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Journal of Molecular Cell Biology is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 7.3), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Oxford University Press.
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ISSN 1674-2788Verify ISSN ↗1759-4685Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genetics | 81 / 357 | 77th | Q1 |
| Molecular Biology | 131 / 414 | 68th | Q2 |
| Cell Biology | 103 / 289 | 64th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2009–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 7.3.
Journal of Molecular Cell Biology is Q1 in Genetics (rank 81 of 357), Q2 in Molecular Biology (rank 131 of 414) and Q2 in Cell Biology (rank 103 of 289), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Molecular 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 7.3, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 77th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.440, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 91.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,900 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.
Journal of Molecular Cell Biology is published by Oxford University Press. Its print ISSN is 1674-2788 and its online ISSN is 1759-4685.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Molecular Cell Biology has an h-index of 101 and a 2-year mean of 3.34 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 7.3, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #121 of 353 Scopus journals in Genetics.
Journal of Molecular Cell Biology published 61 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2019 with 121. 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 (82.8%), United States (6.3%) and United Kingdom (2.5%). 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. 6 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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