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

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Cell	72
2	Cancer Cell	68
3	Cell Metabolism	64
4	Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology	47
5	Nature Medicine	44
6	Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy	42
7	Cell Stem Cell	41
8	Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters	40
9	EMBO Journal	37
10	Molecular Cell	35
-	Ageing Research Reviews	35
-	Science Translational Medicine	35
13	Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology	33
14	Molecular Medicine	31
15	Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews	29
16	Trends in Cell Biology	28
17	Nature Cell Biology	27
18	Cell Discovery	25
19	EMBO Reports	24
20	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	23
-	Plant Cell	23
-	Developmental Cell	23
-	Journal of Extracellular Vesicles	23
24	Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology	22
25	Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology	21
26	Cell Death and Differentiation	20
-	Cell Death & Disease	20
-	Cell Reports	20
-	Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences	20
-	Current Opinion in Structural Biology	20
31	Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology	19
-	Cell Biology and Toxicology	19
33	Cell Death Discovery	18
-	Inflammation	18
35	Matrix Biology	17
-	Trends in Molecular Medicine	17
37	Cell Communication and Signaling	16
-	Cell Systems	16
-	Journal of Cell Biology	16
40	Oncogene	15
-	Cellular Oncology	15
-	Autophagy	15
-	Current Opinion in Cell Biology	15
44	Current Biology	14
-	Current Opinion in Genetics & Development	14
-	Inflammation Research	14
-	Nucleus	14
-	Cells	14
49	Apoptosis	13
-	Science Signaling	13

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