ABOUT THE JOURNAL

Aims and scope of journal

Cell Research publishes results of significance and originality in all disciplines of cell biology and molecular biology. The journal has an international authorship and a broad scope in basic research including:

• Cell growth and differentiation
• Cell adhesion
• Cytoskeleton
• Signaling
• Apoptosis
• Stem cells
• Development
• Immunology
• Neurosciences
• Chromatin and transcription
• Cell cycle
• Plant cell biology

Cell Research is published by Nature Publishing Group in partnership with the Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences (SIBS), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). In CR the Editorial team and NPG provide readers with high quality original articles and sharply focused reviews and commentaries which span the life sciences. CR is China's best journal in the Life Sciences and it is a valued member of NPG's highly respected family of Molecular Cell Biology journals.

Cell Research, which publishes exclusively in English, is China's leading journal in the life sciences.

Impact Factor

2008 Impact Factor 4.535*

Rank:
45/157 Cell Biology

* Journal Citation Reports, Thomson Reuters, 2009

Abstracted/indexed in

Index Medicus/Medline/PubMed
Science Citation Index
Current Contents-life Sciences
SciSearch and ISI Web of Science
Chemical Abstracts
BIOSIS
VINITI
Chinainfo (CD & Web)
CJFD (CD & Web)
CSCD

ISSN and eISSN

The international standard serial number (ISSN) for Cell Research is 1001-0602
and the electronic international standard serial number (eISSN) is 1748-7838.

Editors

Editor-in-Chief

Gang Pei, Shanghai

Deputy Editor-in-Chief

Dangsheng Li, Shanghai

Editors

Yun-Bo Shi, Bethesda
Yufang Shi, Piscataway
Xiaodong Wang, Dallas
Lin Li, Shanghai
Ye-Guang Chen, Beijing
Bernd Mueller-Roeber, Golm
Kan Liao, Shanghai
Duanqing Pei, Guangzhou
Xiaofan Wang, Durham
Lu Liang, Lindau
Anning Lin, Chicago

Editorial Board

Ueli Aebi, Basel
Shisan (Bob) Bao, Sydney
Constantin Bona, New York
Xuetao Cao, Shanghai
Jianguo Chen, Beijing
Quan Chen, Beijing
Linzhao Cheng, Baltimore
Ken WY Cho, Irvine
Wei Du, Chicago
Gen-Sheng Feng, San Digeo
Xin-Yuan Fu, Indianapolis
Xiang Gao, Nanjing
Jian Guo Geng, Shanghai
Hua Gu, New York
Jun Lin Guan, Ithaca
Masao Hayashi, Tokyo
Paval Hamet, Montreal
Dacheng He, Beijing
Lin He, Shanghai
Wolfgang Hennig, Mainz
Nancy Y Ip, Hong Kong
Naihe Jing, Shanghai
Devarajan Karunagaran, Kerala
Juliann G Kiang, Bethesda
Yan-Hua Wu Lee, Taipei
Chao Jun Li, Nanjing
Jian Jian Li, West Lafayette
Jia Yang Li, Beijing
Yi Ping Li, Shanghai
Qi Shui Lin, Shanghai
Jun-Ping Liu, Melbourne
Xin Yuan Liu, Shanghai
Zheng Gang Liu, Bethesda
Carlos Lopez-Otin, Oviedo
Xin Lu, London
Sheng Luan, Berkeley
An Ming Meng, Beijing
Akihiko Nakano, Tokyo
Hideaki Nagase, London
Tohru Okigaki, Okayama
Athanasios G Papavassiliou, Athens
Vladimir Parfenov, Petersburg
Martin Raff, London
Yi Rao, Beijing
Jacques Samarut, Lyon
Thomas D Sargent, Bethesda
Che-Kun (James) Shen, Taipei
David W Scott, Rockville
Jian Guo Song, Shanghai
Walter Wahli, Lausanne
Yizheng Wang, Shanghai
Dianqing (Dan) Wu, Farmington
Jia Rui Wu, Shanghai
Mian Wu, Hefei
Ting Xie, Kansas city
Tian Xu, New Haven
Weiming Xu, Sheffield
Xiaoning Xu, Oxford
Yong Hua Xu, Shanghai
Zhiheng Xu, Beijing
Zhi Hong Xu, Beijing
Hong Wei Xue, Shanghai
Yongbiao Xue, Beijing
Wei Cai Yang, Beijing
Yingzi Yang, Bethesda
Zhenbiao Yang, Riverside
Junying Yuan, Boston
Chuan Mao Zhang, Beijing
Yong Lian Zhang, Shanghai
Richard Yuqi Zhao, Baltimore
Zhong Cheng Zheng, Shanghai
Tianhua Zhou, Hangzhou
Dahai Zhu, Beijing
Jing De Zhu, Shanghai
Xue Liang Zhu, Shanghai
Zuo Yan Zhu, Wuhan