Journal profile
The EMBO Journal
The EMBO Journal is published by Springer Nature under ISSN 0261-4189. It holds an h-index of 566 across 22,098 indexed works, with a two-year mean citedness of 8.13, and is open access. Its main subject areas are RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, RNA Research and Splicing, RNA modifications and cancer.
Below: the full publication record, and one real article from the journal formatted in IEEE, APA, and BibTeX so you can match field order against a source you can check.
Publication record and impact metrics
| Publisher | Springer Nature |
|---|---|
| ISSN-L | 0261-4189 |
| All ISSNs | 0261-4189, 1460-2075 |
| Indexed works | 22,098 |
| Total citations | 3,079,750 |
| h-index | 566 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 8.13 |
| Open access | Open access, listed in DOAJ |
| Main topics | RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms · RNA Research and Splicing · RNA modifications and cancer · Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics · DNA Repair Mechanisms |
Publication figures come from this journal's OpenAlex record, released under CC0, and are a dated snapshot rather than a live count. Check the publisher for current scope and submission requirements.
A worked example from this journal
The source
GUS fusions: beta‐glucuronidase as a sensitive and versatile gene fusion marker in higher plants.
- Authors
- Richard Jefferson, Tony A. Kavanagh, Michael Bevan
- Year
- 1987
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 13
- Pages
- 3901-3907
IEEE
R. Jefferson, T. A. Kavanagh, M. Bevan "GUS fusions: beta‐glucuronidase as a sensitive and versatile gene fusion marker in higher plants.," The EMBO Journal, vol. 6, no. 13, pp. 3901-3907, 1987, doi: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1987.tb02730.x.
IEEE prints author initials before the surname and abbreviates the periodical title. Check the abbreviation for The EMBO Journal against your target publication's reference list before submitting.
APA
Jefferson, R., Kavanagh, T. A., & Bevan, M. (1987). GUS fusions: beta‐glucuronidase as a sensitive and versatile gene fusion marker in higher plants.. The EMBO Journal, 6(13), 3901-3907. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1460-2075.1987.tb02730.x
APA puts the year directly after the authors, keeps the full journal title in italics, and renders the DOI as a URL.
BibTeX
@article{jefferson1987,
author = {Richard Jefferson and Tony A. Kavanagh and Michael Bevan},
title = {GUS fusions: beta‐glucuronidase as a sensitive and versatile gene fusion marker in higher plants.},
journal = {The EMBO Journal},
volume = {6},
number = {13},
pages = {3901--3907},
year = {1987},
issn = {0261-4189},
doi = {10.1002/j.1460-2075.1987.tb02730.x}
}The citation key is the first author's surname and the year. Keep it stable once it appears in a draft, because renaming it breaks every cite that used it.
What to verify before you submit
- The volume and page range. The EMBO Journal records 22,098 works, and articles published online first can carry a different volume from the final issue. Cite the version you read.
- The abbreviated title. IEEE style uses standard periodical abbreviations, and registry metadata almost always returns the full name instead.
- Author name order. Registry records store full given names; IEEE and APA both want initials, formatted differently from each other.
- Whether the article is open access. This journal is open access and listed in DOAJ, which affects whether a reader can reach the version you cited.
- That the source supports your claim. A correctly formatted reference says nothing about whether the passage backs the sentence citing it.
How this journal sits in the record
The EMBO Journal carries an h-index of 566, which is above 92% of the journals covered here, and its articles have accumulated 3,079,750 citations across 22,098 indexed works. Its two-year mean citedness is 8.13.
5 of the journals covered here are published by Springer Nature. Reference style is set per title rather than per publisher, so do not carry a format across from a sibling journal without checking.
These are indexing figures describing how often work in this venue is cited. They say nothing about whether a particular article is sound, and they are not a substitute for reading it.
Questions about The EMBO Journal
What is the ISSN of The EMBO Journal?
The linking ISSN is 0261-4189. The journal also carries 1460-2075, which usually separate the print and electronic editions. Use the linking ISSN in a BibTeX issn field.
Who publishes The EMBO Journal?
Springer Nature publishes it. 5 journals covered here come from the same publisher, and they do not all share one reference style, so check the requirements for this title rather than the publisher.
Is The EMBO Journal open access?
OpenAlex records it as open access and it is listed in DOAJ. An open-access article is reachable by any reader, so a reviewer can check the passage you cited without a subscription.
How do I cite an article from The EMBO Journal in LaTeX?
Use the BibTeX entry above as the pattern. The entry type is article, the journal field holds the full title, and the citation key jefferson1987 follows the first author's surname and the year. Brace any acronym in the title so your bibliography style does not lowercase it.
Does The EMBO Journal use page numbers or article numbers?
The example article runs from page 3901 to 3907, so this journal used page ranges at least for that volume. Newer issues in many journals switched to article numbers, so check the version you are citing.
How influential is The EMBO Journal?
Its h-index is 566, above 92% of the journals covered here, and its articles have been cited 3,079,750 times in total. Its two-year mean citedness is 8.13. These are indexing figures, not a judgement of whether a specific article is sound.
Does The EMBO Journal have a Journal Impact Factor?
Not one shown here. The Journal Impact Factor is Clarivate's metric, published in Journal Citation Reports and readable only with a JCR subscription, so this page does not restate it. The figures above come from OpenAlex: an h-index of 566 and a two-year mean citedness of 8.13 across 22,098 indexed works, captured on 2026-09-18. Mean citedness averages citations per work over a two-year window, which makes it closer in construction to CiteScore than to the Impact Factor. The three are not interchangeable, so quote whichever one your target venue actually asks for.