About This Journal

Eukaryotic Cell (EC) focuses on eukaryotic microbiology and presents reports of basic research on simple eukaryotic microorganisms, such as yeasts, fungi, algae, protozoa, and social amoebae. The journal also covers viruses of these organisms and their organelles and their interactions with other living systems, where the focus is on the eukaryotic cell.

Topics include:

  • Basic biology
  • Molecular and cellular biology
  • Mechanisms, and control, of developmental pathways
  • Structure and form inherent in basic biological processes
  • Cellular architecture
  • Metabolic physiology
  • Comparative genomics, biochemistry, and evolution
  • Population dynamics
  • Ecology

Sections include:

  • Commentaries
  • Minireviews
  • Articles
  • Spotlights

Monthly, with 2,700 pages in 2008. In 2008 EC became an online-only journal. ISSN: 1535-9786. Previous print ISSN: 1535-9778.

EC has an impact factor of 3.83 and an Eigenfactor score of 0.034 according to the 2008 Journal Citation Reports. It is ranked #20 by impact factor out of 91 journals in the Microbiology category.

Indexed/Abstracted in: AgBiotech News and Information, Bacteriology Abstracts (Microbiology B), Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews, CAB Abstracts, Caplus, Current Contents, Illustrata, Index Veterinarius, Science Citation Index Expanded, Summon, and more.