''Science Signaling'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that is focused on cell signaling and regulation. It is published weekly by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The

editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...

(Chief Scientific Editor) is Michael B. Yaffe (

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...

), and the journal is part of th
Science Family of Journals
of which

Holden Thorp Herbert Holden Thorp (born August 16, 1964) is an American chemist, professor and entrepreneur. He was the tenth chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, assuming the position on July 1, 2008, succeeding James Moeser, and, a ...

is the Editor-in-Chief.

Scope

The journal covers research on

cell signaling In biology, cell signaling (cell signalling in British English) or cell communication is the ability of a cell to receive, process, and transmit signals with its environment and with itself. Cell signaling is a fundamental property of all cellula ...

and the processes of cellular regulation. In addition, the journal covers signaling networks,

synthetic biology Synthetic biology (SynBio) is a multidisciplinary area of research that seeks to create new biological parts, devices, and systems, or to redesign systems that are already found in nature. It is a branch of science that encompasses a broad ran ...

, systems biology, drug discovery, and computation and modeling of regulatory pathways. Besides full length articles, it also publishes reviews, perspectives, meeting reports, presentations (for a wider audience), protocols, book reviews, teaching resources, a glossary, and a Journal Club section.

History

The journal was established in 1999 as ''Science's STKE''. On January 8, 2008, it obtained its current name and volume numbering restarted at 1. As ''Science's STKE'', the journal's last issue was volume 2007, issue 417, on December 18, 2007.

Abstracting and indexing

''Science Signaling'' is abstracted and indexed by: According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2016

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 ...

of 6.494.

References

External links

* Molecular and cellular biology journals Publications established in 1999 Weekly journals English-language journals American Association for the Advancement of Science academic journals {{molec-cell-biology-journal-stub