About EMBO Molecular Medicine
EMBO Molecular Medicine is a new, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the fast growing discipline at the interface between clinical research and basic biology. It will offer clinicians and researchers in this area the opportunity to publish their best work in a broadly distributed and highly visible forum, thereby lending a strong impetus to this important and exciting field and helping to forge new links between clinicians and molecular biologists. In addition to research articles, the Journal will publish editorials and review articles in innovative formats that target a broad and non-specialised audience.
In line with EMBO's longstanding tradition of openness and objectivity, authors will be offered a fair, transparent and rapid editorial and review process. Like EMBO's other publications, the Journal will be staffed by professional, Ph.D. level scientists, advised by a renowned group of Senior Editors and an expert, highly respected international Advisory Editorial Board composed of researchers and clinicians. The editorial process of EMBO Molecular Medicine involves careful scrutiny and close assessment of each manuscript as soon as possible after its submission and subsequent assignment to an editor. The editor will carefully read each paper, make a check of background literature, and discuss the strengths and weaknesses or the work with other members of the editorial team. This process results in an initial decision either to reject editorially, to request expert advice, or to proceed with an in-depth review. Rejections will be documented in detailed decision letters.
Only those manuscripts considered to be strong candidates for publication will be subjected to in-depth review. Three reviewers who are specialized in the area(s) of research covered will normally assess them. Reviewers are asked to comment on the overall novelty of the manuscript, its significance to the field, its medical / clinical relevance, the technical quality of the experimental data, and the soundness of the conclusions drawn. Reviewers are also asked to make suggestions of changes that would strengthen the paper. Editor decisions on the suitability or otherwise of reviewed manuscripts for publication are based on a balanced evaluation of all reviewer reports, with, if necessary additional advice from a Senior Editor or member of the Advisory Editorial Board.
Article formats
Editorials and Perceptions are opinion pieces that focus on important issues regarding Biomedical research, its community and human health in general. Editorials are written by our Editors while Perceptions are normally invited by the journal editors.
Closeup articles are inside looks at a specific advance in our understanding of a clinically-relevant issue as decribed in an original article[s] published in the
Journal or elsewhere.
Reviews provide the reader with a broad, scholarly overview of a particular topic related to molecular medicine, while noting the most recent developments in the field. They are supplemented with explanations for non-specialist readers and online links to relevant sources of additional information.
In Focus articles are topical, personalised, reviews that focus on a specific topic. Authors are encouraged to share personal views and to speculate about the implications or future directions of research in the field.
Bridge the Gap articles will help both basic and clinical researchers to better understand each other's perspectives and define common goals. Authors are encouraged to suggest new strategies and avenues of investigation that may fill the gaps they perceive as existing between the discovery of a biological mechanism and the application of the resultant concepts to the better understanding of a specific disease, its diagnosis, prevention or treatment. Alternatively, from a clinical perspective, authors might highlight disease phenotypes they consider to be poorly understood in molecular terms and suggest lines of research that would lead to such understanding.
Reports are concise manuscripts that highlight a specific finding, resource, model or methodology with a high impact on the field of molecular medicine.
Research articles report novel molecular research highly relevant to the understanding, prevention, treatment or cure of human disease.
Journal Menu
-
Authors & Referees
