Cell Press · ISSN 2211-1247 · 2639-1856
Cell Reports 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: 8.80 citations per paper for Cell Reports, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
Key metrics
- Two-year mean citedness
- 8.80Citations per paper, papers from the two prior yearsSource: OpenAlex
- h-index
- 320Across all yearsSource: OpenAlex
- Papers in 2025
- 1,57917,426 in totalSource: OpenAlex
- Access
- OpenAPC about $5,620Source: OpenAlex
Papers per year.
How many works Cell Reports published in each complete year, as indexed by OpenAlex.
Fig. 1Works per year from OpenAlex. Retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
What Cell Reports publishes.
Mostly Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Immunology, within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
- T-cell and B-cell Immunology
- Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
- RNA Research and Splicing
Most frequent research topics in OpenAlex.
Journals with a similar citation profile.
| Journal | Two-year mean citedness | h-index | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cell Reports | 8.80 | 320 | Open |
| EMBO J | 8.59 | 563 | Open |
| Phil Trans B | 9.15 | 419 | Subscription |
| Cell Chemical Biology | 8.30 | 119 | Subscription |
| Genome Research | 8.27 | 399 | Subscription |
About Cell Reports.
Comment 1What is the Cell Reports 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: 8.80 citations per paper for Cell Reports, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
Comment 2Is Cell Reports open access?
Yes, Cell Reports is fully open access, with an article processing charge of about $5,620.
Comment 3How many papers does Cell Reports publish a year?
OpenAlex records 1,579 works in 2025, and 17,426 in total.
Sources
- 1. OpenAlex source record · retrieved 23 Oct 2026
The Journal Impact Factor is a Clarivate metric and is not reproduced here.