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Nature Genetics
Biology and life sciences
Among the 50 biology and life sciences journals in this index it has the 5th highest h-index and the 13th highest two-year mean citedness. Both are explained under how venues are ranked.
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Where its authors come from
Share of the 1 509 papers since 2023 with at least one author in each country.
| Country | Share of papers |
|---|---|
| United States | 52% |
| United Kingdom | 25% |
| China | 17% |
| Germany | 16% |
| Australia | 11% |
What it publishes
Mix of article types:
| Type | Share |
|---|---|
| Research articles | 93% |
Main subject areas of those papers:
| Subject area | Share of papers |
|---|---|
| Genetic Associations and Epidemiology | 16% |
| Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics | 10% |
| Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics | 6% |
| Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics | 5% |
| Genomics and Rare Diseases | 3% |
| Chromosomal and Genetic Variations | 3% |
Most cited papers since 2023
- Genomic atlas of the plasma metabolome prioritizes metabolites implicated in human diseases (2023, 970 citations)
- Genome-wide analyses of ADHD identify 27 risk loci, refine the genetic architecture and implicate several cognitive domains (2023, 775 citations)
- Genome-wide prediction of disease variant effects with a deep protein language model (2023, 421 citations)
- Leveraging polygenic enrichments of gene features to predict genes underlying complex traits and diseases (2023, 350 citations)
- Systematic differences in discovery of genetic effects on gene expression and complex traits (2023, 327 citations)
Official rankings
Many evaluations use a national or commercial list rather than raw citation counts. We don't reproduce those lists here; check the journal on each one directly (search for ISSN 1061-4036):
- Scimago (SJR and quartile): what quartiles mean
- Norwegian register (level 1 or 2): national lists explained
- Finnish Publication Forum (JUFO level 0 to 3)
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