EMBO Reports

Aims & Scope

EMBO Reports publishes both long- and short-format papers that communicate major findings, offering novel physiological/functional insight of wide interest that is robustly documented by independent lines of evidence.

Papers can be in any area of molecular biology, including: Membranes & Transport Cell & Tissue Architecture Signal Transduction Chromatin & Transcription RNA Proteins Cell Cycle Genome Stability & Dynamics Development Differentiation & Death Cellular Metabolism Ageing Neuroscience Immunology Plant Biology Microbiology & Pathogens Molecular Biology of Disease Genomic & Computational Biology Structural Biology Molecular Evolution Molecular Ecology Biotechnology.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	6.2
2024	6.50

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	2.756

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	219

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	829

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	5019

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Embase

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• The gut flora as a forgotten organ

  Citation: 2172

  Authors: Ann M, Fergus

• The integrated stress response

  Citation: 2170

  Authors: Karolina, Izabela, Katarzyna, Mila, Afshin, Adrienne M

• Mediators of endoplasmic reticulum stress‐induced apoptosis

  Citation: 1997

  Authors: Eva, Susan E, Adrienne M, Afshin

• The extracellular matrix modulates the hallmarks of cancer

  Citation: 1539

  Authors: Michael W, Janna K, Valerie M

• A reciprocal repression between ZEB1 and members of the miR‐200 family promotes EMT and invasion in cancer cells

  Citation: 1424

  Authors: Ulrike, Jörg, Ulrich, Otto, Elizabeth, Simone, Thomas

• Nix is a selective autophagy receptor for mitochondrial clearance

  Citation: 1092

  Authors: Ivana, Vladimir, David G, Ji, Philipp, Alexis, Vladimir, Frank, Doris, Angelo, Andreas S, Janos, Volker, Paul A, Ivan

• ASK1 is required for sustained activations of JNK/p38 MAP kinases and apoptosis

  Citation: 1028

  Authors: Kei, Atsushi, Takumi, Hideki, Kei‐ichi, Kohsuke, Osamu, Kohei, Tetsuo, Hidenori

• The oncometabolite 2‐hydroxyglutarate inhibits histone lysine demethylases

  Citation: 893

  Authors: Rasheduzzaman, Kar Kheng, Ya‐Min, Lars, Eleanor A, Nathan R, Ivanhoe K H, Xuan S, Esther C Y, Ming, Michael A, Oliver N, Ian J, Robert J, Timothy D W, Peter J, Christopher J, Akane

• Reversible phosphorylation of Drp1 by cyclic AMP‐dependent protein kinase and calcineurin regulates mitochondrial fission and cell death

  Citation: 878

  Authors: J Thomas, Stefan

• Aβ42‐driven cerebral amyloidosis in transgenic mice reveals early and robust pathology

  Citation: 864

  Authors: Rebecca, Tristan, Stephan A, Janaky, Dennis, Lars, Michael E, Fabienne, Hartwig, Simon, Christian, Bernardino, Christian, Christian, Paul M, Mathias

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