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Briefings in Functional Genomics

Oxford University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 2002

ISSN2041-2649eISSN2041-2657

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.806

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.592

Total Worksi

788

Total Citationsi

28,261

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.11

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology; Genetics & Heredity; Biochemistry; Genetics; Medicine (miscellaneous); Molecular Biology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2002

FrequencySix Issues Per Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications788

Publisher OrgOxford University Press

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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?

Oxford University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2041-2649 / 2041-2657

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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

781

2020

735

2021

627

2022

631

2023

473

2024

113

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.

BiochemistryQ2

GeneticsQ2

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

Molecular BiologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biotechnology & Applied MicrobiologyGenetics & Heredity

Scopus Categories

GeneticsBiochemistryMedicine (miscellaneous)Molecular Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

RNA modifications and cancerGenomics and Phylogenetic StudiesRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsGenomics and Chromatin DynamicsEpigenetics and DNA MethylationRNA Research and SplicingCancer-related molecular mechanisms researchCRISPR and Genetic EngineeringBioinformatics and Genomic NetworksSingle-cell and spatial transcriptomics

Frequently asked questions about Briefings in Functional Genomics

Is Briefings in Functional Genomics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Briefings in Functional Genomics: 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 Briefings in Functional Genomics?

Briefings in Functional 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 5.11.

Is Briefings in Functional Genomics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Briefings in Functional Genomics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Briefings in Functional Genomics?