Briefings in Functional Genomics

Aims & Scope

Briefings in Functional Genomics publishes high quality peer reviewed articles that focus on the use, development or exploitation of genomic approaches, and their application to all areas of biological research.

As well as exploring thematic areas where these techniques and protocols are being used, articles review the impact that these approaches have had, or are likely to have, on their field.

Subjects covered by the Journal include but are not restricted to: the identification and functional characterisation of coding and non-coding features in genomes, microarray technologies, gene expression profiling, next generation sequencing, pharmacogenomics, phenomics, SNP technologies, transgenic systems, mutation screens and genotyping.

Articles range in scope and depth from the introductory level to specific details of protocols and analyses, encompassing bacterial, fungal, plant, animal and human data.

The editorial board welcome the submission of review articles for publication.

Essential criteria for the publication of papers is that they do not contain primary data, and that they are high quality, clearly written review articles which provide a balanced, highly informative and up to date perspective to researchers in the field of functional genomics.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.5
2024	2.50

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	6100

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	416

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.860

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline
• Embase

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology and Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Genomic selection in plant breeding: from theory to practice

  Citation: 993

  Authors: J.-L., A. J., H.

• RADSeq: next-generation population genetics

  Citation: 598

  Authors: J. W., M. L.

• The IL-10/STAT3-mediated anti-inflammatory response: recent developments and future challenges

  Citation: 341

  Authors: A. P., D., D.

• Structural variations in plant genomes

  Citation: 207

  Authors: R. K., D., R. K.

• Network-based methods for human disease gene prediction

  Citation: 207

  Authors: X., N., H.

• Targeted enrichment of genomic DNA regions for next-generation sequencing

  Citation: 206

  Authors: F., A., S., J. M. L. M., P. J., A., M., H., A. J.

• Zebrafish sex: a complicated affair

  Citation: 201

  Authors: W. C., L.

• Comparison of the two major classes of assembly algorithms: overlap-layout-consensus and de-bruijn-graph

  Citation: 200

  Authors: Z., Y., D., J., Y., H., J., N., X., B., B., W.

• Measuring differential gene expression with RNA-seq: challenges and strategies for data analysis

  Citation: 200

  Authors: F., B.

• Mapping gene regulatory networks from single-cell omics data

  Citation: 200

  Authors: Mark W E J, Liesbeth, Sara, Carmen, Zeynep, Stein

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