''Cytoskeleton'' is a

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covering cytoskeletal research. The journal publishes original research pertaining to cell motility and cytoskeletons, spanning genetic and cell biological observations, biochemical, biophysical and structural studies, mathematical modeling, and theory. It was established in 1980 as '' Cell Motility''. From 1989 to 2009 it was named ''Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton'', before obtaining its current name in 2010. The

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is Patricia Wadsworth (

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). According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2020

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of 2.141, ranking it 169th out of 195 journals in the category "Cell Biology".

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