Cold Spring Harbor Protocols
Last updated ISSN 1559-6095
Cold Spring Harbor Protocols is published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press in biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Cold Spring Harbor Protocols concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Animal Genetics and Reproduction
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
- Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
- Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
- Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
- Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
Key facts
| Publisher | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1559-6095, 1940-3402 |
| Subject area | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 10,651 |
| Publishing since | 1970 |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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