英文简介：

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.

中文简介：（来自Google、百度翻译）

RNA是最广泛意义上发表关于RNA研究的原始报告的国际论坛。该期刊旨在通过跨越既定的学科路线并专注于“以RNA为中心”的科学来统一这一领域。 RNA是一份月刊，它提供了在真核，原核和病毒系统中RNA结构和功能的所有领域的重要原始研究的快速发表。它涵盖了RNA研究的广泛主题，包括：通过生物化学或生物物理手段进行结构分析; mRNA结构，功能和生物发生;替代加工：顺式作用元素和反式作用因子;核糖体结构和功能;翻译控制; RNA催化; tRNA结构，功能，生物发生和同一性; RNA编辑; rRNA结构，功能和生物发生; RNA转运和定位;调节RNA;大小RNP结构，功能和生物发生;病毒RNA代谢; RNA稳定性和周转率;体外进化;和RNA化学。 RNA考虑六个类别的论文：报告，文章，生物信息学，假设，方法和编辑的信。报告记录了重要的新结果，这些结果有助于简洁的呈现（即结合的结果和讨论），并且可以包含不超过四个显示项目。使用与文章相同的标准评估报告;需要进一步试验以支持主要结论的初步观察将不被接受。文章没有明确的长度限制，长度不是评估的标准。生物信息学描述了基于计算机的序列数据分析或RNA科学家感兴趣的新信息工具。假设概述了新概念或整合现有数据的新方法。方法简要介绍了对广泛的RNA研究人员具有潜在用途的方法学进展或改进。致编辑的信件旨在提出或澄清RNA社区特别感兴趣的问题。