''Science Signaling'' is a

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that is focused on mechanisms of cell communication. It is published online weekly by the

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(AAAS). The

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is John F. Foley, the Chief Scientific Advisor is Michael B. Yaffe (

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

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is the Editor-in-Chief.

Scope

The journal covers research on

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

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systems biology Systems biology is the computational modeling, computational and mathematical analysis and modeling of complex biological systems. It is a biology-based interdisciplinary field of study that focuses on complex interactions within biological system ...

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, and computation and modeling of regulatory pathways. Besides full length articles, it also publishes reviews, focus articles, and editor-written highlights of select research papers.

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 2021

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of 9.517.

References

External links

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