Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC), ASCB’s flagship journal, reached a new milestone in 2025—surpassing 3.49 million full-text article views, the highest level of readership in the journal’s history.
This record visibility reflects MBoC’s growing influence across the global cell biology community and highlights the continued demand for rigorous, accessible, peer-reviewed research spanning emerging methods, quantitative approaches, and foundational cell biology.
Top Accessed Articles in 2025
- Polysome profiling is an extensible tool for the analysis of bulk protein synthesis, ribosome biogenesis, and the specific steps in translation
- PunctaFinder: An algorithm for automated spot detection in fluorescence microscopy images
- Live-cell painting: Image-based profiling in live cells using acridine orange
- A dedicated cytoplasmic container collects extrachromosomal DNA away from the mammalian nucleus
- Lysosomal membrane proteins LAMP1 and LIMP2 are segregated in the Golgi apparatus independently of their clathrin adaptor binding motif
- The dark side of fluorescent protein tagging—the impact of protein tags on biomolecular condensation
- Evaluation of cell segmentation methods without reference segmentations
- SuperPlotsOfData—a web app for the transparent display and quantitative comparison of continuous data from different conditions
- Bioelectricity is a universal multifaced signaling cue in living organisms
- AI: A transformative opportunity in cell biology
- Mitotic spindle membranes
- The origin story of rapamycin: systemic bias in biomedical research and cold war politics
- Diversity through equity and inclusion: The responsibility belongs to all of us
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For more than 30 years, MBoC has served the cell biology community by publishing rigorous, peer-reviewed research and providing authors with constructive, transparent feedback. MBoC offers a global platform for research that advances cell biology at all scales—from molecules to cells, tissues, and whole organisms.
MBoC welcomes submissions of Research Articles, Brief Reports, Methods and Resources papers, as well as Features such as Reviews, Perspectives, and Technical Perspectives. In addition to its broad scope, the journal continues to expand a portfolio of special thematic topics led by expert editors, including Quantitative Cell Biology, Forces On and Within Cells, Cell Biology of the Nervous System, Cell Biology of Bacteria and Archaea, Protein Quality Control, and other open calls.
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This post was collaboratively written by several ASCB staff members.
