Most-cited articles by year
Journal of Biological Chemistry
Elsevier BV · ISSN 0021-9258 · 214,356 works in OpenAlex · h-index 781
Lists by publication year
Each list ranks the articles Journal of Biological Chemistry published that year by citations counted in OpenAlex on the snapshot date. Ranks are frozen once published.
- 2024Top 50 of 1,147 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2023Top 50 of 1,210 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2022Top 50 of 1,245 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2021Top 50 of 1,248 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2020Top 50 of 1,568 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2019Top 50 of 1,551 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2018Top 50 of 1,726 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2017Top 50 of 1,852 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2016Top 100 of 2,152 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
About these lists
Journal of Biological Chemistry published between 1,147 and 2,152 eligible articles a year in the years covered, so each list shows the top 50. Every entry shows its rank, the share of the year’s cohort it beats, its citation count and, where OpenAlex has one, the abstract. Authors can claim an entry for a badge and a CV line, or ask to have their name withheld.
Read the methodology for cohort rules, exclusions and the snapshot policy.
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