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Protoplasma

An International Journal of Animal, Fungal and Plant Cell Biology

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Overview

Protoplasma specializes in the area between structural and molecular analysis of biological systems from gene expression to the sub- and supracellular levels. The journal offers articles on structural and functional cell biology of plants and animals, protists, fungi as well as prokaryotes.

Coverage includes biogenesis, dynamics, and energetics of membrane compartments; targeting and trafficking of macromolecules; cellular dynamics, intracellular transport, and whole-cell locomotion; structure, dynamics, and molecular components of the cytoskeleton; signaling and regulatory cascades; the cell cycle and cell-to-cell communication; medical aspects of cell biology.

Besides research, rapid communications, and comprehensive review articles, Protoplasma publishes reviews of discoveries, and opportunities at the cutting edge of research under the headings New Ideas in Cell Biology.

Editor-in-Chief - Plant Cell Biology
  • Peter Nick PhD
Editor-in-Chief - Animal Cell Biology, Fungal Cell Biology, Protist Cell Biology
  • Martina Sombetzki PhD

Journal metrics

Journal Impact Factor
2.5 (2024)
5-year Journal Impact Factor
3.0 (2024)
Submission to first decision (median)
6 days
Downloads
568.3k (2025)

Journal information

Electronic ISSN
1615-6102
Print ISSN
0033-183X
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  4. BIOSIS
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  6. Biological Abstracts
  7. CAB Abstracts
  8. CLOCKSS
  9. CNKI
  10. CNPIEC
  11. Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS)
  12. Chinese Academy of Medical Science (CAMS)
  13. Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences
  14. Current Contents/Life Sciences
  15. Dimensions
  16. EBSCO
  17. EMBiology
  18. Google Scholar
  19. Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
  20. Medline
  21. Meta
  22. Naver
  23. OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
  24. Ovid Discovery
  25. Pathway Studio
  26. Portico
  27. ProQuest
  28. SCImago
  29. SCOPUS
  30. Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
  31. TD Net Discovery Service
  32. Wanfang
  33. Zoological Record
  34. eLibrary.ru
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