Journal profile · Developmental Biology
Cells Tissues Organs
ISSN 1422-6405 · eISSN 1421-9654 · S. Karger AG · SWITZERLAND · Monthly · Founded 1999
Cells Tissues Organs: CAS Zone 4 · Biology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.17; hybrid open access; median 145 days to acceptance (55 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 33 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Cells Tissues Organs is published by S. Karger AG and is in Zone 4 of Biology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, Human auditory perception and evaluation and Legal Cases and Commentary, together about 31.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of cell and developmental biology stem cell research tissue engineering in vitro systems and regenerative biology
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Developmental Biology
Editor-in-chief Ryan J. GilbertPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance13.9%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering11.9%
- Legal Cases and CommentaryMedicine5.9%
- Tissue Engineering and Regenerative MedicineMedicine5.2%
- Mesenchymal stem cell researchMedicine4.8%
- Osteoarthritis Treatment and MechanismsMedicine4.1%
- Bone and Dental Protein StudiesMedicine3.8%
- Reproductive Biology and FertilityMedicine3.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Biology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Anatomy & Morphology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Cell Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Developmental Biology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Biology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Anatomy & Morphology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Cell Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Developmental Biology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Biology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Anatomy & Morphology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Cell Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Developmental Biology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- 2.17LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 6.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.71LetPub ·
- h-index
- 75LetPub ·
- h-index
- 116OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,903OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.5OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 19.83%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 27LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 6,928 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18 | 9 | 3 |
| 2025 | 33 | 15 | 46 |
| 2024 | 43 | 21 | 92 |
| 2023 | 33 | 13 | 124 |
| 2022 | 61 | 25 | 332 |
| 2021 | 89 | 30 | 1,372 |
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 PubMed · to
145 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 110 days – 190 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 10 days (55 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 163 days
- Sample
- 55 articles with submission and acceptance dates (76 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)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 24.2%Publisher website ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- S. Karger AG
- Country or region
- SWITZERLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1999
- ISSN
- 1422-6405
- Electronic ISSN
- 1421-9654
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 215, Issue 4 (July 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Cells Tissues Organs
What CAS zone is Cells Tissues Organs in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Cells Tissues Organs is in Zone 4 of Biology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Anatomy & Morphology / Cell Biology / Developmental Biology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Biology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Cells Tissues Organs?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.17; CiteScore 6.8, h-index 116.
How long does peer review take at Cells Tissues Organs?
Based on the dates recorded on 55 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 145 days (interquartile range 110–190 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 24.2%. 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.
Which databases index Cells Tissues Organs?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Cells Tissues Organs is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Cells Tissues Organs open access, and what is the APC?
Cells Tissues Organs is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .