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Cell Chemical Biology

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1970

ISSN2451-9448

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

3.427

H-Indexi

116

SNIPi

1.352

Total Worksi

1,765

Total Citationsi

70,243

2yr Mean Citednessi

6.81

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Biochemistry; Clinical Biochemistry; Drug Discovery; Molecular Biology; Molecular Medicine; Pharmacology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1970

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,765

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?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2451-9448

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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

174

11k

2019

165

9.2k

2020

203

7.9k

2021

101

2.5k

2022

189

4.5k

2023

172

2.6k

2024

123

683

2025

127

103

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

Clinical BiochemistryQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Scopus Categories

Molecular MedicineMolecular BiologyPharmacologyDrug DiscoveryBiochemistryClinical Biochemistry

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Ubiquitin and proteasome pathwaysProtein Degradation and InhibitorsRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsRNA modifications and cancerPeptidase Inhibition and AnalysisClick Chemistry and ApplicationsMonoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies ResearchMicrobial Natural Products and BiosynthesisRNA Research and SplicingCRISPR and Genetic Engineering

Frequently asked questions about Cell Chemical Biology

Is Cell Chemical Biology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Cell Chemical Biology: 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 Chemical Biology?

Cell Chemical 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 6.81.

Is Cell Chemical Biology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Cell Chemical Biology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Cell Chemical Biology?