– Development (Cambridge)
– Developmental Biology
– Developmental Cell
– Developmental Dynamics
– Developments in Biologicals
– Disease Models and Mechanisms
– Diseases of Aquatic Organisms
– Diversity and Distributions
– EMBO Molecular Medicine
– Ecohydrology
– Ecological Applications
– Ecological Indicators
– Ecological Informatics
– Ecological Management and Restoration
– Ecological Research
– Ecosystems
– Ecotoxicology
– Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine
– Electronic Journal of Biotechnology
– Endangered Species Research
– Endocrine-Related Cancer
– Endocrinology
– Environmental Bioindicators
– Environmental Chemistry Letters
– Environmental Conservation: an international journal of environmental science
– Environmental Health
– Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
– Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy
– Environmental Research
– Environmental Science and Pollution Research
– Environmental Technology
– Environmental Toxicology
– Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
– Environmental and Ecological Statistics
– Environmental and Experimental Botany
– Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis
– Enzyme and Microbial Technology
– Equine Veterinary Journal
– Estuaries and Coasts
– Eukaryotic Cell
– Euphytica: international journal on plant breeding
– Eurasip Journal on Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
– European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases: an international journal on pathogenesis diagnosis epidemiology therapy and prevention of infectious diseases
– European Journal of Mineral Processing and Environmental Protection
– European Journal of Soil Biology
– Evolutionary Psychology
– Experimental Animals
– F1000 Prime Reports
– FEMS Microbiology Ecology
– FEMS Microbiology Letters
– FEMS Yeast Research
– Fluids and Barriers of the CNS
– Folia Biologica: international journal of biological research
– Foodborne Pathogens and Disease
– Forensic Science International: Genetics
– Forest Ecology and Management
– Free Radical Research
– Fresenius Environmental Bulletin
– Freshwater Biology
– Frontiers in Biology
– Frontiers in Life Science: frontiers of interdisciplinary research in the life sciences
– Functional Ecology
– Fundamental and Applied Limnology: Official jounal of the International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology
– Fungal Ecology
– Gene Therapy (Basingstoke)
– Genes Brain and Behavior
– Genes and Development
– Genetics Selection Evolution
– Genome Biology
– Genome Research
– Genomics Proteomics and Bioinformatics
– Geoderma
– Global Change Biology
– Glycobiology
– Harmful Algae
– Helicobacter (Oxford)
– Hormones and Behaviour
– Human Dimensions of Wildlife
– Human Molecular Genetics
– Hydrobiologia: the international journal on limnology and marine sciences
– IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
– IRBM News
– Ichnos: an International Journal for Plant and Animal Traces
– Immunobiology
– Indian Journal of Human Genetics
– Infection and Immunity
– Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies
– Insect Molecular Biology
– Institute for Laboratory Animal Research (ILAR) Journal
– Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management
– International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation
– International Journal Of Biodiversity Science Ecosystem Services and Management
– International Journal of Agriculture and Biology
– International Journal of Bioinformatics Research and Applications
– International Journal of Biometrics and Bioinformatics (IJBB)
– International Journal of Biotechnology
– International Journal of Biotechnology and Biochemistry
– International Journal of Computational Biology and Drug Design
– International Journal of Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
– International Journal of Dairy Technology
– International Journal of Data Mining and Bioinformatics
– International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences
– International Journal of Environmental Health Research
– International Journal of Phytoremediation
– International Journal of Plant Developmental Biology
– International Journal of Radiation Biology
– Internet Journal of Genomics and Proteomics
– Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science
– Izvestiya: Seriya Biologicheskaya (Rossiiskaya Akademiya Nauk)
– Journal de la Societe de Biologie
– Journal of Agricultural Biological and Environmental Statistics
– Journal of Animal Ecology
– Journal of Animal Science
– Journal of Applied Biomedicine
– Journal of Applied Genetics: an international journal of genetics and breeding
– Journal of Applied Physiology
– Journal of Arid Environments
– Journal of Avian Biology
– Journal of Bacteriology
– Journal of Biogeography
– Journal of Biological Chemistry
– Journal of Biological Dynamics
– Journal of Biological Systems
– Journal of Biology
– Journal of Biomedical Informatics
– Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A
– Journal of Biomedical Science
– Journal of Biomimetics Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering
– Journal of Biomolecular NMR
– Journal of Biomolecular Techniques
– Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering
– Journal of Biosciences
– Journal of Biotechnology
– Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
– Journal of Cell Science
– Journal of Cereal Science
– Journal of Chemical Biology
– Journal of Chemical Ecology
– Journal of Clinical Microbiology
– Journal of Comparative Physiology A: sensory neural and behavioral physiology
– Journal of Computational Biology
– Journal of Cytology
– Journal of Ecology
– Journal of Environmental Biology: an international research journal of environmental sciences and toxicology
– Journal of Environmental Quality
– Journal of Environmental Radioactivity
– Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
– Journal of General Virology
– Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry
– Journal of Infectious Diseases
– Journal of Insect Conservation: an international journal devoted to the conservation of insects and related invertebrates
– Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research
– Journal of Mammalogy
– Journal of Mathematical Biology
– Journal of Medical Entomology
– Journal of Medical Genetics
– Journal of Medical Microbiology
– Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
– Journal of Micropalaeontology
– Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology
– Journal of Natural Products
– Journal of Parasitology
– Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry
– Journal of Pineal Research
– Journal of Proteome Research
– Journal of Structural and Functional Genomics
– Journal of Theoretical Biology
– Journal of Thermal Biology
– Journal of Vector Ecology
– Journal of Virology
– Journal of Wildlife Management
– Journal of Zoology
– Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animals
– Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists
– Journal of the Indian Institute of Science
– Journal of the Institute of Brewing
– Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia
– Landscape Ecology
– Learning and Memory
– Limnology and Oceanography
– Limnology and Oceanography: Methods
– Linnean Society of New South Wales
– Marine Biodiversity: international journal of marine science
– Marine Biology: international journal on life in oceans and coastal waters
– Marine Environmental Research
– Marine Genomics
– Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology
– Mathematical Biosciences
– Matrix Biology
– Mechanisms of Development
– Medical and Veterinary Entomology
– Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria
– Memoirs of the Queensland Museum
– Methods of Information in Medicine: journal of methodology in medical research information and documentation
– Microbial Drug Resistance: mechanism epidemiology and disease
– Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews
– Microscopy
– Minerva Biotecnologica
– Molecular Aspects of Medicine
– Molecular Biology of the Cell
– Molecular Biotechnology
– Molecular Cell
– Molecular Ecology
– Molecular Ecology Resources
– Molecular Endocrinology
– Molecular Microbiology
– Molecular Psychiatry
– Molecular Therapy
– Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology
– Molecular and Cellular Biology
– Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology
– Molluscan Research
– Mongolian Journal of Biological Sciences
– Monoclonal Antibodies in Immunodiagnosis and Immunotherapy
– Mucosal Immunology
– Mutation Research: Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis
– Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine
– Natural Product Reports: a journal of current development in bioorganic chemistry
– Nature Cell Biology
– Nature Genetics
– Nature Methods
– Nature Protocols
– Nature Reviews Drug Discovery
– Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
– Nature Structural and Molecular Biology
– Nautilus (Sanibel): a quarterly devoted to the interests of malacologists
– Neural Development
– Neurochemical Research
– New Biotechnology
– New Phytologist
– New Zealand Entomologist
– New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research
– New Zealand Natural Sciences
– Nitric Oxide: Biology and Chemistry
– Northeastern Naturalist
– Northern Territory Naturalist
– Nucleic Acid Therapeutics
– Nucleic Acids Research
– Nutrition Research Reviews
– OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology
– Open Life Sciences
– Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere
– PEERJ
– PLoS Biology
– PLoS Computational Biology
– PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
– Pacific Conservation Biology
– Periodicum Biologorum
– Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology
– Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
– Photochemistry and Photobiology
– Phycologia
– Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology
– Physical Biology
– Physiological Reviews
– Physiology and Behavior
– Phytochemical Analysis
– Phytochemistry: the international journal of plant chemistry plant biochemistry and molecular biology
– Phytotherapy Research
– Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research
– Plant Biotechnology Journal
– Plant Cell and Environment
– Plant Physiology
– Plant and Soil: international journal on plant-soil relationships
– Polar Biology
– Polar Science
– Preparative Biochemistry and Biotechnology
– Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington
– Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
– Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland
– Protein Engineering Design and Selection
– Proteins: Structure Function and Bioinformatics
– Proteome Science
– Proteomics
– Protist
– Psychophysiology
– Radiation Research
– Radiation and Environmental Biophysics
– Rangeland Ecology and Management
– Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry
– Records of the Western Australian Museum
– Reproduction Fertility and Development
– Reproduction in Domestic Animals: physiology pathology biotechnology
– Reproduction: Supplement
– Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology
– Research and Reports in Biology
– Restoration Ecology
– Revista Chilena de Historia Natural
– Rivista di Biologia: biology forum
– Russian Journal of Biomechanics
– SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research
– Science China Life Sciences
– Science Translational Medicine
– Sexual Development
– Sexually Transmitted Diseases
– Shengwu Gongcheng Xuebao
– Sleep
– Soil Biology and Biochemistry
– Soil Science Society of America Journal
– Soil Science: an interdisciplinary approach to soils research
– Soil and Tillage Research
– Soshiki Baiyo Kenkyu
– Southwestern Naturalist
– Spectroscopy Letters: an international journal for rapid communication
– Statistical Applications in Genetics and Molecular Biology
– Stem Cell Research
– Stem Cell Research and Therapy
– Stem Cell Reviews
– Stem Cells
– Stem Cells and Development
– Structure
– Systematics and Biodiversity
– The American Naturalist
– The EMBO Journal
– The ISME Journal: multidisciplinary journal of microbial ecology
– The International Journal of Developmental Biology
– The Journal of Cell Biology
– The Journal of Experimental Biology
– The Journal of Physiology
– The Open Biotechnology Journal
– The Quarterly Review of Biology
– The Queensland Naturalist
– The Veterinary Journal
– The Victorian Naturalist
– The Western Australian Naturalist
– Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling
– Theoretical and Applied Genetics: international journal of plant breeding research
– Theory in Biosciences
– Theriogenology
– Transgenic Research
– Trends in Biochemical Sciences
– Trends in Biotechnology
– Trends in Cell Biology
– Trends in Ecology and Evolution
– Trends in Genetics
– Trends in Molecular Medicine
– Trends in Parasitology
– Trends in Pharmacological Sciences
– Tropical Ecology
– Vaccine
– Vie et Milieu: periodique d’ecologie generale
– Virology
– Virus Genes
– Virus Research
– Water Environment Research
– Western North American Naturalist
– Wetlands Ecology and Management
– Wetlands: the journal of the Society of Wetland Scientists
– Wildlife Research
– World Journal of Fish and Marine Sciences
– World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
– Zhejiang University Journal (Science B): international biomedicine and biotechnology journal
– Zhurnal Obshchei Biologii
– Zoonoses and Public Health

Note: Biological Sciences is a Master field. A more extensive list of journals might be found under its various sub-fields.

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