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Journal of Genetic Counseling

Kluwer Academic/Human Sciences Press Inc. · United States

ISSN1059-7700eISSN1573-3599

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.834

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.949

Total Worksi

3,242

Total Citationsi

54,186

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.59

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Genetics & Heredity; Health Policy & Services; Social Sciences, Biomedical; Genetics (clinical).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyBimonthly, 1999-

StatusActive

Total Publications3,242

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Kluwer Academic/Human Sciences Press Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1059-7700 / 1573-3599

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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?

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

144

2.6k

2019

172

2.6k

2020

177

2021

126

1.2k

2022

188

981

2023

164

612

2024

185

325

2025

119

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.

Genetics (clinical)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Genetics & HeredityHealth Policy & ServicesSocial Sciences, Biomedical

Scopus Categories

Genetics (clinical)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

BRCA gene mutations in cancerPrenatal Screening and DiagnosticsGenomics and Rare DiseasesEthics and Legal Issues in Pediatric HealthcareFamily Support in Illness

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Genetic Counseling

Is Journal of Genetic Counseling a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Genetic Counseling: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Journal of Genetic Counseling?

Journal of Genetic Counseling is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.59.

Is Journal of Genetic Counseling indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Genetic Counseling is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Genetic Counseling?