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GENESIS

WILEY · US · Est. 1974

ISSN1526-954XeISSN1526-968X

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

days submission → published

measured · last 15 articles · accept 66d

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.87

H-Indexi

134

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.568

Total Worksi

2,672

Total Citationsi

93,545

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.30

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Developmental Biology; Genetics & Heredity; Endocrinology; Genetics; Medicine (miscellaneous); Cell Biology.

General Information

Country / RegionUS

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1974

Annual Volume~ 55 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,672

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

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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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

WILEY

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1526-954X / 1526-968X

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

898

2019

359

2020

400

2021

481

2022

266

2023

110

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.

EndocrinologyQ2

GeneticsQ2

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

Cell BiologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Developmental BiologyGenetics & Heredity

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Developmental Biology and Gene RegulationAnimal Genetics and ReproductionCRISPR and Genetic EngineeringCongenital heart defects researchPluripotent Stem Cells ResearchGenomics and Chromatin DynamicsEpigenetics and DNA MethylationGenetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal AbnormalitiesRNA Research and SplicingRNA Interference and Gene Delivery

Frequently asked questions about GENESIS

Is GENESIS a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for GENESIS: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of GENESIS?

GENESIS 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 1.30.

Is GENESIS indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

GENESIS is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of GENESIS?