This article is about the academic journal. For the field of biology, see
cell biology
.
Academic journal
Biology of the Cell
is a
peer-reviewed
scientific journal
in the field of
cell biology
,
cell physiology
, and
molecular biology
of animal and plant cells,
microorganisms
and
protists
. Topics covered include
development
,
neurobiology
, and
immunology
, as well as theoretical or
biophysical
modelling.
The journal is currently published monthly by
Wiley-Blackwell
on behalf of the
Societe Francaise des Microscopies
and the
Societe de Biologie Cellulaire de France
.
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History
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The journal first appeared in 1962 and was originally titled
Journal de Microscopie
(1962?1974). In 1975 the journal was retitled
Journal de Microscopie et de Biologie Cellulaire
(
ISSN
0395-9260
; 1975?1976).
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It was later retitled
Biologie Cellulaire
(
ISSN
0399-0311
; 1977?1980), becoming
Biology of the Cell
in 1981.
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Articles were originally published in either English or French, with summaries in both languages.
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Modern journal
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Content from 1988 is available online in
PDF
format, with papers from 2005 also being available in
HTML
, and from 2006 in an enhanced full-text format.
The journal's 2014
impact factor
was 3.506.
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Biology of the Cell
is indexed by
BIOBASE
,
BIOSIS
,
CAB International
,
Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
,
Chemical Abstracts Service
,
Current Contents
/Life Sciences,
EMBASE
/
Excerpta Medica
,
MEDLINE
/
Index Medicus
, and
ProQuest Information and Learning
Articles are primarily research and reviews. Themed series on specific topics are scheduled. They were: Stem Cells (2005), RNA localization (2005), Aquaporins (2005), Synapses (2007), Cell Cycle and Cancer (2008), Microtubules, RNA regulation (2008), Microbiology and Cell Biology (2010), Cilia (2011), Endoplasmic Reticulum (2012), Epigenetics (2012), Post-Translational Modification and Virus Intracellular Trafficking (2012), Optogenetics (2014), Microvesicles and Exosomes (2015), Systems Cell Biology (2015), Translating Canceromics into function (2015).
The
editor-in-chief
of this journal is
Rene-Marc Mege
, a team leader at the
Institut Jacques Monod
. He was preceded by
Thierry Galli
(
INSERM
) who was editor from 2009 - 2017.
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Osborne HB. (2005) What's new for Biology of the Cell in 2005? (Editorial) Biol Cell 97: 1?2
== References ==
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