The EMBO Journal
Last updated ISSN 0261-4189
The EMBO Journal is published by Springer Nature in biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology. It is open access. The article processing charge is $7,990.
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What it publishes
Recent work in The EMBO Journal concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- RNA Research and Splicing
- RNA modifications and cancer
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- DNA Repair Mechanisms
- Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
- Cellular transport and secretion
- Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
- Fungal and yeast genetics research
- Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
Key facts
| Publisher | Springer Nature |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0261-4189, 1460-2075 |
| Subject area | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | $7,990 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus · DOAJ |
| Articles published | 22,097 |
| Publishing since | 1948 |
| Journal website | emboj.embopress.org/ |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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