Aims and scope
Journal of Cell Science publishes articles that cover a range of topics in cell biology – see the full list of subject categories below. Research Articles and Short Reports must provide novel perspectives and approaches to understanding cell biology and be of broad interest to the cell biology community. We also welcome the submission of Tools & Resources articles that describe a new tool or technique, or a sufficiently substantial advance of an existing tool or technique, or a new resource that will have a significant impact on cell biology research.
In addition to publishing primary research articles, Journal of Cell Science publishes a range of commissioned review-based articles that aim to synthesise the latest advances in the field, putting forward new hypotheses to provoke debate and inspire new research directions, and educating newcomers to the field. Find out more about our article types.
Subject categories
- Adhesion
- Autophagy
- Biochemistry
- Bioengineering
- Biophysics
- Cancer cell biology
- Cell biology and disease
- Cell biology of the immune system
- Cell cycle
- Cell death and apoptosis
- Cell matrix
- Cell migration
- Cell-cell interactions
- Cilia and flagella
- Computational modelling
- Cytoskeleton
- Development and cell differentiation
- Evolutionary cell biology
- Gene regulation and organisation
- Genetics
- Glycobiology
- Host-pathogen interactions
- Imaging
- Lipid biology
- Mechanobiology
- Membrane trafficking
- Metabolism
- Microbial cell biology
- Molecular motors
- Neurobiology
- Nuclear structure and function
- Organelles
- Parasitology
- Phase transitions
- Plant cell biology
- Polarity
- Prokaryotic cell biology
- Proteostasis
- RNA biology
- Signal transduction
- Stem cell biology and organoids
- Synthetic biology
- Tissue morphogenesis
- Viral cell biology
