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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Cell Research	70
2	Cell	65
3	Cell Metabolism	54
4	Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology	52
-	Cancer Cell	52
6	Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy	44
-	Cell Stem Cell	44
8	Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters	42
9	Nature Medicine	40
10	Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology	38
11	Science Translational Medicine	36
12	Molecular Cell	33
13	Ageing Research Reviews	30
14	EMBO Journal	29
15	Nature Cell Biology	27
16	Molecular Medicine	24
-	Cell Death and Differentiation	24
-	Journal of Extracellular Vesicles	24
19	Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews	23
-	Trends in Cell Biology	23
-	Cell Discovery	23
22	Plant Cell	22
23	Current Opinion in Structural Biology	20
-	Cell Death & Disease	20
-	Cell Reports	20
-	Developmental Cell	20
-	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	20
28	EMBO Reports	19
-	Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology	19
30	Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences	18
-	Cell Biology and Toxicology	18
32	Tissue Engineering Part B-Reviews	16
-	Autophagy	16
-	Cell Death Discovery	16
-	Oncogene	16
-	Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology	16
37	Trends in Molecular Medicine	15
-	Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity	15
-	Journal of Cell Biology	15
-	Cell Systems	15
41	Inflammation	14
-	Mechanisms of Ageing and Development	14
-	Cell Communication and Signaling	14
-	Cells	14
-	Stem Cell Reports	14
-	Stem Cell Research & Therapy	14
-	Genes & Development	14
-	Aging Cell	14
-	Matrix Biology	14
-	Current Biology	14

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