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European Cells and Materials

Forum Multimedia Publishing LLC · Switzerland · Est. 2001

ISSN1473-2262eISSN1473-2262

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.682

H-Indexi

108

SNIPi

0.822

Total Worksi

939

Total Citationsi

55,502

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.41

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

eCM Journal (European Cells & Materials) provides a multidisciplinary high-level forum for preclinical biomedical research (Orthopaedics, Cell & tissue engineering, Biomaterials science, and Biomedical engineering). Research fields include, but are not limited to Musculoskeletal, Stem cells, Drug/gene carrier design, Bionanomedicine, and Application of biomaterials.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2001

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications939

OA Since2019

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

CLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Forum Multimedia Publishing LLC

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1473-2262 / 1473-2262

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

1.5k

2019

736

2020

1.5k

2021

371

2022

213

2023

257

2024

390

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.

BiochemistryQ2

BioengineeringQ2

BiomaterialsQ2

Biomedical EngineeringQ2

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

Cell BiologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cell & Tissue EngineeringEngineering, BiomedicalMaterials Science, BiomaterialsOrthopedics

Scopus Categories

BiochemistryBioengineeringBiomedical EngineeringBiomaterialsMedicine (miscellaneous)Cell Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Bone Tissue Engineering MaterialsOsteoarthritis Treatment and MechanismsMesenchymal stem cell researchPeriodontal Regeneration and TreatmentsSpine and Intervertebral Disc PathologyOrthopaedic implants and arthroplastyTissue Engineering and Regenerative MedicineBone fractures and treatmentsMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationTendon Structure and Treatment

Frequently asked questions about European Cells and Materials

Is European Cells and Materials a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for European Cells and Materials: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 European Cells and Materials?

European Cells and Materials 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 4.41.

Is European Cells and Materials indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

European Cells and Materials is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.