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Best Cell Biology journals

289 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Cell Biology. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 72 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 165.2 99th Q1 SCIE – No
2 Cell Metabolism 54.1 99th Q1 SCIE – No
3 Annual Review of Plant Biology 49.6 99th Q1 SCIE – Yes
4 Nature Methods 40 98th Q1 SCIE – No
5 Cell Stem Cell 36.1 98th Q1 SCIE – No
6 Progress in Lipid Research 34.6 98th Q1 SCIE – No
7 Trends in Cell Biology 33 97th Q1 SCIE – No
8 Nature Metabolism 32.1 97th Q1 SCIE – No
9 Cell Death and Differentiation 29.3 97th Q1 SCIE – No
10 Nature Microbiology 28.8 96th Q1 SCIE – No
11 Nature Cell Biology 28.2 96th Q1 SCIE – No
12 Molecular Cell 27 96th Q1 SCIE – No
13 Annual Review of Biophysics 24.6 95th Q1 SCIE – No
14 Journal of Extracellular Vesicles 24.6 95th Q1 SCIE – Yes
15 Cell Research 24.3 94th Q1 SCIE – No
16 Blood 22.8 94th Q1 SCIE – No
17 Nature Chemical Biology 22.8 94th Q1 SCIE – No
18 Protein and Cell 22.6 93rd Q1 SCIE – Yes
19 Autophagy 22.5 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
20 Journal of Biomedical Science 21.4 93rd Q1 SCIE – Yes
21 Cell Discovery 20.4 92nd Q1 SCIE – Yes
22 Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity 20.1 92nd Q1 – – No
23 Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology 18.3 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
24 International Journal of Biological Sciences 17.8 91st Q1 SCIE – Yes
25 Cell Death and Disease 17.6 91st Q1 SCIE – Yes
26 Plant Communications 17.6 91st Q1 SCIE – Yes
27 Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters 17.1 90th Q1 SCIE – Yes
28 Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology 16.6 90th Q1 SCIE – No
29 Developmental Cell 15.7 90th Q1 SCIE – No
30 Nature Cardiovascular Research 15.6 89th Q1 ESCI – No
31 Aging and Disease 15.5 89th Q1 SCIE – Yes
32 WIREs Mechanisms of Disease 15 89th Q1 SCIE – No
33 Antioxidants 14.7 88th Q1 SCIE – Yes
34 Genome Biology 14.5 88th Q1 SCIE – Yes
35 Antioxidants and Redox Signaling 14.1 88th Q1 SCIE – No
36 Inflammation and Regeneration 13.7 87th Q1 SCIE – Yes
37 Cell Communication and Signaling 13.3 87th Q1 SCIE – Yes
38 Cell Death Discovery 13.2 87th Q1 SCIE – Yes
39 FEBS Journal 12.7 86th Q1 SCIE – No
40 MedComm 12.5 86th Q1 ESCI – Yes
41 Apoptosis 12.4 85th Q1 SCIE – No
42 Cell Proliferation 12.3 85th Q1 SCIE – Yes
43 Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology 12.3 85th Q1 SCIE – No
44 Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 12 84th Q1 SCIE – Yes
45 Materials Today Bio 12 84th Q1 SCIE – Yes
46 Molecular Metabolism 11.9 84th Q1 SCIE – Yes
47 Stem Cell Research and Therapy 11.9 83rd Q1 SCIE – Yes
48 npj Regenerative Medicine 11.8 83rd Q1 SCIE – Yes
49 Cell Systems 11.5 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
50 Aging Cell 11.4 82nd Q1 SCIE – Yes
51 Cell Biology and Toxicology 10.6 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
52 Redox Report 10.5 82nd Q1 SCIE – Yes
53 Genes and Diseases 10.4 81st Q1 SCIE – Yes
54 Annual Review of Cancer Biology 10 81st Q1 SCIE – No
55 Stem Cells Translational Medicine 10 81st Q1 SCIE – Yes
56 Plant Journal 10 80th Q1 SCIE – No
57 Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience 9.9 80th Q1 SCIE – Yes
58 Journal of Food Biochemistry 9.9 80th Q1 SCIE – No
59 Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 9.9 79th Q1 SCIE – Yes
60 Journal of Cell Biology 9.7 79th Q1 SCIE – No
61 Stem Cell Reviews and Reports 9.6 79th Q1 SCIE – No
62 Cell Surface 9.4 78th Q1 ESCI – Yes
63 Journal of Cellular Physiology 9.4 78th Q1 SCIE – No
64 Journal of Biological Engineering 9.3 78th Q1 SCIE – Yes
65 Stem Cell Reports 9.3 77th Q1 SCIE – Yes
66 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part - C: Toxicology and Pharmacology 9.2 77th Q1 SCIE – No
67 Cell Insight 9.1 76th Q1 ESCI – Yes
68 American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology 9 76th Q1 SCIE – No
69 Phenomics 8.9 76th Q1 ESCI – No
70 BioDesign Research 8.9 75th Q1 ESCI – Yes
71 Mitochondrion 8.9 75th Q1 SCIE – No
72 Applied Nanoscience (Switzerland) 8.8 75th Q1 – – No
73 American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology 8.8 74th Q2 SCIE – No
74 Cell Cycle 8.7 74th Q2 SCIE – No
75 European Journal of Cell Biology 8.6 74th Q2 SCIE – Yes
76 Tissue Barriers 8.6 73rd Q2 ESCI – No
77 Biofilm 8.5 73rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
78 Bioscience Reports 8.4 73rd Q2 SCIE – Yes
79 Journal of Cell Communication and Signaling 8.3 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
80 Laboratory Investigation 8.3 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
81 Stem Cells International 8.3 72nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
82 Journal of Investigative Dermatology 8.2 71st Q2 SCIE – No
83 Nucleus 8.2 71st Q2 SCIE – Yes
84 Advances in Cancer Biology - Metastasis 8.1 71st Q2 ESCI – Yes
85 Cell Calcium 8.1 70th Q2 SCIE – No
86 Transplantation and Cellular Therapy 8.1 70th Q2 SCIE – No
87 Mediators of Inflammation 8 70th Q2 SCIE – Yes
88 Current Opinion in Cell Biology 8 69th Q2 SCIE – No
89 Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry 8 69th Q2 SCIE – No
90 Plant and Cell Physiology 8 69th Q2 SCIE – No
91 BMC Biology 7.8 68th Q2 SCIE – Yes
92 Neurochemistry International 7.8 68th Q2 SCIE – No
93 Science Signaling 7.8 67th Q2 SCIE – No
94 Cell and Tissue Research 7.7 67th Q2 SCIE – No
95 Experimental Gerontology 7.7 67th Q2 SCIE – Yes
96 Biochemical Journal 7.6 66th Q2 SCIE – No
97 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Cell Research 7.5 66th Q2 SCIE – No
98 Microbiology Spectrum 7.5 66th Q2 SCIE – Yes
99 Current Opinion in Lipidology 7.5 65th Q2 SCIE – No
100 Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 7.4 65th Q2 SCIE – No
101 Matrix Biology Plus 7.3 65th Q2 – – Yes
102 Aging 7.3 64th Q2 – – No
103 Journal of Molecular Cell Biology 7.3 64th Q2 SCIE – Yes
104 Photosynthesis Research 7.3 64th Q2 SCIE – No
105 Stem Cells 7.3 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
106 Molecules and Cells 7.2 63rd Q2 SCIE – Yes
107 Fungal Biology and Biotechnology 7.1 63rd Q2 – – Yes
108 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids 7 62nd Q2 SCIE – No
109 Cell Regeneration 7 62nd Q2 ESCI – Yes
110 Journal of Extracellular Biology 7 62nd Q2 ESCI – Yes
111 Journal of Biological Chemistry 6.9 61st Q2 SCIE – Yes
112 Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine 6.9 61st Q2 SCIE – Yes
113 Skeletal Muscle 6.9 61st Q2 SCIE – Yes
114 ACS Chemical Neuroscience 6.9 60th Q2 SCIE – No
115 RNA Biology 6.9 60th Q2 SCIE – Yes
116 Journal of Inflammation (United Kingdom) 6.8 60th Q2 SCIE – Yes
117 Cell Biology International 6.8 59th Q2 SCIE – No
118 IUBMB Life 6.8 59th Q2 SCIE – No
119 Glycoconjugate Journal 6.7 58th Q2 SCIE – No
120 Cytometry Part A 6.6 58th Q2 SCIE – No
121 Extracellular Vesicles and Circulating Nucleic Acids 6.6 58th Q2 ESCI – No
122 Journal of Lipid Research 6.5 57th Q2 SCIE – Yes
123 Cytotherapy 6.4 57th Q2 SCIE – No
124 Virchows Archiv 6.4 57th Q2 SCIE – No
125 American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology 6.4 56th Q2 SCIE – No
126 Reproductive Medicine and Biology 6.3 56th Q2 SCIE – Yes
127 Current Plant Biology 6.2 56th Q2 ESCI – Yes
128 Cellular Signalling 6.2 55th Q2 SCIE – No
129 Experimental Cell Research 6.2 55th Q2 SCIE – No
130 Molecular and Cellular Pediatrics 6.2 55th Q2 ESCI – Yes
131 Cell Stress and Chaperones 6.1 54th Q2 SCIE – Yes
132 Journal of Leukocyte Biology 6.1 54th Q2 SCIE – No
133 Microvascular Research 6.1 54th Q2 SCIE – No
134 Molecular Human Reproduction 6.1 53rd Q2 SCIE – No
135 Cell Transplantation 6 53rd Q2 SCIE – Yes
136 Protoplasma 6 53rd Q2 SCIE – No
137 Journal of Membrane Biology 6 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
138 Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction 5.9 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
139 Reproduction 5.9 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
140 Analytical Biochemistry 5.9 51st Q2 SCIE – No
141 Cell Adhesion and Migration 5.9 51st Q2 SCIE – Yes
142 Journal of Cell Science 5.9 51st Q2 SCIE – No
143 Adipocyte 5.9 50th Q2 SCIE – Yes
144 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes 5.9 50th Q2 SCIE – No
145 Human Cell 5.8 50th Q2 SCIE – No
146 Analytical Cellular Pathology 5.8 49th Q3 SCIE – Yes
147 FEBS Letters 5.8 49th Q3 SCIE – No
148 International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology 5.8 48th Q3 SCIE – No
149 Nucleus (India) 5.8 48th Q3 ESCI – No
150 Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids 5.8 48th Q3 SCIE – No
151 Acta Histochemica 5.7 47th Q3 SCIE – No
152 Molecular Reproduction and Development 5.6 47th Q3 SCIE – No
153 Traffic 5.6 47th Q3 SCIE – No
154 BMC Molecular and Cell Biology 5.6 46th Q3 SCIE – Yes
155 International Journal of Cell Biology 5.5 46th Q3 – – Yes
156 International Journal of Stem Cells 5.5 46th Q3 SCIE – No
157 Cytometry Part B - Clinical Cytometry 5.5 45th Q3 SCIE – No
158 Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience 5.5 45th Q3 SCIE – No
159 Innate Immunity 5.4 45th Q3 SCIE – Yes
160 Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes 5.4 44th Q3 SCIE – No
161 Microbial Cell 5.4 44th Q3 SCIE – Yes
162 Physiologia Plantarum 5.4 44th Q3 SCIE – No
163 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics 5.3 43rd Q3 SCIE – No
164 Function 5.3 43rd Q3 ESCI – Yes
165 MedComm - Oncology 5.3 43rd Q3 ESCI – Yes
166 Small GTPases 5.3 42nd Q3 – – No
167 World Journal of Stem Cells 5.3 42nd Q3 SCIE – No
168 Cell Division 5.2 42nd Q3 SCIE – Yes
169 Current Stem Cell Reports 5.2 41st Q3 ESCI – No
170 Current Topics in Developmental Biology 5.2 41st Q3 – – No
171 Purinergic Signalling 5.2 41st Q3 SCIE – No
172 Cell Biochemistry and Function 5.2 40th Q3 SCIE – No
173 Chemistry and Physics of Lipids 5.2 40th Q3 SCIE – No
174 DNA and Cell Biology 5.1 39th Q3 SCIE – No
175 Plant Reproduction 5.1 39th Q3 SCIE – No
176 Mycologia 5 39th Q3 SCIE – No
177 Molecular and Cellular Probes 5 38th Q3 SCIE – Yes
178 International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology 4.9 38th Q3 – – No
179 Pathobiology 4.9 38th Q3 SCIE – No
180 Regenerative Engineering and Translational Medicine 4.9 37th Q3 ESCI – No
181 Histochemistry and Cell Biology 4.8 37th Q3 SCIE – No
182 Journal of Chromatography B: Analytical Technologies in the Biomedical and Life Sciences 4.8 37th Q3 SCIE – No
183 Differentiation 4.8 36th Q3 SCIE – No
184 Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 4.8 36th Q3 SCIE – No
185 Cell and Tissue Banking 4.7 35th Q3 SCIE – No
186 DNA Repair 4.7 35th Q3 SCIE – No
187 Immunology and Cell Biology 4.7 35th Q3 SCIE – No
188 Journal of Developmental Biology 4.7 35th Q3 ESCI – Yes
189 Genesis (United States) 4.7 34th Q3 SCIE – No
190 Connective Tissue Research 4.6 34th Q3 SCIE – No
191 International Journal of Experimental Pathology 4.6 34th Q3 – – No
192 Contact 4.6 33rd Q3 – – Yes
193 Molecular and Cellular Biology 4.6 33rd Q3 SCIE – No
194 Prostaglandins and Other Lipid Mediators 4.5 33rd Q3 SCIE – No
195 Journal of Anatomy 4.5 32nd Q3 SCIE – No
196 Micron 4.5 32nd Q3 SCIE – No
197 Tissue and Cell 4.5 32nd Q3 SCIE – No
198 Aging and Cancer 4.4 31st Q3 – – Yes
199 Life Metabolism 4.4 31st Q3 ESCI – Yes
200 Molecular Biology of the Cell 4.4 30th Q3 SCIE – No
201 Stem Cells and Cloning: Advances and Applications 4.4 30th Q3 ESCI – Yes
202 Growth Factors 4.2 30th Q3 SCIE – No
203 Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 4.1 29th Q3 SCIE – No
204 European Journal of Translational Myology 4.1 29th Q3 ESCI – Yes
205 Receptors (Switzerland) 4.1 29th Q3 ESCI – Yes
206 Archives of Oral Biology 4.1 28th Q3 SCIE – No
207 Toxicologic Pathology 4.1 28th Q3 SCIE – No
208 Stem Cells and Development 4 28th Q3 SCIE – No
209 European Cells and Materials 4 27th Q3 SCIE – Yes
210 Experimental Hematology 4 27th Q3 SCIE – No
211 Journal of Biological Physics 4 27th Q3 SCIE – No
212 Biochemistry and Cell Biology 4 26th Q3 SCIE – No
213 Current Protein and Peptide Science 4 26th Q3 SCIE – No
214 Zygote 4 26th Q3 SCIE – No
215 NPJ Imaging 3.9 25th Q3 – – Yes
216 Prion 3.9 25th Q3 SCIE – Yes
217 Biology of the Cell 3.8 25th Q3 SCIE – No
218 Physical Biology 3.8 24th Q4 SCIE – No
219 Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases 3.7 24th Q4 SCIE – No
220 European Journal of Histochemistry 3.7 24th Q4 SCIE – Yes
221 Microbial Physiology 3.7 23rd Q4 SCIE – Yes
222 Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports 3.6 23rd Q4 ESCI – Yes
223 Biologia 3.6 23rd Q4 SCIE – No
224 Plant Physiology Reports 3.6 22nd Q4 ESCI – No
225 Developmental Biology 3.5 22nd Q4 SCIE – No
226 Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research 3.5 21st Q4 SCIE – No
227 Vision (Switzerland) 3.5 21st Q4 ESCI – Yes
228 Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility 3.4 21st Q4 SCIE – No
229 Sub-cellular Biochemistry 3.4 20th Q4 – – No
230 Anemia 3.3 20th Q4 ESCI – Yes
231 Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics 3.3 20th Q4 SCIE – No
232 Acta Zoologica 3.2 19th Q4 SCIE – No
233 Biopreservation and Biobanking 3.2 19th Q4 SCIE – No
234 Acta Histochemica et Cytochemica 3.1 19th Q4 SCIE – No
235 Cell Structure and Function 3.1 18th Q4 SCIE – Yes
236 Cellular Reprogramming 3.1 18th Q4 SCIE – No
237 Mitochondrial Communications 3.1 18th Q4 – – Yes
238 Current Topics in Membranes 3 17th Q4 – – No
239 Translational Medicine of Aging 3 17th Q4 – – Yes
240 Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research 2.9 17th Q4 SCIE – Yes
241 In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Animal 2.9 16th Q4 SCIE – No
242 Clinical and Translational Discovery 2.8 16th Q4 ESCI – Yes
243 IET Systems Biology 2.8 16th Q4 SCIE – Yes
244 Journal of International Medical Research 2.8 15th Q4 SCIE – Yes
245 Biocell 2.7 15th Q4 SCIE – No
246 Lipids 2.7 15th Q4 SCIE – No
247 Biophysics Reports 2.6 14th Q4 – – Yes
248 Journal of Molecular Histology 2.6 14th Q4 SCIE – No
249 Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation 2.6 14th Q4 – – No
250 Egyptian Journal of Botany 2.5 13th Q4 ESCI – No
251 Genetics in Medicine Open 2.5 13th Q4 – – Yes
252 Development Growth and Differentiation 2.4 12th Q4 SCIE – No
253 Journal of Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine 2.4 12th Q4 ESCI – Yes
254 Cytotechnology 2.3 12th Q4 SCIE – No
255 Cytoskeleton 2.2 11th Q4 SCIE – No
256 Genes to Cells 2.2 11th Q4 SCIE – No
257 Romanian Journal of Morphology and Embryology 2.1 11th Q4 SCIE – No
258 Anatomy and Cell Biology 2.1 10th Q4 ESCI – No
259 Biochemistry (Moscow) Supplement Series A: Membrane and Cell Biology 2.1 10th Q4 ESCI – No
260 Folia Biologica (Czech Republic) 2.1 10th Q4 SCIE – No
261 Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Biology 1.9 9th Q4 – – Yes
262 International Journal of Molecular and Cellular Medicine 1.9 9th Q4 ESCI – No
263 Methods in Cell Biology 1.9 9th Q4 – – No
264 Proceedings of the Zoological Society 1.8 8th Q4 – – No
265 Turkish Journal of Biology 1.8 8th Q4 SCIE – Yes
266 Malaysian Journal of Pathology 1.5 8th Q4 SCIE – No
267 Cytology and Genetics 1.4 7th Q4 SCIE – No
268 European Journal of Biology 1.4 7th Q4 ESCI – Yes
269 Journal of Cellular Neuroscience and Oxidative Stress 1.4 7th Q4 – – No
270 Cytologia 1.2 6th Q4 SCIE – No
271 Regulatory Mechanisms in Biosystems 1.2 6th Q4 ESCI – Yes
272 Stem Cell Research 1.2 6th Q4 SCIE – Yes
273 Current Cardiovascular Imaging Reports 1.2 5th Q4 ESCI – No
274 OBM Genetics 1.2 5th Q4 – – No
275 Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine 1.1 5th Q4 – – No
276 Advances in Anatomy Embryology and Cell Biology 1 4th Q4 – – No
277 Biology of Extracellular Matrix 0.8 4th Q4 – – No
278 Journal of Hard Tissue Biology 0.8 3rd Q4 SCIE – No
279 Clinical and Experimental Morphology 0.7 3rd Q4 – – No
280 Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Biologia 0.6 3rd Q4 – – Yes
281 Cell and Tissue Biology 0.6 2nd Q4 – – No
282 Genes and Cells 0.5 2nd Q4 – – No
283 Phytopathogenic Mollicutes 0.5 2nd Q4 – – No
284 Learning Materials in Biosciences 0.4 1st Q4 – – No
285 International Journal of Anatomy and Research 0.3 1st Q4 – – No
286 Journal of Sickle Cell Disease 0.3 1st Q4 – – Yes
287 Biologicheskie Membrany 0.3 0th Q4 SCIE – No
288 Chinese Journal of Reproduction and Contraception 0.3 0th Q4 – – No
289 Journal of Morphological Sciences 0.2 0th Q4 – – No

Rank and percentile are within the Cell Biology Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-10-04). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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