Company Biography
Journal of Cell Biology (JCB) publishes advances in any area of basic cell biology as well as applied cellular advances in fields such as immunology, neurobiology, metabolism, microbiology, developmental biology, and plant biology. All editorial decisions on research manuscripts are made through collaborative consultation between professional editors with scientific training and academic editors who are active in the field. JCB was established in 1955. JCB Editor-in-Chief Jodi Nunnari is Chair of the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Biological Sciences, at University of California, Davis. Learn more about JCB editors.
Journal of Experimental Medicine (JEM) publishes papers providing novel conceptual insight into immunology, neuroscience, cancer biology, vascular biology, microbial pathogenesis, and stem cell biology. All editorial decisions are made by active scientists in conjunction with professional editors. JEM was established in 1896. Carl Nathan and Michel Nussenzweig serve as JEM Editorial Board Co-Chairs. Dr. Nathan is the R.A. Rees Pritchett Professor and Chairman of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Weill Cornell Medicine. Dr. Nussenzweig is the Zanvil A. Cohn and Ralph M. Steinman Professor at The Rockefeller University, Investigator at Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Senior Physician. Learn more about JEM editors. Celebrating 125 years of enduring studies in medical biology: visit the JEM Anniversary hub.
Editors attending this meeting
Tim Spencer, JCB Executive Editor
Tim received his PhD from the City University of New York, where he studied the signaling mechanisms that underlie the promotion of axonal growth and regeneration following injury in the laboratory of Marie Filbin. He then moved to the laboratory of Chris Henderson at Columbia University, where he examined molecular markers of postnatal motor neuron maturation and elements of motor-specific disease. Tim served as a Senior Scientific Editor at Nature Neuroscience since 2011 before moving to RUP to become the Deputy Editor of the Journal of Cell Biology in 2016. He became Executive Editor in 2019. Contact Tim to discuss submitting your research to JCB.
Shachi Bhatt, JEM Executive Editor
Shachi received her PhD in Anatomy and Cell Biology from University of Kansas Medical Center. She pursued her postdoctoral research in the lab of Paul Trainor at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research, where she studied the development of peripheral nervous and vascular systems, WNT/β-catenin signaling, and neural crest cell induction and differentiation. She has been a professional editor since 2017 when she joined Journal of Experimental Medicine as a scientific editor. Shachi joined Life Science Alliance as Executive Editor in August 2020, and was appointed Executive Editor of Journal of Experimental Medicine in May 2021. Contact Shachi to discuss submitting your research to JEM. Follow Shachi’s tweets at @SciBhatt.
Submit your research:
All editorial decisions on research manuscripts are made through collaborative consultation between professional scientific editors and the academic editorial board. JCB and JEM implements editorial policies with highly productive investigators in mind.
Format Neutral: You may submit your papers in ANY format.
Transfer Policy: We welcome submissions that include reviewer comments from another journal. You may also request manuscript transfer between Rockefeller University Press journals, and we can confidentially send reviewer reports and identities to another journal beyond RUP.
Fair and Fast: We limit rounds of revision, and we strive to provide clear, detailed decisions that illustrate what is expected in the revisions. Articles appear online one to two days after author proofs are returned.
Open Access Options: Our options include Immediate Open Access (CC-BY) and open access six months after publication (CC-BY-NC-SA).