EMBO杂志发表的论文描述了在分子和细胞生物学中广泛的普遍兴趣的原始研究，特别强调了分子机制和生理相关性。该杂志鼓励并发表在以下领域报道具有广泛生物学意义的新发现的文章:老化自噬癌症细胞粘附，极性和细胞骨架细胞周期细胞死亡发育生物学DNA复制、修复和重组染色质，表观遗传学和基因组学免疫学膜和细胞内运输新陈代谢微生物学，病毒学和宿主病原体相互作用疾病分子生物学神经科学植物生物学翻译后修饰，蛋白质水解和蛋白质组学RNA生物信号转导干细胞结构生物学系统，化学和计算生物学转录蛋白质生物合成与质量控制血管生物学
The EMBO Journal publishes papers describing original research of broad general interest in molecular and cell biology - a particular emphasis is placed on molecular mechanism and physiological relevance.The journal encourages and publishes articles that report novel findings of wide biological significance in the areas of:AgeingAutophagyCancerCell Adhesion, Polarity & CytoskeletonCell CycleCell DeathDevelopmental BiologyDNA Replication, Repair & RecombinationChromatin, Epigenetics & GenomicsImmunologyMembrane & Intracellular TransportMetabolismMicrobiology, Virology & Host Pathogen InteractionMolecular Biology of DiseaseNeurosciencePlant BiologyPost-translational Modifications, Proteolysis & ProteomicsRNA BiologySignal TransductionStem CellsStructural BiologySystems, Chemical & Computational BiologyTranscriptionProtein Biosynthesis & Quality ControlVascular Biology