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Manuscript Auditing →01Impact factor
Impact factor of Genes and Development (2026)
The impact factor shown here is the 2-year mean citedness: citations received in a year by the papers Genes and Development published in the two previous years, divided by the number of those papers. That is the same formula as the Journal Impact Factor, applied to the open citation data of OpenAlex. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so it also has an official Journal Impact Factor published by Clarivate, which can differ because it counts citations from Web of Science journals only.
Rank in its subject categories
- Q1Developmental Biologyrank 4 of 42 journals
- Q1Genetics & Heredityrank 32 of 197 journals
- Q2Cell Biologyrank 72 of 210 journals
Quartiles here rank journals of the same Web of Science category by 2-year citedness; they are not the official JCR quartiles.
Citations and papers per year
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02Indexing
Indexing of Genes and Development
- ISSN
- 0890-9369
- eISSN
- 1549-5477
- Publisher
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Scopus source type
- Journal
- Web of Science categories
- Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Genetics & Heredity
From the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab, updated 1 March 2026. Indexing can change: confirm on the Web of Science Master Journal List or the Scopus source list before submitting. Official Journal Impact Factors and JCR quartiles are published by Clarivate; the impact factor and quartile on this page are calculated from OpenAlex open data (see how the impact factor works).
03What it publishes
What Genes and Development publishes: real papers
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04Published papers
Papers published in Genes and Development
Papers from the publication records ScholarsColab tracks, with their year and citations. Author names are not shown.
- Unraveling the KNOTTED1 regulatory network in maize meristems2012350 citations
- An integrative analysis of colon cancer identifies an essential function for PRPF6 in tumor growth2014140 citations
- GIGYF1/2 proteins use auxiliary sequences to selectively bind to 4EHP and repress target mRNA expression201796 citations
- eScholarship@ UMassChan20230 citations
- A novel pathogenic mutation of MeCP2 impairs chromatin association independent of protein levels20230 citations
05Reviewer comments
Reviewer comments and rejection reasons for Genes and Development
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06Similar journals
Journals similar to Genes and Development
Journals that publish the closest work to the papers above, from the indexing lists:
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07Journal Finder
Find the right journal for your paper
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Paste your title, keywords or abstract. We match it against 164,212 published journal papers, by ScholarsColab mentors and other researchers, and show where the closest work appeared, with each journal’s indexing (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI, Scopus, JCR 2024).
How it works: no AI or language model is used. Your words are matched against the titles of real published journal papers, by our mentors and by other researchers (shown without names); journals are ranked by how many closely matching papers they published. Indexing comes from the SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI, Scopus and JCR 2024 lists, matched by journal name; “not found in our indexing lists” does not prove a journal is unindexed. Always check a journal’s scope and current indexing before submitting.
08Questions
Frequently asked questions
What is the impact factor of Genes and Development?
Based on OpenAlex citation data (October 2026), the 2-year impact factor of Genes and Development is 4.91: papers it published in the two previous years were cited 4.91 times on average in a year. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so Clarivate also publishes an official Journal Impact Factor, which can differ.
What is the h-index of Genes and Development?
The h-index of Genes and Development is 593 (OpenAlex, October 2026): 593 of its papers have each been cited at least 593 times. Its i10-index is 8,291.
Is Genes and Development a Q1 journal?
By 2-year citedness, Genes and Development ranks 4 of 42 journals in Developmental Biology, which places it in Q1 of that Web of Science category. This ranking is calculated by ScholarsColab from OpenAlex data; the official JCR quartile can differ.
Is Genes and Development indexed in Scopus?
Yes. Genes and Development appears in the Scopus list, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Genes and Development an SCIE journal?
Yes. Genes and Development is listed in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Genes and Development in Journal Citation Reports (JCR)?
Yes. Genes and Development is listed in JCR 2024, so it has a Journal Impact Factor. For the current impact factor and quartile, check Journal Citation Reports.
What topics does Genes and Development publish?
The papers published in Genes and Development that we track most often mention protein. Check the journal’s aims and scope for its full coverage.
How many papers published in Genes and Development does ScholarsColab track?
We track 5 papers published in Genes and Development between 2012 and 2023, cited 586 times in total, with a median of 96 citations per paper.
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