''The EMBO Journal'' is a semi-monthly

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focusing on full-length papers describing original research of general interest in

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and related areas. The

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is Facundo D. Batista (

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History

The journal was established in 1982 and was published by

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on behalf of the

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until the launch of EMBO Press in 2013.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2023

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of 9.4.

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History

Abstracting and indexing

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