EMBO Member Peter Ratcliffe receives Nobel Prize
EMBO congratulates its member Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe of the University of Oxford, UK, on receiving the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
EMBO and ASAPbio to launch a pre-journal portable review platform
A multi-publisher partnership aims to streamline scientific publishing by producing refereed preprints
A decade of transparent peer review
Peer Review Week, a series of events to highlight the essential role of peer review in scientific publishing, takes place for the fifth time this year. This year’s focus on quality in peer review offers an opportunity for EMBO Press to celebrate a decade of transparent peer review.
Peer Review Week 2019: meet the reviewers
Peer Review Week 2019 focuses on the topic of quality in peer review. Recognizing the central role that the referees play in maintaining quality in the review process at the EMBO Press journals, we talked to five of our reviewers about their motivation to review and the importance of quality and transparency in peer review.
A guide to strategic writing
Writing up research to present a coherent, convincing manuscript can be challenging at any career stage. It is especially daunting for PhD students, who may have little experience of writing scientifically, drawing conclusions from data, or making arguments about their discoveries and ideas.
Publishing alliance comes of age
Since its launch in early 2018, the team behind the new Life Science Alliance (LSA) journal has driven forward its commitment to speed, fairness and transparency, publishing more than 170 papers in its first year and a half.
EMBC celebrates 50 years of funding excellence in the life sciences
Delegates, friends, partners, colleagues, and collaborators came together on 24 June 2019 for a symposium celebrating the 50th anniversary of the European Molecular Biology Conference (EMBC).
EMBO elects 56 new Members
EMBO announces today that 56 life scientists have been elected to its membership, joining a group of more than 1800 of the best researchers in Europe and around the world.
M. Madan Babu and Paola Picotti honoured with EMBO Gold Medal
The EMBO Gold Medal 2019 has been awarded to two systems biologists, M. Madan Babu and Paola Picotti.
Response to the updated Plan S implementation guidance
Today the coalition of funders behind ‘Plan S’ published an updated implementation guidance document on how to comply with the plan’s Open Access (OA) principles.