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across the life, physical, earth, and health sciences, both independently and in partnership with scientific societies. Cell Press was founded and is currently based in

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under its parent company

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History

Benjamin Lewin Benjamin Lewin is a molecular biologist who founded the journal ''Cell'' and authored the textbook ''Genes.'' He is credited with building ''Cell'' into a recognized journal of cellular biology in a short period of time to rival ''Nature'' and '' ...

founded ''

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

Neuron A neuron (American English), neurone (British English), or nerve cell, is an membrane potential#Cell excitability, excitable cell (biology), cell that fires electric signals called action potentials across a neural network (biology), neural net ...

'' in March 1988; ''

Immunity Immunity may refer to: Medicine * Immunity (medical), resistance of an organism to infection or disease * ''Immunity'' (journal), a scientific journal published by Cell Press Biology * Immune system Engineering * Radiofrequence immunity ...

'' in April 1994; and ''

Molecular Cell ''Molecular Cell'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that covers research on cell biology at the molecular level, with an emphasis on new mechanistic insights. It was established in 1997 and is published two times per month. The journal is pu ...

'' 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 ''Developmental Cell'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal of cell and developmental biology. The journal was established in 2001, and is edited by Julie Sollier. It published by Cell Press, an imprint of Elsevier, and its articles becomes op ...

'' in July 2001; ''

Cancer Cell Cancer cells are cells that divide continually, forming solid tumors or flooding the blood or lymph with abnormal cells. Cell division is a normal process used by the body for growth and repair. A parent cell divides to form two daughter cells, an ...

'' in February 2002; ''

Cell Metabolism ''Cell Metabolism'' is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering physiology, with an emphasis on understanding the molecular basis of how the body self-regulates in the face of change, and how disturbances in these balances can lead to di ...

'' in January 2005; ''

Cell Host & Microbe ''Cell Host & Microbe'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Cell Press. The journal was launched in March 2007 and focuses broadly on the study of microbes, with an emphasis on the interface between the microbe A microorgani ...

'' in March 2007; ''

Cell Stem Cell ''Cell Stem Cell'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Cell Press, an imprint of Elsevier. History The journal was established in 2007 and focuses on stem cell research. Both research articles and reviews are published, at about ...

'' in July 2007; ''

Cell Systems ''Cell Systems'' is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research in systems biology. The journal was established in 2015 and published by Cell Press. According to the ''Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2021 impact facto ...

'' in July 2015; ''

Heliyon ''Heliyon'' is a monthly peer-reviewed open-access mega journal covering research in science, medicine and engineering. Unlike most of its competitors, the journal will consider for publication works reporting negative/null results, incremental ad ...

'' 2015; ''

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'' 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: ''

Current Biology ''Current Biology'' is a biweekly peer-reviewed scientific journal that covers all areas of biology, especially molecular biology, cell biology, genetics, neurobiology, ecology, and evolutionary biology. The journal includes research artic ...

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

Structure A structure is an arrangement and organization of interrelated elements in a material object or system, or the object or system so organized. Material structures include man-made objects such as buildings and machines and natural objects such as ...

'' 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 ''Cell Chemical Biology'' is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Cell Press. The journal publishes research in chemical biology and studies at the interface of chemistry and biology. According to the ''Journal Citation Reports'' ...

)'' launched on April 15, 1994, and joined Cell Press in January 2002. In 2007, Cell Press acquired the

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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 ''Cell Reports'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing research papers across a broad range of disciplines within the life sciences. The journal was established in 2012 and is the first open access journal published by Cell Press, an imp ...

'', 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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