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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Nature Medicine	173
2	Cell	167
3	Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy	164
4	Cancer Cell	107
5	Cells	95
-	Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology	95
7	Cell Metabolism	91
8	Molecular Cell	90
9	Science Translational Medicine	89
10	Cell Death & Disease	88
11	Cell Reports	86
12	Cell Stem Cell	75
13	Ageing Research Reviews	72
-	Nature Cell Biology	72
15	Current Biology	68
16	Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology	65
17	Plant Cell	60
18	Trends in Cell Biology	58
-	Autophagy	58
-	Cell Death Discovery	58
-	Stem Cell Research & Therapy	58
-	Cell Death and Differentiation	58
23	Developmental Cell	56
-	Journal of Extracellular Vesicles	56
-	Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences	56
26	EMBO Journal	55
-	Cell Communication and Signaling	55
28	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	52
-	Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity	52
30	Oncogene	50
31	Aging Cell	48
32	Journal of Cell Biology	46
-	Trends in Molecular Medicine	46
34	Current Opinion in Structural Biology	45
35	Cell Discovery	44
-	EMBO Reports	44
-	Neural Regeneration Research	44
38	Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology	42
39	Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine	39
40	Cell Systems	38
41	Cell Proliferation	37
-	American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology	37
-	FASEB Journal	37
-	Aging-US	37
45	Science Signaling	36
46	Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters	35
-	Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews	35
48	Cytokine	34
-	Stem Cell Reports	34
50	Genes & Development	33

-	Journal of Cell Science	33
-	Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology	33
53	Structure	32
-	Cellular Signalling	32
-	Molecular Medicine	32
56	Inflammation Research	31
-	Journal of Cellular Physiology	31
-	Apoptosis	31
59	Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology	30
-	Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology	30
-	FEBS Letters	30
-	Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology	30
-	Current Opinion in Cell Biology	30
-	Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry	30
65	Bioscience Reports	29
-	Mechanisms of Ageing and Development	29
67	Cell Research	28
-	Stem Cell Reviews and Reports	28
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Cell Research	28
70	Disease Models & Mechanisms	27
-	Mediators of Inflammation	27
-	Plant and Cell Physiology	27
-	Tissue Engineering Part B-Reviews	27
-	Histopathology	27
-	Inflammation	27
-	American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology	27
77	Current Opinion in Genetics & Development	26
-	Experimental Cell Research	26
79	Mitochondrion	25
-	Cell Biology and Toxicology	25
-	Cytotherapy	25
-	Molecular Cancer Research	25
83	Protein & Cell	24
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-RNA	24
-	Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology	24
-	Tissue & Cell	24
87	Cellular Oncology	23
-	European Journal of Cell Biology	23
-	Journal of Cellular Biochemistry	23
-	Matrix Biology	23
-	Molecular Biology of the Cell	23
-	Cell Biology International	23
93	Cell Calcium	22
-	Cell Cycle	22
-	Cell and Tissue Research	22
-	Cell Biochemistry and Function	22
97	Journal of Leukocyte Biology	21
-	Journal of Structural Biology	21
-	Stem Cells	21
-	International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology	21
101	Nitric Oxide-Biology and Chemistry	20
-	World Journal of Stem Cells	20
103	IUBMB Life	19
-	Molecular Reproduction and Development	19
-	Journal of Cell Communication and Signaling	19
-	Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine	19
-	Cancer & Metabolism	19
108	Cell Stress & Chaperones	18
-	Wound Repair and Regeneration	18
-	Cellular Immunology	18
111	Tissue Engineering Part A	17
-	Histochemistry and Cell Biology	17
-	Acta Histochemica	17
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids	17
-	Protoplasma	17
-	Cytometry Part A	17
117	Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics	16
-	Nucleus	16
-	DNA and Cell Biology	16
120	Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids	15
-	Skeletal Muscle	15
-	Immunology and Cell Biology	15
-	Platelets	15
-	Prostaglandins & Other Lipid Mediators	15
-	Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes	15
-	Biochemistry and Cell Biology	15
-	Molecular and Cellular Probes	15
128	Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research	14
-	Cellular and Molecular Biology	14
-	Current Stem Cell Research & Therapy	14
-	Tissue Engineering Part C-Methods	14
-	HLA	14
-	Analytical Cellular Pathology	14
-	Physiological Genomics	14
-	Animal Cells and Systems	14
-	Journal of Membrane Biology	14
-	Journal of Molecular Histology	14
-	BMC Molecular and Cell Biology	14
139	In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology-Plant	13
140	Pathobiology	12
-	Stem Cell Research	12
-	Cell and Tissue Banking	12
-	Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering	12
-	Connective Tissue Research	12
-	Traffic	12
-	Differentiation	12
-	Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research	12
-	Microbial Cell	12
149	Cytotechnology	11
-	In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology-Animal	11
-	Biopreservation and Biobanking	11
-	European Journal of Histochemistry	11
-	Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry	11
-	Biology of the Cell	11
155	Cytopathology	10
-	Development Growth & Differentiation	10
-	Genes to Cells	10
158	Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility	9
-	Biotechnic & Histochemistry	9
-	Cells Tissues Organs	9
-	Cytoskeleton	9
-	Zygote	9
-	Growth Hormone & Igf Research	9
-	IET Systems Biology	9
-	Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction	9
166	Cellular Microbiology	8
-	Growth Factors	8
-	Cell Adhesion & Migration	8
169	Cell Structure and Function	7
-	Cytogenetic and Genome Research	7
171	Cytologia	6
-	Development Genes and Evolution	6
173	Journal of Histotechnology	5
174	Biologicheskie Membrany	2