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Genes, Brain and Behavior

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2002

ISSN1601-1848eISSN1601-183X

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.054

H-Indexi

122

SNIPi

0.648

Total Worksi

2,080

Total Citationsi

82,152

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.95

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Behavioral Sciences; Neurosciences; Behavioral Neuroscience; Genetics; Neurology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2002

FrequencyEight No. A Year, 2005-

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications2,080

Publisher OrgWiley

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1601-1848 / 1601-183X

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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

1.5k

2019

105

1.7k

2020

646

2021

793

2022

377

2023

169

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.

Behavioral NeuroscienceQ1

GeneticsQ2

NeurologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Behavioral SciencesNeurosciences

Scopus Categories

GeneticsBehavioral NeuroscienceNeurology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Neuroendocrine regulation and behaviorNeurotransmitter Receptor Influence on BehaviorGenetics and Neurodevelopmental DisordersNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchStress Responses and CortisolAutism Spectrum Disorder ResearchReceptor Mechanisms and SignalingMemory and Neural MechanismsNeurobiology and Insect Physiology ResearchGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

Frequently asked questions about Genes, Brain and Behavior

Is Genes, Brain and Behavior a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Genes, Brain and Behavior: 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, Brain and Behavior?

Genes, Brain and Behavior 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 1.95.

Is Genes, Brain and Behavior indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Genes, Brain and Behavior is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Genes, Brain and Behavior?