ExRNA

ELSP · Hong Kong · Est. 2019

ISSN2398-0060

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.207

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.097

Total Worksi

144

Total Citationsi

1,420

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.41

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

ExRNA is a peer-reviewed, open access journal that provides a platform for innovative research in the field of extracellular RNA. The journal covers a wide variety of RNAs in the extracellular environment, including miRNAs, siRNAs, piRNAs, lncRNAs and circRNAs.

General Information

Country / RegionHong Kong

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2019

Annual Volume~ 14 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications144

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2018

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

ELSP

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2398-0060

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

990

2019

362

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Molecular BiologyQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Molecular Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

MicroRNA in disease regulationExtracellular vesicles in diseaseCancer-related molecular mechanisms researchCircular RNAs in diseasesRNA modifications and cancerRNA Interference and Gene DeliveryRNA Research and Splicinginterferon and immune responsesRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsPlant Molecular Biology Research

Frequently asked questions about ExRNA

Is ExRNA a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for ExRNA: it is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of ExRNA?

ExRNA is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.207.

Is ExRNA indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

ExRNA is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.