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Cell Transplantation is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 6), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by SAGE Publications Inc..
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ISSN 0963-6897Verify ISSN ↗1555-3892Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transplantation | 13 / 55 | 77th | Q1 |
| Biomedical Engineering | 128 / 342 | 62nd | Q2 |
| Cell Biology | 135 / 289 | 53rd | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1992–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 6.
Cell Transplantation is Q1 in Transplantation (rank 13 of 55), Q2 in Biomedical Engineering (rank 128 of 342) and Q2 in Cell Biology (rank 135 of 289), by CiteScore 2025.
Cell Transplantation 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 6, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 77th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.908, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 124.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,650 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 Transplantation is published by SAGE Publications Inc. Its print ISSN is 0963-6897 and its online ISSN is 1555-3892.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Cell Transplantation has an h-index of 138 and a 2-year mean of 3.69 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 6, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #4 of 53 Scopus journals in Transplantation.
Cell Transplantation published 91 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 210. 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 93 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from China (46.1%), United States (10.6%) and Japan (6.3%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 26 retracted papers are recorded (5 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 1 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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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