InformationforAuthorsCancerCell,oneofafamilyofscientificjournalspublishedbyCellPress,waslaunchedin2002withthegoalofpublishinghigh-impactcancerresearchpapers.CancerCellpublishes12issuesayear,withselectedarticlespublishedonlineaheadofeachissue.PaperspublishedinCancerCellarefreelyavailablestarting12monthsafterpublication.JournalmetricsforCancerCellareavailableathttp://www.cell.com/impact.EditorialEvaluationTimelineAllsubmissionsareinitiallyevaluatedindepthbythescientificeditors.Papersthatarenotdeemedbytheeditorstobestrongcandidatesforpublicationwillbereturnedtotheauthorswithoutdetailedreview,typicallywithin3–5days.Otherwise,manuscriptswillbesenttoreviewerswhohaveagreedinadvancetoassessthepaperrapidly.Theeditorswillmakeeveryefforttoreachdecisionsonthesepaperswithin3–4weeksofthesubmissiondate.Ifrevisionsareaconditionofpublication,editorswillcarefullyevaluatethereviewers'commentsand,wheneverpossible,willprovideguidanceontheimportantconcernstobeaddressed.Wegenerallyallow2monthsforrevisionsandconsideronlyonerevisedversionofthepaper.Evaluationsofconceptualadvanceandsignificancearemadebasedontheliteratureavailableonthedayofthefinaldecision,notthedayofsubmission.Acceptedpaperswillbepublishedinprintwithin3monthsofacceptanceand,inmostcases,earlierinprintoronline.Anymajorchangesafteracceptancearesubjecttoreviewandmaydelaypublication.PresubmissionInquiriesAuthorsinterestedinquickinformalfeedbackonthejournal’sinterestinaparticularmanuscriptshouldsendaninquirytocancer@cell.com.Theinquiry,inadditiontotheSummaryandtheSignificanceparagraphsofthemanuscript,shouldincludeabriefdescriptionoftheresultsandanexplanationoftheinterestandsignificancetothebroadreadershipofCancerCell.Manuscriptsthataresubmittedafterpositiveresponsetoapresubmissioninquiryarestillsubjecttoeditorialreviewtoassesswhetherexternalpeerreviewisappropriate.Ingeneral,werespondtothesewithin2–5days;therefore,pleasedonotsendtheentiremanuscriptforthispurpose.Ifthemanuscripthasalreadybeenprepared,weencouragetheauthortofor...
