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Genus is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 3.7), formerly ABDC C, WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Springer International Publishing AG.
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ISSN 0016-6987Verify ISSN ↗2035-5556Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Demography | 35 / 140 | 75th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2007–present (also 1975–1998, 1970), best quartile Q1, CiteScore 3.7.
Genus is Q1 in Demography (rank 35 of 140), by CiteScore 2025.
Genus is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, 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 3.7, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 75th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.987, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 28.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,590 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.
Genus is published by Springer International Publishing AG. Its print ISSN is 0016-6987 and its online ISSN is 2035-5556.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
It was rated C in the 2010 ABDC list but is not in the current 2025 Journal Quality List.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Genus has an h-index of 31 and a 2-year mean of 3.11 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.7, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #10 of 137 Scopus journals in Demography.
Genus published 39 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 39. 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 Italy (37.5%), Germany (11.5%) and Spain (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.
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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