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Cell Death and Disease

Springer Nature · United Kingdom · Est. 2010

ISSN2041-4889eISSN2041-4889

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

100

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (4 more)+22

Total100

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

223

days submission → published

measured · last 15 articles · accept 196d

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

3.291

H-Indexi

232

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

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

Review Time~22 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/12 · 75%

✅

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

❌

APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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

66k

2019

1.1k

71k

2020

1.2k

56k

2021

42k

2022

856

28k

2023

934

16k

2024

5.4k

2025

679

231

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. Its PubScope Trust Score is 100/100. 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.