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Cell Death and Disease

Springer Nature · United Kingdom · Est. 2010

ISSN2041-4889eISSN2041-4889
SJR Q1WOS SCIEScopus / SJRDOAJOpen 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.

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.
Q1
SJR · Scopus
Top 25% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
3.291
H-Indexi
232
SNIPi
1.634
Total Worksi
11,782
Total Citationsi
576,152
2yr Mean Citednessi
7.63
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Cell Death & Disease is a peer-reviewed online journal in the field of translational cell death. It seeks to promote diverse and integrated areas of experimental and internal medicine with its specialties, including cancer, immunity and neuroscience. It is now also accepting articles in a new area: cancer metabolism. Cell Death & Disease seeks to encompass the breadth of translational implications of cell death, and topics of particular concentration will include, but are not limited to, the following: Experimental medicine Cancer Immunity Internal medicine Neuroscience Cancer metabolism

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2010
FrequencyAnnual
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications11,782
Publisher OrgSpringer Nature
OA Since2009
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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind
OA LicenseCC BY
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

9/11 · 82%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Springer Nature
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
2041-4889 / 2041-4889
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed
Peer review process documented?
Single-blind
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
Yes
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
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
950
67k
2019
1.1k
73k
2020
1.2k
58k
2021
1k
43k
2022
855
30k
2023
933
18k
2024
1k
6.7k
2025
849
520
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.

Cancer ResearchQ1
Cell BiologyQ1
Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceQ1
ImmunologyQ1
Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cell Biology

Scopus Categories

ImmunologyCancer ResearchCellular and Molecular NeuroscienceMedicine (miscellaneous)Cell Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cancer-related molecular mechanisms researchRNA modifications and cancerAutophagy in Disease and TherapyMicroRNA in disease regulationEpigenetics and DNA MethylationUbiquitin and proteasome pathwaysCell death mechanisms and regulationCircular RNAs in diseasesCancer, Hypoxia, and MetabolismRNA Research and Splicing

Frequently asked questions about Cell Death and Disease

Is Cell Death and Disease a predatory journal?

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

Cell Death and Disease 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 7.63.

Is Cell Death and Disease indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

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

What is the aims and scope of Cell Death and Disease?

Cell Death & Disease is a peer-reviewed online journal in the field of translational cell death. It seeks to promote diverse and integrated areas of experimental and internal medicine with its specialties, including cancer, immunity and neuroscience. It is now also accepting articles in a new area: cancer metabolism. Cell Death & Disease seeks to encompass the breadth of translational implications of cell death, and topics of particular concentration will include, but are not limited to, the following: Experimental medicine Cancer Immunity Internal medicine Neuroscience Cancer metaboli

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref