immunity
Immunity (immunity)
Journal positioning
Immunity is Cell Press's flagship immunology journal, publishing mechanistic studies that define how immune cells develop, are activated, regulated, and mediate host defense or inflammatory disease — grounded in in vivo biology. The readership is the global immunology community: basic immunologists, immunopathologists, and translational researchers studying autoimmunity, infection, cancer immunology, and immune-mediated disease. Papers must reveal a mechanistic principle that reshapes how the field understands an immune process; descriptive immunophenotyping or cataloguing without mechanism does not reach the bar.
This skill is a fit / venue-selection / re-framing tool. It does not replace the journal's current official submission guidelines. Before submitting, re-check the live author instructions on the Cell Press site or submission system.
When to trigger
- The author names Immunity as the target venue.
- A mechanistic immunology study is choosing between Immunity, Nature Immunology, Science Immunology, or Journal of Experimental Medicine.
- A manuscript in cancer immunology or infection immunology needs to assess whether the immunological mechanism — rather than the cancer or pathogen biology — is the primary advance.
- The author needs Immunity's specific desk-reject triggers and a ranked alternative list.