The Rockefeller University Press (RUP) is a department of
Rockefeller University
The Rockefeller University is a Private university, private Medical research, biomedical Research university, research and graduate-only university in New York City, New York. It focuses primarily on the biological and medical sciences and pro ...
.
Journals
Rockefeller University Press publishes three scientific journals: ''
Journal of Experimental Medicine'', founded in 1896, ''
Journal of General Physiology'', founded in 1918, and ''
Journal of Cell Biology
The ''Journal of Cell Biology'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Rockefeller University Press.
History
In the early 1950s, a small group of biologists began to explore intracellular anatomy using the emerging technology of e ...
'', founded in 1955 under the title ''The Journal of Biophysical and Biochemical Cytology''. All editorial decisions on manuscripts submitted to the three journals are made by active scientists in conjunction with in-house scientific editors, and all peer-review operations and pre-press production functions are carried out at the Rockefeller University Press offices. In 2018, Rockefeller University Press partnered with EMBO Press and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press to launch the "
Life Science Alliance" journal.
Focus
Rockefeller University Press places a strong emphasis on preserving the integrity of primary research data, and it is a pioneer in the application of new technologies to achieve that goal.
Open access policy
Rockefeller University Press provides public access to the articles it publishes.
All content of ''Journal of Experimental Medicine'', ''Journal of Cell Biology'', and ''Journal of General Physiology'' (back to volume 1, issue 1) is hosted on Silverchair and
PubMed Central, where it is available to the public for free 6 months after publication under a
Creative Commons license
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. Some content is published Open Access immediately upon publication under a
CC-BY license.
See also
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List of English-language book publishing companies
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List of university presses
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References
External links
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Journal of Cell Biology'
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Journal of Experimental Medicine'
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Journal of General Physiology'
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