Keith Fox
Barry Stoddard
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Nucleic Acids Research ( NAR ) publishes the results of leading edge research into physical, chemical, biochemical and biological aspects of nucleic acids and proteins involved in nucleic acid metabolism and/or interactions...
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Breakthrough articles
These articles represent the very best NAR papers, in terms of originality, significance and scientific excellence.
CRISPR collection
Read a collection of over 70 NAR articles on CRISPR biology, as well as an editorial by Senior Executive Editors Barry Stoddard and Keith Fox.

NAR Methods
A comprehensive collection of methods papers published in Nucleic Acids Research since 1999, listed by category.

Publish with NAR
NAR publishes leading research fast, with an average of just 1.9 weeks from acceptance to online publication. Read the Instructions to Authors to learn more about submitting your work.
Database issue
The issue includes 152 papers, of which 54 describe newly created databases. 82 papers provide updates on databases that have been described in the previous NAR Database Issues, and 16 contain updates on databases whose descriptions have previously been published in other journals.
2016 Web Server issue
The papers in this issue reflect current and emerging trends in bioinformatics and computational biology. Of particular interest are recent works which move beyond an understanding of bio-molecular phenomena toward an emphasis on the development of engineering tools to exploit that understanding.
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Referee information
To be considered for publication, a manuscript must present some novel development and meet the general criteria of originality, timeliness, significance and scientific excellence.
Open Access
NAR has been a fully open access title since 2005, with all content freely available upon publication.
Institutional Membership
When institutions are enrolled in NAR’s membership program, authors receive a substantial discount on publication fees.




