Molecular Biology of the Cell

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{{Infobox journal

| title = Molecular Biology of the Cell

| formername=Cell Regulation

| cover = Molecular Biology of the Cell (Journal).gif

| editor = Matthew Welch

| discipline = Cell biology, genetics, developmental biology

| abbreviation = Mol. Biol. Cell

| publisher = American Society for Cell Biology

| country = United States

| frequency = Biweekly

| history = 1989-present

| openaccess = Delayed, after 2 months

| license =

| impact = 3.512

| impact-year = 2017

| website = http://www.molbiolcell.org/

| link1 = http://www.molbiolcell.org/content/current

| link1-name = Online access

| link2 = http://www.molbiolcell.org/content

| link2-name = Online archive

| JSTOR =

| OCLC = 39378688

| LCCN = 92660504

| CODEN = MBCEEV

| ISSN = 1059-1524

| eISSN = 1939-4586

}}

Molecular Biology of the Cell is a biweekly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Society for Cell Biology. It covers research on the molecular basis of cell structure and function. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2012 impact factor of 4.803.{{cite book |year=2013 |chapter=Molecular Biology of the Cell |title=2012 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Thomson Reuters |edition=Science |series=Web of Science |title-link=Journal Citation Reports }} It was originally established as Cell Regulation in 1989.

The Editor-in-Chief is Matthew Welch (University of California, Berkeley).[https://www.molbiolcell.org/editorial-board "Molecular Biology of the Cell" Editors Page (Accessed 6th Jan 2020)] Previous Editors-in-Chief include: Erkki Ruoslahti (of Cell Regulation) and David Botstein and Keith Yamamoto (of MBoC) and their successors Sandra Schmid and David Drubin.{{cite journal

| last = Welch

| first = Matthew D.

| date = 2020

| title = MBoC: community, communication, and innovation

| journal = Molecular Biology of the Cell

| volume = 21

| issue = 1

| pages = 1–2

| doi = 10.1091/mbc.E19-09-0502

| doi-access= free

| pmc= 6938274

}}