Cell Cycle

Aims & Scope

Cell Cycle is a bi-weekly peer-reviewed journal of high priority research from all areas of cell biology.

Cell Cycle covers all topics from yeast to man, from DNA to function, from development to aging, from stem cells to cell senescence, from metabolism to cell death, from cancer to neurobiology, from molecular biology to therapeutics.

Our goal is fast publication of outstanding research.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.4
2024	3.40

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.937

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	175

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	5372

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	2048

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline
• PubMed
• Embase

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology and Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• The reverse Warburg effect: Aerobic glycolysis in cancer associated fibroblasts and the tumor stroma

  Citation: 1145

  Authors: Stephanos, Diana, Remedios, Neal, Agnieszka K., Philippe G., Mathew C., Chenguang, Paolo, Sankar, Richard G., Ubaldo E., Federica, Michael P.

• Partial inhibition of Cdk1 in G₂phase overrides the SAC and decouples mitotic events

  Citation: 790

  Authors: Rachael A, Samuel, C Elizabeth, Thierry, Anna, Andrew

• How ERK1/2 activation controls cell proliferation and cell death: Is subcellular localization the answer?

  Citation: 789

  Authors: Yohannes, Yohannes

• Differential Regulation of microRNAs by p53 Revealed by Massively Parallel Sequencing: miR-34a is a p53 Target That Induces Apoptosis and G1-arrest

  Citation: 739

  Authors: Valery, Peter, Berlinda, Dmitri, Alexey, Antje, Gunter, Heiko

• The hypoxic microenvironment maintains glioblastoma stem cells and promotes reprogramming towards a cancer stem cell phenotype

  Citation: 644

  Authors: John M., Zhizhong, Roger E., Anita B., Jeremy N.

• Stromal Fibroblasts in Cancer: A Novel Tumor-Promoting Cell Type

  Citation: 639

  Authors: Akira, Robert A.

• Inactivation of miR-34a by aberrant CpG methylation in multiple types of cancer

  Citation: 639

  Authors: Dmitri, Valery, Alexey, Carola, Tatjana, Henrike, Piotr, Joachim, Heiko

• Multiple Roles of the PI3K/PKB (Akt) Pathway in Cell Cycle Progression

  Citation: 631

  Authors: Jiyong, Joyce M.

• DNA repair by nonhomologous end joining and homologous recombination during cell cycle in human cells

  Citation: 564

  Authors: Zhiyong, Michael, Andrei, Vera

• Heat Shock Proteins 27 and 70: Anti-Apoptotic Proteins with Tumorigenic Properties

  Citation: 548

  Authors: Carmen, Mathilde, Celine, Yael, Elise, Guido

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