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Nature Cell Biology (nature-cell-biology)
Journal positioning
Nature Cell Biology is the Nature Portfolio's flagship cell-biology journal, publishing mechanistic studies that deliver conceptual advances in how cells are organized, how they communicate and signal, how they maintain or break homeostasis, and how cell-biological processes underlie physiology and disease. The journal has a distinctively cell-biological identity — cytoskeletal dynamics, organelle biology, membrane trafficking, cell polarity, cell death, cell cycle, and intercellular signaling — that distinguishes it from Nature Genetics (genetics-centered) and the Cell Press developmental journals. Papers are expected to reveal a general cell-biological principle, not merely characterize a phenotype in one cell type. The readership is cell biologists broadly and adjacent biological disciplines.
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 Nature Portfolio site or submission system.
When to trigger
- The author names Nature Cell Biology as the target venue.
- A cell-biology study is choosing between Nature Cell Biology, Developmental Cell, Molecular Cell, and the Journal of Cell Biology.
- A mechanistic study of a cell-biological process in a disease or developmental context needs to assess its significance level and framing for this venue.
- The author needs Nature Cell Biology's desk-reject triggers and credible re-routing options.