BioEssays

BioEssays is a monthly review journal in molecular and cellular biology, published by John Wiley & Sons on behalf of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.《BioEssays》是一份分子与细胞生物学领域的月刊综述期刊，由约翰威立代表国际生物化学与分子生物学联合会出版。

It was established in December 1984 and has become a forum where advances in molecular and cell biology are drawn together and set out for a wide readership.该刊创办于 1984 年 12 月，长期作为把分子与细胞生物学进展汇拢起来、面向广大读者陈述的园地。

In the 2025 edition of the journal citation report it holds an impact factor of 3.3, and its articles are read across genetics, developmental biology and evolutionary biology.在 2025 年版期刊引证报告中，该刊的影响因子为 3.3，其文章在遗传学、发育生物学与进化生物学领域被广泛阅读。

Scope

• The journal covers molecular and cellular biology, and it brings together work that reaches across the life sciences rather than staying inside one specialty.该刊覆盖分子与细胞生物学，汇集横跨生命科学的工作，而不囿于单一专业。

• Genetics and genomics are central subjects, and the journal carries reviews that set out how a gene or a genome is organised and regulated.遗传学与基因组学是核心选题，该刊刊载阐明基因或基因组如何组织与调控的综述。

• Epigenetics is treated as a subject in its own right, and work on how chemical marks on chromatin shape gene activity is admitted.表观遗传学作为独立选题得到处理，关于染色质上的化学标记如何塑造基因活动的工作受到收载。

• Evolutionary biology is part of the remit, and the journal takes work that bears on how traits and lineages change over time.进化生物学是收稿范围的一部分，该刊收载关系到性状与谱系如何随时间变化的工作。

• Developmental biology is covered, and the journal carries syntheses on how an embryo is built and how cells come to differ from one another.发育生物学得到覆盖，该刊刊载胚胎如何建成、细胞如何彼此分化的综合评述。

• Neuroscience appears among the subjects, and work on how the nervous system is organised and how it develops is admitted.神经科学列于选题之中，关于神经系统如何组织与如何发育的工作受到收载。

• Human biology and physiology are treated, and the journal asks what molecular findings mean for the working of the body.人类生物学与生理学得到处理，该刊追问分子层面的发现对身体运作意味着什么。

• Systems biology is named as a subject, and the journal carries work that treats cells and tissues as networks rather than as lists of parts.系统生物学被点名为选题，该刊刊载把细胞与组织当作网络而非零件清单的工作。

• Plant biology is part of the remit, and reviews on how plants grow, sense and defend themselves appear in its pages.植物生物学是收稿范围的一部分，关于植物如何生长、感知与自卫的综述见诸其页。

• Beyond primary reports the journal publishes essays that step back from a field, and it treats such syntheses as its main offering.除原始报告之外，该刊发表从某一领域抽身回顾的评论，并把这类综合文章视为其主要内容。

• Commentary on science communication, education and policy is admitted, and the journal asks how biological knowledge reaches a wider public.科学传播、教育与政策方面的评论受到收载，该刊追问生物学知识如何抵达更广的公众。

• Current affairs of the life sciences are discussed, and the journal carries pieces on how research is funded, governed and debated.生命科学的时事得到讨论，该刊刊载关于研究如何获得资助、如何受治理与如何被争论的文章。

• A hypothesis may be set out at length, and the journal gives room to a claim that is not yet settled by experiment.一项假说可以长篇陈述，该刊为尚未由实验定论的论断留出篇幅。

• Method and interpretation are weighed as much as result, and the journal is written for readers who want the argument as well as the finding.方法与解释受到与结果同等的权衡，该刊为既想要发现也想要论证的读者而写。

History

• The journal was established in December 1984 by founding editor-in-chief William J. Whelan, under the auspices of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.该刊于 1984 年 12 月由创始主编（William J. Whelan）在国际生物化学与分子生物学联合会的主持下创办。

• It first appeared under ICSU Press together with The Company of Biologists, and it moved to John Wiley & Sons in January 1998.该刊最初由（ICSU Press）与（The Company of Biologists）共同出版，1998 年 1 月起转由约翰威立出版。

• Adam S. Wilkins became editor in January 1990, and Andrew Moore took the post of editor-in-chief in August 2008.（Adam S. Wilkins）于 1990 年 1 月出任编辑，（Andrew Moore）于 2008 年 8 月接任主编。

• The journal carries no former series name, and it has appeared under the title BioEssays since its first issue.该刊没有更名记录，自首期起便以《BioEssays》为题名出版。

• A re-launch begun around 2009 reshaped its rubrics and its editorial board, and the journal says that consultation with board members was part of the work.约自 2009 年起的一次改版重整了栏目与编委会，该刊称与编委的商讨是这项工作的一部分。

• Only two numbers are in use for the title, and the print run and the electronic edition share the same string of digits in different forms.该刊使用两个刊号，印本与电子版以不同形态共用同一串数字。

• Twelve issues are gathered into a year, and the journal keeps a monthly rhythm, with volume 47 running through 2025.该刊每年汇集十二期，保持月刊节奏，2025 年出至第 47 卷。

• The impact figure has moved with the field, standing at 4.345 for 2021 and reaching 3.3 in the 2025 edition.影响因子随领域而波动，2021 年为 4.345，2025 年版为 3.3。

• Review articles are the main fare, and the journal is commissioned rather than open to unsolicited reports.综述文章是主要内容，该刊以约稿为主，并不接收未经邀约的原始报告。

• A large share of proposals is turned away before review, and the journal puts its pre-submission rejection rate at around seventy per cent.很大一部分提案在评审之前即被退回，该刊把投稿前的退稿率列在七成左右。

• The journal is indexed in the science citation index expanded and in the biological abstracts and chemical abstracts services.该刊被科学引文索引扩展版以及生物学文摘与化学文摘服务收录。

• It is also carried in MEDLINE and in PubMed, and its papers are preserved in the usual national library archive.该刊亦被 MEDLINE 与 PubMed 收录，其论文保存在惯常的国家图书馆档案之中。

• Focused issues are assembled from time to time, and the journal has gathered reviews around themes such as the organisation of the genome.该刊不定期编成专题期，曾围绕基因组组织一类主题汇集综述。

Editors

• Two editors-in-chief are named for the journal, Kerstin Brachhold and Andrew Moore, and both work from the publisher's office in Europe.该刊列有两位主编，即（Kerstin Brachhold）与（Andrew Moore），二者都在出版方的欧洲办公室工作。

• An editorial board of working scientists advises on content, and the journal says it consults the board on rubrics and direction.一个由在职科学家组成的编委会为内容提供建议，该刊称在栏目与方向上征询编委意见。

• The title is international in its reach, and reviews are commissioned from authors across Europe, North America and Asia.该刊的触角遍及国际，综述约请自欧洲、北美与亚洲的作者撰写。

• Papers are primarily commissioned, and a reader who has a topic in mind may send an enquiry to the editor-in-chief before writing.文章以约稿为主，有意选题的读者可在动笔之前先向主编发出询问。

• Manuscripts that are taken are subjected to peer review, and the journal sets out a general set of guidelines that applies to all rubrics.被接纳的稿件须经同行评审，该刊列出适用于全部栏目的一套通用指南。

• Each rubric has its own instructions, and the journal names the kinds of contribution it takes, from reviews to hypotheses and commentaries.每一个栏目各有自己的说明，该刊列明所收稿件的种类，从综述一直到假说与评论。

• A proposal is screened before it is written, and the journal reports that roughly seven in ten are declined at that stage.提案在动笔之前先经筛选，该刊报告其中约七成在此阶段被退回。

• The journal asks that a submission be of interest to a broad sector of the life sciences, and it weighs whether a paper brings a new idea.该刊要求投稿能引起生命科学多个领域的兴趣，并权衡论文是否带来新的想法。

• Authors are held to the publisher's rules on ethics and on the declaration of competing interests.作者须遵守出版方关于伦理与利益冲突声明的规定。

• Reviewers are drawn from the field itself, and the journal records its thanks to the board for help with commissioning and with refereeing.审稿人从领域内部遴请，该刊为编委在约稿与评审上的协助公开致谢。

• The journal keeps its reviews long enough to make an argument, and a reader is expected to follow a case rather than skim a list of findings.该刊的综述长得足以展开论证，读者被期待跟随一个论证，而不是浏览一串发现。

• Colour and illustration are used freely, and a paper may carry a diagram that sets out a mechanism in place of a paragraph.色彩与插图被自由使用，一篇论文可以用一幅阐明机制的图代替一段文字。

• The journal follows the publisher's policy on open access, and a subscription route and an open route are both offered to authors.该刊遵循出版方的开放获取政策，向作者同时提供订阅与开放两条路径。

• Authors are asked to make their data available, and the journal points to the publisher's rules that govern sharing.作者须使其数据可供获取，该刊指明出版方约束数据共享的规定。

• Reviews of books and of exhibitions appear from time to time, and the journal treats them as part of its commentary on the field.书评与展览评介不定期出现，该刊把它们当作对领域的评论的一部分。