Journal	ISSN	Impact Factor	5-Year Avg.	Articles	Influence
NEW ENGL J MED	0028-4793	53.30	50.08	349	21.30
LANCET	0140-6736	38.28	33.80	276	13.61
NATURE	0028-0836	36.28	36.24	841	20.37
CELL	0092-8674	32.40	34.77	338	20.55
SCIENCE	0036-8075	31.20	32.45	871	17.53
JAMA	0098-7484	30.03	29.68	220	13.11
NAT MED	1078-8956	22.46	26.42	187	12.16
PLOS MED	1549-1277	16.27	15.38	126	6.30
J CLIN INVEST	0021-9738	13.07	15.43	402	6.95
PNAS USA	0027-8424	9.68	10.47	3614	4.90
BMC MED	1741-7015	6.04	5.77	114	2.11
PLOS ONE	1932-6203	4.09	4.54	13781	1.80

 

Top Genetics and Genomics Journals

Journal	ISSN	Impact Factor	5-Year Avg.	Articles	Influence
NAT REV GENET	1471-0056	38.08	31.36	71	16.96
NAT GENET	1061-4036	35.53	33.10	196	17.58
GENOME RES	1088-9051	13.61	12.49	208	7.16
GENE DEV	0890-9369	11.66	12.79	236	8.02
PLOS BIOL	1545-7885	11.45	13.63	180	7.84
AM J HUM GENET	0002-9297	10.60	11.72	162	5.87
TRENDS GENET	0168-9525	10.06	8.99	60	4.48
GENOME BIOL	1474-7596	9.04	7.90	151	4.13
PLOS GENET	1553-7390	8.69	9.17	548	5.11
CUR OPIN GEN DEV	0959-437X	8.09	8.04	105	4.38
SCI TRANSL MED	1946-6234	7.80	7.81	216	4.11
HUM MOL GENET	0964-6906	7.64	7.51	463	3.16
MOL THER	1525-0016	6.87	6.28	230	2.02
MUTAT RES-REV	1383-5742	6.46	7.92	21	2.42
J MED GENET	0022-2593	6.37	5.67	131	2.28
BMC BIOL	1741-7007	5.75	5.84	48	2.78
HUM MUTAT	1059-7794	5.69	5.85	200	2.35
MOL BIOL EVOL	0737-4038	5.55	9.86	297	3.84
DNA RES	1340-2838	5.16	5.28	42	2.06
EVOLUTION	0014-3820	5.15	5.61	285	2.43
HUM GENET	0340-6717	5.07	4.18	137	1.61

 

Top Technology and Informatics Journals

Journal	ISSN	Impact Factor	5-Year Avg.	Articles	Influence
NAT BIOTECHNOL	1087-0156	23.27	28.16	84	12.95
NAT METHODS	1548-7091	19.28	20.45	128	11.15
BIOINFORMATICS	1367-4803	5.47	6.05	707	2.61
PLOS COMPUT BIOL	1553-734X	5.22	5.84	407	2.72
BRIEF BIOINFORM	1467-5463	5.20	7.75	65	2.86
BMC BIOINFORMAT	1471-2105	2.75	3.49	557	1.32
BMC BIOTECHNOL	1472-6750	2.35	3.08	126	0.92

 

References

massgenomics.org/2013/01/high-impact-journals-genetics-and-genomics.html

Tort, A., Targino, Z., & Amaral, O. (2012). Rising Publication Delays Inflate Journal Impact Factors PLoS ONE, 7 (12) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053374