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The EMBO Journal
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Among the 50 biology and life sciences journals in this index it has the 20th highest h-index and the 29th highest two-year mean citedness. Both are explained under how venues are ranked.
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Where its authors come from
Share of the 1 219 papers since 2023 with at least one author in each country.
| Country | Share of papers |
|---|---|
| United States | 32% |
| Germany | 24% |
| China | 21% |
| United Kingdom | 20% |
| France | 10% |
What it publishes
Mix of article types:
| Type | Share |
|---|---|
| Research articles | 97% |
Main subject areas of those papers:
| Subject area | Share of papers |
|---|---|
| Microtubule and mitosis dynamics | 6% |
| DNA Repair Mechanisms | 4% |
| Autophagy in Disease and Therapy | 4% |
| Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics | 4% |
| RNA Research and Splicing | 4% |
| Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways | 3% |
Most cited papers since 2023
- Ribosome biogenesis factors—from names to functions (2023, 193 citations)
- Mitochondrial morphology controls fatty acid utilization by changing CPT1 sensitivity to malonyl‐CoA (2023, 176 citations)
- NINJ1 induces plasma membrane rupture and release of damage-associated molecular pattern molecules during ferroptosis (2024, 146 citations)
- RNA‐based medicine: from molecular mechanisms to therapy (2023, 136 citations)
- Viral recognition and the antiviral interferon response (2023, 130 citations)
Official rankings
Many evaluations use a national or commercial list rather than raw citation counts. We don't reproduce those lists here; check the journal on each one directly (search for ISSN 0261-4189):
- Scimago (SJR and quartile): what quartiles mean
- Norwegian register (level 1 or 2): national lists explained
- Finnish Publication Forum (JUFO level 0 to 3)
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- The Journal of Cell Biology
- Genes & Development
- Journal of Biological Chemistry
- Nucleic Acids Research
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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