Cell Death and Differentiation

Aims & Scope

To devote itself to scientific excellence in the field of cell biology, molecular biology, and biochemistry of cell death and disease.

To provide a unified forum for scientists and clinical researchers.

It is committed to the rapid publication of high quality original papers relating to these subjects, together with topical, usually solicited, reviews, meeting reports, editorial correspondence and occasional commentaries on controversial and scientifically informative issues.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	15.4
2024	13.70

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	4.866

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	271

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	303

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	8634

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

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• Medline
• PubMed
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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 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.

• Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018

  Citation: 5142

  Authors: Lorenzo, Ilio, Stuart A., John M., Dieter, Patrizia, Emad S., Lucia, Ivano, David W., Margherita, Alexey V., Eli, Eric H., Nickolai A., Nicolas G., Francesca, Mathieu J. M., Katiuscia, Mikhail V., Klas, Christoph, Patricia, Catherine, Michelangelo, Eleonora, Didac, Francesco, Francis K.-M., Navdeep S., Emily H., Jerry E., John A., Aaron, Gerald M., Marcus, Juan R., Peter E., Vincenzo, Ted M., Valina L., Vincenzo, Ruggero, Klaus-Michael, Ralph J., Mohanish, Nicola, Francesco, Vishva M., Scott J., Colin S., Brian D., Wafik S., John W., Gian Maria, Simone, Ana J., Abhishek D., Carmen, Evripidis, Pierre, Eyal, Douglas R., Lloyd A., Hinrich, Atan, Gyorgy, J. Marie, Isaac S., Michael O., Claudio, Hidenori, Marja, Bertrand, Philipp J., Philippe P., William J., Michael, Thomas, Oliver, Adi, Richard N., Daniel J., Richard A., Sharad, Sam W., John J., Beth, Andreas, Stuart A., Richard A., Carlos, Scott W., Tom, Enrico, Marion, Frank, Michal, Walter, Gwenola, Jean-Christophe, Seamus J., Jean-Claude, Jan Paul, Patrick, Pascal, Sonia, Edward A., Jeffery D., Ute M., Cristina, Shigekazu, Gabriel, Andrew, Moshe, Michael, Michele, Theocharis, Manolis, Josef M., David M., Shazib, Marcus E., Mauro, Paolo, Jochen H.M., Hamsa, Gabriel A., Markus, Rosario, Cecilia M.P., David C., Thomas, Kevin M., Emre, Luca, Feng, Yufang, John, Hans-Uwe, Antonella, Brent R., Andreas, Gyorgy, Stephen W.G., Daolin, Nektarios, Andrew, Yoshihide, Boris, Tom, Peter, Matthew G., Andreas, Herbert W., Karen H., Domagoj, Erwin F., Henning, David, Ying, James A., Will, Junying, Zahra, Boris, Laurence, Gerry, Guido

• Emerging roles of caspase-3 in apoptosis

  Citation: 3136

  Authors: Alan G, Reiner U

• Ferroptosis: process and function

  Citation: 3008

  Authors: Y, W, X, Y, J, X, R, D

• Roles of CHOP/GADD153 in endoplasmic reticulum stress

  Citation: 2360

  Authors: S, M

• Classification of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2009

  Citation: 2288

  Authors: G, L, P, J, E S, E H, M V, W S, P, D R, M, R A, S, S A, W, G, M E, J, J, M, B, G

• Molecular definitions of cell death subroutines: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2012

  Citation: 2037

  Authors: L, I, J M, E S, E H, M V, T M, V L, W S, S, E, D R, M O, O, R A, S, S A, X, F, W, P, G, M E, M, D C, Y, H-U, P, E, J, B, G, G

• The Beclin 1 network regulates autophagy and apoptosis

  Citation: 2030

  Authors: R, H J, M T, D

• Tumor necrosis factor signaling

  Citation: 1885

  Authors: H, K, P

• Oxidative stress and autophagy: the clash between damage and metabolic needs

  Citation: 1812

  Authors: G, D, F

• TLR signaling

  Citation: 1644

  Authors: T, S

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