RNA
Last updated ISSN 1355-8382
RNA 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 RNA concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- RNA Research and Splicing
- RNA modifications and cancer
- RNA regulation and disease
- MicroRNA in disease regulation
- Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
- RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
- Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
- Viral Infections and Immunology Research
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
Key facts
| Publisher | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1355-8382, 1469-9001 |
| 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 | 5,231 |
| Publishing since | 1995 |
| Journal website | rnajournal.cshlp.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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