Nature Reviews Genetics
Last updated ISSN 1471-0056
Nature Reviews Genetics is published by Nature Portfolio 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 Nature Reviews Genetics concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
- RNA modifications and cancer
- RNA Research and Splicing
- Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Genomics and Rare Diseases
- Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
Key facts
| Publisher | Nature Portfolio |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1471-0056, 1471-0064 |
| Subject area | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 5,048 |
| Publishing since | 1965 |
| Journal website | www.nature.com/nrg/index.html |
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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