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Public Health Genomics

S. Karger AG · Switzerland · Est. 1989

ISSN1662-8063

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

100

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (4 more)+22

Total100

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?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.547

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.58

Total Worksi

1,220

Total Citationsi

24,823

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.47

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Genetics & Heredity; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Genetics (clinical).

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1989

Annual Volume~ 24 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,220

Publisher OrgKarger Publishers

OA Since2020

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~42 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Portico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

S. Karger AG

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1662-8063

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

Portico

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

492

2019

266

2020

383

2021

2022

127

2023

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.

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ2

Genetics (clinical)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Genetics & HeredityPublic, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGenetics (clinical)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

BRCA gene mutations in cancerGenomics and Rare DiseasesEthics in Clinical ResearchDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationNutrition, Genetics, and DiseaseRace, Genetics, and SocietyPrenatal Screening and DiagnosticsGenetic Associations and EpidemiologyHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life

Frequently asked questions about Public Health Genomics

Is Public Health Genomics a predatory journal?

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

What is the impact factor of Public Health Genomics?

Public Health Genomics 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 1.47.

Is Public Health Genomics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Public Health Genomics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Public Health Genomics?