''EMBO Reports'' is a

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covering research related to

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at a molecular level. It publishes primary research papers, reviews, and

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s and opinion. It also features commentaries on the social impact of advances in the

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and the converse influence of

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. A sister journal to ''

The EMBO Journal ''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. The editor-in-chief is Facundo D. Batista ( Harvard Medi ...

'', ''EMBO Reports'' was established in 2000 and was published on behalf of the European Molecular Biology Organization by

Nature Publishing Group Nature Portfolio (formerly known as Nature Publishing Group and Nature Research) is a division of the international scientific publishing company Springer Nature that publishes academic journals, magazines, online databases, and services in scien ...

since 2003. It is now published by EMBO Press.

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