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Protein and Cell

Oxford University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 1967

ISSN1674-8018

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

4.717

H-Indexi

130

SNIPi

3.045

Total Worksi

1,757

Total Citationsi

79,165

2yr Mean Citednessi

6.36

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Cell Biology; Biochemistry; Biotechnology; Drug Discovery; Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1967

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,757

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

OA Since2013

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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

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Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Oxford University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1674-8018

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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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?

LOCKSS, PMC, 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

2019

131

12k

2020

4.9k

2021

1.6k

2022

2023

1.6k

2024

115

370

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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cell Biology

Scopus Categories

Cell BiologyDrug DiscoveryBiotechnologyBiochemistryMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

CRISPR and Genetic EngineeringPluripotent Stem Cells ResearchRNA modifications and cancerRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsEpigenetics and DNA MethylationRNA Research and Splicinginterferon and immune responsesMicroRNA in disease regulationMitochondrial Function and PathologyUbiquitin and proteasome pathways

Frequently asked questions about Protein and Cell

Is Protein and Cell a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Protein and Cell: 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 Protein and Cell?

Protein and Cell 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 6.36.

Is Protein and Cell indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Protein and Cell is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Protein and Cell?