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Protein and Cell is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 22.6), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme, which pays the article processing charge for authors at eligible institutions. Published by Oxford University Press.
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ISSN 1674-800XVerify ISSN ↗1674-8018Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Cost to publish: APC covered for authors at ONOS-subscribed Indian institutions
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drug Discovery | 3 / 161 | 98th | Q1 |
| Biochemistry | 12 / 448 | 97th | Q1 |
| Biotechnology | 10 / 325 | 97th | Q1 |
| Cell Biology | 18 / 289 | 93rd | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2010–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 22.6.
Protein and Cell is Q1 in Drug Discovery (rank 3 of 161), Q1 in Biochemistry (rank 12 of 448) and Q1 in Biotechnology (rank 10 of 325), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Protein and Cell 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 22.6, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 98th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 4.717, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 114.
For authors at Indian institutions covered by One Nation One Subscription (ONOS), the article processing charge is paid by the scheme. The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,700 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.
Protein and Cell is published by Oxford University Press. Its print ISSN is 1674-800X and its online ISSN is 1674-8018.
Yes. ONOS also covers its article processing charge for authors at eligible institutions.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Protein and Cell has an h-index of 133 and a 2-year mean of 8.06 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 22.6, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #13 of 159 Scopus journals in Drug Discovery.
Protein and Cell published 115 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 142. 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 (2025–2026), authors are most often from China (82.7%), United States (7.7%) and Macao SAR China (2%). 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. 4 retracted papers are recorded (2.2 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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