Disease Models & Mechanisms (DMM) is a peer-reviewed

Peer review

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 Open Access

Open access journal

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  biomedical journal covering the mechanisms, diagnostics and treatment of human disease

Disease

A disease is an abnormal condition affecting the body of an organism. It is often construed to be a medical condition associated with specific symptoms and signs. It may be caused by external factors, such as infectious disease, or it may be caused by internal dysfunctions, such as autoimmune...

. The journal publishes original research and review articles, and aims to promote communication between basic researchers, translational researchers and clinicians.

Indexing

Disease Models & Mechanisms is abstracted and indexed by PubMed

PubMed

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/Medline

MEDLINE

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/Scopus

Scopus

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 and the Institute for Scientific Information

Institute for Scientific Information

The Institute for Scientific Information was founded by Eugene Garfield in 1960. It was acquired by Thomson Scientific & Healthcare in 1992, became known as Thomson ISI and now is part of the Healthcare & Science business of the multi-billion dollar Thomson Reuters Corporation.ISI offered...

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Publisher

Disease Models & Mechanisms is published by The Company of Biologists

Company of Biologists

The Company of Biologists is a UK based charity and not-for-profit publisher that was established in 1925 with the aim to promote research and study across all branches of biology. The Company publishes currently four academic journals: Development, Disease Models & Mechanisms, Journal of Cell...

, a UK

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 not-for-profit

Non-profit organization

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 publisher of the international biological journals Development

Development (journal)

Development is a peer-reviewed scientific journal in the field of developmental biology that covers cellular and molecular mechanisms of animal and plant development...

, Journal of Cell Science

Journal of Cell Science

The Journal of Cell Science is a peer-reviewed scientific journal in the field of cell biology. The journal is published by the The Company of Biologists with 24 annual issues....

and The Journal of Experimental Biology

Journal of Experimental Biology

The Journal of Experimental Biology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal in the field of comparative physiology and integrative biology. It is published by The Company of Biologists from editorial offices in Cambridge, United Kingdom.- History :...

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Fellowships and grants

Disease Models & Mechanisms offers Travelling Fellowships and Research Presentation Grants to its community of authors and researchers. In addition, The Company of Biologists provides grants to many scientific societies, large and small, and travel grants towards the cost of attendance at research conferences, workshops or for skill-acquiring visits to other research labs.

External links

• The Company of Biologists website