Journal History

2010 The inaugural issue was released. Genes was published as a monthly journal.
Genes was indexed in Chemical Abstracts (CAS) indexing database.
2011 Genes was indexed in EMBASE and Scopus.
2014 Genes was indexed in PubMed.
2015 Genes was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Biological Abstracts, and BIOSIS Previews.
Genes received its first Impact Factor (1.151), ranked 144/167 (Q4) in category “Genetics & Heredity”.
2016 The new Impact Factor of Genes was 3.242, and the 5-Year Impact Factor was 2.370, ranked 60/165 (Q2) in the category “Genetics & Heredity”.
2017 The new Impact Factor of Genes was 3.600, and the 5-Year Impact Factor was 3.584, ranked 56/166 (Q2) in the category “Genetics & Heredity”.
2018 Genes received its CiteScore (2017) of 3.49.
The new Impact Factor of Genes was 3.191, and the 5-Year Impact Factor was 3.286, ranked 69/171 (Q2) in the category “Genetics & Heredity”.
2019 The new Impact Factor of Genes was 3.331, and the 5-Year Impact Factor was 3.484, ranked 61/174 (Q2) in the category “Genetics & Heredity”.
2020 The new Impact Factor of Genes was 3.759, and the 5-Year Impact Factor was 3.822, ranked 53/177 (Q2) in the category “Genetics & Heredity”.
Genes announced 1st International Electronic Conference on Genes (IECGE).
2021 The new Impact Factor of Genes was 4.096, and the 5-Year Impact Factor was 4.339, ranked 66/176 (Q2) in the category “Genetics & Heredity”.
2022 The new Impact Factor of Genes was 4.141, and the 5-Year Impact Factor was 4.474, ranked 72/175 (Q2) in the category “Genetics & Heredity”.
2023 The new Impact Factor of Genes was 3.5, and the 5-Year Impact Factor was 3.9, ranked 65/171 (Q2) in the category “Genetics & Heredity”.

Editor-in-Chief

2010–2023 Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. J. Peter W. Young
2023–present Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Selvarangan Ponnazhagan

Section Editor-in-Chief

2016–2021 Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Montserrat Corominas for the section on Technologies and Resources for Genetics
2016–2023 Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Selvarangan Ponnazhagan for the section on Human Genomics and Genetic Diseases
2016–2024 Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Thierry Wirth for the section on Microbial Genetics and Genomics
2016–present Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Paolo Cinelli for the section on Molecular Genetics
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Roel Ophoff for the section on Human Genomics and Genetic Diseases
2017–present Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Roberto Tuberosa for the section on Plant Genetics and Genomics
2018–present Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Nico M. van Straalen for the section on Population and Evolutionary Genetics and Genomics
2019–2022 Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Elaine Ostrander for the section on Animal Genetics and Genomics
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