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Genes and Genetic Systems is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 2.3), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Genetics Society of Japan.
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ISSN 1341-7568Verify ISSN ↗1880-5779Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Genetics Society of Japan
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genetics | 281 / 357 | 21st | Q4 |
| Molecular Biology | 340 / 414 | 17th | Q4 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1996–present, best quartile Q4, CiteScore 2.3.
Genes and Genetic Systems is Q4 in Genetics (rank 281 of 357) and Q4 in Molecular Biology (rank 340 of 414), by CiteScore 2025.
Genes and Genetic Systems 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 2.3, which places it in quartile Q4 at the 21st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.553, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 58.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,130 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.
Genes and Genetic Systems is published by Genetics Society of Japan. Its print ISSN is 1341-7568 and its online ISSN is 1880-5779.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Genes and Genetic Systems has an h-index of 65 and a 2-year mean of 1 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.3, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #296 of 353 Scopus journals in Genetics.
Genes and Genetic Systems published 23 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 37. 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 96 research articles (2022–2026), authors are most often from Japan (73.8%), China (14.1%) and Australia (3.1%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
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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