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Genes and Genetic Systems

Genetics Society of Japan · Japan · Est. 1929

ISSN1341-7568eISSN1880-5779

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 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

0.553

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.4

Total Worksi

1,676

Total Citationsi

23,427

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.57

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biology (General); Medicine (General). Topics: genetics, biology, evolution, ecology, medical sciences, agricultural sciences

General Information

Country / RegionJapan

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1929

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,676

Publisher OrgGenetics Society of Japan

OA Since2016

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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

📦 Long-term Preservation

Portico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Genetics Society of Japan

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1341-7568 / 1880-5779

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

Portico

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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

340

2019

217

2020

170

2021

221

2022

101

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.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

GeneticsQ3

Molecular BiologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biochemistry & Molecular BiologyGenetics & Heredity

Scopus Categories

GeneticsMedicine (miscellaneous)Molecular Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Chromosomal and Genetic VariationsGenomics and Phylogenetic StudiesGenetic diversity and population structurePlant Disease Resistance and GeneticsWheat and Barley Genetics and PathologyGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and AnimalsPlant Molecular Biology ResearchRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsPlant Reproductive BiologyBacterial Genetics and Biotechnology

Frequently asked questions about Genes and Genetic Systems

Is Genes and Genetic Systems a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Genes and Genetic Systems: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Genes and Genetic Systems?

Genes and Genetic Systems 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 0.57.

Is Genes and Genetic Systems indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Genes and Genetic Systems is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Genes and Genetic Systems?