Journal of Extracellular Vesicles


The Journal of Extracellular Vesicles is a peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal covering research on lipid bilayer-delimited particles known as extracellular vesicles. EVs are released from cells and include endosome-origin exosomes and plasma membrane-derived ectosomes/microvesicles. The journal is published by Taylor & Francis on behalf of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles. It was established in 2012. Until August 2019, the editors-in-chief were Clotilde Théry, Yong Song Gho, and Peter Quesenberry. They were succeeded by Jan Lötvall.

Scope

The journal considers research articles as well as review articles, short communications, technical notes, hypotheses, position papers, editorials, and letters to the editor. The journal has published the current consensus guidelines for the field, the Minimal Information for Studies of EVs, building on minimal criteria published in 2014.

Notable articles

During the 2019 transition from the first editorial team to incoming editor-in-chief Lötvall, the outgoing editors summarized the history of the journal in an editorial and drew attention to some of the more highly cited papers and position papers from the previous seven years. In addition to the MISEV2014 and MISEV2018 guidelines, these included:

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2019 impact factor of 14.976.