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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy	184
2	Cell	172
3	Nature Medicine	170
4	Cancer Cell	114
5	Cell Metabolism	103
6	Cells	101
7	Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology	93
8	Cell Death & Disease	87
-	Science Translational Medicine	87
10	Cell Reports	85
11	Molecular Cell	84
12	Cell Stem Cell	80
-	Ageing Research Reviews	80
14	Nature Cell Biology	72
15	Cell Death Discovery	70
16	Cell Communication and Signaling	69
17	Plant Cell	65
18	Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology	63
19	Trends in Cell Biology	62
20	Current Biology	59
21	Stem Cell Research & Therapy	58
22	EMBO Journal	56
-	Autophagy	56
24	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	54
25	Journal of Extracellular Vesicles	52
-	Developmental Cell	52
27	Cell Death and Differentiation	51
28	Oncogene	50
-	Trends in Molecular Medicine	50
-	Aging Cell	50
31	Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences	49
-	Cell Discovery	49
33	Current Opinion in Structural Biology	47
-	Neural Regeneration Research	47
35	Journal of Cell Biology	44
36	EMBO Reports	42
37	Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology	41
-	Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews	41
39	Science Signaling	38
-	American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology	38
41	Apoptosis	37
-	FASEB Journal	37
-	Cell Proliferation	37
44	Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine	36
45	Cell Systems	35
-	Journal of Cell Science	35
-	Stem Cell Reports	35
48	Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology	34
-	Aging-US	34
-	Cellular Signalling	34

51	Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology	33
52	Inflammation Research	32
-	Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry	32
54	Structure	31
-	FEBS Letters	31
56	Protein & Cell	30
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Cell Research	30
-	Bioscience Reports	30
-	Current Opinion in Cell Biology	30
-	Inflammation	30
-	Mechanisms of Ageing and Development	30
62	Stem Cell Reviews and Reports	29
-	Experimental Cell Research	29
-	Histopathology	29
-	Journal of Cellular Physiology	29
66	Cytokine	28
-	Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology	28
-	Plant and Cell Physiology	28
69	Cellular Oncology	27
-	Cytotherapy	27
-	Genes & Development	27
-	Mediators of Inflammation	27
-	Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters	27
-	Molecular Medicine	27
75	Current Opinion in Genetics & Development	26
-	Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology	26
-	Matrix Biology	26
-	Mitochondrion	26
79	American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology	25
-	Tissue & Cell	25
81	Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology	24
-	Tissue Engineering Part B-Reviews	24
-	Disease Models & Mechanisms	24
-	Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity	24
85	Molecular Cancer Research	23
86	Journal of Cellular Biochemistry	22
-	Molecular Biology of the Cell	22
-	Stem Cells	22
-	International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology	22
90	Cell Stress & Chaperones	21
-	Cell and Tissue Research	21
-	Cell Biochemistry and Function	21
-	Cell Biology International	21
-	Nitric Oxide-Biology and Chemistry	21
-	Cell Biology and Toxicology	21
-	Cell Calcium	21
97	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-RNA	20
-	European Journal of Cell Biology	20
-	Cancer & Metabolism	20
-	World Journal of Stem Cells	20
-	Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics	20
-	Cell Cycle	20
103	Wound Repair and Regeneration	19
-	Journal of Structural Biology	19
-	Cellular Immunology	19
-	Journal of Cell Communication and Signaling	19
-	Nucleus	19
108	IUBMB Life	18
109	Tissue Engineering Part A	17
-	Cytometry Part A	17
-	Platelets	17
112	Skeletal Muscle	16
-	Current Stem Cell Research & Therapy	16
-	Immunology and Cell Biology	16
-	Animal Cells and Systems	16
-	Molecular Reproduction and Development	16
-	Protoplasma	16
-	Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes	16
-	Journal of Molecular Histology	16
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids	16
121	Tissue Engineering Part C-Methods	15
-	Histochemistry and Cell Biology	15
-	HLA	15
-	BMC Molecular and Cell Biology	15
-	Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research	15
-	Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering	15
-	Acta Histochemica	15
-	Molecular and Cellular Probes	15
129	Differentiation	14
-	Biochemistry and Cell Biology	14
-	Journal of Membrane Biology	14
-	Physiological Genomics	14
133	Cellular and Molecular Biology	13
-	Cytoskeleton	13
-	In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology-Animal	13
-	Journal of Leukocyte Biology	13
-	Prostaglandins & Other Lipid Mediators	13
-	Traffic	13
-	In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology-Plant	13
-	Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research	13
-	Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine	13
-	Biopreservation and Biobanking	13
-	Microbial Cell	13
-	Cell and Tissue Banking	13
145	Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids	12
-	Biology of the Cell	12
-	Cytotechnology	12
-	Analytical Cellular Pathology	12
149	Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility	11
-	Connective Tissue Research	11
-	Cytopathology	11
-	Zygote	11
-	European Journal of Histochemistry	11
-	Genes to Cells	11
155	Stem Cell Research	10
-	Pathobiology	10
-	Development Growth & Differentiation	10
158	Growth Factors	9
-	Journal of Histotechnology	9
-	Cell Adhesion & Migration	9
-	Cytogenetic and Genome Research	9
-	Growth Hormone & Igf Research	9
-	Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry	9
164	Cellular Microbiology	8
-	Cells Tissues Organs	8
-	IET Systems Biology	8
-	Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction	8
-	Biotechnic & Histochemistry	8
169	Cell Structure and Function	7
170	Development Genes and Evolution	5
171	Biologicheskie Membrany	2