Journal Metrics

Journal of Cell Biology

Journal of Cell Biology (JCB)  publishes advances in any area of basic cell biology as well as applied cellular advances in fields such as immunology, neurobiology, metabolism, microbiology, developmental biology, and plant biology. Est. 1955
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• Journal Impact Factor (JIF)Journal Impact Factor: The average number of citations in a given year per paper published in the journal over the previous 2 years. Different subject areas exhibit different ranges of JIF. Journals are best viewed in the context of their specific field.
  : 7.4
• 5-Year IF5-Year IF: Offers a smoother variation and may be more appropriate in a field where the number of citations is small or where it takes longer than 2 years to disseminate and respond to published works.
  : 8.1
• JIF rank Cell Biology journalsRank by Journal Impact Factor: Journals within a category are sorted in descending order by Journal Impact Factor (JIF) resulting in the Category Ranking. A separate rank is shown for each category in which the journal is listed in JCR. Beginning in 2023, ranks are calculated by category.
  : 38
  • JIF Quartile: Q1
• Cited Half-LifeCited Half-life: A measure of how long content is referred to after publication. The number of years, going back from the current year, that account for half the total citations received by the journal in the current year.
  : 15.80
• Eigenfactor (EF) ScoreEigenfactor: A measure of the journal’s influence within the network of academic citations with a 5- year target window based on Thomson ISI data. Considers the origins of the incoming journal citations to articles in that journal. Citations from highly ranked journals are weighted to make a larger contribution to the Eigenfactor score.
  : 0.03591
• Article Influence (AI) ScoreArticle Influence: As for the Eigenfactor score, measures influence but on an average per-article basis. The mean Article Influence score is 1.00. A score greater than 1.00 indicates that the articles in a journal have an above average influence.
  : 3.536
• Scimago Journal and Country Rank (SJR)SJR: As for the Eigenfactor score, ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. Based on the SCOPUS database.
  : 3.717
• Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)SNIP: Measures a source’s contextual citation impact by weighting citations based on the total number of citations in a subject field. It helps you make a direct comparison of sources in different subject fields.
  : 1.460
• Immediacy IndexImmediacy Index: The average number of times that an article is cited in the same year it is published.
  : 1.7
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  Journal Citation Indicator (JCI)JCI: A category-normalized metric calculated for all journals in the Web of Science Core Collection, including the Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Science Citation Index, Arts & Humanities Citation Index, and Emerging Sources Citation Index.
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