Journal rankings · indicator year 2015
Choose a field to open its ranking, or a journal to find its row in its subfield’s list.
Subfield ranking · 2015
Genetics journal rankings 2015
116 ranked journals · Subfield in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Genetics has 116 ranked journals in 2015. The median journal has an OJR of 0.91, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.01 on 2014; Q1 starts at OJR 1.39. The top three are Human Heredity, The American Journal of Human Genetics, and Molecular Ecology.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2015. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2012–2014, the window the 2015 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (14)
116 ranked journals
Filters
Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2014. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2012–2014, the window the 2015 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2012–2014 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2006 to 2015. | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1Human HeredityOAKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 4.64Q1 | 13.72 5.98 up from 2014 | 142 | 46% | — | ||
2The American Journal of Human GeneticsElsevier BV · United States | 4.24Q1 | 10.84 0.54 down from 2014 | 735 | 96% | $5,150 | ||
3Molecular EcologyWiley · United Kingdom | 3.18Q1 | 6.30 0.06 down from 2014 | 1,367 | 37% | $5,150 | ||
4Genetics in MedicineElsevier BV · United States | 2.80Q1 | 7.01 0.40 up from 2014 | 594 | 100% | $5,110 | ||
5Journal of Medical GeneticsBMJ · United Kingdom | 2.69Q1 | 6.72 0.28 down from 2014 | 362 | 52% | — | ||
6Evolutionary ApplicationsOAWiley · United Kingdom | 2.58Q1 | 5.39 0.79 up from 2014 | 271 | 100% | $4,320 | ||
7American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C Seminars in Medical GeneticsWiley · United States | 2.53Q1 | 6.00 0.44 up from 2014 | 113 | 10% | $3,460 | ||
8Therapeutic Advances in GastroenterologyOASAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 2.37Q1 | 4.93 0.24 up from 2014 | 90 | 100% | $2,700 | ||
9Human GeneticsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 2.35Q1 | 5.90 0.07 down from 2014 | 366 | 55% | $3,690 | ||
10HereditySpringer Nature · United Kingdom | 2.08Q1 | 4.11 0.37 up from 2014 | 382 | 100% | $2,690 | ||
11CiliaSpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 2.03Q1 | 5.58 1.56 up from 2014 | 57 | 100% | $1,870 | ||
12Human MutationWiley · United States | 2.02Q1 | 5.23 0.41 down from 2014 | 641 | 83% | $2,740 | ||
13Orphanet Journal of Rare DiseasesOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.01Q1 | 4.59 0.36 down from 2014 | 517 | 100% | $2,990 | ||
14Genome MedicineOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.96Q1 | 5.45 0.02 up from 2014 | 349 | 100% | $5,290 | ||
15Journal of Neurodevelopmental DisordersOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.94Q1 | 4.34 0.59 down from 2014 | 102 | 100% | $2,990 | ||
16Animal FrontiersOAOxford University Press · United States | 1.90Q1 | 2.16 1.31 down from 2014 | 101 | 100% | $3,500 | ||
17Inflammatory Bowel DiseasesOxford University Press · United States | 1.79Q1 | 4.52 0.25 up from 2014 | 907 | 55% | $3,862 | ||
18The Application of Clinical GeneticsOADove Medical Press · New Zealand | 1.78Q1 | 5.09 2.16 up from 2014 | 48 | 100% | $2,320 | ||
19American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric GeneticsWiley · United States | 1.73Q1 | 4.47 0.26 up from 2014 | 260 | 45% | $3,920 | ||
20Current Protocols in Human GeneticsWiley · United States | 1.68Q1 | 5.98 2.60 up from 2014 | 68 | 38% | $5,050 | ||
21Genetics Selection EvolutionOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.68Q1 | 3.59 1.06 down from 2014 | 160 | 100% | $2,390 | ||
22Forensic Science InternationalElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.66Q1 | 2.60 0.08 down from 2014 | 1,147 | 14% | $4,580 | ||
23Genes Brain & BehaviorWiley · United Kingdom | 1.64Q1 | 4.33 0.06 up from 2014 | 265 | 74% | $3,540 | ||
24Journal of Crohn s and ColitisOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.63Q1 | 4.11 0.45 up from 2014 | 736 | 32% | $4,790 | ||
25American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental DisabilitiesAmerican Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities · United States | 1.62Q1 | 2.39 0.85 down from 2014 | 124 | 24% | — | ||
26Lifestyle GenomicsOAKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 1.61Q1 | 3.80 2.06 up from 2014 | 90 | 100% | $1,670 | ||
27European Journal of Human GeneticsSpringer Nature · United Kingdom | 1.56Q1 | 3.80 0.19 down from 2014 | 910 | 99% | $2,790 | ||
28United European Gastroenterology JournalWiley · United Kingdom | 1.45Q1 | 3.09 1.38 up from 2014 | 132 | 95% | $2,930 | ||
29Hormones and CancerSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.39Q1 | 3.25 0.09 up from 2014 | 91 | 100% | $3,260 | ||
30Behavior GeneticsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.36Q2 | 2.60 0.03 up from 2014 | 180 | 67% | $3,390 | ||
31Tree Genetics & GenomesSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.29Q2 | 2.25 0.61 down from 2014 | 358 | 22% | $3,690 | ||
32Evolution Medicine and Public HealthOAUniversity of Oxford · United Kingdom | 1.28Q2 | 2.74 0.12 up from 2014 | 56 | 100% | $3,629 | ||
33ToxiconElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.25Q2 | 2.82 0.29 down from 2014 | 759 | 25% | $3,340 | ||
34Sexual DevelopmentKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 1.23Q2 | 2.56 0.07 down from 2014 | 107 | 47% | — | ||
35Journal of HeredityOxford University Press · United States | 1.23Q2 | 2.08 0.03 up from 2014 | 309 | 44% | $3,560 | ||
36ChemoecologySpringer Science+Business Media · Switzerland | 1.19Q2 | 1.48 1.20 down from 2014 | 83 | 24% | $3,590 | ||
37Molecular Genetics & Genomic MedicineOAWiley · United States | 1.17Q2 | 2.74 0.76 up from 2014 | 107 | 100% | $2,900 | ||
38Molecular Therapy — Methods & Clinical DevelopmentOACell Press · United States | 1.10Q2 | 2.22no 2014 value | 68 | 100% | $3,900 | — | |
39Digestive and Liver DiseaseOAElsevier BV · Italy | 1.10Q2 | 2.65 0.10 up from 2014 | 718 | 10% | $3,300 | ||
40Forensic Science Policy & Management An International JournalTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.09Q2 | 1.38 0.61 up from 2014 | 41 | 30% | — | ||
41Journal of Human GeneticsSpringer Nature · Japan | 1.09Q2 | 2.73 0.08 down from 2014 | 404 | 25% | $5,490 | ||
42Investigative GeneticsBioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.09Q2 | 3.23 1.39 up from 2014 | 68 | 100% | — | ||
43Theoretical Population BiologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.07Q2 | 1.84 0.30 up from 2014 | 189 | 45% | $2,840 | ||
44Genetic EpidemiologyWiley · United States | 1.06Q2 | 2.62 0.48 down from 2014 | 280 | 74% | $4,150 | ||
45Forensic Science International GeneticsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.05Q2 | 3.73 0.38 down from 2014 | 483 | 26% | $5,020 | ||
46Human Gene Therapy Clinical DevelopmentMary Ann Liebert, Inc. · United States | 1.04Q2 | 2.39 0.84 down from 2014 | 67 | 56% | — | ||
47Conservation GeneticsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.04Q2 | 1.70 0.61 down from 2014 | 376 | 21% | $3,790 | ||
48Human Gene Therapy MethodsMary Ann Liebert, Inc. · United States | 1.03Q2 | 2.63 0.32 up from 2014 | 123 | 59% | — | ||
49Molecular SyndromologyKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 1.03Q2 | 2.38 0.43 up from 2014 | 145 | 88% | — | ||
50Journal of Forensic SciencesWiley · United States | 1.01Q2 | 1.50 0.01 down from 2014 | 888 | 13% | $4,330 |
Subfields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with Genetics highlighted.
- Molecular Biology1,073
- Genetics116
- Cell Biology26
- Cancer Research25
- Molecular Medicine10
- Biophysics8
- Clinical Biochemistry4
- Aging2
- Biochemistry2
- Physiology2
- Structural Biology2
- Developmental Biology1
- Biotechnology0
- Endocrinology0
Journals
Citations made in 2015. Corpus-wide, 78.1% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
62 additional Genetics journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2012–2014, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2015. Publication window: 2012–2014. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 116
- Window papers (baseline)
- 105,797 +5.1% from indicator year 2012
- Median OJR
- 0.91 +24.7% from indicator year 2012
- Rising journals (2025)
- 9
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2012–2014 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 53 | 60 | 64 | 68 | 67 | 66 | 69 | 72 | 77 | 85 | 95 | 99 | 102 | 106 | 108 | 116 | 121 | 123 | 125 | 127 | 121 | 120 | 120 | 120 | 122 | 125 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 49,162 | 54,673 | 58,350 | 62,005 | 62,764 | 66,635 | 71,118 | 76,704 | 81,233 | 88,092 | 94,309 | 99,614 | 100,646 | 100,795 | 102,423 | 105,797 | 108,204 | 109,120 | 108,752 | 109,623 | 111,294 | 114,679 | 118,670 | 119,863 | 119,840 | 122,023 | |
| Median OJR | 0.48 | 0.42992 | 0.42987 | 0.57 | 0.693 | 0.665 | 0.656 | 0.733 | 0.71 | 0.771 | 0.792 | 0.785 | 0.729 | 0.83 | 0.90 | 0.91 | 0.8550 | 0.8040 | 0.8551 | 0.8041 | 0.75 | 0.766 | 0.68 | 0.67 | 0.70 | 0.690 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.