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Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience

Academic Press Inc. · United States · Est. 1990

ISSN1095-9327

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.124

H-Indexi

172

SNIPi

0.634

Total Worksi

3,843

Total Citationsi

196,915

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.37

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Neurosciences; Cell Biology; Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience; Molecular Biology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1990

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,843

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Academic Press Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1095-9327

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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

2.1k

2019

1.8k

2020

904

2021

795

2022

793

2023

346

2024

173

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 BiologyQ2

Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceQ2

Molecular BiologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Neurosciences

Scopus Categories

Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceMolecular BiologyCell Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchNeurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanismsNerve injury and regenerationAxon Guidance and Neuronal SignalingNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration MechanismsIon channel regulation and functionCellular transport and secretionReceptor Mechanisms and SignalingDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluation

Frequently asked questions about Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience

Is Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience: 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 Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience?

Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience 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 3.37.

Is Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience?