期刊名称：CELL RESEARCH
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Cell Research publishes results of significance and originality in all disciplines of cell biology and molecular biology. The journal has an international authorship and a broad scope in basic research including:
Cell growth, differentiation & apoptosis
Signal transduction
Stem cell biology & development
Chromatin, epigenetics & transcription
miRNA function & mechanism
Cancer biology
Immunity & molecular pathogenesis
Molecular & cellular neuroscience
Plant cell biology
Genomics & proteomics
Cell Research is published by Nature Publishing Group in partnership with the Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences (SIBS), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). In CR the Editorial team and NPG provide readers with high quality original articles and sharply focused reviews and commentaries which span the life sciences. CR is China's best journal in the Life Sciences and it is a valued member of NPG's highly respected family of Molecular Cell Biology journals.
Cell Research, which publishes exclusively in English, is China's leading journal in the life sciences.
Abstracted/indexed in:
Index Medicus/Medline/PubMed
Science Citation Index
Current Contents-life Sciences
SciSearch and ISI Web of Science
Chemical Abstracts
BIOSIS
VINITI
Chinainfo (CD & Web)
CJFD (CD & Web)
CSCD
Instructions to Authors
Preparation of manuscripts
Cell Research publishes peer-reviewed original articles, invited reviews, commentaries, and letters to the editor. Original articles report significant original basic research that describe novel molecular and cellular processes and events and/or address biological mechanisms. Reviews and Commentaries review or comment on current progress in any field covered by the journal. Reviews are generally invited in advance by the editors. Letters to the editor report novel findings that have an immediate major impact on current biological research with only one figure and less than 10 references.
The manuscript should be legibly typed in A4 or American quarto format. All sections of the manuscript must be double-spaced with generous margins. Number each page, including the title page. Underline only words or letters to appear in italics. Please indicate the position of each figure and table in the margin.
Non-Native Speakers of English
Researchers who are not native speakers of English who submit manuscripts to international journals often receive negative comments from referees or editors about the English-language usage in their manuscripts, and these problems can contribute to a decision to reject a paper. To help reduce the possibility of such problems, we strongly encourage such authors to take at least one of the following steps:
Have your manuscript reviewed for clarity by a colleague whose native language is English.
Use one of the many English language editing services that are available, such as that offered by Nature Publishing Group Language Editing. An editor will improve the English to ensure that your meaning is clear and identify problems that require your review.
Please note that the use of Nature Publishing Group Language Editing is at the author's own expense and in no way implies that the article will be selected for peer review or accepted by an NPG journal (or any other journal). The decisions that the editors of any NPG journal make based on the quality and suitability of a manuscript for that journal are entirely independent of whether that manuscript has been language-edited by Nature Publishing Group Language Editing.
Title Page
The title should be short and to the point. The surname and initials of each author should be followed by his or her department, institution, city with postal code and country. Any changes of address may be given in numbered footnotes. The author(s) to whom proofs are to be addressed should be indicated. Please provide a running title of not more than 60 characters and from 3 to 7 keywords. Make sure that the manuscript has a contact telephone number on it.
Abstract
The second page of every manuscript must contain only the abstract, which should be a single paragraph not exceeding 250 words. Please abide strictly by this limitation of length. The abstract should comprehensively but succinctly describe the contents of the paper to the reader, and abbreviations and reference citations should be avoided.
Acknowledgements
These should be included at the end of the text and not in footnotes. Personal acknowledgements should precede those of institutions or agencies.
Abbreviations
Try to restrict the use of abbreviations to SI symbols and those recommended by the IUPAC. Abbreviations should be defined in brackets after their first mention in the text. Standard units of measurements and chemical symbols of elements may be used without definition in the body of the paper.
References
The references should include only articles that are published or in press. The references are each numbered, ordered sequentially as they appear in the text. List all authors unless there are more than 6, in which case only the first 3 should be given, followed by “et al”.
Please use the following style for references:
Article in a Journal:
1. Pan GJ, Chang ZY, Schöoler HR, Pei DQ. Stem cell pluripotency and transcription factor Oct4. Cell Res 2002; 12:321-329.
Chapter in a Book:
2. Hirsimaki P, Arstuka AU, Trump BF, Marzella L. Autophagocytosis. In: Trump BF, Arstuka AU, eds. Pathobiology of cell membranes. New York: Plenum Press, 1983:201-236.
A book:
3. Kryger M, Roth T, Dement W, eds. The Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine. 2nd Edition. Philadelphia:WB Saunders, 1994.
Online Publication:
4. Jelinic P, Stehle JC, Shaw P. The testis-specific factor CTCFL cooperates with the protein methyltransferase PRMT7 in H19 imprinting control region methylation. PLoS Biol 2006; 4: e355. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040355.
Figures
Figures and images should be labeled sequentially, numbered and cited in the text. Figure legends should be printed, double spaced, on a separate sheet titled ‘Titles and legends to figures’. Figures should be referred to specifically in the text of the paper but should not be embedded within the text. The use of three-dimensional histograms is strongly discouraged when the addition of the third dimension gives no extra information. If a table or figure has been published before, the authors must obtain written permission to reproduce the material in both print and electronic formats from the copyright owner and submit it with the manuscript. This follows for quotes, illustrations and other materials taken from previously published works not in the public domain. The original source should be cited in the figure caption or table footnote. Colour figures can be reproduced if necessary, but the authors will be expected to contribute towards the cost of publication. A quote will be supplied upon acceptance of your paper.
Artwork Guidelines
Detailed guidelines for submitting artwork can be found by downloading the guidelines PDF. Using the guidelines, please submit production quality artwork with your initial online submission. If you have followed the guidelines, we will not require the artwork to be resubmitted following the peer-review process, if your paper is accepted for publication.
Colour on the web
Authors who wish their articles to have FREE colour figures on the web (only available in the HTML (full text) version of manuscripts) must supply separate files in the following format. These files should be submitted as supplementary information and authors are asked to mention they would like colour figures on the web in their submission letter.
For Single Images:
Width 500 pixels (authors should select "constrain proportions", or equivalent instructions, to allow the application to set the correct height automatically.)
Resolution 125 dpi (dots per inch) or "Save for Web" if using Photoshop
Format JPEG for photographs
GIF for line drawings or charts
Filenaming Please save image with .jpg or .gif extension to ensure it can be read by all platforms and graphics packages.
For Multi-part Images :
Width 900 pixels (authors should select "constrain proportions", or equivalent instructions, to allow the application to set the correct height automatically.)
Resolution 125 dpi (dots per inch) or "Save for Web" if using Photoshop
Format JPEG for photographs
GIF for line drawings or charts
Filenaming Please save image with .jpg or .gif extension to ensure it can be read by all platforms and graphics packages.
Authors may be asked to pay the full colour fee for figures that are not submitted in the format described above.
Tables
These should be labeled sequentially as Table 1, Table 2, etc. Each table should be typed on a separate page, numbered and titled, and cited in the text. Reference to table footnotes should be made by means of Arabic numerals. Tables should not duplicate the content of the text. They should consist of at least two columns; columns should always have headings. Authors should ensure that the data in the tables are consistent with those cited in the relevant places in the text, totals add up correctly, and percentages have been calculated correctly. Unlike figures or images, tables may be embedded into the word processing software if necessary, or supplied as separate electronic files.
House Style
As the electronic submission will provide the basic material for typesetting, it is important that papers are prepared in the general editorial style of the journal.
See the artwork guidelines for information on labeling of figures
Do not make rules thinner than 1pt (0.36mm)
Use a coarse hatching pattern rather than shading for tints in graphs
Color should be distinct when being used as an identifying tool
Use SI units throughout
Spaces, not commas should be used to separate thousands
Abbreviations should be proceded by the words for which they stand in the first instance of use
Text should be double spacing with a wide margin
File Formats:
File formats for manuscript files, figures and tables that are acceptable for our electronic manuscript submission process are given on the online forms. Further advice on file types is also available from the Tips webpage. Please follow our artwork guidelines for submitting figures, and use a common word-processing package (such as Microsoft Word) for the text. Either embed tables converted into images at the end of your Word document, or as a separate files in which ever program you used to generate them. If you submit raw data, this can be done in Excel, or tab/comma delimited format.
Supplementary information
Supplementary information is peer-reviewed material directly relevant to the conclusion of an article that cannot be included in the printed version owing to space or format constraints. It is posted on the journal's web site and linked to the article when the article is published and may consist of data files, graphics, movies or extensive tables.
The printed article must be complete and self-explanatory without the supplementary information. Supplementary information enhances a reader’s understanding of the paper but is not essential to that understanding.
Supplementary information must be supplied to the editorial office in its final form for peer review. On acceptance the final version of the peer reviewed supplementary information should submitted with the accepted paper. Supplementary information is not subedited, so authors should ensure that it is supplied ready for publication online.
To ensure that the contents of the supplementary information files can be viewed by the editor(s), referees and readers, please also submit a ‘read-me’ file containing brief instructions on how to use the file.
The supplementary information may not be altered, nor new supplementary information added, after the paper has been accepted for publication.
Supplying supplementary information files
Please supply the supplementary information via eJP, the electronic manuscript submission and tracking system, in an acceptable file format (see below).
Authors should:
Include a text summary (no more than 50 words) to describe the contents of each file.
Identify the types of files (file formats) submitted.
Include the text ‘Supplementary information is available at (the journal’s name)’s website’ at the end of the article and before the references.
Accepted file formats
Quick Time files (.mov)
Graphical image files (.gif)
HTML files (.html)
MPEG movie files (.mpg)
JPEG image files (.jpg)
Sound files (.wav)
Plain ASCII text (.txt)
Acrobat files (.pdf)
MS Word documents (.doc)
Postscript files (.ps)
MS Excel spreadsheet documents (.xls)
TeX and LaTeX (.tex)
File sizes must be as small as possible, so that they can be downloaded quickly. Images should not exceed 640 x 480 pixels (9 x 6.8 inches at 72 pixels per inch) but we would recommend 480 x 360 pixels as the maximum frame size for movies. We would also recommend a frame rate of 15 frames per second. If applicable to the presentation of the supplementary information, use a 256 colour palette. Please consider the use of lower specification for all of these points if the supplementary information can still be represented clearly. Our recommended maximum data rate is 150 KB/s.
The number of files should be limited to eight, and the total file size should not exceed 8 MB. Individual files should not exceed 1 MB. Please seek advice from the editorial office before sending files larger than our maximum size to avoid delays in publication.
Further questions about the submission or preparation of supplementary information should be directed to the editorial office.
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Gang Pei, Shanghai
Deputy Editor-in-Chief
Dangsheng Li, Shanghai
Editorial Board
Rene Bernards, Amsterdam
Bradley E Bernstein, Cambridge
John C Cambier, Denver
Xuetao Cao, Shanghai
Quan Chen, Tianjin
Xiao-Ya Chen, Shanghai
Ye-Guang Chen, Beijing
Zhijian J Chen, Dallas
Zhu Chen, Shanghai
Linzhao Cheng, Baltimore
Bruce Demple, Stony Brook
Hongkui Deng, Beijing
Chen Dong, Houston
Julian Downward, London
Xin-Hua Feng, Houston
Jiri Friml, Gent
John D Gearhart, Philadelphia
Shiv IS Grewal, Bethesda
Kun-Liang Guan, La Jolla
J Silvio Gutkind, Bethesda
Lin He, Shanghai
Alexander Hoffmann, La Jolla
Tony Hunter, La Jolla
Juan Carlos Izpisúa Belmonte, La Jolla
Chengyu Jiang, Beijing
Naihe Jing, Shanghai
Peter A Jones, Los Angeles
Yibin Kang, Princeton
V Narry Kim, Seoul
Paul Lasko, Montreal
Ming Lei, Ann Arbor
Steven C Ley, London
Guo-Min Li, Lexington
Jiayang Li, Beijing
Lin Li, Shanghai
Yiping Li, Shanghai
Lu Liang, Canberra
Kan Liao, Shanghai
Anning Lin, Chicago
Haifan Lin, New Haven
Xiaolong Liu, Shanghai
Zheng-gang Liu, Bethesda
Zhimin Lu, Houston
Sheng Luan, Berkeley
David C Lyden, New York
Joan Massagué, New York
John S Mattick, St Lucia
Gerry Melino, Rome
Anming Meng, Beijing
Kohei Miyazono, Tokyo
Bernd Mueller-Roeber, Potsdam-Golm
Andrea Musacchio, Milan
Huck-Hui Ng, Singapore
Michele Pagano, New York
Duanqing Pei, Guangzhou
Kathrin Plath, Los Angeles
Natasha V Raikhel, Riverside
Yi Rao, Beijing
Josep Rizo, Dallas
Paul Russell, La Jolla
Yongfeng Shang, Beijing
Yang Shi, Boston
Yigong Shi, Beijing
Yun-Bo Shi, Bethesda
Hong-Bing Shu, Wuhan
Shao-Cong Sun, Houston
Inder M Verma, La Jolla
Claire E Walczak, Bloomington
Xiao-Fan Wang, Durham
Robert A Weinberg, Cambridge
Jia-Rui Wu, Shanghai
Ting Xie, Kansas City
Zhihong Xu, Shanghai
Hong-Wei Xue, Shanghai
Yingzi Yang, Bethesda
Xuebiao Yao, Hefei
Junying Yuan, Boston
Y Adam Yuan, Singapore
Chuanmao Zhang, Beijing
Xu Zhang, Shanghai
Yi Zhang, Chapel Hill
Yonglian Zhang, Shanghai
Yixian Zheng, Baltimore
Tianhua Zhou, Hangzhou
Dahai Zhu, Beijing
Xueliang Zhu, Shanghai
Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology,
Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences,
Chinese Academy of Sciences,
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319 Yueyang Road,
Shanghai 200031,
China
Tel: +86-21-54920953
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Email: cellres@sibs.ac.cn
Lei Cheng, Managing Editor
Email: lcheng@sibs.ac.cn
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