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Current Genetics

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH · Germany

ISSN0172-8083

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

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

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.519

H-Indexi

134

SNIPi

0.529

Total Worksi

4,598

Total Citationsi

152,079

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.49

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Discover Genetics and Evolution is a fully open access, peer-reviewed journal that supports multidisciplinary research across all fields relevant to genetics and evolution. The journal aims to be a resource for researchers, policy makers and the general public for recent advances in genetics and evolution science and its uses in research development and society. As a fully open access journal, we ensure that our research is highly discoverable and instantly available globally to everyone. The journal particularly welcomes work that aims to address the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, especially Life Below Water; Life on Land; Good Health and Wellbeing; and Zero Hunger.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 23 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications4,598

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

CLOCKSSPortico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0172-8083

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

peer-reviewed

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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?

CLOCKSS, Portico

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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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

119

2.7k

2018

129

3.3k

2019

1.4k

2020

1.1k

2021

341

2022

142

2023

2024

2025

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.

GeneticsQ3

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

GeneticsMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Fungal and yeast genetics researchPhotosynthetic Processes and MechanismsRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsGenomics and Phylogenetic StudiesDNA Repair Mechanisms

Frequently asked questions about Current Genetics

Is Current Genetics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Current Genetics: it is indexed in Scopus, 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 Current Genetics?

Current Genetics is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.519.

Is Current Genetics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Current Genetics is indexed in Scopus.