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	Cancer Cell	52
-	Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology	52
6	Cell Stem Cell	44
-	Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy	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	Journal of Extracellular Vesicles	24
-	Molecular Medicine	24
-	Cell Death and Differentiation	24
19	Cell Discovery	23
-	Trends in Cell Biology	23
-	Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews	23
22	Plant Cell	22
23	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	20
-	Developmental Cell	20
-	Cell Death & Disease	20
-	Cell Reports	20
-	Current Opinion in Structural Biology	20
28	Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology	19
-	EMBO Reports	19
30	Cell Biology and Toxicology	18
-	Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences	18
32	Autophagy	16
-	Cell Death Discovery	16
-	Oncogene	16
-	Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology	16
-	Tissue Engineering Part B-Reviews	16
37	Cell Systems	15
-	Journal of Cell Biology	15
-	Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity	15
-	Trends in Molecular Medicine	15
41	Matrix Biology	14
-	Current Biology	14
-	Genes & Development	14
-	Aging Cell	14
-	Mechanisms of Ageing and Development	14
-	Cell Communication and Signaling	14
-	Cells	14
-	Stem Cell Reports	14
-	Stem Cell Research & Therapy	14
-	Inflammation	14

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