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Stem Cell Reports

Cell Press · United States · Est. 1994

ISSN2213-6711eISSN2213-6711

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

2.038

H-Indexi

147

SNIPi

1.137

Total Worksi

2,658

Total Citationsi

127,708

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.97

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Cell & Tissue Engineering; Cell Biology; Biochemistry; Developmental Biology; Genetics.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1994

Annual Volume~ 167 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,658

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2012

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer review

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?

Cell Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2213-6711 / 2213-6711

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Peer review

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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

197

12k

2019

203

8.2k

2020

247

9.8k

2021

213

2022

181

3.2k

2023

130

1.5k

2024

189

723

2025

159

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

Developmental BiologyQ1

GeneticsQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cell & Tissue EngineeringCell Biology

Scopus Categories

Cell BiologyDevelopmental BiologyGeneticsBiochemistry

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Pluripotent Stem Cells ResearchCRISPR and Genetic EngineeringNeurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanismsEpigenetics and DNA MethylationRenal and related cancers3D Printing in Biomedical ResearchTissue Engineering and Regenerative MedicineMesenchymal stem cell researchCancer Cells and MetastasisBiomedical Ethics and Regulation

Frequently asked questions about Stem Cell Reports

Is Stem Cell Reports a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Stem Cell Reports: 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 Stem Cell Reports?

Stem Cell Reports 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 3.97.

Is Stem Cell Reports indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Stem Cell Reports is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Stem Cell Reports?