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Genetics Selection Evolution is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 6.5), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by BioMed Central Ltd.
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ISSN 0999-193XVerify ISSN ↗1297-9686Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: BioMed Central Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Science and Zoology | 29 / 520 | 94th | Q1 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | 78 / 736 | 89th | Q1 |
| Genetics | 95 / 357 | 73rd | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1989–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 6.5.
Genetics Selection Evolution is Q1 in Animal Science and Zoology (rank 29 of 520), Q1 in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (rank 78 of 736) and Q2 in Genetics (rank 95 of 357), by CiteScore 2025.
Genetics Selection Evolution 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 6.5, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 94th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.108, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 97.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,390 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.
Genetics Selection Evolution is published by BioMed Central Ltd. Its print ISSN is 0999-193X and its online ISSN is 1297-9686.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Genetics Selection Evolution has an h-index of 129 and a 2-year mean of 4.73 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 6.5, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #16 of 502 Scopus journals in Animal Science and Zoology.
Genetics Selection Evolution published 76 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 98. 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 (2025–2026), authors are most often from China (15.3%), France (13.6%) and United States (11.3%).
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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