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Cell Research

Springer Nature · United Kingdom · Est. 1919

ISSN1748-7838

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

6.865

H-Indexi

269

SNIPi

3.794

Total Worksi

4,041

Total Citationsi

367,535

2yr Mean Citednessi

9.32

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Cell Biology; Molecular Biology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1919

FrequencyMonthly, 2005-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,041

Publisher OrgSpringer Nature

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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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Nature

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1748-7838

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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

137

14k

2019

188

41k

2020

153

9.9k

2021

146

6.9k

2022

150

4.3k

2023

150

2024

149

1.4k

2025

155

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

Molecular BiologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cell Biology

Scopus Categories

Molecular BiologyCell Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

CRISPR and Genetic EngineeringPluripotent Stem Cells ResearchRNA modifications and cancerEpigenetics and DNA MethylationRNA Research and SplicingImmune Cell Function and InteractionRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsUbiquitin and proteasome pathwaysGenomics and Chromatin Dynamicsinterferon and immune responses

Frequently asked questions about Cell Research

Is Cell Research a predatory journal?

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

Cell Research 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 9.32.

Is Cell Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Cell Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Cell Research?