Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

The Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology is an annual peer-reviewed review journal published by Annual Reviews, established in 1985 and devoted to cell and developmental biology, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 12.5.（Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology）是由（Annual Reviews）出版的年度同行评审综述期刊，1985 年创刊，专注细胞生物学与发育生物学，2025 年影响因子为 12.5。

Scope

• It publishes invited review articles that survey the most significant developments in cell and developmental biology.该刊发表邀约综述文章，梳理细胞与发育生物学领域最重要的进展。
• Its scope includes the structure, function and organization of the cell.其范围包括细胞的结构、功能与组织方式。
• It covers the development and evolution of cells, from single-celled organisms to multicellular ones and their disease states.它涵盖从单细胞生物到多细胞生物乃至疾病状态下细胞的发育与演化。^[1]
• Cell-cell communication and signalling are also central, as in the biogenesis and intercellular interactions of extracellular vesicles.细胞间通讯与信号传导也是核心内容，例如细胞外囊泡的生成与相互作用。^[2][3]
• Models and tools of molecular biology, including cell imaging, genomics and genome engineering, fall within its remit.分子生物学的模型与工具属于其范畴，包括细胞成像、基因组学与基因组工程。
• Quantitative and physical approaches such as live imaging and computational modelling are covered as well.活体成像与计算建模等定量与物理手段同样被涵盖。

History

• It was launched in 1985 as the Annual Review of Cell Biology, with George E. Palade as founding editor alongside Bruce M. Alberts and James A. Spudich.该刊 1985 年以（Annual Review of Cell Biology）之名创办，（George E. Palade）为创始主编，（Bruce M. Alberts）与（James A. Spudich）共同参与。^[4]
• From volume 11 in 1995 it has appeared under its present title, reflecting the growing share of its reviews devoted to developmental biology.自 1995 年第 11 卷起，它以现行刊名出版，以反映其综述中发育生物学比重上升。
• It is published annually as a single volume per year, reaching volume 42 in 2026.它每年出版一卷，2026 年已出版至第 42 卷。
• Its Journal Impact Factor was 13.827 in 2021, 11.902 in 2022, 11.4 in 2024 and 12.5 in 2025.其影响因子 2021 年为 13.827、2022 年为 11.902、2024 年为 11.4、2025 年为 12.5。
• It is indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded and leads its category in Developmental Biology by Journal Impact Factor.该刊被（Science Citation Index Expanded）收录，并在（Developmental Biology）类别中按影响因子位居首位。
• Under the Subscribe to Open model its recent volumes become open access when institutional support is sufficient.在（Subscribe to Open）模式下，当机构订阅支持充足时，其新近各卷转为开放获取。

Editors

• Its editor is Ruth Lehmann, a professor in the Department of Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.其主编是（Massachusetts Institute of Technology）生物系的（Ruth Lehmann）教授。
• Its associate editors are Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz of the Janelia Research Campus at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Alexander F. Schier of the Biozentrum at the University of Basel.其副主编为（Howard Hughes Medical Institute）下属（Janelia Research Campus）的（Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz）与（University of Basel）的（Alexander F. Schier）。
• Committee members include Michael L. Dustin of the University of Oxford, Hiroshi Hamada of the National Centre for Biological Sciences and Alexander D. Johnson of the University of California, San Francisco.编委包括（University of Oxford）的（Michael L. Dustin）、（National Centre for Biological Sciences）的（Hiroshi Hamada）与（University of California, San Francisco）的（Alexander D. Johnson）。
• Further committee members are Prisca Liberali of the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research and Samara L. Reck-Peterson of Weill Cornell Medicine.其他编委为（Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research）的（Prisca Liberali）与（Weill Cornell Medicine）的（Samara L. Reck-Peterson）。
• Authors for each volume are selected by a planning committee whose members are listed by volume on the journal site.每卷的作者由规划委员会选定，其成员按卷次在期刊网站上列出。
• The editorial office is at the publisher Annual Reviews, a nonprofit organisation in San Mateo, California, in the United States.编辑部设于出版方（Annual Reviews），该机构是美国加利福尼亚州（San Mateo）的非营利组织。