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European Journal of Cell Biology is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 8.6), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Elsevier GmbH.
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ISSN 0171-9335Verify ISSN ↗1618-1298Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier GmbH
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pathology and Forensic Medicine | 12 / 209 | 94th | Q1 |
| Histology | 5 / 62 | 92nd | Q1 |
| Cell Biology | 75 / 289 | 74th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1979–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 8.6.
European Journal of Cell Biology is Q1 in Pathology and Forensic Medicine (rank 12 of 209), Q1 in Histology (rank 5 of 62) and Q2 in Cell Biology (rank 75 of 289), by CiteScore 2025.
European Journal of Cell Biology 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 8.6, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 94th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.430, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 114.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,950 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.
European Journal of Cell Biology is published by Elsevier GmbH. Its print ISSN is 0171-9335 and its online ISSN is 1618-1298.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
European Journal of Cell Biology has an h-index of 125 and a 2-year mean of 4.09 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 8.6, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #14 of 208 Scopus journals in Pathology and Forensic Medicine.
European Journal of Cell Biology published 52 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 90. 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 100 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from China (18.5%), Japan (11.7%) and United States (10.8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (0.8 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.
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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