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New Genetics and Society is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.6), WoS SCIE/SSCI, DOAJ. Published by Routledge.
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ISSN 1463-6778Verify ISSN ↗1469-9915Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Routledge
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Issues, Ethics and Legal Aspects | 17 / 53 | 68th | Q2 |
| Health (social science) | 123 / 387 | 68th | Q2 |
| Health Policy | 136 / 330 | 58th | Q2 |
| Genetics | 215 / 357 | 39th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1999–2025 (also 1996–1997), best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.6.
New Genetics and Society is Q2 in Issues, Ethics and Legal Aspects (rank 17 of 53), Q2 in Health (social science) (rank 123 of 387) and Q2 in Health Policy (rank 136 of 330), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
New Genetics and Society is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences 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 3.6, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 68th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.334, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 45.
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.
New Genetics and Society is published by Routledge. Its print ISSN is 1463-6778 and its online ISSN is 1469-9915.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
New Genetics and Society has an h-index of 55 and a 2-year mean of 2.5 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.6, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #10 of 53 Scopus journals in Issues, Ethics and Legal Aspects.
New Genetics and Society published 13 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 42. 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 65 research articles (2021–2025), authors are most often from United Kingdom (29.3%), United States (22.6%) and Australia (6.7%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (2.6 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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