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

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Cell	73
2	Cancer Cell	63
3	Cell Metabolism	62
4	Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology	51
5	Nature Medicine	44
6	Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy	43
7	Cell Stem Cell	41
8	Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters	40
9	Science Translational Medicine	36
-	EMBO Journal	36
11	Molecular Cell	35
12	Ageing Research Reviews	34
13	Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology	31
14	Molecular Medicine	29
-	Nature Cell Biology	29
16	Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews	26
-	Trends in Cell Biology	26
18	Cell Discovery	24
-	Plant Cell	24
20	EMBO Reports	23
-	Journal of Extracellular Vesicles	23
22	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	22
-	Developmental Cell	22
24	Cell Death and Differentiation	21
-	Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology	21
26	Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences	20
-	Current Opinion in Structural Biology	20
-	Cell Death & Disease	20
-	Cell Reports	20
30	Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology	19
31	Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology	18
32	Autophagy	17
-	Matrix Biology	17
34	Inflammation	16
-	Cell Biology and Toxicology	16
-	Cell Death Discovery	16
-	Trends in Molecular Medicine	16
-	Journal of Cell Biology	16
-	Cell Communication and Signaling	16
40	Current Opinion in Cell Biology	15
-	Oncogene	15
-	Cell Systems	15
43	Cells	14
-	Stem Cell Reports	14
-	Stem Cell Research & Therapy	14
-	Journal of Leukocyte Biology	14
-	Cellular Oncology	14
-	Current Biology	14
49	Aging Cell	13
-	Mechanisms of Ageing and Development	13

-	Nucleus	13
-	Inflammation Research	13
-	Apoptosis	13
-	Current Opinion in Genetics & Development	13
55	American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology	12
-	Cell Proliferation	12
-	Tissue Engineering Part B-Reviews	12
-	Mitochondrion	12
-	Science Signaling	12
-	European Journal of Cell Biology	12
-	Genes & Development	12
62	Neural Regeneration Research	11
-	Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology	11
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-RNA	11
65	Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry	10
-	Plant and Cell Physiology	10
-	Stem Cells	10
-	Cancer & Metabolism	10
-	Structure	10
70	Journal of Cellular Physiology	9
-	Molecular Cancer Research	9
-	Cell Cycle	9
-	Platelets	9
-	Cellular Signalling	9
-	American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology	9
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Cell Research	9
-	Nitric Oxide-Biology and Chemistry	9
-	Cell Stress & Chaperones	9
-	Protein & Cell	9
-	Skeletal Muscle	9
81	Journal of Cell Communication and Signaling	8
-	Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine	8
-	Molecular and Cellular Probes	8
-	Cell Calcium	8
-	Aging-US	8
-	Mediators of Inflammation	8
-	Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology	8
-	Molecular Biology of the Cell	8
-	Cell and Tissue Research	8
-	Stem Cell Reviews and Reports	8
-	Cytokine	8
-	Experimental Cell Research	8
93	International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology	7
-	Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes	7
-	Acta Histochemica	7
-	Journal of Membrane Biology	7
-	Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine	7
-	Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics	7
-	Cellular Immunology	7
-	World Journal of Stem Cells	7
-	Histopathology	7
-	Journal of Cell Science	7
-	Journal of Structural Biology	7
-	Bioscience Reports	7
-	BMC Molecular and Cell Biology	7
-	Cell Biology International	7
-	Disease Models & Mechanisms	7
108	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids	6
-	Microbial Cell	6
-	Cell and Tissue Banking	6
-	Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity	6
-	Physiological Genomics	6
-	Prostaglandins & Other Lipid Mediators	6
-	Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering	6
-	Tissue & Cell	6
-	Traffic	6
-	DNA and Cell Biology	6
-	Journal of Cellular Biochemistry	6
-	Animal Cells and Systems	6
-	Cell Biochemistry and Function	6
-	Tissue Engineering Part A	6
-	Tissue Engineering Part C-Methods	6
-	Wound Repair and Regeneration	6
-	Histochemistry and Cell Biology	6
125	In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology-Plant	5
-	Analytical Cellular Pathology	5
-	Protoplasma	5
-	Differentiation	5
-	Growth Hormone & Igf Research	5
-	IUBMB Life	5
-	Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology	5
-	Biochemistry and Cell Biology	5
-	Cell Adhesion & Migration	5
-	Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research	5
-	Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids	5
-	Current Stem Cell Research & Therapy	5
-	FEBS Letters	5
138	Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry	4
-	Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research	4
-	Biopreservation and Biobanking	4
-	Connective Tissue Research	4
-	Cytometry Part A	4
-	Zygote	4
-	Development Genes and Evolution	4
-	Immunology and Cell Biology	4
-	Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility	4
-	Molecular Reproduction and Development	4
-	Cellular Microbiology	4
-	Growth Factors	4
150	Journal of Molecular Histology	3
-	Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction	3
-	Biotechnic & Histochemistry	3
-	Cells Tissues Organs	3
-	Cell Structure and Function	3
-	Cytogenetic and Genome Research	3
-	European Journal of Histochemistry	3
-	Genes to Cells	3
-	IET Systems Biology	3
-	In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology-Animal	3
-	Journal of Histotechnology	3
-	Pathobiology	3
-	Cellular and Molecular Biology	3
-	Cytotechnology	3
-	Development Growth & Differentiation	3
-	HLA	3
166	FASEB Journal	2
-	Biology of the Cell	2
-	Stem Cell Research	2
-	Cytologia	2
-	Cytopathology	2
171	Cytoskeleton	1
-	Cytotherapy	1
173	Biologicheskie Membrany	0