HighWire and EMBO have announced the December launch of EMBO Press, a new publishing platform for The EMBO Journal, EMBO Reports, Molecular Systems Biology and EMBO Molecular Medicine, providing opportunities for the future development of the journals.
It is expected that EMBO Press will strengthen the policies of the EMBO journals to encourage transparency in the publication process and help researchers make better use of scientific data. In addition, all four journals are being redesigned to maximise online functionality and access.
The announcement coincides with a new partnership with HighWire and an expanded publishing agreement with Wiley that come into immediate effect. Wiley has published EMBO Molecular Medicine since 2009. As one of the world's leading publishers of academic content, it will provide invaluable support for editorial production and international marketing of the four EMBO scientific journals.
HighWire is at the forefront of digital scholarly publishing. Many leading journals in the life sciences rely on its community-based strengths and its track record for technological support and innovation, including access to third party developers.
EMBO Press will include enhanced options for publishing source data, and rendering the data presented in figures more usable and discoverable. Researchers will be able to customise and optimise their reader experience. Restructuring the way papers are presented will obviate the need for a separate supplementary information section.
