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Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 3.1), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Elsevier Inc..
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ISSN 2214-4269Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier Inc.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genetics | 240 / 357 | 32nd | Q3 |
| Endocrinology | 95 / 132 | 28th | Q3 |
| Molecular Biology | 313 / 414 | 24th | Q4 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2014–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 3.1.
Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports is Q3 in Genetics (rank 240 of 357), Q3 in Endocrinology (rank 95 of 132) and Q4 in Molecular Biology (rank 313 of 414), by CiteScore 2025.
Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports 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 3.1, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 32nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.613, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 36.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,400 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 Reports is published by Elsevier Inc. Its ISSN is 2214-4269.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports has an h-index of 41 and a 2-year mean of 1.26 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.1, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #278 of 353 Scopus journals in Genetics.
Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports published 98 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 155. 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 United States (20.6%), China (7.1%) and France (5.3%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 6 retracted papers are recorded (4.4 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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