Journal Record · Biology

Cell

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Last reviewedJuly 26, 2026

Last verified: July 2026

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Key Metrics
Journal Information
Editorial Commentary

Key Metrics

Metric	Value	Source
Impact Factor (current)	45.1	Clarivate JCR
Impact Factor (5-year)	50.7	Clarivate JCR
CiteScore	67.8	Elsevier/Scopus
SJR	22.612	SCImago
SNIP	7.624	CWTS Leiden
Quartile	Q1	Clarivate JCR

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Publisher: Cell Press (Elsevier)

Journal Information

ISSN / eISSN: 0092-8674 / 1097-4172
Country: USA
Subject Area(s): Biology
Indexing: EMBASE PubMed SCIE Scopus
Open Access: Hybrid

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Reviewed by Umair Abbasi

AI Engineer & Data Scientist | PhD Candidate, Artificial Intelligence

Umair Abbasi is an AI Engineer and Data Scientist with a background in machine learning, AI agents, and MLOps, currently pursuing a PhD in Artificial Intelligence and holding a completed M.S. in Data Science. He leads the data architecture and tooling behind the journal metrics database and comparison tools. As an active researcher navigating journal selection and citation metrics in his own academic work, he brings a practitioner's perspective to how impact factor, CiteScore, and related metrics are actually used — not just how they're defined.

Credentials & Expertise:

- M.S., Data Science (completed) - PhD Candidate, Artificial Intelligence (in progress) - Machine Learning Specialization — Stanford University (Coursera) - Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2026 Impact Factor of Cell?

The current Journal Impact Factor of Cell is 45.1 (Clarivate Journal Citation Reports), with a CiteScore of 67.8 (Scopus). See the Key Metrics table on this page for the full metric set.

Is Cell a Q1 or Q2 journal?

Yes — Cell is ranked Q1 in Biology. See the Journal Information section on this page for category details.

What is the CiteScore and SJR of Cell?

Cell has a CiteScore of 67.8 (Scopus) and an SJR of 22.612 (SCImago). See the Key Metrics table on this page for the full metric set.