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Use when targeting Current Biology or deciding whether a general-biology manuscript fits this venue. Encodes the journal's fit, framing, method-and-evidence bar, house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.

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# Current Biology (current-biology)

## Journal positioning

Current Biology is Cell Press's broad biology journal, covering the full range of life sciences — from molecular and cell biology through developmental biology, neuroscience, ecology, evolution, and animal behavior — with the unifying criterion that each paper must report a novel, complete advance that is interesting to biologists outside the primary specialty. Unlike the focused Cell Press sibling journals (Neuron, Immunity, Cancer Cell), Current Biology deliberately embraces cross-disciplinary scope; its dual currency is rigor plus novelty-with-breadth. The readership is biologists broadly, so a paper must carry an accessible narrative hook alongside the technical contribution.

This skill is a **fit / venue-selection / re-framing** tool. It does not replace the journal's current official submission guidelines. Before submitting, re-check the live author instructions on the Cell Press site or submission system.

## When to trigger

- The author names Current Biology as the target venue.
- A study spans two or more biological disciplines and the author is unsure whether it belongs at Current Biology vs. a focused Cell Press title or PLOS Biology.
- A manuscript in evolutionary biology, ecology, or animal behavior needs to assess whether its novelty and completeness meet the Current Biology bar.
- The author needs Current Biology's desk-reject patterns and re-routing options.
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