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Genes and Development

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press · United States · Est. 1913

ISSN1549-5477

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

3.302

H-Indexi

594

SNIPi

1.425

Total Worksi

8,833

Total Citationsi

1,942,277

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.14

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Cell Biology; Developmental Biology; Genetics & Heredity; Genetics.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1913

FrequencyBiweekly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications8,833

Publisher OrgCold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

OA Since1986

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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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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1549-5477

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

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

138

13k

2019

134

11k

2020

124

2021

2.6k

2022

1.6k

2023

880

2024

118

474

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.

Developmental BiologyQ1

GeneticsQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cell BiologyDevelopmental BiologyGenetics & Heredity

Scopus Categories

Developmental BiologyGenetics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Genomics and Chromatin DynamicsRNA Research and SplicingRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsRNA modifications and cancerDNA Repair MechanismsEpigenetics and DNA MethylationDevelopmental Biology and Gene RegulationCRISPR and Genetic EngineeringCancer-related Molecular PathwaysFungal and yeast genetics research

Frequently asked questions about Genes and Development

Is Genes and Development a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Genes and Development: 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 Genes and Development?

Genes and Development 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 4.14.

Is Genes and Development indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Genes and Development is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Genes and Development?