Journal of Cell Death

Journal of Cell Death is an open access, peer reviewed journal which covers research into all types and aspects of cell death, both natural and pathological, and at both the basic and applied levels. This includes the causes, cellular components, pathways, mediators and processes involved, as well as biochemistry, morphological changes, genetics and function.

Of particular interest are the implications necrotic and apoptotic processes have for disease and treatment together with the phagocytic mechanisms responsible for the disposal of cellular corpses. Related topics such as autophagocytosis are also included.

Why publish your article in this journal?

High visibility. The journal's open access policy allows maximum visibility of published articles by making them available to a wide global audience.  The journal highlights highly viewed articles.  The journal is included in an expanding selection of international bibliographical databases.  To further enhance visibility authors may supply a video abstract at no additional charge.

Publication speed. Article submission and peer review is managed online.  Staff are easily accessible and able to provide fast, clear responses to inquiries.  Processing systems are designed for efficient manuscript handling.

Flexibility. Online publication allows authors to publish large datasets, large quantities of figures, audio and video, and to link to other online resources.

Promotion and press coverage. Articles will be included in our popular email alerts, and multiple social media and other targeted news channels.  Those that have been highly viewed are highlighted in the journal, and articles of special importance may be endorsed by the Editor in Chief.

Copyright. Authors retain copyright of their articles and are free to reproduce and disseminate their work. 

Reprints:

High quality bound reprints are available for all published articles.  Visit the Article Reprints page for further information.

Supplements:

The journal considers supplements based on proceedings (either full articles or meeting abstracts), reviews or research.  All articles are subject to peer review.  Upon publication supplements are freely accessible online and printed versions are available.  Visit this page for further information and to propose a supplement.

Open access:

All articles published in this journal are made freely and permanently available upon publication.  No subscription charges or registration barriers apply.  A discussion of open access and its benefits to authors, readers and other groups is available.

Manuscript Preparation:

Information on how to submit your manuscript is available here, including presentation requirements, reference formatting, ethical and legal requirements.  A downloadable manuscript template, sample manuscript and pre-submission checklist is available. Authors should ensure that their paper complies with our ethical and legal requirements and standards of reporting.

Information on how to prepare a revised submission responding to peer reviewer recommendations is also available. Short videos are available explaining how to prepare and submit a manuscript and how to prepare and upload a revised submission.

Manuscript types:

Case Report, Commentary, Debate, Dedication, Letter to the Editor, Meeting Report, Methodology, Opinion, Original Research, Perspective, Rapid Communication, Review, Short Commentary, Short Report, Short Review, Software or Database Review, Technical Advance.  Visit the Frequently Asked Questions for more information on these and specific author guidelines (if any).

Article processing fees:

Because open access publishing is not without costs an article processing fee is levied for each article accepted for publication.  Current article processing fees are given on this webpage.  Fees do not vary by quantity of words or color figures.  Discounts or waivers are offered where possible prior to commencement of processing.  A limited quantity of waivers are available at the publisher's discretion and must be applied for prior to submission. 

Optional services:

English language copy editing, figure redrawing and professionally-produced reprints of published articles are available subject to additional charges.  A video abstract service is also available at no charge.

Editorial policies:

Manuscripts submitted may not be under consideration by any other journal and generally should not have been published in any journal or other citable form, excluding manuscripts deposited on a preprint server. 

Authors must ensure that no material contained in the manuscript infringes existing copyrights or the rights of a third party.

The publisher is legally obliged to ensure that journals do not publish libelous or defamatory material.  Where manuscripts appear to contain this journal editors together with the authors and the publisher if necessary will work together to ensure an appropriate resolution is found.

Upon submission authors must indicate their consent to the terms and conditions of submission, which includes points concerning suitable ethical conduct in respect to human and animal research standards.  Articles containing information or clinical photographs on individual patients must have documented consent to publish from patients available.  Authorship contributions made by scientific/medical writers must be suitably acknowledged.  Conflicts of interest must be disclosed in the published article. All incoming manuscripts are scanned by CrossCheck plagiarism detection.

All submissions excluding editorials are subject to blind peer review by two expert peer reviewers drawn from the editorial board, peer reviewer pool, or Pubmed by order of preference.  Editorial decisions are made by the Editor in Chief or Associate Editor on the basis of the peer reviewer reports received, except where the Editor in Chief or Associate Editor is in a conflict of interest, where another Editor in Chief stands-in.

The publisher maintains web-based systems enabling editorial decisions to be made efficiently, but observes a strict division between editorial decisions, which are never made by the publisher under any circumstances, and business decisions that are made by the publisher.

Committee on Publishing Ethics:

The journal is a member of COPE and will apply its guidelines on ethical matters where necessary.

Permanent Archiving:

Articles published in this journal are automatically permanently archived.

Citing articles in this journal:

Article citations follow this format:

Authors: Title.  Journal [year]:[volume] [first page]-[last page]

SPARC Europe Seal Award Winner:

This journal has been awarded a SPARC Europe Seal. The Seal is an initiative of SPARC Europe (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) which is awarded to journals applying a Creative Commons CC-BY copyright license and that make journal metadata accessible to DOAJ. 

Institutional Memberships:

Further information about institutional memberships is available.