RNA serves as an international forum for publishing original reports on RNA research in the broadest sense. The journal aims to unify this field by cutting across established disciplinary lines and focusing on "RNA-centered" science.RNA is a monthly journal which provides rapid publication of significant original research in all areas of RNA structure and function in eukaryotic, prokaryotic, and viral systems. It covers a broad range of subjects in RNA research, including: structural analysis by biochemical or biophysical means; mRNA structure, function and biogenesis; alternative processing: cis-acting elements and trans-acting factors; ribosome structure and function; translational control; RNA catalysis; tRNA structure, function, biogenesis and identity; RNA editing; rRNA structure, function and biogenesis; RNA transport and localization; regulatory RNAs; large and small RNP structure, function and biogenesis; viral RNA metabolism; RNA stability and turnover; in vitro evolution; and RNA chemistry.RNA considers papers in six categories: Reports, Articles, Bioinformatics, Hypotheses, Methods, and Letters to the Editor. Reports document significant new results that lend themselves to succinct presentation (i.e., combined Results and Discussion) and can contain no more than four display items. Reports are evaluated using the same criteria as Articles; preliminary observations that require further experimentation to support the major conclusions will not be accepted. There are no explicit length limitations to Articles and length is not a criterion for evaluation. Bioinformatics describe computer-based analyses of sequence data or new informatic tools of interest to RNA scientists. Hypotheses outline novel concepts or new ways of integrating existing data. Methods are brief accounts of methodological advances or improvements that are of potential utility to a broad range of RNA researchers. Letters to the Editor are intended as a forum for raising or clarifying issues of specific interest to the RNA community.

RNA是最廣泛意義上發(fā)表關(guān)于RNA研究的原始報(bào)告的國(guó)際論壇。該期刊旨在通過(guò)跨越既定的學(xué)科路線(xiàn)并專(zhuān)注于“以RNA為中心”的科學(xué)來(lái)統(tǒng)一這一領(lǐng)域。RNA是一份月刊，它提供了在真核，原核和病毒系統(tǒng)中RNA結(jié)構(gòu)和功能的所有領(lǐng)域的重要原始研究的快速發(fā)表。它涵蓋了RNA研究的廣泛主題，包括：通過(guò)生物化學(xué)或生物物理手段進(jìn)行結(jié)構(gòu)分析; mRNA結(jié)構(gòu)，功能和生物發(fā)生;替代加工：順式作用元素和反式作用因子;核糖體結(jié)構(gòu)和功能;翻譯控制; RNA催化; tRNA結(jié)構(gòu)，功能，生物發(fā)生和同一性; RNA編輯; rRNA結(jié)構(gòu)，功能和生物發(fā)生; RNA轉(zhuǎn)運(yùn)和定位;調(diào)節(jié)RNA;大小RNP結(jié)構(gòu)，功能和生物發(fā)生;病毒RNA代謝; RNA穩(wěn)定性和周轉(zhuǎn)率;體外進(jìn)化;和RNA化學(xué)。RNA考慮六個(gè)類(lèi)別的論文：報(bào)告，文章，生物信息學(xué)，假設(shè)，方法和編輯的信。報(bào)告記錄了重要的新結(jié)果，這些結(jié)果有助于簡(jiǎn)潔的呈現(xiàn)（即結(jié)合的結(jié)果和討論），并且可以包含不超過(guò)四個(gè)顯示項(xiàng)目。使用與文章相同的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)評(píng)估報(bào)告;需要進(jìn)一步試驗(yàn)以支持主要結(jié)論的初步觀察將不被接受。文章沒(méi)有明確的長(zhǎng)度限制，長(zhǎng)度不是評(píng)估的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。生物信息學(xué)描述了基于計(jì)算機(jī)的序列數(shù)據(jù)分析或RNA科學(xué)家感興趣的新信息工具。假設(shè)概述了新概念或整合現(xiàn)有數(shù)據(jù)的新方法。方法簡(jiǎn)要介紹了對(duì)廣泛的RNA研究人員具有潛在用途的方法學(xué)進(jìn)展或改進(jìn)。致編輯的信件旨在提出或澄清RNA社區(qū)特別感興趣的問(wèn)題。