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History

Benjamin Lewin founded '' Cell''. He then bought the title and established an independent Cell Press in 1986. The company spun off new journals as follows: ''

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'' in March 1988; '' Immunity'' in April 1994; and '' Molecular Cell'' in December 1997. Benjamin Lewin left in October 1999, after having sold Cell Press to

the previous April. Since that time, Cell Press has launched a number of new titles: '' Developmental Cell'' in July 2001; '' Cancer Cell'' in February 2002; '' Cell Metabolism'' in January 2005; '' Cell Host & Microbe'' in March 2007; '' Cell Stem Cell'' in July 2007; '' Cell Systems'' in July 2015; '' Heliyon'' 2015; '' Chem'' in July 2016; ''

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'' in September 2017; ''iScience'' in March 2018; and ''One Earth'' in September 2019. ''Cell Genomics'' was added in 2021. Meanwhile, three additional Elsevier journals have joined the Cell Press group: ''

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'' launched in January 1996, which became part of Cell Press in early 2001; ''

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'' launched in 1993, which merged with the journal ''Folding & Design'' in early 1999. At that point, the name changed to ''Structure with Folding & Design'' but reverted to ''Structure'' at the beginning of 2001, when the journal joined Cell Press. '' Cell Chemical Biology'' (formerly titled '' Chemistry & Biology)'' launched on April 15, 1994, and joined Cell Press in January 2002. In 2007, Cell Press acquired the Trends family of journals, 16 review journals covering the life, physical, and medical sciences. In October 1995, Cell.com was launched and full-text online versions were launched in July 1997.

Open access

Cell Press published its first open access journal, '' Cell Reports'', in 2012. In January 2021, all Cell Press journals began offering open access publishing options. As of May 2022, Cell Press publishes 17 open access journals and 40 hybrid journals. In 2021, 50% of all articles published in Cell Press were open access.

Other initiatives

In 2016 Cell Press launched ''STAR Methods''. ''STAR'' (Structured Transparent Accessible Reporting) ''Methods'' is focused on making replicable research methods available. In 2020, Cell Press launched the Rising Black Scientist Awards. Winning essays are published in ''Cell'', and winners receive a $10,000 award. The 2021 winners were Charleese Williams and Elle Lett. The 2020 winners were Olufolakemi Olusanya and Chrystal Starbird.

Journals published

Research journals

Trends reviews journals

Partner journals

References

External links

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