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Cell Structure and Function is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 3.1), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Japan Society for Cell Biology.
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ISSN 0386-7196Verify ISSN ↗1347-3700Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Japan Society for Cell Biology
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physiology | 141 / 196 | 28th | Q3 |
| Molecular Biology | 321 / 414 | 22nd | Q4 |
| Cell Biology | 237 / 289 | 18th | Q4 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1975–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 3.1.
Cell Structure and Function is Q3 in Physiology (rank 141 of 196), Q4 in Molecular Biology (rank 321 of 414) and Q4 in Cell Biology (rank 237 of 289), by CiteScore 2025.
Cell Structure and Function is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 3.1, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 28th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.680, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 68.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$753 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Cell Structure and Function is published by Japan Society for Cell Biology. Its print ISSN is 0386-7196 and its online ISSN is 1347-3700.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Cell Structure and Function has an h-index of 81 and a 2-year mean of 1.6 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.1, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #142 of 194 Scopus journals in Physiology.
Cell Structure and Function published 19 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2019 with 21. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 86 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from Japan (77.1%), United States (9.5%) and China (1.9%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (1.1 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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