期刊名称：JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
The Journal of Cell Biology publishes papers on all aspects of cellular structure and function. Areas of interest include, but are not restricted to, nuclear organization and structure, protein and membrane trafficking, signal transduction, cytoskeleton and molecular motors, cell cycle and division, cell growth, survival and death, cellular adhesion and motility, and intercellular communication. The Editors also encourage the submission of manuscripts that define the interfaces between cell biology and other fields, especially those elucidating the cell biological basis of problems in immunology, neurobiology, microbial pathology, developmental biology, and disease. As the methodology of cell biology has come to encompass everything from structural biology to molecular biology, biochemistry to immunocytochemistry, genetics to live cell imaging, submissions are welcome regardless of experimental approach.
Instructions to Authors
Editorial policies
When submission of a revised manuscript is invited, only a single revised version will be considered, and it must be received within three months of the decision date. Otherwise the manuscript will be considered as a resubmission, subject to reconsideration of novelty and possibly sent to new reviewers.
All animal studies must be approved by the authors' Institutional Review Board(s), and a statement to this effect must be included in Materials and methods section.
Free exchange of materials. The JCB requires the free exchange of all clones, cell lines, and biological reagents published in the Journal, to promote the transmission of scientific information and facilitate the progress of research in cell biology. In addition, the source code for all computational methods published in the Journal must be made freely available.
Prior publication. When submitting a manuscript, the authors should affirm that the material has been neither published nor submitted for publication elsewhere--other than as an abstract <400 words in length and containing no figures. If any other form of publication has occurred or is contemplated, a pdf version of such other publication should accompany the manuscript submitted to the JCB, and the authors should explain in a letter of submission how this publication relates to the submitted manuscript. Any manuscript submissions/publications that are related to or could be perceived as overlapping with the submitted manuscript should be included. This material will be sent with the manuscript to the reviewers, who will be asked to advise the Editors whether there is overlap between the submitted manuscript and the other material. The data presented in a submitted manuscript should not be made available in an electronic format that is accessible via the Internet or a campus server. Any such posting may be considered prior publication. After publication, authors may post the published pdf version of an article on their own web sites, but they are asked to include a link to the original html version at www.jcb.org.
Conflict of interest. All authors are expected to disclose any commercial affiliations or consultancies, stock or equity interests, or patent-licensing arrangements that could be considered to pose a conflict of interest regarding the submitted manuscript. Specifics of such disclosures will remain confidential. If appropriate, general statements in the Acknowledgments section of the manuscript regarding such disclosures may be recommended by the Editors. All funding sources, institutional and corporate, should be credited in the Acknowledgments section.
Image acquisition and manipulation. The following information must be provided about the acquisition and processing of images:
1. Make and model of microscope
2. Type, magnification, and numerical aperture of the objective lenses
3. Temperature
4. Imaging medium
5. Fluorochromes
6. Camera make and model
7. Acquisition software
8. Any subsequent software used for image processing, with details about types of operations involved (e.g., type of deconvolution, 3D reconstructions, surface or volume rendering, gamma adjustments, etc.). No specific feature within an image may be enhanced or moved. The grouping of images from different gels, fields, or exposures must be made explicit by the arrangement of the figure and in the text of the figure legend. Adjustments of brightness, contrast or color balance are acceptable, if they are applied to the whole image. Non-linear adjustments (e.g., gamma settings) must be disclosed in the figure legend. All digital images in manuscripts accepted for publication will be scrutinized by our production department for any indication of improper manipulation. Questions raised by the production department will be referred to the Editors, who will request the original data from the authors for comparison to the prepared figures. Cases of deliberate misrepresentation of data will be reported to the corresponding author's home institution or funding agency.
Submission of sequences. The JCB encourages authors to submit manuscripts containing sequence information, provided that the sequences offer novel insights concerning the structure-function relationships of cellular molecules. Manuscripts published in the JCB that have nucleotide sequences must have a GenBank/EMBL/ DDBJ database accession number. An accepted manuscript that does not have such a number by the page-proof stage will be delayed for publication until the number is provided. It is recommended that authors obtain the "Sequin" program (see instructions below) to submit sequences to GenBank while writing the manuscript and send the completed submission of the sequence to GenBank when the manuscript is submitted for review. The last line of the sequence figure's legend should read "These sequence data are available from GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ under accession no. ____." If the number is not available in time to include on the typescript, the author can fill in the number at the page proof stage. GenBank can provide an accession number within 24 h of receipt of submission.
Data submitted to GenBank will be shared with EMBL and the DDBJ in Japan. The "Sequin" software and information on how to submit sequences to GenBank can be obtained from the National Center for Biotechnology Information web site at: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Sequin
Submission From the JCB home page at www.jcb.org, click the "Submit Online" button. Specific instructions for the file types required for submission are present on the online submission site. The manuscript submission form is included in the online submission forms. The copyright assignment form can be scanned and included in the online submission as a pdf file, or it can be faxed to the Editorial office: (212) 327-8576. Reviewer suggestions should be included in the cover letter.
Types of submissionArticles. Submitted manuscripts should be fully documented reports of original research. They should be as concise as possible without compromising documentation of results. Lengthy literature surveys, detailed methods, or exhaustive bibliographies will not be published. The total length of an article must not exceed 50,000 characters, including references and figure legends (not counting spaces). The number of characters must be listed on the title page. There should be no more than 10 figures. Manuscripts should be divided into the following sections, each beginning on a new page: Title page, Abstract, Introduction, Results, Discussion, Materials and methods, Acknowledgements, Abbreviations list, References, Figure legends, Tables.
Reports. Submissions in this format should describe definitive observations of outstanding interest that have the potential to open up new avenues of research. This format is not meant for papers with less data than a JCB Article, but for exciting observations that can be fully described with fewer figures and less text than an Article. Reports are limited to 5 figures and can be no longer than 25,000 characters in length, including references and figure legends (not counting spaces). The number of characters must be listed on the title page. Reports will be reviewed rapidly, usually within 14 days of receipt, most often by members of the Editorial Board. All editorial decisions on manuscripts in this format will be final. Reports should be divided into the following sections, each beginning on a new page: Title page, Abstract, Introduction, Results and discussion, Materials and methods, Acknowledgements, Abbreviations list, References, Figure legends, Tables. Note that the Results and Discussion should be combined.
Mini-Reviews. Authors wishing to contribute a brief manuscript to this category should contact one of the Reviews Editors. Mini-reviews are limited to 20,000 characters (including references) and 50 references. They should not contain an exhaustive review of an area, but rather a focused, brief treatment of a contemporary development or issue in a single area. Please include a short (two to three sentence) abstract. All contributions to this category will be peer reviewed.
Supplemental material. Supporting data that are not essential for appreciating the conclusions made in a manuscript may be included as supplemental material. Examples include DNA sequences or Western blots showing the specificity of an antibody. Videos or flash animations may be included as supplemental material. Methodological details that are not necessary for understanding the logic and structure of the experiments (e.g., primer sequences or solvent concentrations) may be relegated to supplemental material.
Manuscript organization and preparation
Conventions. The JCB follows the abbreviations and other conventions of the Council of Biology Editors Style Manual (5th Edition, 1983, Council of Biology Editors, Inc., 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814). For chemical nomenclature, follow the Subject Index of Chemical Abstracts. Capitalize trade names and give manufacturers' names. Gene names must be italicized. Authors must use the original name published for a gene unless they have obtained permission to rename the gene from the authors of the original study (or from a governing body such as, in the case of a yeast gene, the Saccharomyces Genome Database curator). American spelling should be used throughout the manuscript. Please use Symbol font for all Greek characters.
Title page. The title should be <100 characters (not including spaces). Provide the complete names of the institutions where the work was done, and the name, mailing address, telephone number, fax number, and email address of the author to whom correspondence and proofs are to be sent. If you wish to have two corresponding authors listed for the paper, you must designate one of them to communicate with the editorial and production offices. If a change of address is imminent, indicate the change and the date effective. Furnish a condensed title of <45 characters for incorporation in the running head and five key words (use MeSH-MEDLINE major subject headings). A revised manuscript should include the original manuscript number and the word "Revision." The number of characters must be listed on the title page.
Abstract. The abstract may be paragraphed and should give a synopsis of the work reported that is self-explanatory and suitable for use without changes by abstracting services. Abstracts must not exceed 160 words. References must be cited in full in the abstract.
Abbreviations. A term that does not appear on the JCB standard abbreviations list must be used at least three times in a paper to qualify as an abbreviation. Spell out the term on first mention, and follow it with the abbreviated form in parentheses. Thereafter, use the abbreviated form. Supply a list of nonstandard abbreviations used in the paper, in alphabetical order, giving each abbreviation followed by its spelled-out version.
Materials and methods. Please see the JCB policy on image acquisition and manipulation above.
An 'Online Supplemental Material' section, providing a brief description of any materials submitted for online only publication (such as videos, data sets, or supplemental figures), must appear at the end of Materials and methods section.
References. References should be cited parenthetically by author and year of publication. If automatic referencing systems are used, the references must be finalized and reduced to text before submission. References should be listed alphabetically by first author¡¯s last name. The authors must be cited in the order in which they first appeared in publication and as they subsequently appear in Medline, even in cases where more than one author contributed equally to the work. Include all authors¡¯ names (do not use "et al."), year, complete article title, and inclusive page numbers. See examples below. Abbreviate the names of journals according to PubMed; spell out the names of unlisted journals. Unpublished material should not appear in the reference list. Citations such as "manuscript in preparation," "manuscript submitted," "unpublished results," "unpublished observation," and "data not shown," must appear parenthetically in the text as "unpublished data." As an alternative to "unpublished data," additional images, video, data sets, or methods not shown in the article may be included as Online Supplemental Material. When a person(s) who is not an author of the article is the source of unpublished data, those data must be cited as a "personal communication." In the case of "personal communications," authors must provide a signed letter of permission from the source of the communication authorizing the authors to cite the communication. Unpublished work may not be cited in the Materials and methods section. Citation of abstracts in the reference list is not permitted; these should be incorporated parenthetically into the text, giving the authors' names, meeting name and year, and abstract number. Adhere to the reference formats provided by the following examples:
Journal Articles
Two authors: Yalow, R.S., and S.A. Berson. 1960. Immunoassay of endogenous plasma insulin in man. J. Clin. Invest. 39:1157-1175.
More than two authors: Benditt, E.P., N. Ericksen, and R.H. Hanson. 1979. Amyloid protein SAA is an apoprotein of mouse plasma high density lipoprotein. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 76:4092-4096.
In press: Brown, W., and A. Nelson. 1983. Phosphorus content of lipids. J. Lipid Res. In press.
Online Peer-Reviewed Articles
Published article with only DOI: Lopez-Soler, R.I., R.D. Moir, T.P. Spann, R. Stick, and R.D. Goldman. 2001. A role for nuclear lamins in nuclear envelope assembly. (July 9, 2001) J. Cell Biol. 10.1083/jcb.200101025
Published article with both DOI and pagination: Lopez-Soler, R.I., R.D. Moir, T.P. Spann, R. Stick, and R.D. Goldman. 2001. A role for nuclear lamins in nuclear envelope assembly. J. Cell Biol. 154:61-71. First published on July 9, 2001; 10.1083/jcb.200101025
Complete Books
Myant, N.B. 1981. The Biology of Cholesterol and Related Steroids. Heinemann Medical Books, London. 882 pp.
Articles in Books
Innerarity, T.L., D.Y. Hui, and R.W. Mahley. 1982. Hepatic apoprotein E (remnant) receptor. In Lipoproteins and Coronary Atherosclerosis. G. Noseda, C. Fragiacomo, R. Fumagalli, and R. Paoletti, editors. Elsevier/North Holland, Amsterdam. 173-181.
Tables. Files for tables created electronically should be included on the submitted manuscript disk. Double space tables on sheets separate from the text and make them self-contained and self-explanatory. Do not use vertical rules. Label each table at the top with a Roman numeral followed by the table title. Insert explanatory material and footnotes below the table. Designate footnotes using lowercase superscript letters (a, b, c) reading horizontally across the table. Supply units of measure at the heads of the columns.
Digital images
Image acquisition and manipulation. See policies above.
"Digital Expert". Authors can use Digital Expert Online (a free service provided by The Sheridan Group) to check whether their image files comply with our formatting guidelines.
File names. Should be alphanumeric. Do not include any spaces or special characters.
File formats. Acceptable file formats are EPS or TIFF. We cannot accept PowerPoint files. Please note that files saved in TIF format from within the PowerPoint application are NOT at sufficiently high resolution to meet our formatting requirements.
Scale Bars. All micrographs must include a bar to indicate the scale.
Grayscale art. Submitted digital halftones must have an image resolution of at least 300 dpi at publication size. To check the size and resolution of the image in Adobe Photoshop, select "Image Size" in the "Image" menu. Make sure the "Resample Image" box in "Image Size" dialog window is not checked and the "Width", "Height", and "Resolution" boxes are linked by the graphic chain. (It may be necessary to click twice on the "Resample Image" box to establish this link.) This will mean that no resolution (i.e., dots or data) is lost when reducing the dimensions of an image and that the machine does not add dots to an image when increasing its dimensions. Set the print size to the desired size of the image in the printed journal and make sure that the resolution at this size is equal to or above 300 dpi. Please submit in the TIF format by selecting this choice in the format box of the "Save" dialog window. Files should be in grayscale format.
Continuous-tone color art. As above, resolution should be at least 300 dpi. We can only use files in the CMYK format. Although every attempt will be made to match the colors, they may not print uniformly across different platforms and output devices.
Line art. Vector files created in illustration programs such as Adobe Illustrator, Macromedia Freehand, CorelDRAW, Deneba Canvas, etc., must be saved and submitted in EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) or TIF format at a minimum resolution of 1,000 dpi. Only Times, Helvetica, Arial, or Symbol fonts should be used. All fonts should be converted to outlines or paths, eliminating the possibility of character loss or change. To do this in Illustrator, select the text object and go to Type/Create Outline; in Freehand, select text object and go to Text/Convert to Paths; in Canvas, select text object and go to Object/Path/Convert to Path; in CorelDRAW, select text object and go to Arrange/Convert to Curves. For details, please see the instruction manual for your specific application. All color art MUST be in CMYK format.
Color or grayscale with fonts or lines. (a) Import grayscale or color image (minimum 600 dpi at publication size) into Adobe Photoshop (or similar program). (b) Crop the image. (c) In the "Layers" menu, select "New Layer." (d) Create labels in the new layer (make sure the anti-aliased box in the "Type Tool" window is not checked). (e) Save as TIFF.
Videos. The JCB can post video files online. Videos must be cited both at the relevant place in the text of the Results section, and in the legends of any figures that contain video stills or images related to the video. In addition, an "Online Supplemental Material" paragraph, providing a brief description of each video, must appear at the end of the Materials and methods section. Each video must also be accompanied by a text legend, which must contain the following information: what the video is showing, the cell line or cell type being viewed, what each color represents, how often frames were collected, the frames/second display rate, and the number of any figure that has related video stills or images. Videos must be peer reviewed with the manuscript.
Videos must be QuickTime files no larger than 10 MB. We recommend Sorenson or Cinepak compression, although other codecs may be used. However, please do not use Intel Indeo because of incompatabilites across platforms. Color depth should be kept to a minimum, using grayscale for black and white videos. Frame size should be limited to 450 x 375 pixels for best viewing within a browser on most monitors. Videos should be named by order of citation appearance (e.g., video1.mov). If a video is directly related to a figure or table, name accordingly (e.g., Fig4video3.mov). Lengthy file names should be avoided.
Cover submissions
Authors whose manuscripts are accepted for publication in the JCB may submit cover images for consideration with the accepted version of the manuscript. A brief cover legend should be submitted with the image. Authors may submit as many versions of their subject as they wish. Additional information can be obtained from the Managing Editor.
Manuscripts accepted for publication
A manuscript will be published within six weeks after receipt of the final and complete version, including figures files in the correct formats. Authors can help maintain this publication time of a manuscript by promptly returning corrected page proofs to the production office.
Copyediting and production. All correspondence concerning the copyediting and production of manuscripts that have been accepted for publication should be addressed to:
The Journal of Cell Biology
Production Office
The Rockefeller University Press
1114 First Avenue
New York, NY 10021-8325
Tel.: (212)327-8552; Fax: (212)327-8513
email: jcb@mail.rockefeller.edu
ftp instructions. The ftp server should only be used when specifically requested by a production editor. For Windows users, we recommend using Internet Explorer: direct your browser to ftp://ftprup.rockefeller.edu/JCB/. For Mac users, use an ftp client such as Fetch. The ftp address for the production office is ftprup.rockefeller.edu, and files should be uploaded to the "JCB" directory via anonymous ftp. Please note, all files uploaded are confidential, and the server is protected from unauthorized downloads. Authors will not be able to download any files in the Inbox (including their own). Please alert your Production Editor via email after all files have been transferred.
Proofs. Galley proofs are emailed as a PDF attachment to the corresponding author, along with instructions on handling text and figure proofs. Proofs must be returned within 48 hours. An Authors' Guide will be provided with information on authors' charges for offprints and special services. The cost of authors' text alterations in proof is $4.00 per change. Figure reshoots at the author's request will be charged at $20.00 per black & white subject, and $90.00 per color subject.
Offprints. An offprint order form, included in the Authors' Guide, must be returned before the journal goes to press.
Page and color charges. There is a page charge of $40.00 for each page up to and including eight pages and $175 for each page over eight pages. The authors' inability to meet charges will not affect the publication of acceptable manuscripts. The cost for separation and printing of color figures is $500 for the first page and $250 for each additional page. If you are unable to pay these charges, contact your Production Editor upon receipt of your estimated color charges letter.
Assignment of copyright. Under the current copyright law, implicit understanding that an author's submission of an article carries with it assignment of copyright is no longer sufficient. Therefore, all submissions must include the Journal's Manuscript Content Verification and Provisional Copyright Assignment and Publication Agreement form.
Editorial Board
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Editor-In-Chief |
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Ira Mellman |
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Editors |
Lewis Cantley
Don W. Cleveland
Elaine Fuchs
Alan Hall
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Louis F. Reichardt
Randy Schekman
Kenneth M. Yamada
Junying Yuan |
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News Editors |
| Nicole LeBrasseur |
William A. Wells |
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Reviews Editors |
| Karen Dell |
Louis F. Reichardt |
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Editorial Board |
Angelika Amon
Ben Barres
Hugo Bellen
Andrew Belmont
Vann Bennett
Juan Bonifacino
Tony Bretscher
Marianne Bronner-Fraser
Eric J. Brown
Joan Brugge
Kevin P. Campbell
Kathleen Collins
Caroline Damsky
Pietro De Camilli
Elisabetta Dejana
Ray Deshaies
Pier Paolo Di Fiore
David Drubin
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William Earnshaw
Scott Emr
Werner Franke
Larry Gerace
Larry Goldstein
Barry Gumbiner
Ulrich Hartl
Rebecca Heald
Nobutaka Hirokawa
Arthur Horwich
Alan Rick Horwitz
M. Andrew Hoyt
Ed Hurt
Kenneth Jacobson
Keith Joiner
Rudy Juliano
Gerard Karsenty
Hynda Kleinman |
Douglas Koshland
Teymuras Kurzchalia
Arthur D. Lander
Jeanne Lawrence
Yuri Lazebnik
Leslie Leinwand
Richard Lewis
Laura Machesky
Joan Massague
Jacopo Meldolesi
Tom Misteli
Timothy J. Mitchison
Randall T. Moon
Leslie Parise
Mark Peifer
Daphne Preuss
Tom A. Rapoport
Ann Ridley |
Conly Rieder
Howard Riezman
Daniel B. Rifkin
David Ron
Joshua Sanes
Trina Schroer
Martin Schwartz
Jean Schwarzbauer
Shoichiro Tsukita
Ron Vale
David L. Vaux
Graham Warren
Colin Watts
Judith White
Tim Yen
Marino Zerial |
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Managing Editor |
Michael T. Rossner
Tel.: (212) 327-8881 | Fax: (212) 327-8576 | email: rossner@rockefeller.edu |
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Editorial Assistants |
Helen Lee | Sati Motieram | Emily Taylor| Heather Vlach
Tel.: (212) 327-8581 | Fax: (212) 327-8576 | email: jcellbiol@rockefeller.edu |
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Copyediting and Production |
Dorrit Blakeslee | Greg S. Boustead
Jennifer M. Hettinger | Gregory E. Koutrouby
email: jcb@mail.rockefeller.edu |
Suzanne M. Runyan, Production Director
Aisha Caruth, Copy Editing Coordinator |
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Electronic Publishing |
Robert J. O'Donnell, Electronic Publishing Director
Erinn A. Grady, Electronic Publishing Coordinator |
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