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Journal of Molecular Cell Biology

Oxford University Press · United States · Est. 2009

ISSN1759-4685

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.44

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.676

Total Worksi

1,180

Total Citationsi

43,846

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.59

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2009

Annual Volume~ 68 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,180

Publisher OrgOxford University Press

OA Since2018

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

CLOCKSSNational Digital Preservation Program, ChinaLOCKSSPorticoPMC

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?

1759-4685

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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?

CLOCKSS, National Digital Preservation Program, China, LOCKSS, Portico, PMC

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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

121

4.7k

2019

2.9k

2020

1.8k

2021

1.7k

2022

843

2023

391

2024

116

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.

GeneticsQ1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Cell BiologyQ2

Molecular BiologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cell Biology

Scopus Categories

GeneticsMedicine (miscellaneous)Molecular BiologyCell Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

RNA modifications and cancerEpigenetics and DNA MethylationRNA Research and SplicingCancer-related Molecular PathwaysUbiquitin and proteasome pathwaysMicrotubule and mitosis dynamicsPluripotent Stem Cells ResearchCRISPR and Genetic EngineeringGenomics and Chromatin DynamicsMicroRNA in disease regulation

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Molecular Cell Biology

Is Journal of Molecular Cell Biology a predatory journal?

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

Journal of Molecular 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 2.59.

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

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

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