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Submission guidelines

Our 3-step submission process

  1. Before you submit

    Now you’ve identified a journal to submit to, there are a few things you should be familiar with before you submit.

  2. Ready to submit

    To give your manuscript the best chance of publication, follow these policies and formatting guidelines.

  3. Submit and promote

    After acceptance, we provide support so your article gains maximum impact in the scientific community and beyond.

    Please note that manuscript can only be submitted by an author of the manuscript and may not be submitted by a third party. 

Video Bytes for Cell Communication and Signaling

At Cell Communication and Signaling, we are always looking to help authors promote their research. We are pleased to announce that all authors submitting to the journal from 12th August 2019 shall receive a video byte of their manuscript, should it go on to be accepted for publication in Cell Communication and Signaling.

Created by our partners, Research Square, a video byte is a 1-2 minute video summary of a paper that will be incorporated into the abstract of the paper and published on the journal website. Authors will also receive a shareable version of their video byte.


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Annual Journal Metrics

  • 2022 Citation Impact
    8.4 - 2-year Impact Factor
    8.0 - 5-year Impact Factor
    1.435 - SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
    1.868 - SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

    2023 Speed
    6 days submission to first editorial decision for all manuscripts (Median)
    83 days submission to accept (Median)

    2023 Usage 
    1,766,710 downloads
    2,366 Altmetric mentions