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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy	186
2	Nature Medicine	174
3	Cell	170
4	Cancer Cell	117
5	Cell Metabolism	105
6	Cells	101
7	Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology	94
8	Science Translational Medicine	86
9	Cell Death & Disease	85
-	Cell Reports	85
11	Molecular Cell	84
12	Ageing Research Reviews	80
13	Cell Stem Cell	78
14	Nature Cell Biology	73
15	Cell Death Discovery	71
16	Cell Communication and Signaling	69
17	Plant Cell	66
18	Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology	62
19	Trends in Cell Biology	60
20	Current Biology	59
21	Autophagy	57
22	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	55
-	EMBO Journal	55
24	Journal of Extracellular Vesicles	53
-	Cell Death and Differentiation	53
26	Developmental Cell	52
27	Stem Cell Research & Therapy	51
28	Trends in Molecular Medicine	50
29	Aging Cell	49
-	Oncogene	49
31	Neural Regeneration Research	48
-	Cell Discovery	48
-	Current Opinion in Structural Biology	48
34	Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences	47
35	Journal of Cell Biology	44
36	Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews	42
37	Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology	41
38	EMBO Reports	40
39	American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology	38
-	FASEB Journal	38
-	Science Signaling	38
42	Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine	37
-	Cell Proliferation	37
-	Apoptosis	37
45	Journal of Cell Science	36
46	Stem Cell Reports	35
-	Cell Systems	35
-	Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology	35
49	Cellular Signalling	34
-	Aging-US	34

51	Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry	33
-	Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology	33
53	Structure	32
-	Inflammation Research	32
55	Current Opinion in Cell Biology	31
-	Protein & Cell	31
-	FEBS Letters	31
58	Histopathology	30
-	Inflammation	30
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Cell Research	30
61	Journal of Cellular Physiology	29
-	Mechanisms of Ageing and Development	29
-	Stem Cell Reviews and Reports	29
-	Cytokine	29
-	Experimental Cell Research	29
66	Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology	28
-	Plant and Cell Physiology	28
-	Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology	28
-	Bioscience Reports	28
-	Cellular Oncology	28
-	Genes & Development	28
72	Cytotherapy	27
-	Matrix Biology	27
-	Mediators of Inflammation	27
75	Molecular Medicine	26
-	Tissue & Cell	26
-	American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology	26
-	Mitochondrion	26
-	Current Opinion in Genetics & Development	26
80	Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity	25
-	Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters	25
-	Tissue Engineering Part B-Reviews	25
83	Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology	24
-	Molecular Biology of the Cell	24
-	Cell Biochemistry and Function	24
-	Disease Models & Mechanisms	24
87	Molecular Cancer Research	23
88	Cell Biology and Toxicology	22
-	Cell Calcium	22
-	Stem Cells	22
-	International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology	22
-	Cell Biology International	22
-	Nitric Oxide-Biology and Chemistry	22
94	Journal of Cellular Biochemistry	21
-	European Journal of Cell Biology	21
96	Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics	20
-	Cell Cycle	20
-	World Journal of Stem Cells	20
-	Cell and Tissue Research	20
-	Cell Stress & Chaperones	20
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-RNA	20
-	Wound Repair and Regeneration	20
103	Journal of Cell Communication and Signaling	19
-	Nucleus	19
-	Journal of Structural Biology	19
-	Cancer & Metabolism	19
107	Cellular Immunology	18
-	IUBMB Life	18
109	Journal of Molecular Histology	17
-	Platelets	17
-	Protoplasma	17
-	Cytometry Part A	17
-	Tissue Engineering Part A	17
114	Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes	16
-	Acta Histochemica	16
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids	16
-	Animal Cells and Systems	16
-	Molecular Reproduction and Development	16
-	Current Stem Cell Research & Therapy	16
-	Immunology and Cell Biology	16
121	Molecular and Cellular Probes	15
-	DNA and Cell Biology	15
-	Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research	15
-	Skeletal Muscle	15
-	Tissue Engineering Part C-Methods	15
-	Histochemistry and Cell Biology	15
-	HLA	15
128	Journal of Membrane Biology	14
-	Physiological Genomics	14
-	Prostaglandins & Other Lipid Mediators	14
-	Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering	14
-	Differentiation	14
-	Biochemistry and Cell Biology	14
-	BMC Molecular and Cell Biology	14
135	In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology-Plant	13
-	Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research	13
-	Biopreservation and Biobanking	13
-	Microbial Cell	13
-	Traffic	13
-	Cytoskeleton	13
-	Cellular and Molecular Biology	13
-	In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology-Animal	13
143	Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine	12
-	Cell and Tissue Banking	12
-	Biology of the Cell	12
-	Cytotechnology	12
147	Analytical Cellular Pathology	11
-	Connective Tissue Research	11
-	Zygote	11
-	European Journal of Histochemistry	11
-	Genes to Cells	11
-	Journal of Leukocyte Biology	11
-	Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids	11
-	Cytopathology	11
155	Cytogenetic and Genome Research	10
-	Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility	10
-	Pathobiology	10
-	Stem Cell Research	10
-	Development Growth & Differentiation	10
160	Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry	9
-	Growth Hormone & Igf Research	9
-	Journal of Histotechnology	9
-	Cell Adhesion & Migration	9
164	Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction	8
-	Biotechnic & Histochemistry	8
-	Cells Tissues Organs	8
-	IET Systems Biology	8
-	Growth Factors	8
169	Cell Structure and Function	7
-	Cellular Microbiology	7
171	Development Genes and Evolution	5
-	Cytologia	5
173	Biologicheskie Membrany	2