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Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 3.5), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Cell Physiol Biochem Press GmbH & Co KG.
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ISSN 1015-8987Verify ISSN ↗1421-9778Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Cell Physiol Biochem Press GmbH & Co KG
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physiology | 126 / 196 | 35th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1991–present (also 1987), best quartile Q3, CiteScore 3.5.
Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry is Q3 in Physiology (rank 126 of 196), by CiteScore 2025.
Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, 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 3.5, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 35th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.557, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 123.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,925 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.
Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry is published by Cell Physiol Biochem Press GmbH & Co KG. Its print ISSN is 1015-8987 and its online ISSN is 1421-9778.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry has an h-index of 139 and a 2-year mean of 2.21 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.5, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #112 of 194 Scopus journals in Physiology.
Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry published 71 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 1,411. 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 95 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from Poland (17.7%), China (11.1%) and Iraq (9%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 254 retracted papers are recorded (38.5 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 8 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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