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Cell Systems

Cell Press · United States · Est. 1996

ISSN2405-4720

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

4.954

H-Indexi

137

SNIPi

1.753

Total Worksi

1,353

Total Citationsi

100,821

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.18

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Cell Biology; Histology; Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1996

FrequencyMonthly, 2016-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,353

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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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?

2405-4720

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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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

120

16k

2019

124

9.5k

2020

109

6.4k

2021

2.4k

2022

3.1k

2023

109

1.4k

2024

132

679

2025

112

125

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

HistologyQ1

Pathology and Forensic MedicineQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biochemistry & Molecular BiologyCell Biology

Scopus Categories

Pathology and Forensic MedicineHistologyCell Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Gene Regulatory Network AnalysisSingle-cell and spatial transcriptomicsBioinformatics and Genomic NetworksRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsCell Image Analysis TechniquesCRISPR and Genetic EngineeringGenomics and Chromatin DynamicsMicrobial Metabolic Engineering and BioproductionRNA Research and SplicingGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Frequently asked questions about Cell Systems

Is Cell Systems a predatory journal?

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

Cell Systems 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 5.18.

Is Cell Systems indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Cell Systems is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Cell Systems?