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Cell Press · ISSN 1931-3128 · 1934-6069

Cell Host & Microbe 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: 15.93 citations per paper for Cell Host & Microbe, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.

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Key metrics

Two-year mean citedness
15.93Citations per paper, papers from the two prior yearsSource: OpenAlex
h-index
312Across all yearsSource: OpenAlex
Papers in 2025
2173,665 in totalSource: OpenAlex
Access
SubscriptionAPC about $10,400Source: OpenAlex
Output

Papers per year.

How many works Cell Host & Microbe published in each complete year, as indexed by OpenAlex.

1802002202402019202020212022202320242025217

Fig. 1 — Works per year from OpenAlex. Retrieved 23 Oct 2026.

Scope

What Cell Host & Microbe publishes.

Mostly Molecular Biology, Immunology and Genetics, within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Immune Response and Inflammation
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • interferon and immune responses
  • Escherichia coli research studies
  • HIV Research and Treatment

Most frequent research topics in OpenAlex.

Alternatives

Journals with a similar citation profile.

JournalTwo-year mean citednessh-indexAccess
Cell Host & Microbe15.93312Subscription
Microbiome15.31231Open
Nature Cell Biology17.15486Subscription
Redox Biology14.60209Open
NAR17.49869Open
Questions

About Cell Host & Microbe.

Comment 1What is the Cell Host & Microbe impact factor?
Response

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: 15.93 citations per paper for Cell Host & Microbe, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.

Comment 2Is Cell Host & Microbe open access?
Response

Cell Host & Microbe is not a fully open-access journal; check its author guidelines for open-access options and charges.

Comment 3How many papers does Cell Host & Microbe publish a year?
Response

OpenAlex records 217 works in 2025, and 3,665 in total.

Sources

  1. 1. OpenAlex source record · retrieved 23 Oct 2026

The Journal Impact Factor is a Clarivate metric and is not reproduced here.

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