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Human Genetics is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 8.7), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH.
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ISSN 0340-6717Verify ISSN ↗1432-1203Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Cost to publish: About US$3,690 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genetics (clinical) | 13 / 100 | 87th | Q1 |
| Genetics | 49 / 357 | 86th | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1964–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 8.7.
Human Genetics is Q1 in Genetics (clinical) (rank 13 of 100) and Q1 in Genetics (rank 49 of 357), by CiteScore 2025.
Human Genetics 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 8.7, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 87th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.562, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 159.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,690 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.
Human Genetics is published by Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. Its print ISSN is 0340-6717 and its online ISSN is 1432-1203.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Human Genetics has an h-index of 210 and a 2-year mean of 3.73 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 8.7, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #19 of 99 Scopus journals in Genetics (clinical).
Human Genetics published 78 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 167. 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 98 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from China (30.6%), United States (17.7%) and India (5.1%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 10 retracted papers are recorded (0.8 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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