''RNA Biology'' is the leading peer-reviewed scientific journal in the field of ribonucleic acid ( RNA) research. It is indexed for

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. The

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is Renée Schroeder (

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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

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. 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

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database of RNA families.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2021

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of 4.766.

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/krnb20 RNA Biochemistry journals Taylor & Francis academic journals Quarterly journals Publications established in 2004 English-language journals