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The Journal of Cell Biology
Biology and life sciences
Among the 50 biology and life sciences journals in this index it has the 12th highest h-index and the 32nd highest two-year mean citedness. Both are explained under how venues are ranked.
Where its authors come from
Share of the 1 006 papers since 2023 with at least one author in each country.
| Country | Share of papers |
|---|---|
| United States | 50% |
| China | 13% |
| United Kingdom | 12% |
| Germany | 11% |
| Japan | 8% |
What it publishes
Mix of article types:
| Type | Share |
|---|---|
| Research articles | 98% |
Main subject areas of those papers:
| Subject area | Share of papers |
|---|---|
| Cellular transport and secretion | 13% |
| Microtubule and mitosis dynamics | 13% |
| Cellular Mechanics and Interactions | 8% |
| Autophagy in Disease and Therapy | 6% |
| Mitochondrial Function and Pathology | 4% |
| Nuclear Structure and Function | 3% |
Most cited papers since 2023
- Mechanisms of actin disassembly and turnover (2023, 120 citations)
- Mitochondria on the move: Horizontal mitochondrial transfer in disease and health (2023, 116 citations)
- Lactylation stabilizes TFEB to elevate autophagy and lysosomal activity (2024, 114 citations)
- ATG9 vesicles comprise the seed membrane of mammalian autophagosomes (2023, 108 citations)
- Lysosome damage triggers direct ATG8 conjugation and ATG2 engagement via non-canonical autophagy (2023, 102 citations)
Official rankings
Many evaluations use a national or commercial list rather than raw citation counts. We don't reproduce those lists here; check the journal on each one directly (search for ISSN 0021-9525):
- Scimago (SJR and quartile): what quartiles mean
- Norwegian register (level 1 or 2): national lists explained
- Finnish Publication Forum (JUFO level 0 to 3)
Similar journals
- The EMBO Journal
- Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
- Journal of Biological Chemistry
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Genes & Development
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