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Nature Reviews Genetics

Nature Research · United Kingdom · Est. 1965

ISSN1471-0056eISSN1471-0064

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

20.403

H-Indexi

525

SNIPi

6.732

Total Worksi

5,012

Total Citationsi

902,268

2yr Mean Citednessi

14.70

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

To an extent, all life scientists are geneticists because genetic technology and the accumulation of genomic information have enriched all of biology. You may or may not call yourself a geneticist, but if you work on or with genes you need to know about the latest developments. Nature Reviews Genetics covers the full scientific breadth of modern genetics, capturing its excitement, diversity and implications.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1965

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications5,012

Publisher OrgNature Portfolio

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer review

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Nature Research

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1471-0056 / 1471-0064

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

Peer review

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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

119

37k

2019

114

19k

2020

121

13k

2021

124

14k

2022

119

11k

2023

120

3.8k

2024

115

1.6k

2025

131

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.

GeneticsQ1

Genetics (clinical)Q1

Molecular BiologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Genetics & Heredity

Scopus Categories

GeneticsGenetics (clinical)Molecular Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

CRISPR and Genetic EngineeringGenomics and Chromatin DynamicsRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsEpigenetics and DNA MethylationRNA modifications and cancerRNA Research and SplicingChromosomal and Genetic VariationsGenomics and Phylogenetic StudiesGenomics and Rare DiseasesGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

Frequently asked questions about Nature Reviews Genetics

Is Nature Reviews Genetics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Nature Reviews Genetics: 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 Nature Reviews Genetics?

Nature Reviews Genetics 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 14.70.

Is Nature Reviews Genetics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Nature Reviews Genetics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.