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2013–2018
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Genome Announcements
Genome Announcements is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by American Society for Microbiology.
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ISSN 2169-8287Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
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Open accessNot registered as fully open access
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is Genome Announcements indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (2013–2018).
What is the impact factor of Genome Announcements?
Genome Announcements has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
Who publishes Genome Announcements and what is its ISSN?
Genome Announcements is published by American Society for Microbiology. Its ISSN is 2169-8287.
Is Genome Announcements in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Genome Announcements open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Genome Announcements for 6 years, between 2013 and 2018. Coverage ended in 2018, 8 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 6,724 works and 65,780 citations for the title. Its most recent paper is from 2018, in line with the end of Scopus coverage in 2018, which suggests the journal stopped publishing around then.
How well cited is Genome Announcements? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Genome Announcements has an h-index of 60 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
60
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
2,281
i10-index
6,724
works indexed
65,780
total citations
Genome Announcements published 714 papers in 2018; its busiest recent year was 2016 with 1,363. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-10-14.
Are there integrity warnings for Genome Announcements? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2018. 5 retracted papers are recorded (0.7 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2018
- Retracted papers 5 · 0.7 per 1,000 papers
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
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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