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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Cell	68
2	Cell Metabolism	57
3	Cancer Cell	54
4	Cell Research	51
5	Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology	50
6	Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters	48
7	Cell Stem Cell	45
-	Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy	45
9	Nature Medicine	42
10	Science Translational Medicine	36
11	Molecular Cell	34
12	EMBO Journal	31
-	Ageing Research Reviews	31
14	Nature Cell Biology	29
15	Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology	26
-	Molecular Medicine	26
17	Trends in Cell Biology	25
-	Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews	25
19	Journal of Extracellular Vesicles	24
-	Cell Death and Differentiation	24
21	Cell Discovery	23
-	Plant Cell	23
23	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	20
-	Developmental Cell	20
-	Cell Death & Disease	20
-	Cell Reports	20
-	Current Opinion in Structural Biology	20
-	EMBO Reports	20
29	Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology	19
-	Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences	19
31	Cell Biology and Toxicology	17
-	Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity	17
-	Tissue Engineering Part B-Reviews	17
34	Autophagy	16
-	Cell Death Discovery	16
-	Oncogene	16
-	Cell Systems	16
-	Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology	16
-	Trends in Molecular Medicine	16
40	Journal of Cell Biology	15
-	Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology	15
-	Cell Communication and Signaling	15
43	Aging Cell	14
-	Matrix Biology	14
-	Current Biology	14
-	Inflammation	14
-	Apoptosis	14
-	Cells	14
-	Stem Cell Reports	14
50	Genes & Development	13

-	Mechanisms of Ageing and Development	13
-	Nucleus	13
-	Stem Cell Research & Therapy	13
-	Current Opinion in Cell Biology	13
55	Journal of Leukocyte Biology	12
-	Science Signaling	12
-	Current Opinion in Genetics & Development	12
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-RNA	12
-	Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology	12
60	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
67	Mediators of Inflammation	10
-	Cell Proliferation	10
-	Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine	10
-	Cancer & Metabolism	10
-	Plant and Cell Physiology	10
72	Cell Cycle	9
-	Skeletal Muscle	9
-	Stem Cell Reviews and Reports	9
-	Structure	9
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Cell Research	9
-	Stem Cells	9
78	Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology	8
-	Molecular Biology of the Cell	8
-	Cell Calcium	8
-	Nitric Oxide-Biology and Chemistry	8
-	Cell Stress & Chaperones	8
-	Protein & Cell	8
-	Cytokine	8
-	Disease Models & Mechanisms	8
-	Experimental Cell Research	8
-	Journal of Cell Communication and Signaling	8
-	Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine	8
-	Journal of Cellular Physiology	8
-	Bioscience Reports	8
-	Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry	8
-	Cell and Tissue Research	8
-	Platelets	8
-	Cellular Signalling	8
-	World Journal of Stem Cells	8
96	Journal of Cell Science	7
-	Journal of Structural Biology	7
-	Histopathology	7
-	International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology	7
-	Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes	7
-	Aging-US	7
-	American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology	7
-	Animal Cells and Systems	7
-	Molecular and Cellular Probes	7
-	Cell Biology International	7
106	FEBS Letters	6
-	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
-	Cell and Tissue Banking	6
-	Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics	6
-	Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids	6
-	Tissue Engineering Part A	6
-	Tissue Engineering Part C-Methods	6
-	Journal of Membrane Biology	6
-	Biochemistry and Cell Biology	6
-	BMC Molecular and Cell Biology	6
-	Microbial Cell	6
-	Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering	6
-	Protoplasma	6
-	Cellular Immunology	6
-	Tissue & Cell	6
-	DNA and Cell Biology	6
126	Histochemistry and Cell Biology	5
-	IUBMB Life	5
-	Molecular Reproduction and Development	5
-	Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research	5
-	Current Stem Cell Research & Therapy	5
-	Wound Repair and Regeneration	5
-	Growth Hormone & Igf Research	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
-	Traffic	5
-	Differentiation	5
140	Growth Factors	4
-	Immunology and Cell Biology	4
-	Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility	4
-	Biopreservation and Biobanking	4
-	Pathobiology	4
-	Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research	4
-	Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction	4
-	Cell Structure and Function	4
-	Zygote	4
-	Development Genes and Evolution	4
-	European Journal of Histochemistry	4
151	HLA	3
-	In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology-Animal	3
-	Biotechnic & Histochemistry	3
-	Cellular and Molecular Biology	3
-	Cellular Microbiology	3
-	Cytotechnology	3
-	Development Growth & Differentiation	3
-	Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry	3
-	Journal of Molecular Histology	3
-	Connective Tissue Research	3
-	Cytometry Part A	3
162	Journal of Histotechnology	2
-	Stem Cell Research	2
-	Cytologia	2
-	Cytopathology	2
-	Genes to Cells	2
-	IET Systems Biology	2
-	Biology of the Cell	2
-	Cells Tissues Organs	2
-	Cytogenetic and Genome Research	2
171	Cytoskeleton	1
-	FASEB Journal	1
173	Biologicheskie Membrany	0
-	Cytotherapy	0