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The ''Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology'' is a peer-reviewed
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published by Annual Reviews since 1985. It releases an annual volume of
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s relevant to the fields of
cell biology Cell biology (also cellular biology or cytology) is a branch of biology that studies the structure, function, and behavior of cells. All living organisms are made of cells. A cell is the basic unit of life that is responsible for the living and ...
and
developmental biology Developmental biology is the study of the process by which animals and plants grow and develop. Developmental biology also encompasses the biology of Regeneration (biology), regeneration, asexual reproduction, metamorphosis, and the growth and di ...
. Its
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has been Ruth Lehmann since 2018; as of 2022, its
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is 11.902.


History

Beginning in 1969, scientists began to propose that the nonprofit publishing company Annual Reviews add a journal title that published
review article A review article is an article that summarizes the current state of understanding on a topic within a certain discipline. A review article is generally considered a secondary source since it may analyze and discuss the method and conclusions i ...
s relevant to
cell biology Cell biology (also cellular biology or cytology) is a branch of biology that studies the structure, function, and behavior of cells. All living organisms are made of cells. A cell is the basic unit of life that is responsible for the living and ...
.
Marilyn Farquhar Marilyn Gist Farquhar (July 11, 1928 – November 23, 2019) was a pathologist and cellular biologist, Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Pathology, as well as the chair of the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the U ...
, the 1982 president of the
American Society for Cell Biology The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) is a professional society that was founded in 1960.George E. Palade as the inaugural
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. Beginning with the eleventh volume, published in 1995, the journal was published under its current name, the ''Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology''. The title change was made to acknowledge that a third of the reviews published by the journal by that point dealt with
developmental biology Developmental biology is the study of the process by which animals and plants grow and develop. Developmental biology also encompasses the biology of Regeneration (biology), regeneration, asexual reproduction, metamorphosis, and the growth and di ...
. As of 2021, it is published both in print and electronically.


Scope and indexing

The ''Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology'' defines its scope as covering significant developments in the fields of developmental and cell biology. Included subfields are the organization of structures and functions within the cell, cell development, cell evolution for
unicellular A unicellular organism, also known as a single-celled organism, is an organism that consists of a single cell, unlike a multicellular organism that consists of multiple cells. Organisms fall into two general categories: prokaryotic organisms and ...
and
multicellular A multicellular organism is an organism that consists of more than one cell, in contrast to unicellular organism. All species of animals, land plants and most fungi are multicellular, as are many algae, whereas a few organisms are partially uni- ...
organisms, molecular biology models, and research tools. Beginning in 2005, each volume starts with a prefatory chapter written by a prominent cell or developmental biologist in which they reflect upon their career and experiences. As of 2022, ''
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'' lists the journal's
impact factor The impact factor (IF) or journal impact factor (JIF) of an academic journal is a scientometric index calculated by Clarivate that reflects the yearly mean number of citations of articles published in the last two years in a given journal, as i ...
as 11.902, ranking it third of 39 titles in the category "Developmental Biology" and twenty-seventh of 194 titles in the category "Cell Biology". It is
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in
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, among others.


Editorial processes

The ''Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology'' is helmed by the editor or the co-editors. The editor is assisted by the editorial committee, which includes associate editors, regular members, and occasionally guest editors. Guest members participate at the invitation of the editor, and serve terms of one year. All other members of the editorial committee are appointed by the Annual Reviews board of directors and serve five-year terms. The editorial committee determines which topics should be included in each volume and solicits reviews from qualified authors. Unsolicited manuscripts are not accepted.
Peer review Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producers of the work (peers). It functions as a form of self-regulation by qualified members of a profession within the relevant field. Peer review ...
of accepted manuscripts is undertaken by the editorial committee.


Editors of volumes

Dates indicate publication years in which someone was credited as a lead editor or co-editor of a journal volume. The planning process for a volume begins well before the volume appears, so appointment to the position of lead editor generally occurred prior to the first year shown here. An editor who has retired or died may be credited as a lead editor of a volume that they helped to plan, even if it is published after their retirement or death. * George E. Palade (1985–1993) * James A. Spudich (1994–1998) *
Randy Schekman Randy Wayne Schekman (born December 30, 1948) is an American cell biologist at the University of California, Berkeley, former editor-in-chief of ''Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences'' and former editor of ''Annual Review of Cell and ...
(1999–2017) * Ruth Lehmann (2018–present)


Current editorial board

As of 2022, the editorial committee consists of the editor and the following members: *
Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz is a Senior Group Leader at Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Janelia Research Campus and a founding member of the Neuronal Cell Biology Program at Janelia. Previously, she was the Chief of the Section on Organelle ...
* Alexander F. Schier * Paola Arlotta * Michael L. Dustin * Alexander D. Johnson *
Erin M. Schuman Erin Margaret Schuman, born May 15, 1963 in California, USA, is a neurobiologist who studies neuronal synapses. She is currently a Director at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research. Career Erin Schuman attended the University of Southern ...
* Hao Yu


References

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