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

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy	179
2	Cell	172
3	Nature Medicine	169
4	Cancer Cell	111
5	Cells	101
6	Cell Metabolism	99
7	Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology	94
8	Molecular Cell	86
9	Science Translational Medicine	85
10	Cell Reports	84
-	Cell Death & Disease	84
12	Cell Stem Cell	79
-	Ageing Research Reviews	79
14	Nature Cell Biology	72
15	Cell Death Discovery	69
16	Cell Communication and Signaling	67
17	Plant Cell	65
18	Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology	62
19	Current Biology	60
-	Trends in Cell Biology	60
21	Stem Cell Research & Therapy	57
-	Autophagy	57
23	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	55
24	EMBO Journal	54
25	Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences	53
26	Developmental Cell	51
-	Journal of Extracellular Vesicles	51
-	Cell Death and Differentiation	51
29	Oncogene	50
-	Aging Cell	50
31	Trends in Molecular Medicine	48
-	Cell Discovery	48
33	Current Opinion in Structural Biology	47
34	Neural Regeneration Research	46
35	Journal of Cell Biology	43
36	EMBO Reports	42
37	Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology	41
38	Apoptosis	39
-	Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews	39
40	FASEB Journal	38
-	American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology	38
-	Cell Proliferation	38
43	Science Signaling	36
-	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
50	Inflammation Research	33

-	Cellular Signalling	33
52	Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology	32
-	Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry	32
54	Structure	31
-	Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters	31
-	Mechanisms of Ageing and Development	31
57	Cytokine	30
-	FEBS Letters	30
59	Protein & Cell	29
-	Stem Cell Reviews and Reports	29
-	Experimental Cell Research	29
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Cell Research	29
-	Bioscience Reports	29
-	Plant and Cell Physiology	29
-	Current Opinion in Cell Biology	29
-	Inflammation	29
-	Journal of Cellular Physiology	29
-	Molecular Medicine	29
69	Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology	28
-	Histopathology	28
71	Cellular Oncology	27
-	Genes & Development	27
-	Mediators of Inflammation	27
-	Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology	27
75	American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology	26
-	Tissue & Cell	26
-	Tissue Engineering Part B-Reviews	26
-	Cytotherapy	26
79	Current Opinion in Genetics & Development	25
-	Matrix Biology	25
-	Mitochondrion	25
82	Disease Models & Mechanisms	24
-	European Journal of Cell Biology	24
-	Molecular Biology of the Cell	24
85	Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology	23
-	Cell Biochemistry and Function	23
-	Cell Biology International	23
-	Molecular Cancer Research	23
-	Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity	23
90	Stem Cells	22
-	International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology	22
-	Cell Calcium	22
-	Cell Cycle	22
94	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-RNA	21
-	IUBMB Life	21
-	Journal of Cellular Biochemistry	21
-	Journal of Structural Biology	21
-	Cell and Tissue Research	21
99	Cell Stress & Chaperones	20
-	Wound Repair and Regeneration	20
-	Cancer & Metabolism	20
-	Nitric Oxide-Biology and Chemistry	20
-	Cell Biology and Toxicology	20
104	Tissue Engineering Part A	19
-	World Journal of Stem Cells	19
-	Journal of Cell Communication and Signaling	19
-	Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics	19
-	Nucleus	19
109	Molecular Reproduction and Development	18
-	Cellular Immunology	18
111	Platelets	17
-	Cytometry Part A	17
-	Journal of Molecular Histology	17
114	Current Stem Cell Research & Therapy	16
-	Immunology and Cell Biology	16
-	Animal Cells and Systems	16
-	Protoplasma	16
-	Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes	16
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids	16
120	Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research	15
-	Skeletal Muscle	15
-	Tissue Engineering Part C-Methods	15
-	Histochemistry and Cell Biology	15
-	HLA	15
-	Journal of Leukocyte Biology	15
-	Biochemistry and Cell Biology	15
-	BMC Molecular and Cell Biology	15
-	DNA and Cell Biology	15
-	Acta Histochemica	15
130	Physiological Genomics	14
-	Prostaglandins & Other Lipid Mediators	14
-	Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering	14
-	Differentiation	14
-	Journal of Membrane Biology	14
-	Molecular and Cellular Probes	14
136	Cellular and Molecular Biology	13
-	In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology-Animal	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
-	Microbial Cell	13
143	Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids	12
-	Cytotechnology	12
-	Biology of the Cell	12
-	Cytoskeleton	12
-	European Journal of Histochemistry	12
-	Biopreservation and Biobanking	12
-	Cell and Tissue Banking	12
150	Pathobiology	11
-	Connective Tissue Research	11
-	Zygote	11
-	Genes to Cells	11
-	Analytical Cellular Pathology	11
155	Stem Cell Research	10
-	Cytopathology	10
-	Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility	10
158	Development Growth & Differentiation	9
-	Cell Adhesion & Migration	9
-	Cytogenetic and Genome Research	9
-	Growth Hormone & Igf Research	9
-	IET Systems Biology	9
-	Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry	9
164	Cellular Microbiology	8
-	Growth Factors	8
-	Journal of Histotechnology	8
-	Cells Tissues Organs	8
-	Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction	8
-	Biotechnic & Histochemistry	8
170	Cytologia	6
-	Cell Structure and Function	6
-	Development Genes and Evolution	6
173	Biologicheskie Membrany	2