Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Last updated ISSN 0027-8424
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences is published by National Academy of Sciences 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 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
- RNA Research and Splicing
- Immune Cell Function and Interaction
- DNA Repair Mechanisms
- Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
- T-cell and B-cell Immunology
- Protein Structure and Dynamics
Key facts
| Publisher | National Academy of Sciences |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0027-8424, 1091-6490 |
| 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 | 172,834 |
| Publishing since | 1915 |
| Journal website | www.pnas.org/ |
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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