About MCB
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27
Avg Days to First Decision
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12
Avg Days to Publication upon Acceptance*
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96%
of Published Articles Cited within Two Years of Publication**
Features
- Spotlights
- Commentaries
- Minireviews
- Editorials
Indexing/Abstracting
Agricola, BIOSIS Previews, Biotechnology Citation Index, CAB Abstracts, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts Service, Current Contents- Life Sciences, EMBASE, Illustrata, MEDLINE, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), Summon, and more.
About the Journal
Editor in Chief
Peter Tontonoz,
University of California, Los Angeles
12 Monthly Issues
Online only
Print ISSN: 0270-7306
Online ISSN: 1098-5549
Why We're Different
Edited by Working Scientists
Quick Decisions, Rapid Publication, and Impactful Citations
Format-Neutral Submissions
For initial submissions, MCB welcomes papers in any format (format-neutral submissions). At this stage, authors are encouraged to upload a single PDF that incorporates the full text, tables, and figures. The reference style, the arrangement of sections of the paper, and other formatting issues are at the discretion of the author at initial submission.
Peer review averages above are based on 2019 data.
* This number reflects the accepted manuscript posting date.
** Citation data is from Web of Science for the 2016-2017 time period.
UPDATED March 2020