Journal History
| 2012 | The inaugural issue was released. Cells was published as a quarterly journal. |
| 2013 | Cells was indexed in PubMed—National Library of Medicine (NLM), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). |
| 2015 | Cells established the following sections: -Cell Motility and Adhesion; -Cell Signaling and Regulated Cell Death; -Cell Nuclei: Function, Transport and Receptors; -Autophagy and Organelle Function. |
| 2016 | Cells announced the first edition of the Travel Awards. |
| 2017 | Cells was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 3 (Issue 2). |
| 2018 | Cells received its first Impact Factor (4.829), ranked 55/190 in “CELL BIOLOGY”. Cells established the following section: -Stem Cells. Cells announced the first edition of the Young Investigator Awards. Cells adopted a monthly publication schedule. |
| 2019 | The Spanish Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SEBBM) became affiliated to Cells. Cells established the following sections: -Plant, Algae and Fungi Cell Biology; -Cellular Immunology; -Cellular Pathology. Cells received its 2018 Impact Factor (5.656), ranked 40/193 in "CELL BIOLOGY". Cells published its 1000th paper. |
| 2020 | Cells announced the first edition of the Outstanding Reviewer Award and Academic Conference Grants Award. The Nordic Autophagy Society (NAS) became affiliated to Cells. The Spanish Society of Hematology and Hemotherapy (SEHH) became affiliated to Cells. Cells established the following sections: -Cells of the Nervous System; -Cell Cycle; -Cellular Aging. Cells first virtual meeting “Cell-to-Cell Metabolic Cross-Talk in Physiology and Pathology” was held from 17 December 2020 to 17 January 2021. Cells received its 2019 Impact Factor (4.366), ranked 70/195 in "CELL BIOLOGY". Cells published its 5000th paper. |
| 2021 | Cells was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). Cells announced the first edition of the Highly Cited Paper Award, Best Paper Award for Anniversary Special Issues, PhD Thesis Award, and Best Video Abstract Award. Cells established the following sections: -Cell and Gene Therapy; -Cellular Biophysics; -Cellular Metabolism; -Cell Methods; -Cell Microenvironment; -Cells of the Cardiovascular System; -Reproductive Cells and Development; -Tissues and Organs. Cell Cycle was renamed as Cell Proliferation and Division. The year 2021 marked the 10th anniversary of Cells. Cells received its 2020 Impact Factor (6.600), ranked 53/195 in "CELL BIOLOGY". Cells received its first CiteScore (2020) of 2.0, ranked 119/204 in "General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology". |
| 2022 | Cells published its 10,000th paper. Cells received its 2021 Impact Factor (7.666), ranked 51/195 in "CELL BIOLOGY". Cells received its CiteScore (2021) of 6.7, ranked 43/204 in "General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology". Cells adopted a semi-monthly publication schedule. |
| 2023 | Organelle Function was discontinued. Cells’ second virtual meeting, “Cells, Cells and Nothing but Cells: Discoveries, Challenges and Directions”, was held from 6 to 8 March 2023. Cells received its 2022 Impact Factor (6.0), ranked 60/191 in "CELL BIOLOGY". Cells received its CiteScore (2022) of 9.0, ranked 34/212 in "General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology". |
| 2024 | Cells received its 2023 Impact Factor (5.1), ranked 63/205 in "CELL BIOLOGY". Cells received its CiteScore (2023) of 9.9, ranked 35/221 in "General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology". |
| 2025 | Cells’ third virtual meeting, “Charming Micro-Insights into Health and Diseases”, was held from 25 to 27 March 2025. Cells received its 2023 Impact Factor (5.2), ranked 59/204 in "CELL BIOLOGY". Cells received its CiteScore (2024) of 10.5, ranked 27/225 in "General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology". |
Editor-in-Chief
| 2012–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Alexander E. Kalyuzhny |
| 2020–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Cord Brakebusch |
Section Editor-in-Chief
| 2019–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Paolo Bernardi for the Section on Organelle Function Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Alexander V. Ljubimov for the Section on Stem Cells |
| 2019–2021 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Christian Behl for the Section on Autophagy |
| 2020–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Francisco Rivero for the Section on Cell Motility and Adhesion Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Stephen Yarwood for the Section on Cell Signaling Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Hiroshi Miyamoto for the Section on Cell Nuclei: Function, Transport and Receptors Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Alessandro Poggi for the Section on Cellular Immunology Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Ritva Tikkanen for the Section on Cellular Pathology Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Christoph Englert for the Section on Cellular Aging |
| 2021–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Kay-Dietrich Wagner for the Section on Cells of the Cardiovascular System Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Alexander Dityatev for the Section on Cell Microenvironment Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Naweed I. Syed for the Section on Cells of the Nervous System Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Fulvio Reggiori for the Section on Autophagy Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Christian Neri for the Section on Cellular Metabolism |
| 2021–2024 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Suleyman Allakhverdi for the Section on Plant, Algae and Fungi Cell Biology |
| 2022–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Bruce A. Bunnell for the Section on Tissues and Organs Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Ludger Hengst for the Section on Cell Proliferation and Division Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Yu Xue for the Section on Cell Methods |
| 2024–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Aurelio Lorico for the Section on Intracellular and Plasma Membranes Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Ralf Weiskirchen for the Section on Cell Signaling |
| 2025–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. George Augustine for the Section on Cells of the Nervous System |
