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DNA Research is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 5.4), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Oxford University Press.
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ISSN 1340-2838Verify ISSN ↗1756-1663Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genetics | 141 / 357 | 60th | Q2 |
| Molecular Biology | 211 / 414 | 49th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1994–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 5.4.
DNA Research is Q2 in Genetics (rank 141 of 357) and Q3 in Molecular Biology (rank 211 of 414), by CiteScore 2025.
DNA Research 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 5.4, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 60th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.948, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 120.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,400 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.
DNA Research is published by Oxford University Press. Its print ISSN is 1340-2838 and its online ISSN is 1756-1663.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
DNA Research has an h-index of 135 and a 2-year mean of 2.56 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.4, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #168 of 353 Scopus journals in Genetics.
DNA Research published 37 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 58. 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 (2023–2026), authors are most often from Japan (41%), China (25%) and India (7.8%).
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.
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