Cell (journal)

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{{Infobox journal

| title = Cell

| cover = Cover_of_Cell_(Scientific_journal).jpg

| caption = Cover of December 2019 issue

| editor = John Pham

| discipline = Biology

| abbreviation = Cell

| publisher = Cell Press

| country =

| frequency = Biweekly

| history = 1974–present

| openaccess = After 12 months

| license =

| impact = 45.5

| impact-year = 2023

| website = http://www.cell.com/

| link1 = http://www.cell.com/current

| link1-name = Online access

| link2 = http://www.cell.com/archive

| link2-name = Online archive

| link3 = http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/621181/description

| link3-name =Journal page on Elsevier website

| JSTOR =

| OCLC = 01792038

| LCCN = 74641498

| CODEN = CELLB5

| ISSN = 0092-8674

| eISSN = 1097-4172

}}

Cell is a peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing research papers across a broad range of disciplines within the life sciences.{{cite web| url= http://www.reed-elsevier.com/OURBUSINESS/ELSEVIER/Pages/Cell.aspx |title=About Cell| publisher= Reed Elsevier | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100323044022/http://www.reed-elsevier.com/OurBusiness/Elsevier/Pages/Cell.aspx| archive-date=2010-03-23}} Areas covered include molecular biology, cell biology, systems biology, stem cells, developmental biology, genetics and genomics, proteomics, cancer research, immunology, neuroscience, structural biology, microbiology, virology, physiology, biophysics, and computational biology. The journal was established in 1974 by Benjamin Lewin[http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/621181/description Elsevier: Cell: Home] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925191344/http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/621181/description |date=2012-09-25 }} (accessed 12 December 2008) and is published twice monthly by Cell Press, owned by Elsevier.

History

Benjamin Lewin founded Cell in January 1974, under the aegis of MIT Press. He then bought the title and established an independent Cell Press in 1986. In April 1999, Lewin sold Cell Press to Elsevier.{{cite web|url=http://www.paperpub.com.cn/admin/upload/file/2009109142854546.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-07-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128213257/http://www.paperpub.com.cn/admin/upload/file/2009109142854546.pdf |archive-date=2012-01-28 }}

The "Article of the Future" feature was the recipient of a 2011 PROSE Award for Excellence in Biological & Life Sciences presented by the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers.{{cite web |url= http://www.cell.com/cellpress/PROSE_award2011 |date= February 8, 2011 |title= Cell Press Wins Prestigious PROSE Award for Article of the Future |publisher= Elsevier |work= Press release |location= Cambridge, MA |access-date= 2013-12-14 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131214091509/http://www.cell.com/cellpress/PROSE_award2011 |archive-date= December 14, 2013 |url-status= dead }}

Impact factor

According to ScienceWatch, the journal was ranked first overall in the category of highest-impact journals (all fields) over 1995–2005 with an average of 161.2 citations per paper.{{cite web |first=Nancy Imelda |last=Schafer |url=http://www.in-cites.com/research/2005/october_24_2005-2.html |title=Highest-Impact Journals (All Fields), 1995-2005 |publisher=In-cites.com |date=October 24, 2005 |access-date=2013-12-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924034135/http://www.in-cites.com/research/2005/october_24_2005-2.html |archive-date=2015-09-24 |url-status=dead }} According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 41.582, ranking it first out of 298 journals in "Biochemistry & Molecular Biology".{{cite book |year=2019 |chapter=Journals Ranked by Impact: All Journals |title=2018 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Clarivate Analytics |edition=Science |series=Web of Science}}

Contents and features

In addition to original research articles, 'another section publishes previews, reviews, analytical articles, commentaries, essays, correspondence, current nomenclature lists, glossaries, and schematic diagrams of cellular processes. Features include "PaperClips" (short conversations between a Cell editor and an author exploring the rationale and implications of research findings){{cite web |url=http://www.cell.com/ |title=Cell website}} and "PaperFlicks" (video summaries of a Cell paper).{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/cellvideoabstracts |title=Cell PaperFlicks |publisher=Youtube.com |access-date=2013-12-14}}

Availability

Content over 12 months old is freely accessible, starting from the January 1995 issue.{{cite web |url=http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/newsroom.newsroom/bio_emiliemarcus |publisher=Elsevier |title=Emilie Marcus, Executive Editor |work=Cell Press |access-date=2008-12-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208234806/http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/newsroom.newsroom/bio_emiliemarcus |archive-date=2009-02-08 }}