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Nucleic Acids Research
Biology and life sciencesOpen accessIn DOAJ
Among the 50 biology and life sciences journals in this index it has the 3rd highest h-index and the 17th highest two-year mean citedness. Both are explained under how venues are ranked.
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Where its authors come from
Share of the 5 143 papers since 2023 with at least one author in each country.
| Country | Share of papers |
|---|---|
| United States | 35% |
| China | 22% |
| Germany | 11% |
| United Kingdom | 10% |
| France | 8% |
What it publishes
Mix of article types:
| Type | Share |
|---|---|
| Research articles | 95% |
Main subject areas of those papers:
| Subject area | Share of papers |
|---|---|
| RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms | 10% |
| DNA Repair Mechanisms | 9% |
| Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics | 8% |
| CRISPR and Genetic Engineering | 7% |
| RNA Research and Splicing | 6% |
| Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology | 5% |
Most cited papers since 2023
- Interactive Tree of Life (iTOL) v6: recent updates to the phylogenetic tree display and annotation tool (2024, 4 530 citations)
- KEGG: biological systems database as a model of the real world (2024, 2 561 citations)
- UniProt: the Universal Protein Knowledgebase in 2025 (2024, 2 456 citations)
- MetaboAnalyst 6.0: towards a unified platform for metabolomics data processing, analysis and interpretation (2024, 2 314 citations)
- antiSMASH 7.0: new and improved predictions for detection, regulation, chemical structures and visualisation (2023, 2 301 citations)
Official rankings
Many evaluations use a national or commercial list rather than raw citation counts. We don't reproduce those lists here; check the journal on each one directly (search for ISSN 0305-1048):
- Scimago (SJR and quartile): what quartiles mean
- Norwegian register (level 1 or 2): national lists explained
- Finnish Publication Forum (JUFO level 0 to 3)
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