Cell Communication and Signaling Impact Factor 2026: 10.3, Quartile

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At a glanceCell Communication and Signaling is listed in SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024. We track 1 paper published in it in 2018, cited 0 times in total. Data updated 22 October 2026.

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Impact factor*10.3Rank 26 of 210 in Cell Biology IndexingSCIEScopusJCR 2024Confirm on the official lists before you submit Review time158 daysMedian from submission to acceptance Retractions2On record, with the reasons and years

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01Impact factor

Impact factor of Cell Communication and Signaling (2026)

Impact factor (2-year)10.3calculated by ScholarsColab

Rank in category#26of 210 by citedness

APC (listed)US$3,390open access

h-index133

Papers published3,687cited 110,652 times

The impact factor shown here is the 2-year mean citedness: citations received in a year by the papers Cell Communication and Signaling published in the two previous years, divided by the number of those papers. That is the same formula as the Journal Impact Factor, calculated by ScholarsColab. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so it also has an official Journal Impact Factor published by Clarivate, which can differ because it counts citations from Web of Science journals only.

Rank in its subject categories

Cell Biologyrank 26 of 210 journals

Ranks here compare journals of the same Web of Science category in our data by 2-year citedness; they are not the official JCR rank.

Quartile of Cell Communication and Signaling

A journal's quartile (Q1 to Q4) is its position within a subject category: Q1 is the top quarter. The official quartiles are published by Clarivate in Journal Citation Reports (by Journal Impact Factor, in Web of Science categories) and by Scimago as the SJR quartile (in Scopus categories). Cell Communication and Signaling is listed in JCR 2024, so its JCR quartile is in Journal Citation Reports. It is indexed in Scopus, so Scimago shows its SJR quartile. ScholarsColab does not show a quartile until it can show the official one; the impact factor and rank above are calculated from open data.

Citations and papers per year

Citations per year

Papers per year

Open access (listed in DOAJ); article processing charge listed at about US$3,390.

Please check the final impact factor. The impact factor and APC on this page are calculated by ScholarsColab (updated 17 October 2026) and can differ from the official values. Confirm the current impact factor and charges on the journal’s website or in Clarivate’s Journal Citation Reports before you submit.

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02Review time

Review time of Cell Communication and Signaling

Submission to acceptance158 daysmedian

Acceptance to online8 daysmedian

Papers counted197Aug 2026 to Oct 2026

How long papers in this journal took to be accepted

Fastest 10% accepted within 88 daysMiddle half of the papers: 115–201 daysMedian: 158 daysSlowest 10% took over 251 days

Each paper took a different time. The green box holds the middle half of the papers and the dark line is the median; the whiskers reach the fastest 10% and the slowest 10%. Plan with the whole spread, not only the median.

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Half of the research articles Cell Communication and Signaling published between Aug 2026 and Oct 2026 were accepted within 158 days of submission, and the middle half took between 115 and 201 days. This time includes peer review and any revision rounds. Papers that were rejected are not counted, because only published papers carry these dates.

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Source, method and date. For each of the 197 research articles published from Aug 2026 to Oct 2026 that carry both dates, ScholarsColab counted the days from received to accepted, then took the median and the middle 50% of those values; articles with impossible dates were left out. Updated: 29 October 2026, refreshed about every 3 months. Review times of individual papers vary with the field, the editor, the reviewers and the number of revisions, and the journal may count from a different date. ScholarsColab is not affiliated with this journal; check the journal’s website for its own figures.

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BioMed Central (BMC): BMC follows Springer Nature's waiver list: 100% for low-income and 50% for lower-middle income countries. Authors in 25 countries get a full waiver.

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03Retractions

Retractions and research integrity at Cell Communication and Signaling

Retractions, last 10 years22 in all years

Per 1,000 papers0.9of 2,283 papers in 10 years

Most common reasons (a retraction can have several):

Duplication of/in Image2

Concerns/Issues about Data1

Concerns/Issues about Image1

Duplication of Data1

Cell Communication and Signaling has 2 retracted papers on record, the latest in Dec 2025. A retraction count is not a verdict on a journal: large journals publish more and journals that investigate actively retract more. The trend and the reasons tell you more than the number.

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04Funders

Who funds research published in Cell Communication and Signaling

Articles naming a funder90%of 200 recent articles

Funders named most often

National Natural Science Foundation of China10

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation6

the National Natural Science Foundation of China6

National Research Foundation of Korea6

National Key Research and Development Program of China6

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Based on up to 200 research articles this journal published in the last 24 months. Not every article lists its funders, so the share can be lower than the real one. Updated: 29 October 2026.

05Indexing

Indexing of Cell Communication and Signaling

List	Status
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)	✓ Listed
Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)	Not listed
Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHCI)	Not listed
Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)	Not listed
Scopus	✓ Listed
Journal Citation Reports 2024	✓ Listed

eISSN: 1478-811X
Publisher: BMC
Country: England
Language: English
Scopus source type: Journal
Web of Science categories: Cell Biology

From the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab, updated 1 March 2026. Indexing can change: confirm on the Web of Science Master Journal List or the Scopus source list before submitting. Official Journal Impact Factors and JCR quartiles are published by Clarivate; the impact factor on this page is calculated by ScholarsColab (see how the impact factor works).

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06How to submit

How to submit to Cell Communication and Signaling

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07What it publishes

What Cell Communication and Signaling publishes: real papers

1paper

0citations

2018years

0median citations

08Published papers

Papers published in Cell Communication and Signaling

Papers from the publication records ScholarsColab tracks, with their year and citations. Author names are not shown.

Cold shock proteins: from cellular mechanisms to pathophysiology and20180 citations

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09Reviewer comments

Reviewer comments and rejection reasons for Cell Communication and Signaling

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10Similar journals

Journals similar to Cell Communication and Signaling

Journals that publish the closest work to the papers above, from the indexing lists:

PLoS ONESCIEScopusJCR 20248 similar papers
PeerJSCIEScopusJCR 20245 similar papers
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental BiologySCIEScopusJCR 20243 similar papers
Oxidative Medicine and Cellular LongevityScopus1 similar paper
Renal FailureSCIEScopusJCR 20241 similar paper
Tohoku Journal of Experimental MedicineSCIEScopusJCR 20241 similar paper

11Same subject

Cell Biology journals with a similar impact factor*

The journals next to Cell Communication and Signaling when the 203 journals of Cell Biology in our data are ranked by impact factor*:

Rank	Journal	Impact factor*	Indexing	Open access
22	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	11.3	SCIE	Subscription
23	Developmental Cell	11.2	SCIE	Subscription
24	The Plant Cell	10.8	SCIE	Subscription
25	Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters	10.6	SCIE	Fully open access
27	Cell Death and Differentiation	10.3	SCIE	Subscription
28	Trends in Cell Biology	9.67	SCIE	Subscription
29	Cell Death and Disease	9.62	SCIE	Fully open access
30	Cell Genomics	9.27	ESCI	Fully open access

*Impact factor calculated by ScholarsColab (2-year citedness), not the official Clarivate value.

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No AI or language model is used. Your words are matched against the titles of 157,115 real published journal papers, by our mentors and by other researchers (shown without names); journals are ranked by how many closely matching papers they published. Indexing comes from the SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI, Scopus and JCR 2024 lists, matched by journal name; the impact factor is calculated by ScholarsColab, not the official Clarivate value, and no quartile is shown until the official JCR or SJR quartile can be; review time is the median days from submission to acceptance (not every publisher publishes these dates). Always check a journal’s scope and current indexing before submitting.

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12Questions

Frequently asked questions

How long is the review time of Cell Communication and Signaling?

Based on 197 research articles Cell Communication and Signaling published from Aug 2026 to Oct 2026, the median time from submission to acceptance was 158 days, and half of them were accepted between 115 and 201 days. After acceptance, papers appeared online after a median of 8 days. Data updated October 2026. Individual papers can take longer, especially with major revisions.

What is the impact factor of Cell Communication and Signaling?

Based on ScholarsColab citation data (October 2026), the 2-year impact factor of Cell Communication and Signaling is 10.3: papers it published in the two previous years were cited 10.3 times on average in a year. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so Clarivate also publishes an official Journal Impact Factor, which can differ.

What is the h-index of Cell Communication and Signaling?

The h-index of Cell Communication and Signaling is 133 (October 2026): 133 of its papers have each been cited at least 133 times. Its i10-index is 1,997.

What is the APC of Cell Communication and Signaling?

The listed article processing charge (APC) is about US$3,390 for Cell Communication and Signaling, an open access journal (data from October 2026). APCs change and can differ by article type, country or discounts, so confirm the current charge on the journal’s website before submitting.

What is the quartile of Cell Communication and Signaling?

Is Cell Communication and Signaling indexed in Scopus?

Yes. Cell Communication and Signaling appears in the Scopus list, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.

Is Cell Communication and Signaling an SCIE journal?

Yes. Cell Communication and Signaling is listed in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.

Is Cell Communication and Signaling in Journal Citation Reports (JCR)?

Yes. Cell Communication and Signaling is listed in JCR 2024, so it has a Journal Impact Factor. For the current impact factor and quartile, check Journal Citation Reports.

How many papers published in Cell Communication and Signaling does ScholarsColab track?

We track 1 paper published in Cell Communication and Signaling in 2018, cited 0 times in total, with a median of 0 citations per paper.

Does Cell Communication and Signaling offer an APC waiver?

Cell Communication and Signaling follows the policy of BioMed Central (BMC): BMC follows Springer Nature's waiver list: 100% for low-income and 50% for lower-middle income countries. Only the corresponding author's affiliation counts. Co-authors from other countries do not change the waiver. Rules verified 27 October 2026; confirm on the publisher's page.

Has Cell Communication and Signaling retracted papers?

Yes. 2 retracted papers are on record for Cell Communication and Signaling, 2 of them in the last 10 years; the most common reasons are duplication of/in image, concerns/issues about data, concerns/issues about image. A retraction count alone is not a verdict on a journal; look at the trend and the reasons. Data updated October 2026.

Who funds research published in Cell Communication and Signaling?

90% of 200 recent research articles in Cell Communication and Signaling name a funder; the funders named most often are National Natural Science Foundation of China, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, the National Natural Science Foundation of China.