The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) has announced the launch of a new online, open-access journal - Stem Cell Reports. With a focus on shorter, single-point articles, Stem Cell Reports will publish high-quality, peer-reviewed research presenting conceptual or practical advances across the breadth of stem cell research and its applications to medicine.
Stem Cell Reports will be published by Cell Press, with the inaugural issue to debut in June 2013 in conjunction with the ISSCR 11th Annual Meeting.
Under the leadership of distinguished Editor-in-chief Dr. Christine Mummery of the Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands, Stem Cell Reports will provide efficient, fair and informed review and publication. Dr Mummery is joined by Associate Editors Dr. Nissim Benvenisty of Hebrew University, Israel); Dr. Thomas Graf of Center for Genomic Regulation, Spain; Dr. Hideyuki Okano of Keio University School of Medicine, Japan; and Dr.David Scadden of Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard University, USA.
Stem Cell Reports will begin accepting submissions in December 2012 for publication in the inaugural issue, due to be published in June 2013. Stem Cell Reports authors will retain full copyright over their articles, which will be published using Creative Commons licenses.
