Molecular Biology of the Cell
Last updated ISSN 1059-1524
Molecular Biology of the Cell is published by American Society for Cell Biology in biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Molecular Biology of the Cell concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Cellular transport and secretion
- Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
- Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
- Fungal and yeast genetics research
- Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
- RNA Research and Splicing
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- Cell Adhesion Molecules Research
- Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
- Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
Key facts
| Publisher | American Society for Cell Biology |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1059-1524, 1939-4586 |
| Subject area | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 11,572 |
| Publishing since | 1956 |
| Journal website | www.molbiolcell.org/ |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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