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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Cell	176
2	Nature Medicine	173
3	Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy	149
4	Cancer Cell	104
5	Cells	98
6	Cell Metabolism	94
7	Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology	92
8	Science Translational Medicine	90
9	Cell Reports	88
-	Molecular Cell	88
11	Cell Death & Disease	82
12	Cell Stem Cell	77
13	Ageing Research Reviews	72
14	Nature Cell Biology	71
15	Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology	70
16	Current Biology	67
17	Plant Cell	59
18	Cell Death and Differentiation	58
19	Stem Cell Research & Therapy	57
-	Developmental Cell	57
-	Journal of Extracellular Vesicles	57
22	Autophagy	55
23	Trends in Cell Biology	54
-	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	54
25	Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences	53
-	EMBO Journal	53
-	Cell Death Discovery	53
28	Oncogene	52
29	Cell Communication and Signaling	49
30	Journal of Cell Biology	47
-	Aging Cell	47
32	Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity	44
-	Current Opinion in Structural Biology	44
-	Trends in Molecular Medicine	44
-	EMBO Reports	44
36	Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine	43
-	Cell Systems	43
-	Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology	43
39	Cell Discovery	42
-	Cell Research	42
41	Aging-US	41
42	Stem Cell Reports	39
-	Neural Regeneration Research	39
44	Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters	37
-	Cell Proliferation	37
-	Cytokine	37
47	Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews	35
-	FASEB Journal	35
-	Molecular Medicine	35
-	Genes & Development	35

-	American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology	35
52	Current Opinion in Cell Biology	33
-	Journal of Cellular Physiology	33
-	Science Signaling	33
-	Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology	33
-	Journal of Cell Science	33
57	Cellular Signalling	31
-	Mechanisms of Ageing and Development	31
-	Structure	31
60	Bioscience Reports	30
-	Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry	30
-	Inflammation Research	30
-	Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology	30
64	Stem Cell Reviews and Reports	29
-	Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology	29
-	Mediators of Inflammation	29
67	American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology	28
-	Apoptosis	28
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Cell Research	28
-	Experimental Cell Research	28
-	FEBS Letters	28
-	Mitochondrion	28
-	Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology	28
74	Plant and Cell Physiology	27
-	Inflammation	27
-	Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology	27
77	Histopathology	26
-	Cell Biology International	26
-	Disease Models & Mechanisms	26
80	Tissue Engineering Part B-Reviews	25
-	Molecular Cancer Research	25
-	Current Opinion in Genetics & Development	25
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-RNA	25
-	Journal of Leukocyte Biology	25
-	Molecular Biology of the Cell	25
-	Cell Biology and Toxicology	25
87	World Journal of Stem Cells	24
-	Cell Cycle	24
89	Tissue & Cell	23
-	Cell and Tissue Research	23
-	Protein & Cell	23
-	Cellular Oncology	23
-	IUBMB Life	23
-	Journal of Cellular Biochemistry	23
95	Cytotherapy	22
-	European Journal of Cell Biology	22
97	Stem Cells	21
-	International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology	21
-	Journal of Structural Biology	21
-	Matrix Biology	21
-	Cell Calcium	21
102	Nitric Oxide-Biology and Chemistry	20
-	Tissue Engineering Part A	20
104	Cellular Immunology	19
-	Cell Biochemistry and Function	19
-	Cell Stress & Chaperones	19
-	Wound Repair and Regeneration	19
-	Immunology and Cell Biology	19
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids	19
110	Journal of Cell Communication and Signaling	18
-	Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine	18
-	Cancer & Metabolism	18
-	Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research	18
114	Platelets	17
-	Cytometry Part A	17
-	DNA and Cell Biology	17
-	Acta Histochemica	17
-	Molecular Reproduction and Development	17
119	Molecular and Cellular Probes	16
-	Skeletal Muscle	16
-	Histochemistry and Cell Biology	16
122	Protoplasma	15
-	Journal of Molecular Histology	15
-	Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids	15
-	HLA	15
-	Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics	15
127	Physiological Genomics	14
-	Prostaglandins & Other Lipid Mediators	14
-	Traffic	14
-	In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology-Plant	14
-	Animal Cells and Systems	14
-	Journal of Membrane Biology	14
-	Cellular Microbiology	14
-	Stem Cell Research	14
-	Current Stem Cell Research & Therapy	14
136	Nucleus	13
-	Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering	13
-	Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes	13
-	Biochemistry and Cell Biology	13
-	BMC Molecular and Cell Biology	13
-	Tissue Engineering Part C-Methods	13
-	Analytical Cellular Pathology	13
143	Differentiation	12
-	Genes to Cells	12
-	Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research	12
-	Microbial Cell	12
-	Cellular and Molecular Biology	12
-	Cell and Tissue Banking	12
149	Connective Tissue Research	11
-	Zygote	11
-	European Journal of Histochemistry	11
-	Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry	11
-	Biology of the Cell	11
-	Pathobiology	11
-	Cytotechnology	11
-	In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology-Animal	11
-	Biopreservation and Biobanking	11
158	Cells Tissues Organs	10
-	Cytoskeleton	10
-	Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction	10
-	Cytopathology	10
-	Development Growth & Differentiation	10
163	Acta Naturae	9
-	Biotechnic & Histochemistry	9
165	Growth Hormone & Igf Research	8
-	IET Systems Biology	8
-	Growth Factors	8
168	Cell Adhesion & Migration	7
-	Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility	7
170	Cell Structure and Function	6
-	Cytogenetic and Genome Research	6
-	Cytologia	6
173	Development Genes and Evolution	5
174	Journal of Histotechnology	4
175	Biologicheskie Membrany	2