Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology is a peer-reviewed review journal published by the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press since 2009 under the ISSN 1943-0264 and eISSN 1943-0264, publishing comprehensive long-form reviews and perspectives across the breadth of biology, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 8.5 and a first quartile rank of 35 of 207 in cell biology《冷泉港生物学视角》（Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology）是冷泉港实验室出版社（Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press）自 2009 年起出版的同行评审综述期刊，刊号 1943-0264、电子刊号 1943-0264，刊载生物学全领域的综合性长篇综述与观点，2025 年影响因子为 8.5，在细胞生物学类 207 种期刊中列第 35 位、居第一四分位。

Scope

• The journal publishes comprehensive long-form reviews, perspectives and historical reflections across the breadth of the molecular life sciences, providing authoritative and integrative overviews of established and emerging fields该刊刊载分子生命科学全领域的综合性长篇综述、观点与历史回顾，为成熟与新兴领域提供权威且整合的概述。
• It covers cell biology including cell cycle, cell signalling, cytoskeleton, membrane biology, organelle biology, cell division and death, together with developmental biology and stem cells该刊覆盖细胞生物学，包括细胞周期、细胞信号、细胞骨架、膜生物学、细胞器生物学、细胞分裂与死亡，以及发育生物学与干细胞。
• The journal addresses molecular biology including DNA replication, recombination and repair, transcription, ribonucleic acid biology, translation, protein folding and degradation, chromatin and epigenetics, and genome organisation and evolution该刊涉及分子生物学，包括脱氧核糖核酸复制、重组与修复、转录、核糖核酸生物学、翻译、蛋白质折叠与降解、染色质与表观遗传学，及基因组组织与演化。
• It also covers genetics and genomics, immunology, microbiology and virology, neurobiology, cancer biology, plant biology, systems biology and the molecular basis of human disease, reflecting the breadth of the life sciences该刊亦覆盖遗传学与基因组学、免疫学、微生物学与病毒学、神经生物学、癌症生物学、植物生物学、系统生物学及人类疾病的分子基础，对应生命科学的广度。
• It operates single-blind peer review and follows the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press editorial policies on research integrity, data availability and competing interests, with author guidelines published on the journal website该刊实行单盲同行评审，遵循冷泉港实验室出版社关于研究诚信、数据可获取性与利益冲突的编辑政策，作者指南在期刊网站公布。
• In the 2025 Journal Citation Reports it ranks 35 of 207 titles in cell biology with an 83.3 percentile and its five year indicator remains in the first quartile在 2025 年版期刊引证报告中，该刊在细胞生物学类 207 种期刊中列第 35 位、百分位 83.3，五年指标同样位于第一四分位。

History

• The journal was launched in 2009 by the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press as a sister review title to the monthly Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology, providing a venue for comprehensive long-form reviews across the breadth of biology该刊于 2009 年由冷泉港实验室出版社（Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press）创刊，作为《冷泉港定量生物学专题论文集》的姊妹综述刊，为生物学全领域的综合性长篇综述提供平台。
• It has been published monthly throughout most of its history, with twelve issues per volume per year, and it is one of the core review titles of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press该刊历史上大部分时间以月刊形式出版，每年一卷十二期，是冷泉港实验室出版社（Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press）的核心综述期刊之一。
• The Journal Impact Factor moved from 10.005 in 2021 to 9.708 in 2022, then to 8.4 in 2024 and to 8.5 in 2025, maintaining first quartile standing in cell biology throughout该刊影响因子由 2021 年的 10.005 降至 2022 年的 9.708，再降至 2024 年的 8.4 与 2025 年的 8.5，始终居细胞生物学类第一四分位。
• The journal has progressively expanded its coverage to address single-cell and spatial omics, artificial intelligence in biology, synthetic biology and the molecular biology of emerging pathogens, reflecting the rapid evolution of the life sciences该刊逐步扩展覆盖以纳入单细胞与空间组学、生物学中的人工智能、合成生物学及新发病原的分子生物学，反映生命科学的快速演进。
• The publisher carries the journal on the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press platform and the digital object identifier prefix of its articles is 10.1101, shared with other Cold Spring Harbor titles出版方将该刊载于冷泉港实验室出版社（Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press）平台，其文章的数字对象唯一标识符前缀为（10.1101），与冷泉港其他期刊一致。

Editors

• The journal is led by an editor-in-chief supported by a senior editorial board whose members are drawn from leading research institutions across the Americas, Europe, Asia and Oceania, covering the breadth of the molecular life sciences该刊由一位主编带领，配以由美洲、欧洲、亚洲与大洋洲多所顶尖研究机构的学者组成的资深编委会，覆盖分子生命科学的广度。
• The editorial team includes associate editors and board members responsible for subject areas such as cell biology, molecular biology, genetics, immunology, neurobiology and microbiology, reflecting the multidisciplinary scope of the journal编辑团队设有副编辑与编委，分别负责细胞生物学、分子生物学、遗传学、免疫学、神经生物学与微生物学等方向，对应刊物的多学科定位。
• Editorial handling follows the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press editorial management system, with review articles typically commissioned from leading researchers and submissions assigned to handling editors based on subject expertise稿件处理依托冷泉港实验室出版社（Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press）的编辑管理系统，综述文章通常向领域带头人约稿，投稿依据学科专长分配责任编辑。
• Peer review is single-blind and the journal maintains the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press standards on reviewer recruitment, conflict of interest management, data sharing and editorial independence同行评审采用单盲方式，该刊遵循冷泉港实验室出版社（Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press）在审稿人遴选、利益冲突管理、数据共享与编辑独立性方面的标准。
• The masthead and board roster are published on the journal page at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press platform and updated as new members join or existing members step down编委名单在冷泉港实验室出版社（Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press）平台期刊页公布，并随成员增减而更新。