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Trends in Cell Biology

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom

ISSN0962-8924eISSN1879-3088

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

6.813

H-Indexi

319

SNIPi

2.933

Total Worksi

5,196

Total Citationsi

451,667

2yr Mean Citednessi

7.56

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Trends in Cell Biology is a leading review journal in molecular and cell biology. It publishes review articles that monitor current research and explores topics including organelle research, protein targeting, biophysics, membrane, intracellular, and protein homeostasis.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive

Total Publications5,196

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0962-8924 / 1879-3088

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

104

8.1k

2019

125

15k

2020

141

7.1k

2021

142

6.8k

2022

126

2023

126

2.1k

2024

126

868

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Cell BiologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cell Biology

Scopus Categories

Cell Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cellular transport and secretionMicrotubule and mitosis dynamicsDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesCellular Mechanics and InteractionsRNA Research and Splicing

Frequently asked questions about Trends in Cell Biology

Is Trends in Cell Biology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Trends in Cell Biology: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Trends in Cell Biology?

Trends in Cell Biology is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 7.56.

Is Trends in Cell Biology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Trends in Cell Biology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.