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 Death & Disease	84
-	Cell Reports	84
12	Ageing Research Reviews	79
-	Cell Stem Cell	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	Aging Cell	50
-	Oncogene	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	Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews	39
-	Apoptosis	39
40	FASEB Journal	38
-	American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology	38
-	Cell Proliferation	38
43	Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine	36
-	Science Signaling	36
45	Stem Cell Reports	35
-	Journal of Cell Science	35
-	Cell Systems	35
48	Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology	34
-	Aging-US	34
50	Cellular Signalling	33

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