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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Cell Research	72
2	Cell	66
3	Cell Metabolism	56
4	Cancer Cell	52
5	Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology	50
6	Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy	45
7	Cell Stem Cell	44
8	Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters	43
9	Nature Medicine	40
10	Science Translational Medicine	36
11	Molecular Cell	33
12	Ageing Research Reviews	31
13	EMBO Journal	30
14	Nature Cell Biology	28
15	Molecular Medicine	25
16	Journal of Extracellular Vesicles	24
-	Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology	24
-	Trends in Cell Biology	24
-	Cell Death and Differentiation	24
20	Cell Discovery	23
-	Plant Cell	23
-	Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews	23
23	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	21
24	Developmental Cell	20
-	Cell Death & Disease	20
-	Cell Reports	20
-	Current Opinion in Structural Biology	20
28	Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology	19
-	EMBO Reports	19
30	Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences	18
31	Cell Biology and Toxicology	17
32	Autophagy	16
-	Cell Death Discovery	16
-	Oncogene	16
-	Cell Systems	16
-	Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology	16
-	Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity	16
-	Tissue Engineering Part B-Reviews	16
39	Journal of Cell Biology	15
-	Trends in Molecular Medicine	15
41	Aging Cell	14
-	Matrix Biology	14
-	Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology	14
-	Current Biology	14
-	Genes & Development	14
-	Inflammation	14
-	Cell Communication and Signaling	14
-	Stem Cell Reports	14
-	Stem Cell Research & Therapy	14
50	Science Signaling	13

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