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Genome Biology and Evolution is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 5), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Oxford University Press.
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ISSN 1759-6653Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | 138 / 736 | 81st | Q1 |
| Genetics | 163 / 357 | 54th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2010–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 5.
Genome Biology and Evolution is Q1 in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (rank 138 of 736) and Q2 in Genetics (rank 163 of 357), by CiteScore 2025.
Genome Biology and 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 5, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 81st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.274, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 109.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,850 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.
Genome Biology and Evolution is published by Oxford University Press. Its ISSN is 1759-6653.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Genome Biology and Evolution has an h-index of 139 and a 2-year mean of 3.82 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #69 of 711 Scopus journals in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.
Genome Biology and Evolution published 248 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 294. 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 97 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (31.8%), Canada (6.7%) and France (5.7%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (0.2 per 1,000 papers). 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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