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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy	178
2	Cell	172
3	Nature Medicine	170
4	Cancer Cell	112
5	Cells	98
6	Cell Metabolism	97
7	Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology	94
8	Molecular Cell	88
9	Cell Death & Disease	86
-	Cell Reports	86
-	Science Translational Medicine	86
12	Ageing Research Reviews	79
13	Cell Stem Cell	78
14	Nature Cell Biology	74
15	Cell Death Discovery	68
16	Cell Communication and Signaling	67
17	Plant Cell	65
18	Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology	63
19	Trends in Cell Biology	61
20	Current Biology	60
21	Stem Cell Research & Therapy	58
22	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	56
-	Autophagy	56
24	EMBO Journal	55
25	Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences	54
26	Journal of Extracellular Vesicles	52
-	Cell Death and Differentiation	52
28	Developmental Cell	51
29	Oncogene	50
-	Aging Cell	50
31	Cell Discovery	48
-	Trends in Molecular Medicine	48
33	Current Opinion in Structural Biology	46
34	Journal of Cell Biology	45
-	Neural Regeneration Research	45
36	Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology	43
37	EMBO Reports	42
38	American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology	39
39	Apoptosis	38
-	FASEB Journal	38
-	Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews	38
42	Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine	37
-	Cell Proliferation	37
44	Cell Systems	36
-	Science Signaling	36
46	Stem Cell Reports	35
47	Journal of Cell Science	34
-	Aging-US	34
-	Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology	34
50	Inflammation Research	33

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