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Journal of Community Genetics

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH · Germany · Est. 1953

ISSN1868-6001

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.589

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.847

Total Worksi

884

Total Citationsi

13,019

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.16

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1953

Annual Volume~ 73 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications884

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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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?

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1868-6001

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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

749

2019

672

2020

954

2021

455

2022

417

2023

214

2024

109

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

EpidemiologyQ3

Genetics (clinical)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Genetics & Heredity

Scopus Categories

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGenetics (clinical)Epidemiology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

BRCA gene mutations in cancerGenomics and Rare DiseasesEthics in Clinical ResearchPrenatal Screening and DiagnosticsHemoglobinopathies and Related DisordersNutrition, Genetics, and DiseaseIron Metabolism and DisordersBiomedical Ethics and RegulationEthics and Legal Issues in Pediatric HealthcareCancer Genomics and Diagnostics

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Community Genetics

Is Journal of Community Genetics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Community Genetics: 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 Journal of Community Genetics?

Journal of Community Genetics 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 1.16.

Is Journal of Community Genetics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Community Genetics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Community Genetics?