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What is your top 2011 MSB paper?

Below is a list of the top 10 most read research articles published in Molecular Systems Biology in 2011, based on combined HTML and PDF access.  The work by Saeidi et al, in particular, received widespread media coverage for making a practical first-step toward fighting infections with engineered microbes (e.g. at Science NOW, Ed Yong’s blog at Discover Magazine, Nature, and TheScientist).  Read more

Updated Instructions for Authors

Molecular Systems Biology has recently completed a major update of its Instructions for Authors. Of particular importance, this new document now fully incorporates information about our policies regarding transparency in scientific publishing. Molecular Systems Biology, along with the other EMBO Publications journals, has made a strong commitment to promoting transparency in the editorial process, and recently began publishing a Review Process File, containing anonymous reviewers’ reports, authors’ rebuttal letters, and the editor’s decisions, with accepted manuscripts. In addition, we have been working to promote greater availability, transparency, and re-usability for scientific data associated with published works. For more details on these efforts please see our editorial, “From bench to website.”  … Read more