RNA Biology is the leading peer-reviewed scientific journal in the field of ribonucleic acid (RNA) research. It is indexed for MEDLINE. The editor-in-chief is Renée Schroeder (University of Vienna).

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:

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 4.766.[2]

References

  1. ^ Butler, Declan (2008). "Publish in Wikipedia or perish". Nature. doi:10.1038/news.2008.1312.
  2. ^ "RNA Biology". 2018 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2018.

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