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Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1977

ISSN1689-1392

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

2.885

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.594

Total Worksi

2,441

Total Citationsi

39,544

2yr Mean Citednessi

8.75

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters is an international journal dedicated to the dissemination of fundamental knowledge in all areas of cellular and molecular biology, cancer cell biology, and certain aspects of biochemistry, biophysics and biotechnology. Regular papers and short reports that contain new and significant information of general interest to workers in these fields are welcome. Sufficient details must be included to enable others to repeat the work. Particularly welcome are papers dealing with: Cell cycle and its regulation Cell differentiation Cell traffic and signaling Stem cells Gene expression regulation Cellular membranes Cytoskeleton Molecular biotechnology

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1977

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,441

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2012

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BioMed Central Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1689-1392

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-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?

Portico, 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

4.4k

2019

2.9k

2020

2.7k

2021

112

5.8k

2022

105

3.5k

2023

160

3.5k

2024

158

1.3k

2025

173

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.

BiochemistryQ1

Cell BiologyQ1

Molecular BiologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biochemistry & Molecular BiologyCell Biology

Scopus Categories

BiochemistryMolecular BiologyCell Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

MicroRNA in disease regulationCancer-related molecular mechanisms researchLipid Membrane Structure and BehaviorCircular RNAs in diseasesRNA modifications and cancerErythrocyte Function and PathophysiologyRNA Interference and Gene DeliveryAutophagy in Disease and TherapyRNA Research and SplicingCancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism

Frequently asked questions about Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters

Is Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters: 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 Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters?

Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters 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 8.75.

Is Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.