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Best Cell Biology journals
289 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Cell Biology. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 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 | 93th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 19 | Autophagy | 22.5 | 93th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 20 | Journal of Biomedical Science | 21.4 | 93th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 21 | Cell Discovery | 20.4 | 92th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 22 | Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity | 20.1 | 92th | Q1 | – | – | No |
| 23 | Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology | 18.3 | 92th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 24 | International Journal of Biological Sciences | 17.8 | 91th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 25 | Cell Death and Disease | 17.6 | 91th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 26 | Plant Communications | 17.6 | 91th | 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 | 83th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 48 | npj Regenerative Medicine | 11.8 | 83th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 49 | Cell Systems | 11.5 | 83th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 50 | Aging Cell | 11.4 | 82th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 51 | Cell Biology and Toxicology | 10.6 | 82th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 52 | Redox Report | 10.5 | 82th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 53 | Genes and Diseases | 10.4 | 81th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 54 | Annual Review of Cancer Biology | 10 | 81th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 55 | Stem Cells Translational Medicine | 10 | 81th | 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 | 73th | Q2 | ESCI | – | No |
| 77 | Biofilm | 8.5 | 73th | Q2 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 78 | Bioscience Reports | 8.4 | 73th | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 79 | Journal of Cell Communication and Signaling | 8.3 | 72th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 80 | Laboratory Investigation | 8.3 | 72th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 81 | Stem Cells International | 8.3 | 72th | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 82 | Journal of Investigative Dermatology | 8.2 | 71th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 83 | Nucleus | 8.2 | 71th | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 84 | Advances in Cancer Biology - Metastasis | 8.1 | 71th | 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 |
Rank and percentile are within the Cell Biology Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.