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Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 2011

ISSN2090-5920eISSN2090-5920

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.681

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.21

Total Worksi

1,270

Total Citationsi

25,616

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.35

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Chemical technology: Biotechnology; Biology (General): Genetics. Topics: plant biotechnology, animal biotechnology, industrial biotechnology, medical biotechnology, genomics, proteomics

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2011

Annual Volume~ 150 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,270

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2010

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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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?

2090-5920 / 2090-5920

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

Portico, PMC, CLOCKSS

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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

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

373

2019

2.7k

2020

183

6.1k

2021

173

2.7k

2022

172

1.9k

2023

613

2024

187

508

2025

145

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.

BiotechnologyQ2

GeneticsQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology

Scopus Categories

GeneticsBiotechnology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant tissue culture and regenerationEnzyme Production and Characterizationvaccines and immunoinformatics approachesNanoparticles: synthesis and applicationsGenetic diversity and population structureBiofuel production and bioconversionPlant-Microbe Interactions and ImmunityPlant Molecular Biology ResearchEnzyme Catalysis and ImmobilizationMicrobial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology

Is Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology?

Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology 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 2.35.

Is Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.