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Genome Biology

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1946

ISSN1474-7596

SJR Q1✓ 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 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

5.71

H-Indexi

364

SNIPi

2.214

Total Worksi

5,951

Total Citationsi

975,512

2yr Mean Citednessi

8.06

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Cell Biology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Genetics.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1946

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications5,951

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since1999

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BioMed Central Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1474-7596

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, PubMed

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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?

N/A

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

303

74k

2019

304

45k

2020

352

29k

2021

271

18k

2022

296

11k

2023

325

2024

452

3.2k

2025

351

317

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.

Cell BiologyQ1

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ1

GeneticsQ1

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

GeneticsEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsCell Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Genomics and Phylogenetic StudiesGenomics and Chromatin DynamicsSingle-cell and spatial transcriptomicsRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsRNA Research and SplicingGene expression and cancer classificationChromosomal and Genetic VariationsEpigenetics and DNA MethylationBioinformatics and Genomic NetworksRNA modifications and cancer

Frequently asked questions about Genome Biology

Is Genome Biology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Genome Biology: 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 Genome Biology?

Genome Biology is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 5.71.

Is Genome Biology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Genome Biology is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Genome Biology?