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Cell Reports Methods

Cell Press · United States · Est. 2010

ISSN2667-2375eISSN2667-2375

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

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

2.518

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.117

Total Worksi

854

Total Citationsi

10,577

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.11

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biochemical Research Methods; Cell Biology; Biochemistry; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous); Biotechnology; Computer Science Applications; Genetics; Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2010

Annual Volume~ 181 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications854

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2020

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoKoninklijke BibliotheekPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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9/11 · 82%

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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?

2667-2375 / 2667-2375

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

✅

Long-term digital preservation?

Portico, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, PMC, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

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

2.8k

2021

157

2.9k

2022

210

4.1k

2023

164

1.7k

2024

170

551

2025

175

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

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Q1

BiotechnologyQ1

Computer Science ApplicationsQ1

GeneticsQ1

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biochemical Research MethodsCell Biology

Scopus Categories

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingGeneticsBiotechnologyBiochemistryComputer Science ApplicationsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Single-cell and spatial transcriptomicsCell Image Analysis TechniquesCRISPR and Genetic EngineeringAdvanced Fluorescence Microscopy TechniquesBioinformatics and Genomic NetworksCancer Genomics and DiagnosticsRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsNeural dynamics and brain functionRNA modifications and cancerGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Frequently asked questions about Cell Reports Methods

Is Cell Reports Methods a predatory journal?

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

Cell Reports Methods 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 4.11.

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

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