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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Cell	67
2	Cell Research	60
3	Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology	57
4	Cancer Cell	51
5	Cell Metabolism	49
6	Cell Stem Cell	41
7	Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology	40
-	Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters	40
9	Nature Medicine	39
10	Science Translational Medicine	37
11	Molecular Cell	32
12	Ageing Research Reviews	29
13	EMBO Journal	27
14	Journal of Extracellular Vesicles	26
-	Nature Cell Biology	26
16	Molecular Medicine	24
17	Cell Death and Differentiation	23
18	Trends in Cell Biology	22
19	Plant Cell	21
-	Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews	21
21	Developmental Cell	20
22	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	19
-	Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology	19
-	Current Opinion in Structural Biology	19
-	Cell Death & Disease	19
26	EMBO Reports	18
-	Cell Biology and Toxicology	18
28	Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences	17
-	Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology	17
30	Oncogene	16
-	Tissue Engineering Part B-Reviews	16
32	Genes & Development	15
-	Mechanisms of Ageing and Development	15
-	Trends in Molecular Medicine	15
-	Autophagy	15
36	Journal of Cell Biology	14
-	Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity	14
-	Stem Cell Research & Therapy	14
-	Current Biology	14
40	Aging Cell	13
-	Current Opinion in Cell Biology	13
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-RNA	13
43	Apoptosis	12
-	Cell Communication and Signaling	12
-	Science Signaling	12
-	Journal of Leukocyte Biology	12
-	Matrix Biology	12
48	Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine	11
-	Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology	11
-	Current Opinion in Genetics & Development	11

51	Inflammation	10
-	American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology	10
-	Mitochondrion	10
-	European Journal of Cell Biology	10
-	Inflammation Research	10
-	Mediators of Inflammation	10
-	Molecular Cancer Research	10
-	Nucleus	10
-	Plant and Cell Physiology	10
-	Skeletal Muscle	10
61	Journal of Cell Communication and Signaling	9
-	Protein & Cell	9
-	Cellular Signalling	9
-	World Journal of Stem Cells	9
-	Neural Regeneration Research	9
-	Cell Cycle	9
-	Cell Proliferation	9
-	Structure	9
69	International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology	8
-	Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine	8
-	Journal of Cellular Physiology	8
-	Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology	8
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Cell Research	8
-	Bioscience Reports	8
-	Cell and Tissue Research	8
-	Stem Cells	8
-	Experimental Cell Research	8
-	Journal of Cell Science	8
-	Aging-US	8
-	Cell Calcium	8
-	Cell Stress & Chaperones	8
-	Cytokine	8
83	Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes	7
-	Molecular Biology of the Cell	7
-	Nitric Oxide-Biology and Chemistry	7
-	Cell Biology International	7
-	Disease Models & Mechanisms	7
-	Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology	7
-	Journal of Structural Biology	7
-	Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry	7
-	Molecular and Cellular Probes	7
-	Platelets	7
-	Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering	7
-	Cellular Immunology	7
-	Tissue Engineering Part A	7
96	DNA and Cell Biology	6
-	Journal of Membrane Biology	6
-	Acta Histochemica	6
-	Animal Cells and Systems	6
-	Biochemistry and Cell Biology	6
-	Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids	6
-	Tissue & Cell	6
-	FEBS Letters	6
-	Histopathology	6
-	IUBMB Life	6
-	American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology	6
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids	6
-	Tissue Engineering Part C-Methods	6
109	European Journal of Histochemistry	5
-	Histochemistry and Cell Biology	5
-	Molecular Reproduction and Development	5
-	Cell Adhesion & Migration	5
-	Cellular Microbiology	5
-	Traffic	5
-	Journal of Cellular Biochemistry	5
-	Physiological Genomics	5
-	Protoplasma	5
-	Current Stem Cell Research & Therapy	5
-	Wound Repair and Regeneration	5
120	Differentiation	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 Biochemistry and Function	4
-	Pathobiology	4
-	Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research	4
-	Cell Structure and Function	4
-	Connective Tissue Research	4
-	Growth Hormone & Igf Research	4
-	Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility	4
-	Cell and Tissue Banking	4
-	Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics	4
-	Prostaglandins & Other Lipid Mediators	4
135	Development Genes and Evolution	3
-	Growth Factors	3
-	IET Systems Biology	3
-	Journal of Molecular Histology	3
-	Cells Tissues Organs	3
-	Zygote	3
-	Cytometry Part A	3
-	Development Growth & Differentiation	3
-	Immunology and Cell Biology	3
-	In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology-Animal	3
-	Biopreservation and Biobanking	3
-	Cytotechnology	3
147	Cellular and Molecular Biology	2
-	Stem Cell Research	2
-	Genes to Cells	2
-	Journal of Histotechnology	2
-	Biotechnic & Histochemistry	2
-	Cytologia	2
-	Cytopathology	2
154	FASEB Journal	1
-	Biology of the Cell	1
-	Cytogenetic and Genome Research	1
-	Cytoskeleton	1
158	Cytotherapy	0
-	Biologicheskie Membrany	0