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Journal of Cell Biology

Rockefeller University Press · United States · Est. 1883

ISSN1540-8140

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

3.273

H-Indexi

597

SNIPi

1.522

Total Worksi

28,901

Total Citationsi

3,530,356

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.75

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Cell Biology; Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1883

FrequencyMonthly, 2017-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications28,901

Publisher OrgRockefeller University Press

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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?

Rockefeller University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1540-8140

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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

326

17k

2019

314

17k

2020

301

12k

2021

246

7.4k

2022

275

5.1k

2023

270

3.3k

2024

284

1.1k

2025

153

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

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cell Biology

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)Cell Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Microtubule and mitosis dynamicsCellular transport and secretionCellular Mechanics and InteractionsCell Adhesion Molecules ResearchRNA Research and SplicingLipid Membrane Structure and BehaviorGenomics and Chromatin DynamicsPhotosynthetic Processes and MechanismsMitochondrial Function and PathologyGlycosylation and Glycoproteins Research

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Cell Biology

Is Journal of Cell Biology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of 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 Journal of Cell Biology?

Journal of 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 5.75.

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

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

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Cell Biology?