Journal profile · BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Cell and Bioscience
ISSN 2045-3701 · BioMed Central · ENGLAND · Founded 2011
Cell and Bioscience: CAS Zone 2 · Biology (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 6.51; fully open access; APC about USD 2,990; median 120 days to acceptance (110 articles, last 24 months); 182 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Cell and Bioscience is published by BioMed Central and is in Zone 2 of Biology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are RNA modifications and cancer, Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research and MicroRNA in disease regulation, together about 19.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Molecular Biology and Cancer Research. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Cell & Bioscience, the official journal of the Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America, is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that encompasses all areas of life science research. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Aging Cancer Biology Chemical Biology Chromosome Biology/Gene Regulation Developmental biology Drug discovery/Therapeutics Emerging Biotechnologies Enzymology/Biochemistry Genetics/Epigenetics/Genomics Immunology/Pathogen Biology/Infectious Diseases Metabolic diseases Molecular and cellular biology Neurosciences/Neurological Diseases Pathogen and Parasite Pathology Pharmacology/Chinese Traditional Medicine Post-translational Modifications/Proteomics Stem Cell Biology Structural Biology Translational medicine research Virology Cell & Bioscience aims to promote research in biosciences and advance biological and medical knowledge in all fields.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Editor-in-chief Yun-Fai ChrisPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 21 in mainland China (about 21%); most named United States 52, Mainland China 21, Hong Kong, China 12, Taiwan, China 5, Canada 3 (98 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- RNA modifications and cancerBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.9%
- Cancer-related molecular mechanisms researchBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.6%
- MicroRNA in disease regulationBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6%
- Autophagy in Disease and TherapyMedicine6%
- Epigenetics and DNA MethylationBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.6%
- RNA Research and SplicingBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.9%
- Pluripotent Stem Cells ResearchBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.6%
- Cancer, Hypoxia, and MetabolismBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Biology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Biology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Biology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EmbaseCASPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 6.51LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 6.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 7.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 11.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.07LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.29LetPub ·
- h-index
- 36LetPub ·
- h-index
- 104OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,238OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 6.36OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 176LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 2,100,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,871 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 137 | 137 | 44 |
| 2025 | 182 | 182 | 1,024 |
| 2024 | 157 | 157 | 1,957 |
| 2023 | 232 | 232 | 4,852 |
| 2022 | 212 | 212 | 6,547 |
| 2021 | 222 | 222 | 8,608 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
120 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 95 days – 171 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 17 days (112 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 148 days
- Sample
- 110 articles with submission and acceptance dates (344 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 10 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | GBP 2,190 / USD 2,990 / EUR 2,590 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,890 / EUR 2,490 / GBP 2,090 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 2,190 / USD 2,990 / EUR 2,590 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 2,190 / USD 2,990 / EUR 2,590 | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Open calls for papers1, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Author–date
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Data availability Formatting the 'Availability of data and materials' section of your manuscript
The following format for the 'Availability of data and materials section of your manuscript should be used:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Licensing and copyright
Creative Commons licences Open access articles in Springer Nature journals are published under Creative Commons licences. These provide an industry-standard framework to support easy re-use of open access material. Under Creative Commons licences, authors retain copyright of their articles. Cell & Bioscience articles are published open access under a CC BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons Attribution Non-C…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Benefits of open access
Publishing open access (OA) offers a number of benefits, including greater reach and readership for your work: Cited more 1.6x more citations of OA articles than non-OA articles across all subjects Downloaded more 4x more downloads of OA articles than non-OA articles Greater impact 2.5x more Altmetric attention. OA articles attracted 1.9x more news mentions and 1.2x more policy mentions Open acces…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Peer review is the process used to evaluate the quality of a manuscript before publication. Independent researchers in the relevant field assess submitted manuscripts to check their validity and robustness. Their feedback guides editors in making publication decisions. Typically, two or more experts evaluate each manuscript based on three main criteria: scientific robustness: is the research metho…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Founded
- 2011
- ISSN
- 2045-3701
- Society / sponsor
- Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Cell and Bioscience
What CAS zone is Cell and Bioscience in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Cell and Bioscience is in Zone 2 of Biology, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Biology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Cell and Bioscience?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 6.51; CiteScore 11.5, h-index 104.
How long does peer review take at Cell and Bioscience?
Based on the dates recorded on 110 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 120 days (interquartile range 95–171 days); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Cell and Bioscience?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Author–date; Templates: LaTeX and Word. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Cell and Bioscience based?
Of the 98 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 21 (about 21%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (52), Mainland China (21) and Hong Kong, China (12). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Cell and Bioscience?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Cell and Bioscience is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Embase and CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Cell and Bioscience open access, and what is the APC?
Cell and Bioscience is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,990.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .