Journal History

2012 The inaugural issue was released. Cells was published as a quarterly journal.
2013 Cells was indexed in PubMed.
2015 Cells established the following sections:

-Cell Motility and Adhesion;
-Cell Signaling and Regulated Cell Death;
-Cell Nuclei: Function, Transport and Receptors;
-Autophagy and Organelle Function.
2016 Cells announced the first edition of the Travel Award.
2017 Cells was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded - Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics).
2018 Cells received its first Impact Factor (4.829).
Cells established the following section:
-Stem Cells.
Cells announced the first edition of the Young Investigator Award.
2019 Cells became an affiliated journal of the Spanish Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SEBBM).
Cells established the following sections:

-Plant, Algae and Fungi Cell Biology;

-Cellular Immunology;
-Cellular Pathology.
2020 Cells announced the first edition of the Outstanding Reviewer Award and Academic Conference Grants Award.
Cells established the following sections: 

-Cells of the Nervous System;
-Cell Cycle;
-Cellular Aging.
2021 Cells was indexed in Scopus.
Cells announced the first edition of the Highly Cited Paper Award, Best Paper Award for Anniversary Special Issues, PhD Thesis Award and Best Video Abstract Award.
Cells established the following Sections:

-Cell and Gene Therapy;
-Cellular Biophysics;
-Cellular Metabolism;
-Cell Methods;
-Cell Microenvironment;
-Cells of the Cardiovascular System;
-Reproductive Cells and Development;
-Tissues and Organs.
Cell Cycle was renamed as Cell Proliferation and Division.
2022 The year 2022 marked the 10th Anniversary of Cells.
2023 Organelle Function was discontinued.

Editor-in-Chief

2012–present Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Alexander E. Kalyuzhny
2020–present Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Cord Brakebusch

Section Editor-in-Chief

2019–present Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Paolo Bernardi for the Section on Organelle Function
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Alexander V. Ljubimov for the Section on Stem Cells
2019–2021 Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Christian Behl for the Section on Autophagy
2020–present Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Francisco Rivero for the Section on Cell Motility and Adhesion
Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Stephen Yarwood for the Section on Cell Signaling
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Hiroshi Miyamoto for the Section on Cell Nuclei: Function, Transport and Receptors
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Alessandro Poggi for the Section on Cellular Immunology
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Ritva Tikkanen for the Section on Cellular Pathology
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Christoph Englert for the Section on Cellular Aging
2021–present Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Kay-Dietrich Wagner for the Section on Cells of the Cardiovascular System
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Alexander Dityatev for the Section on Cell Microenvironment
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Suleyman Allakhverdi for the Section on Plant, Algae and Fungi Cell Biology
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Naweed I. Syed for the Section on Cells of the Nervous System
Section Editor-in-Chief:
Prof. Dr. Fulvio Reggiori for the Section on Autophagy
Section Editor-in-Chief:
Dr. Christian Neri for the Section on Cellular Metabolism
2022–present Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Bruce A. Bunnell for the Section on Tissues and Organs
Section Editor-in-Chief:
Prof. Dr. Ludger Hengst for the Section on Cell Proliferation and Division
Section Editor-in-Chief: 
Prof. Dr. Yu Xue for the Section on Cell Methods
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