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Best Genetics (clinical) journals

100 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Genetics (clinical). All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 25 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Nature Reviews Genetics 74.8 99th Q1 SCIE – No
2 Genome Medicine 18 98th Q1 SCIE – Yes
3 Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics 15.1 97th Q1 SCIE – No
4 American Journal of Human Genetics 12.5 96th Q1 SCIE – No
5 MedComm 12.5 95th Q1 ESCI – Yes
6 Genetics in Medicine 11.2 94th Q1 SCIE – No
7 Genes and Diseases 10.4 93rd Q1 SCIE – Yes
8 Molecular Medicine 9.7 92nd Q1 SCIE – Yes
9 Autism Research 9.2 91st Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
10 Genome Research 8.8 90th Q1 SCIE – No
11 European Journal of Human Genetics 8.8 89th Q1 SCIE – No
12 Human Mutation 8.7 88th Q1 SCIE – No
13 Human Genetics 8.7 87th Q1 SCIE – No
14 Journal of Molecular Medicine 8.6 86th Q1 SCIE – No
15 Journal of Medical Genetics 8.2 85th Q1 SCIE – No
16 Clinical Epigenetics 8.1 84th Q1 SCIE – Yes
17 American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics 7.8 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
18 Mutagenesis 7.7 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
19 npj Genomic Medicine 7.7 81st Q1 SCIE – Yes
20 Heredity 7.4 80th Q1 SCIE – No
21 Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine 7.3 79th Q1 SCIE – No
22 Human Molecular Genetics 7.2 78th Q1 SCIE – No
23 Frontiers in Genetics 6.9 77th Q1 SCIE – Yes
24 Current Gene Therapy 6.7 76th Q1 SCIE – No
25 PLOS Genetics 6.6 75th Q1 SCIE – Yes
26 Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease 6.4 74th Q2 SCIE – No
27 Cytotherapy 6.4 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
28 Human Genetics and Genomics Advances 6.1 72nd Q2 ESCI – Yes
29 Environmental Epigenetics 6 71st Q2 ESCI – Yes
30 Genes 5.9 70th Q2 SCIE – No
31 Genes and Immunity 5.9 69th Q2 SCIE – No
32 Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 5.5 68th Q2 SCIE – Yes
33 Genetic Epidemiology 5.5 67th Q2 SCIE – No
34 Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research 5.3 66th Q2 SCIE – No
35 CONTINUUM Lifelong Learning in Neurology 5.3 65th Q2 – – No
36 World Journal of Stem Cells 5.3 64th Q2 SCIE – No
37 Chromosoma 5.3 63rd Q2 – – No
38 Journal of Human Genetics 5.1 62nd Q2 SCIE – No
39 Journal of Heredity 5.1 61st Q2 SCIE – No
40 Advanced Therapeutics 4.9 60th Q2 SCIE – No
41 Journal of Gene Medicine 4.8 59th Q2 SCIE – No
42 Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics 4.8 58th Q2 SCIE – No
43 Prenatal Diagnosis 4.7 57th Q2 SCIE – No
44 Neuromuscular Disorders 4.6 56th Q2 SCIE – No
45 Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 4.6 55th Q2 SCIE – No
46 Neurology: Genetics 4.5 54th Q2 SCIE – Yes
47 G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 4.5 53rd Q2 SCIE – Yes
48 Clinical Genetics 4.5 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
49 Haemophilia 4.4 51st Q2 SCIE – No
50 European Journal of Medical Genetics 4.3 50th Q2 SCIE – No
51 Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice 4.3 49th Q3 SCIE – Yes
52 BMC Medical Genomics 4.2 48th Q3 SCIE – Yes
53 Clinical Respiratory Journal 4.2 47th Q3 SCIE – Yes
54 Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine 4.2 46th Q3 SCIE – Yes
55 Behavior Genetics 4 45th Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
56 Current Genomics 3.7 44th Q3 SCIE – No
57 Familial Cancer 3.7 43rd Q3 SCIE – No
58 Journal of Genetic Counseling 3.5 42nd Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
59 Application of Clinical Genetics 3.4 41st Q3 ESCI – Yes
60 American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A 3.4 40th Q3 SCIE – No
61 Molecular Cytogenetics 3.3 39th Q3 SCIE – Yes
62 Pharmacogenetics and Genomics 3.2 38th Q3 SCIE – No
63 Journal of Community Genetics 3.1 37th Q3 ESCI – No
64 Molecular Genetics and Genomic Medicine 3.1 36th Q3 SCIE – Yes
65 International Journal of Immunogenetics 3 35th Q3 SCIE – No
66 Cytogenetic and Genome Research 2.8 34th Q3 SCIE – No
67 Annals of Human Genetics 2.7 33rd Q3 SCIE – No
68 Public Health Genomics 2.7 32nd Q3 SCIE, SSCI – Yes
69 American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics 2.6 31st Q3 SCIE – No
70 Psychiatric Genetics 2.6 30th Q3 SCIE – No
71 Journal of Translational Genetics and Genomics 2.5 29th Q3 ESCI – No
72 Neurogenetics 2.4 28th Q3 SCIE – No
73 Medizinische Genetik 2.3 27th Q3 SCIE – No
74 Human Heredity 2.2 26th Q3 SCIE – Yes
75 Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2.1 25th Q3 ESCI – Yes
76 Ophthalmic Genetics 2.1 24th Q4 SCIE – No
77 Rare Disease and Orphan Drugs Journal 2.1 23rd Q4 ESCI – No
78 Molecular Syndromology 1.9 22nd Q4 SCIE – No
79 Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers 1.9 21st Q4 SCIE – No
80 Hemoglobin 1.8 20th Q4 SCIE – No
81 Twin Research and Human Genetics 1.7 19th Q4 SCIE – No
82 Human Gene 1.5 18th Q4 ESCI – No
83 Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics 1.5 17th Q4 SCIE – Yes
84 Passer Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences 1.5 16th Q4 – – Yes
85 Cardiogenetics 1.4 15th Q4 ESCI – Yes
86 Ecological Genetics 1 14th Q4 – – No
87 Clinical Dysmorphology 1 13th Q4 SCIE – No
88 Journal of Inborn Errors of Metabolism and Screening 0.7 12th Q4 – – Yes
89 Journal of Rare Diseases 0.6 11th Q4 – – Yes
90 Uspehi Molekularnoj Onkologii 0.6 10th Q4 – – No
91 Chinese Journal of Medical Genetics 0.5 9th Q4 – – No
92 Pathologia 0.5 8th Q4 ESCI – Yes
93 Current Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine 0.5 7th Q4 – – No
94 Extreme Medicine 0.5 6th Q4 – – No
95 Turkish Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health 0.4 5th Q4 – – No
96 Experimed 0.4 4th Q4 ESCI – Yes
97 Journal of Sickle Cell Disease 0.3 3rd Q4 – – Yes
98 Chinese Journal of Reproduction and Contraception 0.3 2nd Q4 – – No
99 Neonatology, Surgery and Perinatal Medicine 0.3 1st Q4 – – Yes
100 Rare Diseases of the Immune System 0.1 0th Q4 – – No

Rank and percentile are within the Genetics (clinical) Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-10-04). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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