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Cell Cycle

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United States · Est. 1991

ISSN1538-4101eISSN1551-4005

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.943

H-Indexi

198

SNIPi

0.649

Total Worksi

9,835

Total Citationsi

367,761

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.03

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

130

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Cell Biology; Medicine (miscellaneous); Developmental Biology; Molecular Biology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1991

FrequencyMonthly, 2004-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications9,835

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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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?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1538-4101 / 1551-4005

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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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

277

8.9k

2019

280

6.9k

2020

234

4.4k

2021

299

3.6k

2022

136

1.1k

2023

353

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.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Developmental BiologyQ2

Molecular BiologyQ2

Cell BiologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cell Biology

Scopus Categories

Developmental BiologyMedicine (miscellaneous)Cell BiologyMolecular Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cancer-related Molecular PathwaysMicrotubule and mitosis dynamicsDNA Repair MechanismsEpigenetics and DNA MethylationGenomics and Chromatin DynamicsUbiquitin and proteasome pathwaysRNA modifications and cancerMicroRNA in disease regulationCancer-related molecular mechanisms researchRNA Research and Splicing

Frequently asked questions about Cell Cycle

Is Cell Cycle a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Cell Cycle: 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 Cell Cycle?

Cell Cycle 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 2.03.

Is Cell Cycle indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Cell Cycle is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Cell Cycle?