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Aims and Scope

EBioMedicine is the premium gold open access venue for translational biomedical research.

The journal is dedicated to publishing original research that elucidates, or aims to modify, disease pathways and mechanisms–with the goal of advancing our knowledge in any biomedical discipline with relevance to human health. Together with EClinicalMedicine, EBioMedicine is part of The Lancet’s open access offering for quality biomedical research.

What we publish
EBioMedicine publishes research papers investigating the basic determinants of human health and disease, the discovery and characterization of new therapeutic targets and treatments, and the identification of biomarkers and diagnostic tools which may help researchers and clinicians better understand and monitor disease. The journal also publishes relevant reviews, commentaries and opinion pieces.

What we cover
We cover the whole spectrum of biomedical research, from preclinical studies with clear human relevance, through to proof-of-concept, first-in-human studies and clinical trials.

Our mission
We aspire to catalyse dialogue and collaboration between basic scientists, clinical researchers and healthcare professionals, enhance the accessibility and applicability of basic research findings for health professionals, and promote a better understanding of clinical challenges for biomedical researchers.

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Abstracting and Indexing

  • Journal Citation Reports - Science Edition
  • Science Citation Index Expanded
  • EMBASE
  • Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
  • MEDLINE®
  • PubMed Central
  • ScienceDirect
  • Scopus

Reputation and Impact

EBioMedicine has an Impact Factor of 5.736® (2019 Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics 2020). Articles published in EBioMedicine regularly receive coverage in the mainstream print, online, and broadcast media. For all journal metrics visit our basket of metrics page.

Article processing charges

No subscription or pay-per-view charges apply to any content published in EBioMedicine. In order to cover the costs of reviewing, copy editing, layout, and online hosting and archiving, the journal charges an article processing fee of $3500 upon acceptance of submitted research articles (no fee applies to commentaries or opinion pieces).

Authors whose main funder is located either in group A or B countries of the Health Inter Network Access to Research Initiative (HINARI) or in a country with a low UNDP human development index will be eligible to payment concessions.

The editorial decision to accept is taken well before any request is made as to the ability to pay. Payments are processed by a department unconnected to EBioMedicine's editorial department.

Copyright and reuse

All content is published under Creative Commons licensing, which enables authors to retain copyright while allowing others to copy, distribute, and make some uses of their work, provided full credit is given to them as originators. Authors of commercially funded research will be offer a CC BY-NC-ND license. All other authors will be offered a choice of two licences (CC BY or CC BY-NC-ND) depending on whether they wish to allow commercial reuse of their work or whether they wish to allow others to alter their work during its reuse. Authors will be asked to sign an exclusive licence (or non-exclusive licence for government employees) to permit our publisher, Elsevier Ltd, to publish the work in EBioMedicine.

Ombudsman

Our ombudsman can: investigate delays in handling submitted manuscripts; discourtesy; failure to follow outlined procedures; failure to take reasonable account of representations to us by authors and readers; and challenges to the publishing ethics of the journal. If you have concerns about any of the above, please first contact an editor or the editorial inbox [email protected]; an editor will then respond to you (often, an editor can respond satisfactorily). If you remain dissatisfied with our response, please contact Malcolm Molyneux ([email protected]).

Read more about the ombudsman and see our ombudsman's reports.

Ombudsman

Our ombudsman can: investigate delays in handling submitted manuscripts; discourtesy; failure to follow outlined procedures; failure to take reasonable account of representations to us by authors and readers; and challenges to the publishing ethics of the journal. If you have concerns about any of the above, please first contact an editor or the editorial inbox [email protected]; an editor will then respond to you (often, an editor can respond satisfactorily). If you remain dissatisfied with our response, please contact Malcolm Molyneux ([email protected])

Read more about the ombudsman and see our ombudsman's reports.

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December 2020
Volume 62