''Life Science Alliance'' is a

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and not-for-profit journal for the biomedical and life sciences.

EMBO Press Embo or EMBO may refer to: * Embo, Taguig, a grouping of barangays in Taguig, Philippines * Embo (''Star Wars''), a ''Star Wars'' fictional character * Embo S.p.A., an Italian automotive manufacturer * Embo, Sutherland, a village in Highland, Scotl ...

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and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press jointly established the journal in 2018. It is a signatory of the

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. The journal is currently edited by the Executive Editor Tim Fessenden.

Abstracting, indexing and memberships

The journal is abstracted and indexed in

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, and

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. It is member of OASPA,

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, CLOCKSS,

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ORCID The ORCID (; Open Researcher and Contributor ID) is a nonproprietary alphanumeric code to uniquely identify authors and contributors of scholarly communication. This addresses the problem that a particular author's contributions to the scien ...

, Crossref. As of June 2024, ''Life Science Alliance'' has received an

impact factor The impact factor (IF) or journal impact factor (JIF) of an academic journal is a type of journal ranking. Journals with higher impact factor values are considered more prestigious or important within their field. The Impact Factor of a journa ...

of 3.3, ranking in the first

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(25% of the listed titles) of its category.

External links

References

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