RNA是最廣泛意義上發表關于RNA研究的原始報告的國際論壇。該期刊旨在通過跨越既定的學科路線并專注于“以RNA為中心”的科學來統一這一領域。RNA是一份月刊，它提供了在真核，原核和病毒系統中RNA結構和功能的所有領域的重要原始研究的快速發表。它涵蓋了RNA研究的廣泛主題，包括：通過生物化學或生物物理手段進行結構分析; mRNA結構，功能和生物發生;替代加工：順式作用元素和反式作用因子;核糖體結構和功能;翻譯控制; RNA催化; tRNA結構，功能，生物發生和同一性; RNA編輯; rRNA結構，功能和生物發生; RNA轉運和定位;調節RNA;大小RNP結構，功能和生物發生;病毒RNA代謝; RNA穩定性和周轉率;體外進化;和RNA化學。RNA考慮六個類別的論文：報告，文章，生物信息學，假設，方法和編輯的信。報告記錄了重要的新結果，這些結果有助于簡潔的呈現（即結合的結果和討論），并且可以包含不超過四個顯示項目。使用與文章相同的標準評估報告;需要進一步試驗以支持主要結論的初步觀察將不被接受。文章沒有明確的長度限制，長度不是評估的標準。生物信息學描述了基于計算機的序列數據分析或RNA科學家感興趣的新信息工具。假設概述了新概念或整合現有數據的新方法。方法簡要介紹了對廣泛的RNA研究人員具有潛在用途的方法學進展或改進。致編輯的信件旨在提出或澄清RNA社區特別感興趣的問題。

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.