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Genes and Diseases

KeAi Communications Co. · China · Est. 2002

ISSN2352-4820eISSN2352-3042

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

/ 100

High Trust

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total75

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

1.646

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

1.287

Total Works

2,072

Total Citations

40,355

2yr Mean Citedness

1.51

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Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Genes and Diseases is an international journal for molecular and translational medicine. It publishes investigations on the molecular bases and experimental therapeutics of human diseases, with a focus on molecular genetics, cell biology, stem cell biology, gene regulation and epigenetics, immunity and infection, neuroscience, cancer research, signal transduction, and tumor microenvironment.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Slow · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionChina

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2002

FrequencyBimonthly, 2021-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,072

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2013

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~50 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoKoninklijke BibliotheekPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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9/12 · 75%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

KeAi Communications Co.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2352-4820 / 2352-3042

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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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, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, PMC, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

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

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

BiochemistryQ1

Cell BiologyQ1

Genetics (clinical)Q1

Molecular BiologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biochemistry & Molecular BiologyGenetics & Heredity

Scopus Categories

BiochemistryGenetics (clinical)Molecular BiologyCell Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

RNA modifications and cancerCancer-related molecular mechanisms researchEpigenetics and DNA MethylationMicroRNA in disease regulationFerroptosis and cancer prognosisCircular RNAs in diseasesCancer, Hypoxia, and MetabolismCancer-related gene regulationUbiquitin and proteasome pathwaysRNA Research and Splicing