Cell Press · ISSN 0092-8674 · 1097-4172
Cell impact factor, and the open numbers behind it.
Short answer
The Journal Impact Factor is a licensed Clarivate metric, so we do not reproduce it. The closest open equivalent is OpenAlex's two-year mean citedness: 41.68 citations per paper for Cell, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
Key metrics
- Two-year mean citedness
- 41.68Citations per paper, papers from the two prior yearsSource: OpenAlex
- h-index
- 1,218Across all yearsSource: OpenAlex
- Papers in 2025
- 50526,977 in totalSource: OpenAlex
- Access
- SubscriptionAPC about $11,400Source: OpenAlex
Papers per year.
How many works Cell published in each complete year, as indexed by OpenAlex.
Fig. 1Works per year from OpenAlex. Retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
What Cell publishes.
Mostly Molecular Biology and Genetics, within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
- RNA Research and Splicing
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
- DNA Repair Mechanisms
Most frequent research topics in OpenAlex.
Journals with a similar citation profile.
| Journal | Two-year mean citedness | h-index | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cell | 41.68 | 1,218 | Subscription |
| Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol | 44.59 | 622 | Subscription |
| Molecular Cancer | 29.95 | 284 | Open |
| Nature Methods | 25.12 | 505 | Subscription |
| Cell Stem Cell | 19.73 | 372 | Subscription |
About Cell.
Comment 1What is the Cell impact factor?
The Journal Impact Factor is a licensed Clarivate metric, so we do not reproduce it. The closest open equivalent is OpenAlex's two-year mean citedness: 41.68 citations per paper for Cell, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
Comment 2Is Cell open access?
Cell is not a fully open-access journal; check its author guidelines for open-access options and charges.
Comment 3How many papers does Cell publish a year?
OpenAlex records 505 works in 2025, and 26,977 in total.
Sources
- 1. OpenAlex source record · retrieved 23 Oct 2026
The Journal Impact Factor is a Clarivate metric and is not reproduced here.