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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Cell	71
2	Cancer Cell	63
3	Cell Metabolism	62
4	Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology	45
5	Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy	43
-	Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters	43
-	Nature Medicine	43
8	Cell Stem Cell	40
9	EMBO Journal	36
10	Science Translational Medicine	35
11	Molecular Cell	34
12	Ageing Research Reviews	33
13	Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology	31
14	Molecular Medicine	30
15	Nature Cell Biology	28
16	Trends in Cell Biology	27
17	Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews	26
18	Cell Discovery	24
-	Plant Cell	24
20	EMBO Reports	23
21	Journal of Extracellular Vesicles	22
-	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	22
-	Developmental Cell	22
24	Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences	21
-	Cell Death and Differentiation	21
-	Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology	21
27	Current Opinion in Structural Biology	20
-	Cell Death & Disease	20
-	Cell Reports	20
-	Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology	20
31	Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology	18
32	Trends in Molecular Medicine	17
-	Inflammation	17
34	Autophagy	16
-	Cell Biology and Toxicology	16
-	Cell Death Discovery	16
-	Journal of Cell Biology	16
-	Matrix Biology	16
-	Cell Communication and Signaling	16
40	Current Opinion in Cell Biology	15
-	Oncogene	15
-	Cell Systems	15
43	Cells	14
-	Stem Cell Reports	14
-	Stem Cell Research & Therapy	14
-	Cellular Oncology	14
-	Current Biology	14
48	Aging Cell	13
-	Mechanisms of Ageing and Development	13
-	Nucleus	13

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