Journal metric profile

Cell Discovery

Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor, five-year Impact Factor, quartile, category rank, publisher, identifiers and citation profile for the 2025 metric year.

JCR-based Impact Factor 12.500 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 14.300 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 19/204 Recorded category rank

Cell Discovery JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

Cell Discovery is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by SPRINGERNATURE. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 12.500, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q1.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 19 out of 204 journals in its listed category. A Q1 designation describes the journal’s position within its subject category; it should not be used as a direct measure of the quality of an individual article.

Citation profile

The record contains 6,532 total citations, 74 total articles, 76 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 14.300, which is 1.800 points above the listed standard Journal Impact Factor. These values use different citation windows and should be interpreted together rather than as a direct trend. The Journal Impact Factor without journal self-citations is recorded as 12.500. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 1.780.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 3.8 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 6.9 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

Cell Discovery is identified in this record by electronic ISSN 2056-5968. Use the ISSN when checking library catalogues, publisher records, indexing databases, or the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports entry.

Complete journal information

All values below come directly from the database record.

Journal nameCell Discovery
Abbreviated journalCELL DISCOV
PublisherSPRINGERNATURE
Metric year2025
Overall rank371
ISSNNot available
eISSN2056-5968
Total cites6,532
Total articles74
Citable items76
Cited half-life3.8 years
Citing half-life6.9 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor12.500
5-Year Impact Factor14.300
Impact Factor without journal self-cites12.500
Journal Citation Indicator1.780
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank19/204
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of Cell Discovery?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for Cell Discovery is 12.500 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is Cell Discovery?

Cell Discovery is listed in quartile Q1. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes Cell Discovery?

Cell Discovery is listed as being published by SPRINGERNATURE.

Can a JCR Journal Impact Factor be used to judge an individual article?

No. The Journal Impact Factor is a journal-level citation measure reported in Clarivate Journal Citation Reports. It does not measure the quality, reliability or influence of every individual article published by that journal.

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