Cell Biology: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation 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	H4-Index
1	Nature Medicine	175
2	Cell	169
3	Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy	168
4	Cancer Cell	107
5	Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology	98
-	Cells	98
7	Cell Metabolism	92
8	Molecular Cell	90
9	Science Translational Medicine	89
10	Cell Death & Disease	86
11	Cell Reports	85
12	Ageing Research Reviews	77
13	Cell Stem Cell	76
14	Nature Cell Biology	73
15	Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology	64
-	Plant Cell	64
17	Current Biology	63
18	Cell Death Discovery	62
19	Cell Communication and Signaling	61
20	Cell Death and Differentiation	59
-	Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences	59
-	Stem Cell Research & Therapy	59
-	Trends in Cell Biology	59
24	EMBO Journal	57
-	Autophagy	57
26	Developmental Cell	56
27	Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity	55
-	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	55
-	Journal of Extracellular Vesicles	55
30	Oncogene	52
31	Aging Cell	49
32	Neural Regeneration Research	47
33	Trends in Molecular Medicine	46
-	Cell Discovery	46
35	Current Opinion in Structural Biology	45
36	Journal of Cell Biology	44
37	Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology	43
38	EMBO Reports	41
39	American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology	39
40	FASEB Journal	38
41	Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine	37
-	Cell Proliferation	37
-	Cell Systems	37
44	Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters	36
-	Stem Cell Reports	36
-	Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews	36
-	Aging-US	36
48	Science Signaling	35
49	Apoptosis	34
-	Journal of Cell Science	34

51	Structure	33
-	Cytokine	33
53	Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry	32
-	Molecular Medicine	32
-	Cellular Signalling	32
-	Genes & Development	32
-	Inflammation Research	32
58	Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology	31
-	Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology	31
60	Stem Cell Reviews and Reports	30
-	FEBS Letters	30
62	Bioscience Reports	29
-	Mechanisms of Ageing and Development	29
-	Journal of Cellular Physiology	29
-	Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology	29
66	Current Opinion in Cell Biology	28
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Cell Research	28
-	Mediators of Inflammation	28
-	Experimental Cell Research	28
70	Plant and Cell Physiology	27
-	Histopathology	27
-	Inflammation	27
73	Molecular Cancer Research	26
-	Tissue Engineering Part B-Reviews	26
-	American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology	26
-	Mitochondrion	26
-	Disease Models & Mechanisms	26
78	Tissue & Cell	25
-	Cytotherapy	25
-	Matrix Biology	25
-	Cell Biology and Toxicology	25
-	Protein & Cell	25
-	Cellular Oncology	25
-	Current Opinion in Genetics & Development	25
-	European Journal of Cell Biology	25
86	Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology	24
-	Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology	24
88	Cell Biology International	23
-	Cell Cycle	23
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-RNA	23
91	Cell and Tissue Research	22
-	Cell Biochemistry and Function	22
-	Stem Cells	22
-	Molecular Biology of the Cell	22
-	Cell Calcium	22
-	Journal of Cellular Biochemistry	22
97	International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology	21
98	Cancer & Metabolism	20
-	Cellular Immunology	20
-	Nitric Oxide-Biology and Chemistry	20
-	IUBMB Life	20
-	Journal of Leukocyte Biology	20
-	Journal of Structural Biology	20
104	World Journal of Stem Cells	19
-	Journal of Cell Communication and Signaling	19
-	Wound Repair and Regeneration	19
107	Cell Stress & Chaperones	18
-	Tissue Engineering Part A	18
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids	18
110	Nucleus	17
-	Protoplasma	17
-	Cytometry Part A	17
-	Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics	17
-	Molecular Reproduction and Development	17
-	Histochemistry and Cell Biology	17
-	Acta Histochemica	17
117	Platelets	16
-	DNA and Cell Biology	16
-	Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes	16
-	Journal of Molecular Histology	16
-	Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine	16
-	Cell Research	16
-	Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research	16
-	Current Stem Cell Research & Therapy	16
-	Immunology and Cell Biology	16
126	Physiological Genomics	15
-	Animal Cells and Systems	15
-	Journal of Membrane Biology	15
-	Biochemistry and Cell Biology	15
-	Cellular and Molecular Biology	15
-	Skeletal Muscle	15
132	BMC Molecular and Cell Biology	14
-	Molecular and Cellular Probes	14
-	Prostaglandins & Other Lipid Mediators	14
-	Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering	14
-	Tissue Engineering Part C-Methods	14
-	HLA	14
-	Analytical Cellular Pathology	14
139	In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology-Plant	13
-	Cell and Tissue Banking	13
-	Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids	13
-	In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology-Animal	13
143	Microbial Cell	12
-	Connective Tissue Research	12
-	Traffic	12
-	Differentiation	12
-	Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research	12
-	Pathobiology	12
-	Stem Cell Research	12
-	Cytotechnology	12
151	European Journal of Histochemistry	11
-	Genes to Cells	11
-	Biology of the Cell	11
-	Cytopathology	11
-	Biopreservation and Biobanking	11
156	Cytoskeleton	10
-	Zygote	10
-	Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry	10
-	Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility	10
160	Cell Adhesion & Migration	9
-	Cytogenetic and Genome Research	9
-	Growth Hormone & Igf Research	9
-	IET Systems Biology	9
-	Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction	9
-	Biotechnic & Histochemistry	9
-	Development Growth & Differentiation	9
167	Cells Tissues Organs	8
-	Cell Structure and Function	8
-	Cellular Microbiology	8
-	Growth Factors	8
171	Development Genes and Evolution	6
-	Journal of Histotechnology	6
173	Cytologia	5
174	Biologicheskie Membrany	2