Gene

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 1949

ISSN1879-0038

SJR Q2✓ 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.

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📊 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

0.703

H-Indexi

301

SNIPi

0.716

Total Worksi

28,450

Total Citationsi

1,048,489

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.51

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Browse through a wide range of high-quality academic journals offered by Elsevier, including open access options, to enrich your research journey.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1949

Frequency40 No. A Year, <1999->

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications28,450

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1879-0038

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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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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

747

18k

2019

871

18k

2020

525

7.6k

2021

779

8.5k

2022

730

5.6k

2023

835

3.8k

2024

546

976

2025

231

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.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

GeneticsQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Genetics & Heredity

Scopus Categories

GeneticsMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

RNA and protein synthesis mechanismsBacterial Genetics and BiotechnologyBacteriophages and microbial interactionsGenomics and Phylogenetic StudiesRNA Research and SplicingRNA modifications and cancerCRISPR and Genetic EngineeringGenomics and Chromatin DynamicsDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluation

Frequently asked questions about Gene

Is Gene a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Gene: 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 Gene?

Gene 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 2.51.

Is Gene indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Gene is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Gene?