Basic reporting

Fine

Experimental design

Fine

Validity of the findings

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Comments for the author

The review entitled “Evolution of a research field- a micro (RNA) example” tracks the journey of miRNA field since its discovery in 1993. It is a well timed and an interesting article that might be read with interest by people working in the miRNA field. Few comments-

1. Line 258- The hallmarks of miRNA research must be discussed as a separate section. It is important.
2. Line 59- ....Scientific knowledge is produced and distributed.
3. Line 79- Authors need to mention that based on current literature miRNAs are known to increase transcript levels as well and give suitable references for the same.