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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

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.776

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.287

Total Worksi

2,072

Total Citationsi

40,355

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.51

Open Impact Factor alternative

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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General Information

Country / RegionChina

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2002

FrequencyBimonthly, 2021-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,072

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2013

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-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✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoKoninklijke BibliotheekPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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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, PubMed

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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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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

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

4.6k

2019

140

6.1k

2020

105

3.5k

2021

268

2022

385

4.8k

2023

242

1.3k

2024

453

899

2025

376

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.

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

Frequently asked questions about Genes and Diseases

Is Genes and Diseases a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Genes and Diseases: 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 Genes and Diseases?

Genes and Diseases 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 1.51.

Is Genes and Diseases indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Genes and Diseases is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.