About This Journal

Researchers find Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) to be an authoritative source of fundamental knowledge and new developments in all aspects of the molecular biology of eukaryotic cells. Essential to all scientists in the field, MCB publishes work on microbial as well as higher organisms and on viral systems where the emphasis is clearly on the cell. Some areas of emphasis include gene expression, chromosome structure and dynamics, signal transduction, intracellular trafficking, and mammalian genetic models.

Twice monthly, with 6,860 projected pages in 2009. Print ISSN: 0270-7306. Online ISSN: 1098-5549.

MCB has an impact factor of 5.942 and an Eigenfactor score of 0.323 according to the 2008 Journal Citation Reports. It is the #2 journal in Cell Biology and the #4 journal in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology ranked by Eigenfactor score. It is also the #3 cited journal in Cell Biology in 2008, with more than 69,000 citations as reported in the 2008 Journal Citation Reports. MCB is ranked #29 by impact factor out of 157 journals in the Cell Biology category, and #38 out of 276 journals in the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology category.

Molecular and Cellular Biology was one of ScienceWatch's Top 20 Research Journals (1997-2007) in Molecular Biology & Genetics, with more than 38 average citations per paper. MCB was also named by the SLA as one of the top 100 most influential journals of the last 100 years.

Indexed/Abstracted in: AgBiotech News and Information, Bacteriology Abstracts (Microbiology B), BIOSIS Previews, Biotechnology Citation Index, Caplus, Current Contents, EMBASE, Illustrata, Index Veterinarius, Review of Plant Pathology, Science Citation Index Expanded, Summon, and more.