The Rockefeller University entered publishing in 1905, when it took over the Journal of Experimental Medicine, coedited by the institution’s first head, Simon Flexner. Rockefeller’s publications department was established in 1910 and expanded its program to include monographs and a collection of publications resulting from in-house research, entitled “Studies from The Institute for Medical Research.” The press later founded two new journals, both of which it continues to publish today: the Journal of General Physiology in 1917 and the Journal of Biophysical and Biochemical Cytology (later renamed the Journal of Cell Biology) in 1955. The press has also served as a contract publisher for other organizations: It published the Journal of Biological Chemistry from 1914 to 1925, the Biophysical Journal from 1960 to 1993, and the Journal of Clinical Investigation from 1967 to 1998.

Rockefeller began publishing books in 1958, when Detlev Bronk, who then headed the institution, established The Rockefeller Institute Press. The focus of the book program has been on biomedical research but has also included works on environmental science, public policy and art history. Today, The Rockefeller University Press concentrates on the publication of its three journals and, in recent years, it has become a pioneer in the application of new technologies to scientific publishing.

The Rockefeller University Press is committed to identifying and publishing the highest quality research.  All editorial decisions are made by active academic scientists, and all peer-review operations and pre-press production functions are carried out at the RUP offices.

Mike Rossner, Executive Director
Raymond T. Fastiggi, Finance Director
David W. Greene, Managing Editor, J. Gen Physiol.
Emma Hill, Executive Editor, JCB
Gregory Malar, Business Development Director
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Lorna Petersen, Advertising Sales Director
Suzanne Runyan, Permissions Director
Heather Van Epps, Executive Editor, J. Exp. Med.

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