Molecular Biology of the Cell

Molecular Biology of the Cell is a peer-reviewed journal owned and published by the American Society for Cell Biology, founded in 1989 as Cell Regulation and renamed in 1992, covering cell, molecular and developmental biology, with a 2025 impact factor of 3.0（Molecular Biology of the Cell）由美国细胞生物学学会（ASCB）拥有并出版，1989 年以（Cell Regulation）之名创办、1992 年更名，涵盖细胞、分子与发育生物学，2025 年影响因子为 3.0。

Scope

• It publishes research articles presenting conceptual advances of broad interest within all areas of cell, molecular and developmental biology刊载在细胞、分子与发育生物学各领域具广泛影响的概念性进展的研究论文。
• Topics include cell growth and division, nuclear and cytoskeletal processes, and membrane trafficking and autophagy主题涵盖细胞生长与分裂、细胞核与细胞骨架过程，以及膜运输与自噬。
• Organelle biology, quantitative and physical cell biology, mechanobiology and cell signalling are further areas细胞器生物学、定量与物理细胞生物学、力学生物学与细胞信号也是其方向。
• Stem cell biology and development, cancer biology and cellular immunology also fall within its remit干细胞生物学与发育、肿瘤生物学与细胞免疫学亦属其范围。
• The journal emphasises constructive editorial input and prompt, fair review by practising scientists该刊强调建设性的编辑意见，以及由在职科学家进行的迅速而公正的评审。

History

• The journal began in 1989 as Cell Regulation, the journal of the American Society for Cell Biology该刊 1989 年以（Cell Regulation）之名创办，为美国细胞生物学学会的期刊。
• It was renamed Molecular Biology of the Cell in 1992, beginning with volume 31992 年自第 3 卷起更名为（Molecular Biology of the Cell）。
• Owned and published by the society itself, it has no commercial publisher and now appears in twelve online issues a year该刊由学会自身拥有并出版，无商业出版商，现每年出版十二期在线刊。
• Final versions become freely readable two months after publication, with immediate open access available on request, and the 2025 impact factor is 3.0终版文章在出版两个月后免费开放，作者亦可选择即时开放获取，2025 年影响因子为 3.0。

Editors

• The editor-in-chief is John Aitchison of Seattle Children's Research Institute and the University of Washington现任主编为（Seattle Children's Research Institute）与（University of Washington）的 John Aitchison。
• A large panel of academic editors and guest editors handles submissions across the cell biology spectrum规模庞大的学术编辑与客座编辑团队处理细胞生物学各方向的投稿。
• The journal runs themed special issues, such as those on the lysosome or quantitative cell biology, led by guest editors该刊出版以溶酶体、定量细胞生物学等为主题的特刊，由客座编辑主持。
• Review follows the society's community-led, non-commercial editorial model, with accepted manuscripts posted immediately in MBoC In Press评审遵循学会的社区主导、非商业化编辑模式，录用稿件即刻在（MBoC In Press）发布。