| 2012 |
The inaugural issue is released, and Cells published as a quaterly journal. |
| 2013 |
Indexed by PubMed. |
| 2015 |
The journal is divided into five topical sections: Cell Motility and Adhesion, Cell Signaling and Regulated Cell Death, Cell Nuclei: Function, Transport and Receptors, Autophagy and Organelle Function. |
| 2016 |
Cells starts the Travel Award project. |
| 2017 |
Indexed by Science Citation Index Expanded - Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics). |
| The second Travel Award project. |
| 2018 |
Cells receives its first Impact Factor of 4.829. |
| One new topical section on Stem Cells has been set up. |
| Cells commences the Young Investigator Award. |
| 2019 |
Cells receives an Impcat Factor of 5.656 for the year 2018 |
| Releases a new project “Editor's Choice Articles" |
| Has two newly affiliated societies: Signal Transduction Society (STS) and Spanish Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SEBBM) |
| Establishes three new sections: Plant, Algae, and Fungi Cell Biology; Cellular Immunology; and Cellular Pathology |
| Establishes Reviewer Board and Topic Board |
| 2020 |
Cells announced the first edition of the Outstanding Reviewer Awards and Academic Conference Grants Awards. |
| Established three new sections: Cells of the Nervous System; Cell Cycle; and Cellular Aging. |
