| Rank | Number of cited entries | Journal name | Number of cited papers |
| 1 | 10,876,735 | GENOME RES | 746 |
| 2 | 7,581,571 | BMC GENOMICS | 1,009 |
| 3 | 6,944,800 | SCIENCE | 1,972 |
| 4 | 4,668,646 | PROC NATL ACAD SCI U S A | 10,369 |
| 5 | 3,837,937 | PLOS ONE | 3,556 |
| 6 | 3,382,011 | PLOS BIOL | 176 |
| 7 | 2,996,414 | NATURE | 2,986 |
| 8 | 2,172,929 | GENOME BIOL | 138 |
| 9 | 1,674,265 | GENOMICS | 3,858 |
| 10 | 1,442,158 | PLANT MOL BIOL | 3,009 |
| 11 | 1,348,645 | METH ENZYMOL | 43 |
| 12 | 1,307,676 | PLANT PHYSIOL | 2,751 |
| 13 | 1,110,027 | PLANT J | 1,350 |
| 14 | 1,083,397 | MAMM GENOME | 953 |
| 15 | 977,750 | CURR BIOL | 569 |
| 16 | 877,474 | ISME J | 444 |
| 17 | 848,099 | NUCLEIC ACIDS RES | 7,300 |
| 18 | 834,751 | NAT GENET | 904 |
| 19 | 802,860 | BMC PLANT BIOL | 316 |
| 20 | 711,847 | MOL BIOL EVOL | 2,128 |
| 21 | 630,291 | DNA RES | 345 |
| 22 | 503,313 | MOL ECOL | 2,393 |
| 23 | 454,786 | GENE | 8,561 |
| 24 | 447,538 | MOL PHYLOGENET EVOL | 3,595 |
| 25 | 408,822 | MOL GENET GENOMICS | 447 |
| 26 | 394,349 | APPL ENVIRON MICROBIOL | 5,999 |
| 27 | 378,634 | BMC GENET | 123 |
| 28 | 365,969 | MAR BIOTECHNOL | 363 |
| 29 | 340,755 | THEOR APPL GENET | 634 |
| 30 | 328,909 | INSECT BIOCHEM MOL BIOL | 862 |
| 31 | 320,099 | PLANT CELL PHYSIOL | 697 |
| 32 | 301,248 | BIORESOUR TECHNOL | 540 |
| 33 | 296,452 | PLANT CELL | 1,300 |
| 34 | 291,037 | J VIROL | 4,139 |
| 35 | 276,155 | INSECT MOL BIOL | 718 |
| 36 | 262,568 | ENVIRON MICROBIOL | 1,236 |
| 37 | 262,022 | GENETICS | 1,791 |
| 38 | 239,852 | GENET MOL BIOL | 91 |
| 39 | 238,526 | GENOME BIOL EVOL | 122 |
| 40 | 234,317 | MOL BIOCHEM PARASITOL | 1,984 |
| 41 | 220,072 | PLANT CELL REP | 238 |
| 42 | 218,338 | PLANT BIOTECHNOL | 105 |
| 43 | 217,866 | NAT METHODS | 34 |
| 44 | 215,663 | FEBS LETT | 3,084 |
| 45 | 211,251 | PLOS PATHOG | 320 |
| 46 | 203,669 | BMC EVOL BIOL | 970 |
| 47 | 200,893 | COMP BIOCHEM PHYSIOL PART D GENOMICS PROTEOMICS | 87 |
| 48 | 196,173 | CELL | 2,581 |
| 49 | 193,789 | NAT BIOTECHNOL | 132 |
| 50 | 193,136 | BIOL BULL | 102 |
| 51 | 179,195 | FUNGAL GENET BIOL | 518 |
| 52 | 175,018 | AM J BOT | 996 |
| 53 | 169,152 | MOL PLANT MICROBE INTERACT | 792 |
| 54 | 157,386 | FUNCT INTEGR GENOMICS | 45 |
| 55 | 142,691 | FEMS MICROBIOL ECOL | 1,229 |
| 56 | 141,752 | PLOS GENET | 276 |
| 57 | 135,744 | MOL CELLS | 197 |
| 58 | 135,601 | NAT COMMUN | 73 |
| 59 | 135,501 | PLANT BIOTECHNOL J | 57 |
| 60 | 133,639 | BIOTECHNIQUES | 106 |
| 61 | 130,557 | BIOINFORMATICS | 9 |
| 62 | 129,141 | NEW PHYTOL | 464 |
| 63 | 115,692 | GENOME RES , | 2 |
| 64 | 112,044 | BMC BIOL | 100 |
| 65 | 111,514 | MOL ECOL RESOUR | 926 |
| 66 | 110,620 | INT J PLANT GENOMICS | 5 |
| 67 | 108,331 | DEV BIOL | 1,102 |
| 68 | 106,231 | GENES GENET SYST | 226 |
| 69 | 105,159 | EVOLUTION | 553 |
| 70 | 103,874 | GENOME | 585 |
| 71 | 100,226 | BIOCHEM BIOPHYS RES COMMUN | 4,560 |
| 72 | 99,177 | ENVIRON SCI TECHNOL | 203 |
| 73 | 99,082 | EUKARYOTIC CELL | 417 |
| 74 | 96,397 | MAR GENOMICS | 71 |
| 75 | 95,301 | J BACTERIOL | 7,514 |
| 76 | 94,671 | ANIM BIOTECHNOL | 98 |
| 77 | 92,468 | AIDS RES HUM RETROVIRUSES | 1,152 |
| 78 | 91,961 | ANIM GENET | 1,066 |
| 79 | 91,208 | J EXP BOT | 603 |
| 80 | 90,544 | TROP PLANT BIOL | 8 |
| 81 | 89,607 | J CLIN MICROBIOL | 2,791 |
| 82 | 88,794 | INT J PARASITOL | 630 |
| 83 | 87,452 | MOL PLANT PATHOL | 184 |
| 84 | 86,433 | PROC BIOL SCI | 334 |
| 85 | 86,428 | PLANT SCI | 651 |
| 86 | 85,824 | BREED SCI | 60 |
| 87 | 84,151 | INFECT IMMUN | 2,020 |
| 88 | 83,609 | J BIOL CHEM | 13,634 |
| 89 | 81,835 | J MICROBIOL BIOTECHNOL | 369 |
| 90 | 73,376 | DNA RES , | 4 |
| 91 | 73,200 | MICROB ECOL | 627 |
| 92 | 72,658 | CYTOGENET GENOME RES | 224 |
| 93 | 71,766 | J GEN VIROL | 2,568 |
| 94 | 69,924 | FEMS MICROBIOL LETT | 2,453 |
| 95 | 69,553 | DEVELOPMENT | 1,393 |
| 96 | 69,145 | INFECT GENET EVOL | 505 |
| 97 | 68,353 | SYST BIOL | 314 |
| 98 | 68,116 | PLANTA | 648 |
| 99 | 66,610 | PHYSIOL GENOMICS | 114 |
| 100 | 65,946 | CYTOGENET CELL GENET | 427 |
| Rank | Number of cited entries | Journal name | Number of cited papers |
| 1 | 13,634 | J BIOL CHEM | 83,609 |
| 2 | 10,369 | PROC NATL ACAD SCI U S A | 4,668,646 |
| 3 | 8,561 | GENE | 454,786 |
| 4 | 7,514 | J BACTERIOL | 95,301 |
| 5 | 7,300 | NUCLEIC ACIDS RES | 848,099 |
| 6 | 5,999 | APPL ENVIRON MICROBIOL | 394,349 |
| 7 | 5,494 | INT J SYST EVOL MICROBIOL | 36,789 |
| 8 | 4,560 | BIOCHEM BIOPHYS RES COMMUN | 100,226 |
| 9 | 4,139 | J VIROL | 291,037 |
| 10 | 3,858 | GENOMICS | 1,674,265 |
| 11 | 3,595 | MOL PHYLOGENET EVOL | 447,538 |
| 12 | 3,556 | PLOS ONE | 3,837,937 |
| 13 | 3,245 | BIOCHIM BIOPHYS ACTA | 9,605 |
| 14 | 3,084 | FEBS LETT | 215,663 |
| 15 | 3,009 | PLANT MOL BIOL | 1,442,158 |
| 16 | 2,986 | NATURE | 2,996,414 |
| 17 | 2,947 | MOL CELL BIOL | 5,492 |
| 18 | 2,893 | VIROLOGY | 36,922 |
| 19 | 2,791 | J CLIN MICROBIOL | 89,607 |
| 20 | 2,789 | EMBO J | 6,301 |
| 21 | 2,751 | PLANT PHYSIOL | 1,307,676 |
| 22 | 2,581 | CELL | 196,173 |
| 23 | 2,568 | J GEN VIROL | 71,766 |
| 24 | 2,453 | FEMS MICROBIOL LETT | 69,924 |
| 25 | 2,393 | MOL ECOL | 503,313 |
| 26 | 2,323 | MOL MICROBIOL | 6,370 |
| 27 | 2,283 | EUR J BIOCHEM | 4,041 |
| 28 | 2,171 | MICROBIOLOGY | 46,886 |
| 29 | 2,165 | THESIS | 35,271 |
| 30 | 2,128 | MOL BIOL EVOL | 711,847 |
| 31 | 2,030 | MOL GEN GENET | 3,709 |
| 32 | 2,020 | INFECT IMMUN | 84,151 |
| 33 | 1,984 | MOL BIOCHEM PARASITOL | 234,317 |
| 34 | 1,972 | SCIENCE | 6,944,800 |
| 35 | 1,954 | ARCH VIROL | 27,836 |
| 36 | 1,933 | J IMMUNOL | 40,295 |
| 37 | 1,791 | GENETICS | 262,022 |
| 38 | 1,719 | J MOL BIOL | 16,363 |
| 39 | 1,718 | ANTIMICROB AGENTS CHEMOTHER | 22,694 |
| 40 | 1,697 | BIOCHEM J | 3,160 |
| 41 | 1,638 | IMMUNOGENETICS | 26,522 |
| 42 | 1,577 | MOL ECOL NOTES | 28,297 |
| 43 | 1,393 | DEVELOPMENT | 69,553 |
| 44 | 1,386 | PLANT DIS | 10,677 |
| 45 | 1,386 | J MOL EVOL | 35,525 |
| 46 | 1,350 | PLANT J | 1,110,027 |
| 47 | 1,300 | PLANT CELL | 296,452 |
| 48 | 1,257 | APPL MICROBIOL BIOTECHNOL | 53,066 |
| 49 | 1,236 | ENVIRON MICROBIOL | 262,568 |
| 50 | 1,229 | FEMS MICROBIOL ECOL | 142,691 |
| 51 | 1,162 | ONCOGENE | 23,305 |
| 52 | 1,152 | AIDS RES HUM RETROVIRUSES | 92,468 |
| 53 | 1,149 | VIRUS RES | 19,082 |
| 54 | 1,127 | HUM MOL GENET | 38,034 |
| 55 | 1,119 | BIOSCI BIOTECHNOL BIOCHEM | 8,915 |
| 56 | 1,102 | DEV BIOL | 108,331 |
| 57 | 1,099 | J CELL BIOL | 1,650 |
| 58 | 1,066 | ANIM GENET | 91,961 |
| 59 | 1,035 | TISSUE ANTIGENS | 3,903 |
| 60 | 1,012 | VET MICROBIOL | 21,185 |
| 61 | 1,009 | BMC GENOMICS | 7,581,571 |
| 62 | 1,003 | BIOCHEMISTRY | 1,931 |
| 63 | 1,001 | GENES DEV | 28,389 |
| 64 | 997 | EMERGING INFECT DIS | 21,082 |
| 65 | 996 | AM J BOT | 175,018 |
| 66 | 991 | CURR GENET | 9,267 |
| 67 | 972 | VIRUS GENES | 11,617 |
| 68 | 970 | BMC EVOL BIOL | 203,669 |
| 69 | 955 | J MED VIROL | 51,202 |
| 70 | 953 | MAMM GENOME | 1,083,397 |
| 71 | 926 | MOL ECOL RESOUR | 111,514 |
| 72 | 904 | NAT GENET | 834,751 |
| 73 | 898 | J BIOCHEM | 5,800 |
| 74 | 885 | MECH DEV | 38,528 |
| 75 | 869 | SYST APPL MICROBIOL | 30,342 |
| 76 | 862 | INSECT BIOCHEM MOL BIOL | 328,909 |
| 77 | 859 | DNA SEQ | 6,157 |
| 78 | 854 | FISH SHELLFISH IMMUNOL | 52,417 |
| 79 | 835 | INT J SYST BACTERIOL | 4,979 |
| 80 | 812 | MOL BIOL REP | 65,205 |
| 81 | 801 | MYCOLOGIA | 50,757 |
| 82 | 792 | MOL PLANT MICROBE INTERACT | 169,152 |
| 83 | 788 | CURR MICROBIOL | 10,619 |
| 84 | 771 | YEAST | 12,042 |
| 85 | 746 | GENOME RES | 10,876,735 |
| 86 | 738 | CONSERV GENET | 26,092 |
| 87 | 718 | INSECT MOL BIOL | 276,155 |
| 88 | 697 | PLANT CELL PHYSIOL | 320,099 |
| 89 | 686 | MYCOL RES | 23,505 |
| 90 | 679 | MOL IMMUNOL | 21,223 |
| 91 | 677 | J APPL MICROBIOL | 19,211 |
| 92 | 676 | BLOOD | 39,192 |
| 93 | 671 | J INFECT DIS | 58,414 |
| 94 | 668 | J EXP MED | 12,554 |
| 95 | 651 | PLANT SCI | 86,428 |
| 96 | 648 | PLANTA | 68,116 |
| 97 | 642 | PARASITOL RES | 10,574 |
| 98 | 639 | ENDOCRINOLOGY | 1,481 |
| 99 | 634 | THEOR APPL GENET | 340,755 |
| 100 | 630 | INT J PARASITOL | 88,794 |