Nature Cell Biology
| Nature Cell Biology
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| description | Peer-reviewed journal |
| Area of Expertise | Biology and cell biology |
| language | English |
| publishing company | Nature Publishing Group ( United Kingdom ) |
| First edition | 1999 |
| Frequency of publication | 12 / year |
| editor | Sowmya Swaminathan |
| Web link | www.nature.com/ncb |
| ISSN (print) | 1465-7392 |
| ISSN (online) | 1476-4679 |
Nature Cell Biology , abbreviated Nat. Cell Biol. , Is a journal published by the Nature Publishing Group . The first edition appeared in May 1999. Currently twelve editions are published per year. The journal publishes articles from all areas of cell biology. The following main topics are dealt with:
- Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Development
- Stem cell biology
- Membrane traffic, protein sorting and organelles
- Cell adhesion and migration
- Dynamics of the cytoskeleton
- Autophagy
- Cell cycle and cell growth
- DNA replication and repair
- Apoptosis and cell death
- Signal transduction
- Protein breakdown
- Organization of the nucleus and nuclear transport
- Cellular and molecular mechanisms of human diseases (including cancer)
The impact factor of the journal was 19,679 in 2014. According to the statistics of the ISI Web of Knowledge , the journal with this impact factor ranks sixth out of 184 journals in the cell biology category.
The editor-in-chief is Sowmya Swaminathan , who is employed by the publisher.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b website of the journal at the NPG publishing house ; Retrieved October 25, 2012.
- ↑ 2014 Journal Citation Reports Science Edition (Thomson Reuters, 2015).