Nucleic Acids Research

Nucleic Acids Research

Discipline	Nucleic acids
Language	English
Edited  by	Barry L. Stoddard, Keith R. Fox
Publication details
History	1974-present
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Frequency	Biweekly
Open access	Yes
Impact factor	16.6 (2023)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	Nucleic Acids Res.
Indexing CODEN (alt  · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR  · NLM (alt) · Scopus  · W&L
CODEN	NARHAD
ISSN	0305-1048  (print) 1362-4962  (web)
LCCN	74641038
OCLC  no.	01791693
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Nucleic Acids Research is an open-access peer-reviewed scientific journal published since 1974 by the Oxford University Press. The journal covers research on nucleic acids, such as DNA and RNA, and related work. According to the Journal Citation Reports , the journal's 2021 impact factor is 19.160. ^[1] The journal publishes two yearly special issues; the first issue of each year is dedicated to biological databases, published in January since 1993, and the other is devoted to papers describing web-based software resources of value to the biological community (web servers), published in July since 2003.

Journal Rankings

Presented below is a summary of current bibliometric rankings for Nucleic Acids Research based on leading evaluation sources:

Rankings for Nucleic Acids Research by subject category (2023) ^[2]

Source	Category	Rank	Percentile	Quartile
Scopus	Genetics in biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology	6/347	98.27	Q1
IF (Web of Science)	Biochemistry & molecular biology	6/313	98.20	Q1
JCI (Web of Science)	Biochemistry & molecular biology	6/313	98.08	Q1

References

1. "Nucleic Acids Research". 2021 Journal Citation Reports . Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2021.
2. "Nucleic Acids Research – Metrics and Rankings". JRank.net. Retrieved 22 May 2025.

External links

• Official website
• Archives | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/journals/4/