Top 100 journals according to total number of entries in DDBJ current release
according to total number of entries in DDBJ current release- according to total number of papers in DDBJ current release
- * Based on DDBJ Release 92.0, Mar. 2013 (excluding CON and TPA)
according to total number of entries in DDBJ current release
| Rank | Number of cited entries | Journal name | Number of cited papers |
| 1 | 10,874,325 | GENOME RES | 738 |
| 2 | 7,309,247 | BMC GENOMICS | 947 |
| 3 | 6,935,958 | SCIENCE | 1,952 |
| 4 | 4,547,165 | PROC NATL ACAD SCI U S A | 10,291 |
| 5 | 3,381,967 | PLOS BIOL | 171 |
| 6 | 3,187,164 | PLOS ONE | 2,777 |
| 7 | 2,964,751 | NATURE | 2,967 |
| 8 | 2,172,926 | GENOME BIOL | 138 |
| 9 | 1,674,247 | GENOMICS | 3,855 |
| 10 | 1,415,055 | PLANT MOL BIOL | 3,005 |
| 11 | 1,348,645 | METH ENZYMOL | 43 |
| 12 | 1,307,451 | PLANT PHYSIOL | 2,720 |
| 13 | 1,083,397 | MAMM GENOME | 953 |
| 14 | 1,045,678 | PLANT J | 1,321 |
| 15 | 977,507 | CURR BIOL | 558 |
| 16 | 872,242 | ISME J | 404 |
| 17 | 848,083 | NUCLEIC ACIDS RES | 7,295 |
| 18 | 834,694 | NAT GENET | 898 |
| 19 | 721,665 | BMC PLANT BIOL | 301 |
| 20 | 697,742 | MOL BIOL EVOL | 2,098 |
| 21 | 486,041 | MOL ECOL | 2,307 |
| 22 | 453,621 | GENE | 8,471 |
| 23 | 408,970 | MOL PHYLOGENET EVOL | 3,460 |
| 24 | 408,807 | MOL GENET GENOMICS | 444 |
| 25 | 376,715 | BMC GENET | 117 |
| 26 | 373,323 | APPL ENVIRON MICROBIOL | 5,833 |
| 27 | 365,899 | MAR BIOTECHNOL | 357 |
| 28 | 340,555 | THEOR APPL GENET | 618 |
| 29 | 339,399 | DNA RES | 339 |
| 30 | 323,437 | INSECT BIOCHEM MOL BIOL | 837 |
| 31 | 299,152 | BIORESOUR TECHNOL | 448 |
| 32 | 296,321 | PLANT CELL | 1,275 |
| 33 | 284,896 | PLANT CELL PHYSIOL | 682 |
| 34 | 261,244 | GENETICS | 1,778 |
| 35 | 260,510 | J VIROL | 4,076 |
| 36 | 255,696 | ENVIRON MICROBIOL | 1,193 |
| 37 | 239,501 | GENET MOL BIOL | 84 |
| 38 | 235,498 | GENOME BIOL EVOL | 95 |
| 39 | 234,305 | MOL BIOCHEM PARASITOL | 1,977 |
| 40 | 219,240 | PLANT CELL REP | 224 |
| 41 | 218,336 | PLANT BIOTECHNOL | 104 |
| 42 | 216,248 | NAT METHODS | 33 |
| 43 | 215,647 | FEBS LETT | 3,076 |
| 44 | 210,170 | PLOS PATHOG | 286 |
| 45 | 200,426 | COMP BIOCHEM PHYSIOL PART D GENOMICS PROTEOMICS | 80 |
| 46 | 197,313 | BMC EVOL BIOL | 925 |
| 47 | 196,111 | CELL | 2,576 |
| 48 | 193,788 | NAT BIOTECHNOL | 131 |
| 49 | 193,066 | BIOL BULL | 101 |
| 50 | 178,733 | FUNGAL GENET BIOL | 501 |
| 51 | 170,432 | AM J BOT | 969 |
| 52 | 169,116 | MOL PLANT MICROBE INTERACT | 774 |
| 53 | 157,375 | FUNCT INTEGR GENOMICS | 44 |
| 54 | 141,343 | PLOS GENET | 256 |
| 55 | 135,744 | MOL CELLS | 197 |
| 56 | 133,639 | BIOTECHNIQUES | 106 |
| 57 | 130,557 | BIOINFORMATICS | 9 |
| 58 | 130,338 | NAT COMMUN | 55 |
| 59 | 128,232 | INSECT MOL BIOL | 709 |
| 60 | 123,340 | NEW PHYTOL | 434 |
| 61 | 119,190 | FEMS MICROBIOL ECOL | 1,151 |
| 62 | 110,620 | INT J PLANT GENOMICS | 5 |
| 63 | 108,296 | DEV BIOL | 1,097 |
| 64 | 107,429 | BMC BIOL | 96 |
| 65 | 106,231 | GENES GENET SYST | 226 |
| 66 | 103,239 | GENOME | 574 |
| 67 | 102,486 | MOL ECOL RESOUR | 903 |
| 68 | 100,819 | EVOLUTION | 537 |
| 69 | 100,099 | BIOCHEM BIOPHYS RES COMMUN | 4,543 |
| 70 | 98,810 | EUKARYOTIC CELL | 406 |
| 71 | 98,331 | ENVIRON SCI TECHNOL | 184 |
| 72 | 96,325 | MAR GENOMICS | 66 |
| 73 | 95,135 | J BACTERIOL | 7,484 |
| 74 | 94,666 | ANIM BIOTECHNOL | 95 |
| 75 | 91,182 | ANIM GENET | 1,054 |
| 76 | 90,553 | AIDS RES HUM RETROVIRUSES | 1,126 |
| 77 | 90,544 | TROP PLANT BIOL | 8 |
| 78 | 89,552 | J EXP BOT | 579 |
| 79 | 88,376 | PLANT BIOTECHNOL J | 54 |
| 80 | 87,925 | INT J PARASITOL | 618 |
| 81 | 87,680 | J CLIN MICROBIOL | 2,746 |
| 82 | 87,405 | MOL PLANT PATHOL | 174 |
| 83 | 86,402 | PLANT SCI | 644 |
| 84 | 85,593 | BREED SCI | 57 |
| 85 | 84,117 | INFECT IMMUN | 2,009 |
| 86 | 83,343 | J BIOL CHEM | 13,590 |
| 87 | 82,007 | PROC BIOL SCI | 308 |
| 88 | 75,284 | J MICROBIOL BIOTECHNOL | 253 |
| 89 | 73,378 | DNA RES , | 5 |
| 90 | 72,646 | CYTOGENET GENOME RES | 222 |
| 91 | 72,407 | MICROB ECOL | 620 |
| 92 | 70,401 | J GEN VIROL | 2,521 |
| 93 | 69,515 | DEVELOPMENT | 1,382 |
| 94 | 69,476 | FEMS MICROBIOL LETT | 2,419 |
| 95 | 68,045 | PLANTA | 640 |
| 96 | 66,601 | PHYSIOL GENOMICS | 112 |
| 97 | 65,946 | CYTOGENET CELL GENET | 427 |
| 98 | 64,952 | INTEGR COMP BIOL | 34 |
| 99 | 64,041 | MOL BIOL REP | 752 |
| 100 | 61,146 | SYST BIOL | 303 |
according to total number of papers in DDBJ current release
| Rank | Number of cited entries | Journal name | Number of cited papers |
| 1 | 13,569 | J BIOL CHEM | 83,273 |
| 2 | 10,239 | PROC NATL ACAD SCI U S A | 4,543,658 |
| 3 | 8,450 | GENE | 453,381 |
| 4 | 7,461 | J BACTERIOL | 95,073 |
| 5 | 7,287 | NUCLEIC ACIDS RES | 848,060 |
| 6 | 5,784 | APPL ENVIRON MICROBIOL | 368,900 |
| 7 | 5,002 | INT J SYST EVOL MICROBIOL | 33,521 |
| 8 | 4,537 | BIOCHEM BIOPHYS RES COMMUN | 100,091 |
| 9 | 3,991 | J VIROL | 243,533 |
| 10 | 3,855 | GENOMICS | 1,674,246 |
| 11 | 3,420 | MOL PHYLOGENET EVOL | 396,334 |
| 12 | 3,220 | BIOCHIM BIOPHYS ACTA | 9,541 |
| 13 | 3,075 | FEBS LETT | 215,631 |
| 14 | 2,999 | PLANT MOL BIOL | 1,348,049 |
| 15 | 2,962 | NATURE | 2,964,721 |
| 16 | 2,944 | MOL CELL BIOL | 5,488 |
| 17 | 2,863 | VIROLOGY | 35,258 |
| 18 | 2,787 | EMBO J | 6,298 |
| 19 | 2,713 | J CLIN MICROBIOL | 86,983 |
| 20 | 2,701 | PLANT PHYSIOL | 1,280,989 |
| 21 | 2,571 | CELL | 196,091 |
| 22 | 2,513 | PLOS ONE | 3,028,330 |
| 23 | 2,492 | J GEN VIROL | 69,755 |
| 24 | 2,409 | FEMS MICROBIOL LETT | 69,096 |
| 25 | 2,309 | MOL MICROBIOL | 6,325 |
| 26 | 2,283 | EUR J BIOCHEM | 4,041 |
| 27 | 2,263 | MOL ECOL | 471,891 |
| 28 | 2,136 | MICROBIOLOGY | 46,717 |
| 29 | 2,127 | THESIS | 32,538 |
| 30 | 2,086 | MOL BIOL EVOL | 487,823 |
| 31 | 2,030 | MOL GEN GENET | 3,709 |
| 32 | 2,005 | INFECT IMMUN | 84,109 |
| 33 | 1,967 | MOL BIOCHEM PARASITOL | 234,285 |
| 34 | 1,950 | SCIENCE | 6,935,938 |
| 35 | 1,921 | J IMMUNOL | 39,996 |
| 36 | 1,827 | ARCH VIROL | 26,257 |
| 37 | 1,774 | GENETICS | 258,133 |
| 38 | 1,718 | J MOL BIOL | 16,362 |
| 39 | 1,687 | BIOCHEM J | 3,119 |
| 40 | 1,644 | ANTIMICROB AGENTS CHEMOTHER | 15,702 |
| 41 | 1,617 | IMMUNOGENETICS | 26,146 |
| 42 | 1,577 | MOL ECOL NOTES | 28,297 |
| 43 | 1,381 | DEVELOPMENT | 69,514 |
| 44 | 1,377 | J MOL EVOL | 34,891 |
| 45 | 1,314 | PLANT J | 1,045,662 |
| 46 | 1,266 | PLANT CELL | 296,197 |
| 47 | 1,245 | PLANT DIS | 9,460 |
| 48 | 1,184 | ENVIRON MICROBIOL | 240,398 |
| 49 | 1,159 | ONCOGENE | 23,302 |
| 50 | 1,133 | FEMS MICROBIOL ECOL | 117,095 |
| 51 | 1,131 | APPL MICROBIOL BIOTECHNOL | 27,675 |
| 52 | 1,122 | HUM MOL GENET | 35,678 |
| 53 | 1,109 | VIRUS RES | 17,938 |
| 54 | 1,101 | AIDS RES HUM RETROVIRUSES | 88,778 |
| 55 | 1,097 | J CELL BIOL | 1,643 |
| 56 | 1,095 | DEV BIOL | 108,288 |
| 57 | 1,083 | BIOSCI BIOTECHNOL BIOCHEM | 8,267 |
| 58 | 1,051 | ANIM GENET | 91,165 |
| 59 | 1,000 | GENES DEV | 28,388 |
| 60 | 999 | BIOCHEMISTRY | 1,924 |
| 61 | 984 | CURR GENET | 8,854 |
| 62 | 953 | MAMM GENOME | 1,083,397 |
| 63 | 950 | TISSUE ANTIGENS | 3,783 |
| 64 | 922 | BMC GENOMICS | 7,055,551 |
| 65 | 910 | EMERGING INFECT DIS | 18,759 |
| 66 | 909 | J MED VIROL | 47,885 |
| 67 | 897 | J BIOCHEM | 5,789 |
| 68 | 895 | VET MICROBIOL | 17,516 |
| 69 | 894 | MOL ECOL RESOUR | 86,354 |
| 70 | 891 | NAT GENET | 834,659 |
| 71 | 891 | BMC EVOL BIOL | 183,129 |
| 72 | 884 | MECH DEV | 38,524 |
| 73 | 879 | VIRUS GENES | 10,685 |
| 74 | 859 | DNA SEQ | 6,157 |
| 75 | 833 | INT J SYST BACTERIOL | 4,958 |
| 76 | 827 | INSECT BIOCHEM MOL BIOL | 323,407 |
| 77 | 821 | SYST APPL MICROBIOL | 26,149 |
| 78 | 771 | YEAST | 12,042 |
| 79 | 770 | MOL PLANT MICROBE INTERACT | 169,106 |
| 80 | 748 | FISH SHELLFISH IMMUNOL | 49,260 |
| 81 | 745 | CURR MICROBIOL | 9,966 |
| 82 | 744 | AM J BOT | 92,502 |
| 83 | 741 | MOL BIOL REP | 63,947 |
| 84 | 736 | GENOME RES | 10,874,326 |
| 85 | 719 | CONSERV GENET | 24,601 |
| 86 | 718 | MYCOLOGIA | 36,254 |
| 87 | 702 | INSECT MOL BIOL | 128,194 |
| 88 | 685 | MYCOL RES | 23,486 |
| 89 | 680 | PLANT CELL PHYSIOL | 284,889 |
| 90 | 674 | BLOOD | 38,909 |
| 91 | 670 | MOL IMMUNOL | 21,155 |
| 92 | 665 | J EXP MED | 11,602 |
| 93 | 643 | PLANT SCI | 86,400 |
| 94 | 642 | J INFECT DIS | 56,240 |
| 95 | 634 | ENDOCRINOLOGY | 1,464 |
| 96 | 623 | PLANTA | 35,761 |
| 97 | 622 | PARASITOL RES | 10,206 |
| 98 | 620 | J APPL MICROBIOL | 15,459 |
| 99 | 612 | MICROB ECOL | 72,167 |
| 100 | 612 | INT J PARASITOL | 87,672 |