About the Journal
EXO – Beyond the Cell is a quarterly, gold open-access journal published by Science Exploration Press. The journal highlights groundbreaking discoveries on how cells engage with their environments and how these interactions shape biology and medicine. With an emphasis on spatial organization, dynamic communication, and cross-scale integration, EXO – Beyond the Cell serves as a hub for innovative research at the interface of cell biology, technology, and translational science. By fostering rigor, creativity, and accessibility, the journal seeks to accelerate insights that redefine our understanding of life beyond the boundaries of the cell.
Aims and Scope
EXO – Beyond the Cell aims to be the premier journal for publishing high impact, authoritative research on how cells interact with their environment, including related technologies, engineering tools, and medical applications. The journal focuses on defining how cells, molecules, and tissues function, including analysis of cell-cell interactions, cellular neighborhoods, and tissue microenvironments.
Our goal is to serve the research community as the signature journal for examining what happens beyond the cell — revealing interactions and spatial organization across scales, from molecules to patients. Our content spans biochemistry, chemical biology, cell and molecular biology, systems biology, developmental biology, neuroscience, immunology, computation & artificial intelligence (AI)/ machine learning (ML), metabolism, infectious diseases (including virology and microbiome analyses), plant biology, cancer biology, drug discovery, pharmacology, physiology, mammalian and model organisms, human genetics, disease mechanisms, and clinical studies.
EXO – Beyond the Cellis a quarterly journal that publishes groundbreaking research in all areas of molecular, cell, tissue, and organismal biology and medicine, including:
• Spatial omics: in situ transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, lipidomics, epigenomics, and multi-omics
• Single-cell transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and lipidomics
• Tissue architecture and cellular neighborhoods: 3D imaging and reconstruction, multicellular organization, and molecular gradients
• Imaging and computational analysis: all types of imaging, bulk and imaging mass spectrometry, AI and ML for spatial data, and multimodal integration
• Extracellular, microenvironment and niche biology: Extracellular Matrix analysis, stem cell niches, and tumor microenvironments
• Cell to cell and systems biology: ligand-receptor interactions and paracrine signaling
• Translational spatial biology: leveraging the tumor microenvironment, immune cell infiltration, spatial biomarkers, and clinical applications
• Ecological and evolutionary perspectives: including microbial communities, and spatial population analyses
• Novel methodologies related to the above areas
Article Types
• Original research articles, involving detailed studies reporting high impact discoveries
• Methodological and technical innovations, involving important new methods
• Reviews and perspectives, including critical analyses of a topic, forward-looking commentaries, and perspectives on recent discoveries
• Short communications and letters, involving concise reports of major new findings that should be communicated rapidly
Why Publish in EXO - Beyond the Cell?
• Help shape the next frontier in life sciences by defining how cells interact with their environments
• Reach a global, interdisciplinary audience across biology, medicine, and computation
• Advance rigor and innovation by helping to prioritize experimental robustness and scientific creativity
• Support open access, ensuring free and global reach for maximum impact: There are no subscription charges to access our content. Author processing charges are waived until 2030.
Publication Frequency
Quarterly.
Publishing Model
EXO - Beyond the Cell is an open-access journal that ensures all content is freely available to users and their institutions without any associated costs. Users are granted full rights to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, and link to the full texts of articles, as well as to use them for any other lawful purposes, without the need for prior permission from the publisher or the author. This policy aligns with the principles of open access, promoting the broad dissemination of scientific knowledge.g the accessibility of high-quality research.
Licensing and Copyright
EXO - Beyond the Cell is published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). Authors retain the copyright of their work and agree to make their original works freely available for use, copying, and redistribution in all formats without needing permission, provided that proper citation is given to the authors and the original source.