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New Genetics and Society

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 1996

ISSN1463-6778eISSN1469-9915

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.334

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.886

Total Worksi

782

Total Citationsi

12,630

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.97

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology; Genetics & Heredity; History & Philosophy Of Science; Social Issues; Social Sciences, Biomedical; Health Policy; Health (social science); Issues, Ethics and Legal Aspects; Genetics.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1996

FrequencyThree Issues Yearly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications782

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

OA Since2021

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPorticoCLOCKSSNational Digital Preservation Program, China; Library of Congress

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1463-6778 / 1469-9915

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-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?

LOCKSS, Portico, CLOCKSS, National Digital Preservation Program, China; Library of Congress

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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

675

2018

481

2019

477

2020

398

2021

102

2022

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.

Health PolicyQ3

Health (social science)Q3

Issues, Ethics and Legal AspectsQ3

GeneticsQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biotechnology & Applied MicrobiologyGenetics & HeredityHistory & Philosophy Of ScienceSocial IssuesSocial Sciences, Biomedical

Scopus Categories

GeneticsIssues, Ethics and Legal AspectsHealth (social science)Health Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Biomedical Ethics and RegulationRace, Genetics, and SocietyEthics in Clinical ResearchCRISPR and Genetic EngineeringReproductive Health and TechnologiesBRCA gene mutations in cancerGenetically Modified Organisms ResearchBiotechnology and Related FieldsClimate Change Communication and PerceptionNutrition, Genetics, and Disease

Frequently asked questions about New Genetics and Society

Is New Genetics and Society a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for New Genetics and Society: 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 New Genetics and Society?

New Genetics and Society 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 1.97.

Is New Genetics and Society indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

New Genetics and Society is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.