Trends is a series of scientific journal

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s owned by Elsevier

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 that publish review articles

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 in a range of areas of biology

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. They are currently part of Elsevier's Cell Press

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 group of journals.

The Trends series was founded in 1976 with Trends in Biochemical Sciences (TIBS), rapidly followed by Trends in Neurosciences (TINS), Trends in Pharmacological Sciences (TIPS) and Immunology Today. Swift expansion of the formula during the 1980s and 1990s included non-biological titles, Trends in Food Science and Technology

Trends in Food Science and Technology

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and Trends in Polymer Science, which were later discontinued or removed from the series.

Immunology Today, Parasitology Today and Molecular Medicine Today changed their names to Trends in... in 2001. Drug Discovery Today

Drug Discovery Today

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was spun off as an independent brand.

Originally published in Cambridge

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, UK, the Trends Editorial Office moved to London

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 during the mid-1990s, after Elsevier acquired Pergamon Press

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. , they are published under the Cell Press

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Cell Press, an imprint of Elsevier, publishes biomedical journals, including Cell, Neuron, Immunity, Molecular Cell, Developmental Cell, Cancer Cell, Current Biology, Structure, Chemistry & Biology, Cell Metabolism, American Journal of Human Genetics, and new titles – Cell Host & Microbe and Cell...

 imprint from an editorial office in Cambridge, Massachusetts

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, USA.

Titles

The current set of Trends journals are all published monthly:

Title	Field	Started	Impact Factor Impact factor The impact factor, often abbreviated IF, is a measure reflecting the average number of citations to articles published in science and social science journals. It is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field, with journals with higher impact factors deemed...
Trends in Biochemical Sciences (TIBS)	Biochemistry Biochemistry Biochemistry, sometimes called biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes in living organisms, including, but not limited to, living matter. Biochemistry governs all living organisms and living processes...	1976	11.572
Trends in Biotechnology	Biotechnology Biotechnology Biotechnology is a field of applied biology that involves the use of living organisms and bioprocesses in engineering, technology, medicine and other fields requiring bioproducts. Biotechnology also utilizes these products for manufacturing purpose...	1983	9.644
Trends in Cell Biology	Cell Biology Cell biology Cell biology is a scientific discipline that studies cells – their physiological properties, their structure, the organelles they contain, interactions with their environment, their life cycle, division and death. This is done both on a microscopic and molecular level...	1991	12.14
Trends in Cognitive Sciences (TiCS)	Cognitive Science Cognitive science Cognitive science is the interdisciplinary scientific study of mind and its processes. It examines what cognition is, what it does and how it works. It includes research on how information is processed , represented, and transformed in behaviour, nervous system or machine...	1997	9.689
Trends in Ecology & Evolution (TREE)	Evolutionary Ecology Evolutionary ecology Evolutionary ecology lies at the intersection of ecology and evolutionary biology. It approaches the study of ecology in a way that explicitly considers the evolutionary histories of species and the interactions between them. Conversely, it can be seen as an approach to the study of evolution that...	1986	14.448
Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism (TEM)	Endocrinology Endocrinology Endocrinology is a branch of biology and medicine dealing with the endocrine system, its diseases, and its specific secretions called hormones, the integration of developmental events such as proliferation, growth, and differentiation and the coordination of...  and Metabolism Metabolism Metabolism is the set of chemical reactions that happen in the cells of living organisms to sustain life. These processes allow organisms to grow and reproduce, maintain their structures, and respond to their environments. Metabolism is usually divided into two categories...	1990	8.479
Trends in Genetics (TIG)	Genetics Genetics Genetics , a discipline of biology, is the science of genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms....	1985	11.364
Trends in Immunology formerly Immunology Today	Immunology Immunology Immunology is a broad branch of biomedical science that covers the study of all aspects of the immune system in all organisms. It deals with the physiological functioning of the immune system in states of both health and diseases; malfunctions of the immune system in immunological disorders ; the...	1980	9.533
Trends in Microbiology (TIM)	Microbiology Microbiology Microbiology is the study of microorganisms, which are defined as any microscopic organism that comprises either a single cell , cell clusters or no cell at all . This includes eukaryotes, such as fungi and protists, and prokaryotes...	1993	7.5
Trends in Molecular Medicine formerly Molecular Medicine Today	Molecular Medicine Molecular medicine Molecular medicine is a broad field, where physical, chemical, biological and medical techniques are used to describe molecular structures and mechanisms, identify fundamental molecular and genetic errors of disease, and to develop molecular interventions to correct them...	1995	10.308
Trends in Neurosciences (TINS)	Neuroscience Neuroscience Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system. Traditionally, neuroscience has been seen as a branch of biology. However, it is currently an interdisciplinary science that collaborates with other fields such as chemistry, computer science, engineering, linguistics, mathematics,...	1978	13.320
Trends in Parasitology -- formerly Parasitology Today	Parasitology Parasitology Parasitology is the study of parasites, their hosts, and the relationship between them. As a biological discipline, the scope of parasitology is not determined by the organism or environment in question, but by their way of life...	1985	4.906
Trends in Pharmacological Sciences (TIPS)	Pharmacology Pharmacology Pharmacology is the branch of medicine and biology concerned with the study of drug action. More specifically, it is the study of the interactions that occur between a living organism and chemicals that affect normal or abnormal biochemical function...	1979	11.050
Trends in Plant Science	Botany Botany Botany, plant science, or plant biology is a branch of biology that involves the scientific study of plant life. Traditionally, botany also included the study of fungi, algae and viruses...	1996	10.095