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 2021-03-01 to 2025-03-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Cell	63
2	Cell Research	55
3	Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology	51
4	Cancer Cell	46
5	Cell Metabolism	42
6	Cell Stem Cell	37
7	Nature Medicine	36
8	Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy	34
9	Science Translational Medicine	33
10	Molecular Cell	29
11	Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters	28
12	Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology	27
13	Journal of Extracellular Vesicles	22
-	Molecular Medicine	22
-	Nature Cell Biology	22
-	Cell Death and Differentiation	22
17	Cell Discovery	21
-	EMBO Journal	21
-	Ageing Research Reviews	21
20	Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews	20
21	Trends in Cell Biology	19
22	Plant Cell	18
-	Developmental Cell	18
-	Cell Death & Disease	18
-	Cell Reports	18
26	Oncogene	17
-	Current Opinion in Structural Biology	17
28	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	16
-	Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology	16
-	Genes & Development	16
31	Autophagy	15
-	Cell Systems	15
-	Journal of Cell Biology	15
34	Cell Biology and Toxicology	14
-	Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology	14
-	Mechanisms of Ageing and Development	14
-	Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences	14
-	Stem Cell Reports	14
-	Stem Cell Research & Therapy	14
-	EMBO Reports	14
41	Cell Death Discovery	13
-	Cells	13
-	Tissue Engineering Part B-Reviews	13
44	Current Biology	12
-	Cancer & Metabolism	12
-	Current Opinion in Cell Biology	12
-	Trends in Molecular Medicine	12
-	Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology	12
49	Aging Cell	11
-	Matrix Biology	11

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