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Journal of Molecular Cell Biology

Oxford University Press·United Kingdom·ISSN 1674-2788

Open accessIn DOAJFee waivers availableBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Journal of Molecular Cell Biology is published by Oxford University Press as an open access journal (ISSN 1674-2788). The list article processing charge is $2,900. Typical time to publication is 8 wks. Its OpenAlex h-index is 101. Primary field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. It is listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals. Fee waivers are stated as available. Figures on this page are sourced from OpenAlex and DOAJ and should be confirmed on the journal’s own site before submission.

Cost to publish

$2,900

Open-access article processing charge, list price.

Checked · Journal fee page

Time to publication

8 wks

Fast for a peer-reviewed journal — check what review depth that implies.

h-index

101

OpenAlex citation statistic. Not a Journal Impact Factor.

2-year mean citedness

3.3

Average citations to articles from the previous two years.

What it costs to publish here

Publishing an open-access article in Journal of Molecular Cell Biology is listed at $2,900. The journal reports that fee waivers are available — worth pursuing if you are funding this yourself or working from a lower-income country.

The journal's own fee page →

What this journal has charged over time

List price for an open-access article in Journal of Molecular Cell Biology, as recorded by OpenAlex for each year. The fee has risen 33% since 2021, from $2,180 to $2,900.

$0$1.5k$3k2021: $2,18020212022: $2,60020222023: $2,60020232024: $3,00020242025: $2,9002025

Publishers change list prices without notice and often apply discounts, institutional agreements or waivers. Treat this as the trend, and confirm the current figure with the journal.

Peer review and licensing

Review modelAnonymous peer review (policy)
LicenceCC BY, CC BY-NC
Author keeps copyrightNo
Plagiarism screeningYes
Editorial boardPublished →
LanguagesEN

Verification checks

8 of 8 confirmed

These are facts we could verify in public records, not a verdict. A journal missing a check is not necessarily disreputable — many long-established subscription journals sit outside the open-access registries entirely. Use them as questions to ask, and confirm anything that matters directly with the journal before you submit.

  • Listed in the Directory of Open Access JournalsDOAJ applies a documented set of inclusion criteria.
  • Included in OpenAlex's curated core setOpenAlex flags well-established venues that appear across major indexes.
  • Peer review model publicly declaredAnonymous peer review
  • Publication charges stated up frontA journal that will not tell you the fee before submission is worth a second look.
  • Screens submissions for plagiarismReported to DOAJ by the journal.
  • Participates in a digital preservation schemeArchiving means the record survives if the publisher does not.
  • Assigns persistent identifiers (DOIs)Standard practice; its absence is unusual.
  • Still actively publishingMost recent indexed article: 2026.

Scope

The subjects Journal of Molecular Cell Biology publishes most, derived from the topics assigned to its indexed articles.

RNA modifications and cancerEpigenetics and DNA MethylationRNA Research and SplicingCancer-related Molecular PathwaysUbiquitin and proteasome pathwaysMicrotubule and mitosis dynamicsPluripotent Stem Cells ResearchGenomics and Chromatin DynamicsCRISPR and Genetic EngineeringMicroRNA in disease regulation

Publication record

Indexed articles1,195
Total citations45,303
i10-index765
Most recent indexed article2026
Open access since2019
All ISSNs1674-2788, 1759-4685

Counts reflect what OpenAlex has indexed and will differ from the publisher's own figures. We do not show a founding year: OpenAlex's first-publication dates are distorted by mis-dated records — it puts PLoS ONE in 1806 — and we would rather omit a number than print one we cannot stand behind.