{{Infobox journal | title = The EMBO Journal | cover = The EMBO Journal cover.png | editor = Facundo D. Batista | discipline = Molecular biology | abbreviation = EMBO J. | publisher = EMBO Press | country = | frequency = Semi-monthly | history = 1982–present | openaccess = Delayed, after 12 months | license = | impact = 8.2 | impact-year = 2024 | website = http://emboj.embopress.org/ | link1 = https://www.embopress.org/toc/14602075/current | link1-name = Online access | link2 = http://emboj.embopress.org/content/by/year | link2-name = Online archive | JSTOR = | OCLC = 08335096 | LCCN = 82643856 | CODEN = EMJ0DG | ISSN = 0261-4189 | eISSN = 1460-2075 }} '''''The EMBO Journal''''' is a semi-monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal focusing on full-length papers describing original research of general interest in molecular biology and related areas.<ref name="30years"/> The editor-in-chief is Facundo D. Batista (Harvard Medical School).
==History== The journal was established in 1982<ref name="30years">{{Cite journal |doi=10.1038/emboj.2012.208 |title=Evolution and revolution at the EMBO Journal: On its 30th anniversary, executive editors of The EMBO Journal reflect on change and progress |journal=The EMBO Journal |volume=31 |issue=15 |pages=3231–3233 |year=2012 |pmc=411085 |last1=Tanne |first1=J. H. |pmid=15142905}}</ref> and was published by Nature Publishing Group on behalf of the European Molecular Biology Organization until the launch of EMBO Press in 2013.<ref name="embopressrelease">{{cite web |url=http://www.embo.org/news/press-releases/2013/embo-announces-the-launch-of-embo-press |title=EMBO announces the launch of EMBO Press |date=October 29, 2013 |website=Homepage |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327090922/http://www.embo.org/news/press-releases/press-releases-2013/embo-announces-the-launch-of-embo-press |archive-date=March 27, 2014 |accessdate=Sep 6, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |access-date=2022-11-26|title=EMBO Press to launch on the HighWire Open Platform - STM Publishing News |url=https://www.stm-publishing.com/embo-press-to-launch-on-the-highwire-open-platform/}}</ref>
==Abstracting and indexing== The journal is abstracted and indexed in: {{columns-list| *Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts<ref name=MIAR>{{cite MIAR |title=EMBO Journal |issn=0261-4189 |access-date=2022-11-26}}</ref> *Biological Abstracts<ref name=ISI>{{cite web |url=http://mjl.clarivate.com/ |title=Web of Science Master Journal List |publisher=Clarivate |work=Intellectual Property & Science |access-date=2022-11-26}}</ref> *BIOSIS Previews<ref name=ISI/> *CAB Abstracts<ref name=CABAB>{{cite web |url=http://www.cabi.org/publishing-products/online-information-resources/cab-abstracts/ |title=Serials cited |work=CAB Abstracts |publisher=CABI |access-date=2022-11-26}}</ref> *Chemical Abstracts Service<ref name=CASSI>{{cite web |url=http://cassi.cas.org/search.jsp |title=CAS Source Index |publisher=American Chemical Society |work=Chemical Abstracts Service |access-date=2022-11-26}}</ref> *Current Contents/Life Sciences]]<ref name=ISI/> *EBSCO databases<ref name=MIAR/> *Embase<ref name=Embase>{{cite web |url=http://www.elsevier.com/solutions/embase/coverage |title=Embase Coverage |publisher=Elsevier |work=Embase |access-date=2022-11-26}}</ref> *Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed<ref name=MEDLINE>{{cite web |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/8208664 |title=EMBO Journal |work=NLM Catalog |publisher=National Center for Biotechnology Information |access-date=2022-11-26}}</ref> *Science Citation Index Expanded<ref name=ISI/> *Scopus<ref name=Scopus>{{cite web |url=https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/17435 |title=Source details: EMBO Journal |publisher=Elsevier |work=Scopus Preview |access-date=2022-11-26}}</ref> }} According to the ''Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2024 impact factor of 8.2.<ref name=WoS>{{cite book |year=2025 |chapter=EMBO Journal |title=2024 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Clarivate |edition=Science |via=Web of Science |title-link=Journal Citation Reports}}</ref>
==See also== *''EMBO Reports'' *''Molecular Systems Biology''
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== *{{Official website|http://emboj.embopress.org/}} *{{Internet Archive|pub_embo-journal}} (1986–2003 issues from microfilm)
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