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Recent Publications
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Research Topics
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Cytotherapy, the official journal of the International Society for Cell & Gene Therapy (ISCT), publishes novel and innovative results from high quality scientific and clinical studies in the fields of cell, gene, and extracellular vesicle therapy.
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Impact Factor
3.2
Quartile
Q2
Open Access Type
Hybrid
ISSN
1465-3249
eISSN
1477-2566
Invitation Only
No
Cost Range
USD 3500 APC for open access articles, excluding taxes; subscription publication has no open access publication fee.
Submission Instructions
Cytotherapy accepts the following article types. Click on an article type to view submission instructions.
Full-Length Articles
Cover Letter
Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract
A concise and factual abstract is required.
Manuscript
Full-Length Articles should not exceed 6000 words excluding references. The article must be divided into clearly defined sections and contain the essential elements needed to convey the manuscript, including Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Conclusions, Artwork, and Tables with Captions. Manuscripts must include keywords with a maximum of 6, submit 3 to 5 highlights as a separate editable file, include a competing interests statement and author contributions statement, provide a glossary as a separate list, and add an AI-use declaration in a new section before the references when generative AI tools were used.
References
Full-Length Articles usually contain fewer than 50 references. References in the text must be indicated by number in square brackets, the reference list must be numbered in order of appearance, and for references with more than 6 authors the first 6 authors must be listed followed by 'et al.'.
Figures & Tables
Full-Length Articles typically allow up to 8 figures and 6 tables. Figures and tables in the manuscript file must be placed next to the relevant text with the corresponding caption directly below, although for Word submissions at revision stage figures, captions, and tables may be provided within a single file. All figures must include relevant captions and be numbered according to their sequence in the text, and all tables must be submitted as editable text with titles, descriptions, and footnotes and numbered consecutively in the order cited.
Review Articles
Cover Letter
Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract
A concise and factual abstract is required.
Manuscript
Review Articles should be 4,000–10,000 words. Review Articles should present a balanced review of the field. Manuscripts must include keywords, a glossary supplied as a separate list, 3 to 5 highlights in a separate editable file, a competing interests statement, and an AI-use declaration in a section before the references when generative AI tools were used.
References
Review Articles suggest fewer than 100 citations. References must be cited by number in square brackets. The reference list must be numbered in the order of appearance in the text, list the first 6 authors followed by 'et al.' when there are more than 6 authors, and use abbreviated journal names.
Figures & Tables
Review Articles may include up to 8 display items, including figures, schema, and tables. Figures and tables in the manuscript file must be placed next to the relevant text with the corresponding caption directly below. All figures must include relevant captions and all tables must include titles, descriptions, and footnotes.
Short Reports
Cover Letter
Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract
A concise and factual abstract is required.
Manuscript
Short Reports should not exceed 3000 words excluding references. The article must be divided into clearly defined sections including Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, and Conclusions. Manuscripts must include keywords, a competing interests statement, highlights of 3 to 5 bullet points in a separate editable file, a glossary as a separate list, and an AI-use declaration in a section before the references when generative AI tools were used.
References
References in the text must be indicated by number in square brackets. The reference list must be numbered in the order of citation, and for references with more than 6 authors the first 6 authors should be listed followed by 'et al.'.
Figures & Tables
Short Reports may contain up to 3 figures or tables. Figures and tables in the manuscript file should be placed next to the relevant text with the corresponding caption directly below. All figures must include relevant captions, and tables must include titles, descriptions, and footnotes and be submitted as editable text rather than images.
Brevia
Cover Letter
Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract
Abstract requirements are not specified.
Manuscript
Manuscript may be only one journal page. Manuscript must include keywords, highlights of 3 to 5 bullet points, a competing interests statement, and an AI-use declaration section before the references when generative AI tools were used.
References
References must be cited by number in square brackets. Reference list must be numbered in the order of first appearance in the text, and references with more than 6 authors must list the first 6 followed by 'et al.'.
Figures & Tables
Figures and tables in the manuscript file must be placed next to the relevant text with the corresponding caption directly below. Figures must include relevant captions and tables must include titles, descriptions, and footnotes.
Letters To The Editors
Cover Letter
Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract
A concise and factual abstract is required.
Manuscript
Letters to the Editors must address a Cytotherapy paper, and if regarding a recent paper they must concern one published within the last 3 issues. Manuscripts must include keywords, highlights of 3 to 5 bullet points, a competing interests statement, and an AI-use declaration section before the references when generative AI tools were used.
References
References in the text must be cited by number in square brackets and listed in numerical order, with more than 6 authors abbreviated to the first 6 followed by 'et al.'.
Figures & Tables
Figures and tables in the manuscript file must be placed next to the relevant text with the corresponding caption directly below. All figures must include relevant captions and all tables must include titles, descriptions, and footnotes.
Recent Publications
Corrigendum to <‘Tunable dissolvable p2 microcarriers enable cell-type dependent scaling of exosome production in L929 and C2C12 cultures’><[Cytotherapy, Volume 28, Issue 5, Supplement, May 2026, 102349]>
P. Radfar, J. Toting, S. Ghobadi, S. Lovell, P. Tushar, M. Ebrahimi Warkiani, S. Oh, L. Ding
10.1016/j.jcyt.2026.102938
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CAR T cells: The next frontier
Patrick J. Hanley, Edwin M. Horwitz
10.1016/j.jcyt.2026.102936
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Frequently asked questions
How long does it take to publish?
3 days from submission to first decision; 31 days from submission to decision after review; 91 days from submission to acceptance.
Reformat to Cytotherapy using Livewrite PremiumWhat are the publication costs?
Open access APC: USD 3500 excluding taxes for all article types. Subscription publication has no open access publication fee.
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Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
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