RNA Biology
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Discipline | RNA |
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Language | English |
Edited by | Alain Laederach |
Publication details | |
History | 2004-present |
Publisher | |
Frequency | Annually |
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3.4 (2024) | |
Standard abbreviations | |
ISO 4 | RNA Biol. |
Indexing | |
ISSN | 1555-8584 |
LCCN | 2003215637 |
OCLC no. | 53480455 |
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RNA Biology is an open access peer-reviewed scientific journal in the field of ribonucleic acid (RNA) research. It is indexed for MEDLINE. The current editor-in-chief is Alain Laederach (University of North Carolina). Since 2022, it has converted to a full Open Access and exclusively online journal.
Wikipedia initiative

The journal launched a new section for descriptions of families of RNA molecules in December 2008 and requires contributing authors to also submit a draft article on the RNA family for publication in Wikipedia. The journal submits the draft article to peer review and then publish it in Wikipedia. This initiative is a collaboration between the journal and the consortium that produces the Rfam database of RNA families.[1]
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
Journal metrics
- Impact factor - 3.4 (2024) (quartile Q2)
- 5-year impact factor - 3.9 (2024)
- CiteScore (Scopus) - 8.6 (2024) (quartile Q1)
- SNIP - 0.767 (2024)
- SJR - 1.651 (2024)
References
- ^ Butler, Declan (2008). "Publish in Wikipedia or perish". Nature. doi:10.1038/news.2008.1312.