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EMBO Journal
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EMBO Journal

0261-4189

Published by: Wiley

https://www.embopress.org/journal/14602075

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Molecular Biology 9 270 326 54
Biology and Biochemistry 23 813 693 73

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 1642
Documents by Best Scientists*: 1090
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 54
SCIMAGO H-index: 441
SCIMAGO SJR: 4.821
Impact Factor: 8.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at The EMBO Journal?

The journal mainly tackles studies in Cell biology, Molecular biology, Biochemistry, Genetics and Gene. Topics in Cell biology explored in The EMBO Journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Chromatin and Receptor. It holds forums on Molecular biology that merges themes from other disciplines such as Gene expression, RNA, Transcription factor, DNA and Transcription (biology).

The Transcription factor research dealing mostly with DNA-binding protein is the focus of the journal. Research on Transcription (biology) addressed in the journal frequently intersections with the field of Promoter. Most of the Biochemistry studies addressed also intersect with Biophysics.

Genetics works presented in The EMBO Journal have a specific focus on Intron. The Gene study tackling the subject of Regulation of gene expression is the focus of the journal. The in-depth study on Peptide sequence also explores topics in the intersecting field of Amino acid.

  • Cell biology (35.43%)
  • Molecular biology (34.54%)
  • Biochemistry (27.54%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • GUS fusions: beta‐glucuronidase as a sensitive and versatile gene fusion marker in higher plants. (8729 citations)
  • LC3, a mammalian homologue of yeast Apg8p, is localized in autophagosome membranes after processing (5239 citations)
  • Distantly related sequences in the alpha- and beta-subunits of ATP synthase, myosin, kinases and other ATP-requiring enzymes and a common nucleotide binding fold. (4680 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at The EMBO Journal:

The journal articles investigate studies in Molecular biology, Cell biology, Biochemistry, Genetics and Gene. The journal articles explore topics in Molecular biology which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Gene expression, RNA, Transcription factor, Regulation of gene expression and Transcription (biology). The published articles explore issues in Cell biology which can be linked to other research areas like Receptor and Apoptosis.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Gene
  • Enzyme
  • DNA

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The scientific interests tackled in The EMBO Journal are Cell biology, Gene, Phosphorylation, Neuroscience and DNA. The journal centers on topics in Cell biology, with a focus on Mitochondrion. The field of Ubiquitin is the anchor for the Ubiquitin ligase studies presented in the journal.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Opposing activities of IFITM proteins in SARS-CoV-2 infection. (41 citations)
  • m 6 A RNA methylation: from mechanisms to therapeutic potential (35 citations)
  • Molecular mechanisms and physiological functions of mitophagy. (32 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in The EMBO Journal (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Pierre Chambon (69 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Gottfried Schatz (47 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Walter Neupert (46 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Reinhard Lührmann (38 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Dieter Oesterhelt (37 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in The EMBO Journal (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Max Planck Society (1094 papers) published 21 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (696 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Harvard University (532 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • National Institutes of Health (438 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • French Institute of Health and Medical Research (363 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 2.88% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 25.33% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.50% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 19.41% of all publications and 42.76% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Autophagy in major human diseases

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Giulia Petroni;Ravi K. Amaravadi;Eric H. Baehrecke

    (2021)
    1449 Citations
  • SARS-CoV-2 receptor ACE2 and TMPRSS2 are primarily expressed in bronchial transient secretory cells.

    Soeren Lukassen;Robert Lorenz Chua;Timo Trefzer;Nicolas C Kahn

    (2020)
    1017 Citations
  • SARS-CoV-2 targets neurons of 3D human brain organoids.

    Anand Ramani;Lisa Müller;Philipp Niklas Ostermann;Elke Gabriel

    (2020)
    508 Citations
  • Dynamic EMT: a multi-tool for tumor progression.

    (2021)
    494 Citations
  • Mechanism and inhibition of the papain-like protease, PLpro, of SARS-CoV-2.

    Theresa Klemm;Gregor Ebert;Dale J Calleja;Cody C Allison

    (2020)
    465 Citations
  • SARS-CoV-2 receptor ACE2 and TMPRSS2 are primarily expressed in bronchial transient secretory cells

    (2020)
    367 Citations
  • Stromal cell diversity associated with immune evasion in human triple-negative breast cancer.

    Sunny Z. Wu;Sunny Z. Wu;Daniel L. Roden;Daniel L. Roden;Chenfei Wang;Holly Holliday;Holly Holliday

    (2020)
    326 Citations
  • m 6 A RNA methyltransferases METTL3/14 regulate immune responses to anti-PD-1 therapy.

    Lingling Wang;Hui Hui;Kriti Agrawal;Yuqi Kang

    (2020)
    319 Citations

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