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Differentiation

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1973

ISSN1432-0436

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 ↗

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📊 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

1.144

H-Indexi

146

SNIPi

0.693

Total Worksi

3,848

Total Citationsi

128,403

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.70

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Cell Biology; Developmental Biology; Cancer Research; Molecular Biology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1973

FrequencyTen No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,848

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

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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?

1432-0436

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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

1.3k

2019

554

2020

240

2021

496

2022

343

2023

311

2024

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.

Cancer ResearchQ2

Cell BiologyQ2

Developmental BiologyQ2

Molecular BiologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cell BiologyDevelopmental Biology

Scopus Categories

Developmental BiologyCancer ResearchMolecular BiologyCell Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Pluripotent Stem Cells ResearchCellular Mechanics and InteractionsSkin and Cellular Biology ResearchTissue Engineering and Regenerative MedicineAnimal Genetics and ReproductionDevelopmental Biology and Gene RegulationRenal and related cancersCell Adhesion Molecules ResearchReproductive Biology and FertilityCongenital heart defects research

Frequently asked questions about Differentiation

Is Differentiation a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Differentiation: 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 Differentiation?

Differentiation 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 2.70.

Is Differentiation indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Differentiation is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Differentiation?