Cell Biology: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Cell Research	67
2	Cell	66
3	Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology	57
4	Cancer Cell	53
5	Cell Metabolism	51
6	Cell Stem Cell	43
7	Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy	41
-	Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters	41
9	Nature Medicine	39
10	Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology	38
11	Science Translational Medicine	37
12	Molecular Cell	33
13	Ageing Research Reviews	29
14	EMBO Journal	28
15	Nature Cell Biology	27
16	Molecular Medicine	25
17	Journal of Extracellular Vesicles	24
-	Trends in Cell Biology	24
-	Cell Death and Differentiation	24
20	Cell Discovery	23
21	Plant Cell	21
22	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	20
-	Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews	20
24	Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology	19
-	Developmental Cell	19
-	EMBO Reports	19
-	Cell Death & Disease	19
-	Cell Reports	19
-	Current Opinion in Structural Biology	19
30	Cell Biology and Toxicology	18
31	Oncogene	17
-	Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences	17
33	Autophagy	16
-	Cell Death Discovery	16
-	Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology	16
-	Tissue Engineering Part B-Reviews	16
37	Journal of Cell Biology	15
-	Cell Systems	15
-	Mechanisms of Ageing and Development	15
-	Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity	15
-	Stem Cell Reports	15
-	Trends in Molecular Medicine	15
43	Genes & Development	14
-	Aging Cell	14
-	Current Biology	14
-	Cells	14
47	Matrix Biology	13
-	Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology	13
-	Inflammation	13
-	Apoptosis	13

-	Cell Communication and Signaling	13
-	Stem Cell Research & Therapy	13
53	Journal of Leukocyte Biology	12
-	Science Signaling	12
-	Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology	12
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-RNA	12
-	Current Opinion in Cell Biology	12
58	Inflammation Research	11
-	Current Opinion in Genetics & Development	11
-	Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine	11
-	Cancer & Metabolism	11
-	Nucleus	11
63	European Journal of Cell Biology	10
-	American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology	10
-	Mitochondrion	10
-	Skeletal Muscle	10
-	Cellular Oncology	10
-	Molecular Cancer Research	10
-	Neural Regeneration Research	10
-	Plant and Cell Physiology	10
71	Mediators of Inflammation	9
-	Cell Cycle	9
-	Cell Proliferation	9
-	Stem Cell Reviews and Reports	9
-	Structure	9
-	Cellular Signalling	9
77	Experimental Cell Research	8
-	Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology	8
-	Cell Calcium	8
-	Nitric Oxide-Biology and Chemistry	8
-	Protein & Cell	8
-	Cytokine	8
-	Journal of Cell Communication and Signaling	8
-	Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine	8
-	Journal of Cellular Physiology	8
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Cell Research	8
-	Bioscience Reports	8
-	Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry	8
-	Cell and Tissue Research	8
-	Stem Cells	8
-	World Journal of Stem Cells	8
92	Disease Models & Mechanisms	7
-	Journal of Cell Science	7
-	Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology	7
-	Journal of Structural Biology	7
-	Molecular Biology of the Cell	7
-	Cell Stress & Chaperones	7
-	Tissue Engineering Part A	7
-	International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology	7
-	Aging-US	7
-	Animal Cells and Systems	7
-	BMC Molecular and Cell Biology	7
-	Molecular and Cellular Probes	7
-	Platelets	7
-	Cellular Immunology	7
106	FEBS Letters	6
-	Acta Histochemica	6
-	Journal of Cellular Biochemistry	6
-	Analytical Cellular Pathology	6
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids	6
-	Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids	6
-	Tissue Engineering Part C-Methods	6
-	DNA and Cell Biology	6
-	Histopathology	6
-	Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes	6
-	American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology	6
-	Journal of Membrane Biology	6
-	Biochemistry and Cell Biology	6
-	Microbial Cell	6
-	Cell Biology International	6
-	Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering	6
-	Tissue & Cell	6
123	Histochemistry and Cell Biology	5
-	IUBMB Life	5
-	Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility	5
-	Cell and Tissue Banking	5
-	Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics	5
-	Current Stem Cell Research & Therapy	5
-	Cell Adhesion & Migration	5
-	Cell Biochemistry and Function	5
-	Physiological Genomics	5
-	Protoplasma	5
-	Traffic	5
134	Molecular Reproduction and Development	4
-	Pathobiology	4
-	Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research	4
-	Cellular Microbiology	4
-	Wound Repair and Regeneration	4
-	Differentiation	4
-	European Journal of Histochemistry	4
-	Growth Hormone & Igf Research	4
-	In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology-Plant	4
-	Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry	4
-	Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research	4
-	Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction	4
-	Cell Structure and Function	4
-	Prostaglandins & Other Lipid Mediators	4
-	Zygote	4
149	Growth Factors	3
-	HLA	3
-	Immunology and Cell Biology	3
-	In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology-Animal	3
-	Biopreservation and Biobanking	3
-	Biotechnic & Histochemistry	3
-	Cellular and Molecular Biology	3
-	Cytotechnology	3
-	Development Growth & Differentiation	3
-	IET Systems Biology	3
-	Journal of Molecular Histology	3
-	Connective Tissue Research	3
-	Cytometry Part A	3
-	Development Genes and Evolution	3
163	Journal of Histotechnology	2
-	Stem Cell Research	2
-	Cytologia	2
-	Cytopathology	2
-	Genes to Cells	2
-	Cells Tissues Organs	2
-	Cytogenetic and Genome Research	2
170	FASEB Journal	1
-	Biology of the Cell	1
-	Cytoskeleton	1
173	Biologicheskie Membrany	0
-	Cytotherapy	0