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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Cell Research	74
2	Cell	69
3	Cell Metabolism	58
4	Cancer Cell	57
5	Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology	55
6	Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters	49
7	Cell Stem Cell	46
8	Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy	45
9	Nature Medicine	44
10	Science Translational Medicine	36
11	Molecular Cell	34
12	EMBO Journal	32
13	Ageing Research Reviews	30
14	Nature Cell Biology	29
15	Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology	27
-	Molecular Medicine	27
17	Trends in Cell Biology	25
18	Journal of Extracellular Vesicles	24
-	Cell Discovery	24
-	Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews	24
-	Cell Death and Differentiation	24
22	Plant Cell	23
23	Developmental Cell	21
-	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	21
25	Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology	20
-	Cell Reports	20
-	Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences	20
-	Current Opinion in Structural Biology	20
-	EMBO Reports	20
-	Cell Death & Disease	20
31	Cell Biology and Toxicology	18
32	Oncogene	17
-	Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology	17
-	Autophagy	17
-	Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity	17
36	Cell Systems	16
-	Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology	16
-	Cell Death Discovery	16
-	Tissue Engineering Part B-Reviews	16
-	Trends in Molecular Medicine	16
41	Journal of Cell Biology	15
-	Matrix Biology	15
-	Inflammation	15
-	Apoptosis	15
-	Cell Communication and Signaling	15
46	Current Biology	14
-	Cells	14
-	Stem Cell Reports	14
-	Stem Cell Research & Therapy	14
-	Mechanisms of Ageing and Development	14

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