Academic Journal
Q1RNA
About RNA
RNA is a scholarly journal published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q1, with an SJR of 2.427 and H-index of 200.
Coverage: 1995-2026. Research categories: Molecular Biology (Q1).
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Topics in published research
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.
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2026-09-22 · DOI: 10.1261/rna.081009.126Transcript-wide m6A methylation defines the efficiency of cap-independent translation initiation
Egor A Smolin, Andrey I Buyan, Dmitry N Lyabin, Anton A Buzdin et al.
2026-09-17 · DOI: 10.1261/rna.081017.126Trypanosome Tpt1 is a bifunctional enzyme composed of tandem DEDDh nuclease and RNA 2'-phosphotransferase domains
Apurba Sarkar, Shreya Ghosh, Beate Schwer, Stewart Shuman et al.
2026-09-16 · DOI: 10.1261/rna.081235.12618S rRNA 3′ end cleavage by the phosphorylated endoribonuclease NOB1 is interconnected with early small subunit biogenesis
Katja I Bloch von Blottnitz, Mona Honemann-Capito, Philipp Hackert, Olexandr Dybkov et al.
2026-09-10 · DOI: 10.1261/rna.081089.126Circular-pre-rRNA-dependent and -independent rRNA maturation pathways in Archaea
Daniela Strauß, Maximilian Liebl, Pranav Sharma, Michael Jüttner et al.
2026-09-09 · DOI: 10.1261/rna.081051.126Inositol hexakisphosphate is a Cofactor and Modulator of ADAR1 RNA Editing Activity
Francisco Antonio Venegas Solis, Mengsi Lu, Roni Cohen-Fultheim, Felix Bender et al.
2026-09-03 · DOI: 10.1261/rna.081004.1262''F-NAD + is a broad-spectrum RNA 2'-phosphotransferase (Tpt1) poison that traps the enzyme on its abortive RNA-2'-phospho-(2''F-ADP-ribose) reaction intermediate
Renata Kasprzyk, Shreya Ghosh, Stewart Shuman
2026-09-03 · DOI: 10.1261/rna.081192.126The moonlighting functions of SEC13 in nonsense-mediated mRNA decay and the regulation of ER stress
Laura Monaghan, Chetan Srinath, Abigail R. Mann, Nila Roy Choudhury et al.
2026-09-02 · DOI: 10.1261/rna.081099.126Improving RNA Secondary Structure Prediction Through Expanded Training Data
Conner J Langeberg, Taehan Kim, Roma Nagle, Agni Rajinikanth et al.
2026-09-01 · DOI: 10.1261/rna.081259.126Cellular signal-responsive m5C editing by an inducible split CRISPR platform
Chanjuan Dong, Ying Xu, Kellie Wu, Nathan Mu et al.
2026-09-01 · DOI: 10.1261/rna.081049.126Identification of cellular double-stranded RNAs in mammalian embryonic stem cells
Katharina J Kases, Pilar G Marchante, Jeroen Witteveldt, Guillermo Peris et al.
2026-08-28 · DOI: 10.1261/rna.081048.126Improving the dynamic range of a trimethoprim-responsive self-amplifying RNA
Pieter Vervaeke, Francis Combes, Niek Sanders
2026-08-28 · DOI: 10.1261/rna.080982.126Revisiting the in vivo functions of coilin in mice: Requirement for snRNA modifications and formation of novel condensates in elongating spermatids
Miyu Ichii, Yuma Ishigami, Xiao Yao, Jianxi Li et al.
2026-08-24 · DOI: 10.1261/rna.080484.125Seed pairing between a small regulatory RNA and target mRNA determines cleavage by a RNase E with a minimal C-terminal scaffold.
Carlos Daniel Vega Valle, Karine Prevost, David Lalaouna, Eric Masse et al.
2026-08-20 · DOI: 10.1261/rna.080914.125Yeast Rai1p and the RAC complex (Ssz1p/Zuo1p) modulate uORF-mediated GCN4 translational control under stress conditions.
Kristina Jendruchova, Adriana Subrtova, Leos Shivaya Valasek
2026-08-17 · DOI: 10.1261/rna.081039.126Contributions of Folded and Disordered Domains to RNA Binding by HNRNPR
Bryan B. Guzmán, Alli Jimenez, Grant A. Goda, Justin G. Martyr et al.
2026-08-11 · DOI: 10.1261/rna.081142.126Sense–Antisense RNA duplexes mediate stress-responsive translational control in Plasmodium falciparum
Rashim Malhotra, Kushankur Pandit, Pawan Malhotra, Krishanpal Karmodiya et al.
2026-08-10 · DOI: 10.1261/rna.081149.126Reviews
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