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Molecular Genetics and Metabolism is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 6.2), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Academic Press Inc..
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ISSN 1096-7192Verify ISSN ↗1096-7206Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Academic Press Inc.
Cost to publish: About US$3,680 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genetics | 108 / 357 | 69th | Q2 |
| Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism | 79 / 250 | 68th | Q2 |
| Biochemistry | 163 / 448 | 63rd | Q2 |
| Endocrinology | 50 / 132 | 62nd | Q2 |
| Molecular Biology | 175 / 414 | 57th | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1998–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 6.2.
Molecular Genetics and Metabolism is Q2 in Genetics (rank 108 of 357), Q2 in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (rank 79 of 250) and Q2 in Biochemistry (rank 163 of 448), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
Molecular Genetics and Metabolism 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 6.2, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 69th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.350, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 134.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,680 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.
Molecular Genetics and Metabolism is published by Academic Press Inc. Its print ISSN is 1096-7192 and its online ISSN is 1096-7206.
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.
Molecular Genetics and Metabolism has an h-index of 147 and a 2-year mean of 0.76 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 6.2, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #312 of 353 Scopus journals in Genetics.
Molecular Genetics and Metabolism published 578 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 993. 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 94 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (40.5%), China (8.5%) and Türkiye (6.6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (0.1 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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