Journal profile · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology-Cell Biology

International Journal of Cell Biology

ISSN 1687-8876 · eISSN 1687-8884 · John Wiley & Sons, Inc. · USA

International Journal of Cell Biology: fully open access; APC about USD 950; review about 20 weeks (community reports); acceptance rate 18% (journal website); 4 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.

Impact factor—No published value
CAS zone—Not in the CAS Journal Ranking
CiteScore quartileQ3Cell Biology · rank 156/289 · 46th percentile
Review timeabout 20 weeksCommunity average; too few article dates (6)
APCUSD 950Fully open access
Acceptance18%From the journal's website
Articles per year42025 · OpenAlex count

Scope

Aims, scope and focus

International Journal of Cell Biology is published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Autophagy in Disease and Therapy, Cell death mechanisms and regulation and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, together about 25.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Molecular Biology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

International Journal of Cell Biology is an open access journal that publishes original research articles as well as review articles in all areas of cell biology.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology-Cell Biology

Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate

  1. Autophagy in Disease and TherapyMedicine10.3%
  2. Cell death mechanisms and regulationBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8.1%
  3. Mitochondrial Function and PathologyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.9%
  4. Cellular Mechanics and InteractionsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.3%
  5. Redox biology and oxidative stressBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6%
  6. Alzheimer's disease research and treatmentsMedicine4.7%
  7. Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase SignalingBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.7%
  8. Cellular transport and secretionBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.7%

Rankings & indexing

CAS ranking and database indexing

CAS Journal Ranking

CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered

Not covered by this edition.

CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered

Not covered by this edition.

CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered

Not covered by this edition.

CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)

SubjectQuartileRankPercentile
Cell BiologyQ3156/28946th

Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub

Database indexing

ScopusDOAJLetPub

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

CiteScore 2026-06
5.5LetPub ·
CiteScore (publisher)
5.5Publisher website ·
SJR 2026-06
0.62LetPub ·
SNIP 2026-06
0.68LetPub ·
h-index
74OpenAlex ·
i10-index
273OpenAlex ·
2-year mean citedness
2.78OpenAlex ·
Share of gold OA articles
0%LetPub ·

Articles by year OpenAlex count · 337 in total · the current year is incomplete

YearArticlesOpen accessCitations
202666841
2025441,242
2024881,261
2023551,411
2022661,539
2021111,909

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

Not usableThis publisher's "received" date is mostly when the revised manuscript arrived (25% of articles were "accepted" within 3 days), so it cannot measure review time

Other sources

Average review time (community reports)
about 20 weeksLetPub ·
Acceptance rate (publisher)
18%Publisher website ·
Submission to first decision
51 daysPublisher website ·
Submission to publication (journal-reported)
about 20 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).

SourceAPCFee waiverLicenseObserved
DOAJUSD 950 / GBP 640 / EUR 820YesCC BY
OpenAlexUSD 860 / EUR 740 / GBP 640——
LetPubUSD 800Yes—

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)

What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
Abstract
≤ 300 words
Publisher website · model-extracted, each line checked against the text
Article types accepted8
  1. correctionCorrectionLength not stated
  2. original researchThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original research study. These manus…Length not stated
  3. research articleThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original research study. These manus…Length not stated
  4. research articlesResearch articles should present the results of an original research study. These manuscripts should describe how the research project was conducted and provide…Length not stated
  5. reviewThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original research study. These manus…Length not stated
  6. review articleThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original research study. These manus…Length not stated
  7. reviewsA review article provides an overview of the published literature in a particular subject area.Length not stated
  8. systematic reviewThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original research study. These manus…Length not stated
Publisher website
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
Authorship Title and authorship information

The following information should be included: Manuscript title Full author names Full institutional mailing addresses Email addresses Affiliations. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in institutional affiliations. Responsibility for affiliations ultimately rests with the author, although the publisher may request changes be made to countries listed in affiliations t…

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Conflicts of interest Conflicts of interest

Max 3 concurrent submissions. Model summary

Authors must declare all relevant interests that could be perceived as conflicting. Authors should explain why each interest may represent a conflict. If no conflicts exist, the authors should state this. Submitting authors are responsible for co-authors declaring their interests. Conflicts of interest (COIs, also known as 'competing interests') occur when issues outside research could be reasonab…

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Data availability Data availability

Data availability statement required. Model summary

Authors must include a data availability statement with their submission. When submitting a manuscript, submitting authors will be asked to select from several pre-written statements or use the text editor to tell us about data availability with regard to their submission. Review our Data Sharing Policy to understand which data availability statement is right for your submission.

Source ↗Publisher website ·
License & copyright Copyright and permissions

Copyright retained by authors, CC BY license. Model summary

Authors retain the copyright of their manuscripts, and all open access articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited. The use of general descriptive names, trade names, trademarks, and so forth in this publication, even if not speci…

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Open access

Open access journal with APCs. Model summary

The journal is open access. Article processing charges (APCs) allow the publisher to make articles immediately available online to anyone to read and reuse upon publication.

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Peer review Peer review

Single-anonymized peer review model, for applicable article types. Model summary

The journal follows a single-anonymized peer review model, for applicable article types. Information on the Peer Review model can be found here. Wiley's policy on the confidentiality of the review process is available here. All submitted articles are subject to assessment and peer review to ensure editorial appropriateness and technical correctness. Research published in the journal must be: Scien…

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Plagiarism

iThenticate CrossCheck used for plagiarism detection. Model summary

This journal uses iThenticate’s CrossCheck software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts.

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Preprints Preprints

Preprint servers accepted. Model summary

The journal accepts articles previously published on preprint servers, and does not consider this to compromise the novelty of the results. Articles based on content previously made public only on a preprint server, institutional repository, or in a thesis will be considered. The preprint should be cited.

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Trial registration / reporting guidelines Reporting guidelines

Authors are strongly encouraged to use appropriate reporting guidelines when preparing and submitting manuscripts, to maximize transparency and reproducibility. Our editors and reviewers are also encouraged to use them in the review process. Completed checklists should be provided in the supplementary files on submission. We particularly encourage the use of: CONSORT for randomized controlled tria…

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
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Country or region
USA
Language
English
ISSN
1687-8876
Electronic ISSN
1687-8884
Official links

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Cell Biology

How long does peer review take at International Journal of Cell Biology?

Authors report an average review time of about 20 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 18%. 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 International Journal of Cell Biology?

According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Cell Biology is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.

Is International Journal of Cell Biology open access, and what is the APC?

International Journal of Cell Biology is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 950.

Sources and updates

The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .