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Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 1.5), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Sciendo.
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ISSN 1311-0160Verify ISSN ↗2199-5761Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Sciendo
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genetics (clinical) | 83 / 100 | 17th | Q4 |
| Genetics | 314 / 357 | 12th | Q4 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2000–2025, best quartile Q4, CiteScore 1.5.
Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics is Q4 in Genetics (clinical) (rank 83 of 100) and Q4 in Genetics (rank 314 of 357), by CiteScore 2025.
Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 1.5, which places it in quartile Q4 at the 17th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.245, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 20.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$323 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics is published by Sciendo. Its print ISSN is 1311-0160 and its online ISSN is 2199-5761.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics has an h-index of 24 and a 2-year mean of 0.67 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.5, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #80 of 99 Scopus journals in Genetics (clinical).
Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics published 28 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 30. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 100 research articles (2022–2025), authors are most often from Türkiye (18.8%), North Macedonia (15.3%) and China (10%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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