Submission to first editorial decision: 6 days
Submission to decision after review: 42 days
Submission to acceptance: 196 days
Accept to online publication: 17 days

The Cell Reports Portfolio includes gold open-access journals that span life, medical, and physical sciences. Its mission is to make cutting-edge research and methodologies across disciplines available to a wide readership.

Cell Reports publishes high-quality research across the life sciences. The primary criterion for publication in Cell Reports is new biological insight. We have three primary article types. Reports are shorter, single-point articles; research articles are the longer format for work with deeper mechanistic insight; and resources highlight significant technical advances or major informational datasets that are used to show a biological advance. Reviews covering recent literature in emerging and active fields are also welcome.

The professional in-house editors of Cell Reports work closely with authors, reviewers, and the journal's scientific advisory board. The advisory board comprises current and future leaders in their respective fields who guide the journal’s scope, content, and quality. However, editorial decisions at Cell Reports are made independently by its in-house scientific editors.

Reports
Research Articles
Resource Articles 
Previews

Editors
Stephen Matheson
Gail Teitzel
Ruth Zearfoss
Natalie Cain
Sejal Vyas 
Quan Wang 
Cheri Sirois 
Nikolay Tsanov 
Rita Gemayel
Jenna Sternberg 
Thomas Pietri 
Julian Eskin 
Nelly Baratta