Journal rankings · indicator year 2020
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Subfield ranking · 2020
Genetics journal rankings 2020
121 ranked journals · Subfield in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Genetics has 121 ranked journals in 2020. The median OJR fell 0.05 on 2019 to 0.75, below the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 1.26. The top three are Nature Ecology & Evolution, The American Journal of Human Genetics, and Genome Medicine.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2020. 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 2017–2019, the window the 2020 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)
121 ranked journals
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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 2019. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2017–2019, the window the 2020 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2017–2019 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 2011 to 2020. | Compare |
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1Nature Ecology & EvolutionNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 4.99Q1 | 11.68 1.04 up from 2019 | 950 | 59% | $12,690 | ||
2The American Journal of Human GeneticsElsevier BV · United States | 3.47Q1 | 9.92 0.58 down from 2019 | 641 | 99% | $5,150 | ||
3Genome MedicineOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 3.12Q1 | 10.39 0.10 up from 2019 | 304 | 100% | $5,290 | ||
4Genetics in MedicineElsevier BV · United States | 2.41Q1 | 6.91 0.76 up from 2019 | 849 | 98% | $5,110 | ||
5Molecular EcologyWiley · United Kingdom | 2.28Q1 | 6.06 0.42 up from 2019 | 1,180 | 51% | $5,150 | ||
6American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C Seminars in Medical GeneticsWiley · United States | 2.22Q1 | 3.89 4.22 down from 2019 | 190 | 52% | $3,460 | ||
7Journal of Crohn s and ColitisOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 2.20Q1 | 6.21 0.14 up from 2019 | 630 | 71% | $4,790 | ||
8Evolution LettersOAWiley · United Kingdom | 2.18Q1 | 4.94 0.37 down from 2019 | 130 | 100% | $2,678 | ||
9npj Genomic MedicineOANature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 2.18Q1 | 8.65 1.90 up from 2019 | 99 | 100% | $4,190 | ||
10Genetics Selection EvolutionOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.10Q1 | 5.46 0.54 up from 2019 | 236 | 100% | $2,390 | ||
11Evolutionary ApplicationsOAWiley · United Kingdom | 2.02Q1 | 5.32 1.12 up from 2019 | 418 | 100% | $4,320 | ||
12Molecular Therapy — OncolyticsOAElsevier BV · United States | 1.96Q1 | 7.06 2.85 up from 2019 | 156 | 100% | $3,900 | ||
13Journal of Medical GeneticsBMJ · United Kingdom | 1.95Q1 | 6.03 0.82 up from 2019 | 338 | 57% | — | ||
14Human GeneticsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.92Q1 | 4.59 1.66 down from 2019 | 319 | 60% | $3,690 | ||
15Journal of Neurodevelopmental DisordersOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.92Q1 | 5.53 0.54 up from 2019 | 119 | 100% | $2,990 | ||
16Molecular Therapy — Methods & Clinical DevelopmentOACell Press · United States | 1.88Q1 | 6.41 1.11 up from 2019 | 356 | 100% | $3,900 | ||
17Animal FrontiersOAOxford University Press · United States | 1.64Q1 | 4.20 2.23 up from 2019 | 134 | 100% | $3,500 | ||
18Orphanet Journal of Rare DiseasesOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.61Q1 | 4.86 0.32 up from 2019 | 708 | 100% | $2,990 | ||
19United European Gastroenterology JournalWiley · United Kingdom | 1.59Q1 | 4.43 0.63 up from 2019 | 400 | 94% | $2,930 | ||
20Therapeutic Advances in GastroenterologyOASAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.58Q1 | 5.08 0.79 up from 2019 | 229 | 100% | $2,700 | ||
21Inflammatory Bowel DiseasesOxford University Press · United States | 1.55Q1 | 4.65 0.58 up from 2019 | 1,070 | 32% | $3,862 | ||
22HereditySpringer Nature · United Kingdom | 1.55Q1 | 3.73 0.21 up from 2019 | 338 | 100% | $2,690 | ||
23Human MutationWiley · United States | 1.42Q1 | 4.91 0.27 up from 2019 | 610 | 76% | $2,740 | ||
24The Journal of venomous animals and toxins including tropical diseasesOABioMed Central · Brazil | 1.42Q1 | 3.69 0.73 up from 2019 | 116 | 100% | $500 | ||
25Forensic Science InternationalElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.39Q1 | 3.00 0.53 up from 2019 | 1,347 | 32% | $4,580 | ||
26Canine Genetics and EpidemiologyOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.38Q1 | 3.14 0.07 up from 2019 | 36 | — | $1,180 | ||
27Human Gene Therapy Clinical DevelopmentMary Ann Liebert, Inc. · United States | 1.28Q1 | 4.41 0.74 up from 2019 | 65 | — | — | ||
28American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental DisabilitiesAmerican Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities · United States | 1.28Q1 | 2.02 0.25 down from 2019 | 147 | 33% | — | ||
29American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric GeneticsWiley · United States | 1.27Q1 | 3.60 0.01 down from 2019 | 200 | 66% | $3,920 | ||
30European Journal of Human GeneticsSpringer Nature · United Kingdom | 1.26Q1 | 3.50 0.07 down from 2019 | 751 | 92% | $2,790 | ||
31Evolution Medicine and Public HealthOAUniversity of Oxford · United Kingdom | 1.26Q1 | 3.23 0.39 down from 2019 | 93 | 100% | $3,629 | ||
32Genes Brain & BehaviorWiley · United Kingdom | 1.24Q2 | 3.40 0.26 up from 2019 | 240 | 82% | $3,540 | ||
33Journal of HeredityOxford University Press · United States | 1.22Q2 | 2.68no change | 254 | 57% | $3,560 | ||
34Inflammatory Intestinal DiseasesOAKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 1.16Q2 | 2.36 0.32 up from 2019 | 69 | 100% | $990 | ||
35Forensic Science International GeneticsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.13Q2 | 4.37 0.38 down from 2019 | 566 | 36% | $5,020 | ||
36Conservation GeneticsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.11Q2 | 2.74 0.57 up from 2019 | 315 | 45% | $3,790 | ||
37The Application of Clinical GeneticsOADove Medical Press · New Zealand | 1.08Q2 | 2.59 0.56 down from 2019 | 63 | 100% | $2,320 | ||
38Intestinal ResearchOAKorean Association for the Study of Intestinal Diseases · South Korea | 1.08Q2 | 3.39 0.96 up from 2019 | 243 | 100% | — | ||
39Hormones and CancerSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.05Q2 | 3.90 1.06 up from 2019 | 93 | 100% | $3,260 | ||
40Journal of Forensic SciencesWiley · United States | 1.01Q2 | 1.97 0.33 up from 2019 | 836 | 22% | $4,330 | ||
41Digestive and Liver DiseaseOAElsevier BV · Italy | 1.00Q2 | 3.08 0.55 up from 2019 | 860 | 17% | $3,300 | ||
42AnthrozoösTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.99Q2 | 2.00 0.18 down from 2019 | 161 | 15% | — | ||
43Public Health GenomicsOAKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 0.99Q2 | 2.20 0.49 up from 2019 | 91 | 41% | — | ||
44Human Gene Therapy MethodsMary Ann Liebert, Inc. · United States | 0.99Q2 | 2.24 0.87 down from 2019 | 88 | — | — | ||
45Current Protocols in Human GeneticsWiley · United States | 0.96Q2 | 2.68 0.08 up from 2019 | 59 | 45% | $5,050 | ||
46Journal of Human GeneticsSpringer Nature · Japan | 0.96Q2 | 3.22 0.58 up from 2019 | 434 | 38% | $5,490 | ||
47Tree Genetics & GenomesSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 0.95Q2 | 2.42 0.11 down from 2019 | 316 | 27% | $3,690 | ||
48Animal GeneticsWiley · United Kingdom | 0.92Q2 | 2.86 0.34 up from 2019 | 348 | 36% | $3,570 | ||
49Journal of Animal Breeding and GeneticsWiley · Germany | 0.92Q2 | 2.31 0.63 up from 2019 | 189 | 40% | $4,750 | ||
50New Genetics and SocietyOATaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.91Q2 | 2.79 0.81 up from 2019 | 68 | 81% | $1,590 |
Subfields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with Genetics highlighted.
- Molecular Biology1,141
- Genetics121
- Cancer Research29
- Cell Biology29
- Molecular Medicine10
- Biophysics6
- Clinical Biochemistry4
- Structural Biology3
- Biochemistry2
- Endocrinology2
- Developmental Biology1
- Physiology1
- Aging0
- Biotechnology0
Journals
Citations made in 2020. Corpus-wide, 86.1% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
60 additional Genetics journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2017–2019, 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: 2020. Publication window: 2017–2019. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 121
- Window papers (baseline)
- 111,294 +2.0% from indicator year 2017
- Median OJR
- 0.75 -6.3% from indicator year 2017
- Rising journals (2025)
- 9
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2017–2019 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.