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Panorama Open Scholarly Index
POSIIndexedC-Q2Zone 3Partially verifiedCurrent

Journal of Cell Science

The Company of Biologists · United Kingdom

POSI-J-023619eISSN 0021-9533

Evaluation status

POSI-EVAL-1.0

1 · Core Collection

Indexed, not certified

Listed in the journal directory. Certification is by application.

2 · PQF

Not assessed

Eligibility framework; not a citation metric.

3 · Citation ranking

CITATION-RANK-1.0
522 / 2027C-Q2Zone 3

In Biological Sciences · percentile 74.3

PNCI 0.70 · 1618 eligible items · coverage 100.0%

Snapshot: September 2026

PQF is an eligibility and quality-framework assessment. It is not a citation ranking metric and does not determine Citation Quartiles or POSI Zones. PCS is a supplementary citation indicator and does not determine the official POSI Citation Rank, Citation Percentile, Citation Quartile, or POSI Zone.

Citations and output

Citation score (PCS)
7.77
Supplementary · 2022–2025 · 1,618 items · PCS-1.0
Adequate sample
How it is calculated
Articles
24,175
OpenAlex / Crossref
Subject
Biological Sciences
P1.06 · confidence high

Ranking history

  1. 2026currentC-Q2Zone 3

    Biological Sciences · rank 522 of 2,027

Editions are kept as published; each ranks the journal within its category that year.

Record details

Identity

POSI ID · posi-data registry/ · identifier
POSI-J-023619
eISSN · ISSN Portal / Crossref · identifier
0021-9533
OpenAlex source · OpenAlex · identifier
S5677253
Title · ISSN Portal / Crossref · registry
Journal of Cell Science
Publisher · Crossref / OpenAlex · registry
The Company of Biologists

Not recorded: pISSN, ISSN country

Declared by the publisher

Stated by the journal about itself. POSI records these as declared and does not present them as measured.

Declared country · Publisher · declared
United Kingdom
Language · Publisher / DOAJ · declared
English
Website · Publisher · declared
jcs.biologists.org/

Not recorded: Frequency, License, Peer review, Article processing charge

Registry and computed values

Open access · DOAJ / OpenAlex · registry
No

Not recorded: DOAJ status

Verification: Partially verified

ISSN resolved to an OpenAlex source record; journal-level evidence not reviewed by POSI.

Freshness: Current

Updated 2026-08-10. Record updated within 6 months of the data cutoff.

Indexed, benchmark set

Indexed. Also in the Global Benchmark reference set that POSI uses to validate its methodology.

How states are assigned

Cite this record

Panorama Open Scholarly Index. (2026). Journal of Cell Science [journal record, POSI-J-023619]. https://posi.panorama-sg.com/journal/bench-journal-of-cell-science-0335/