Rare Diseases
Last updated ISSN 2167-549X
Rare Diseases is published by Landes Bioscience 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 Rare Diseases concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Genomics and Rare Diseases
- Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
- Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
- Muscle Physiology and Disorders
- Biotechnology and Related Fields
- DNA Repair Mechanisms
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research
- RNA Research and Splicing
- Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research
Key facts
| Publisher | Landes Bioscience |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 2167-549X, 2167-5511 |
| Subject area | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Not recorded |
| Articles published | 140 |
| Publishing since | 2013 |
| Journal website | www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/journals/2206/ |
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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