30多年來，頂尖的國際研究人員一直依賴于Cell發表高影響力的論文，這些論文構成了當代生命科學研究的基礎。《細胞》由《基因》(Genes)的作者本杰明?盧因(Benjamin Lewin)創立，一直走在生物學令人興奮的發展前沿，不斷用前沿論文重新定義科學的重要領域。《細胞》雜志每兩周出版一期，包括在分子生物學、生物化學、癌癥研究、細胞生物學、發育生物學、遺傳學、免疫學、微生物學、神經生物學、植物生物學、結構生物學和病毒學等領域具有特殊意義的原創研究文章。提交的文章會被迅速地審查技術質量和一般興趣，如果被接受，將在8周內發表。《細胞》的特色是專題綜述和綜述文章，其中著名科學家討論了生命科學所有領域的最新進展。Cell還發布評論、會議評論、給編輯的信件和書評，以及可用的職位和會議和課程列表。

For more than 30 years, top international researchers have relied on Cell to publish high impact papers that have come to form the foundation of contemporary life science research. Founded by Benjamin Lewin (author of Genes), Cell remains at the forefront of exciting developments in biology, continually redefining the important areas of science with cutting edge papers. Published biweekly, Cell includes original research articles of exceptional significance in areas including molecular biology, biochemistry, cancer research, cell biology, developmental biology, genetics, immunology, microbiology, neurobiology, plant biology, structural biology and virology. Submitted articles are reviewed rapidly for both technical quality and general interest, and, if accepted, are published within eight weeks. Cell features topical minireview and review articles in which noted scientists discuss current progress in all areas of the life sciences. Cell also publishes commentaries, meeting reviews, letters to the editor, and book reviews, as well as Positions Available and listings of Conferences and Courses.