Nature Genetics

Aims & Scope

Nature Genetics publishes the very highest quality research in genetics.

It encompasses genetic and functional genomic studies on human and plant traits and on other model organisms.

Current emphasis is on the genetic basis for common and complex diseases and on the functional mechanism, architecture and evolution of gene networks, studied by experimental perturbation.

Integrative genetic topics comprise, but are not limited to: -Genes in the pathology of human disease -Molecular analysis of simple and complex genetic traits -Cancer genetics -Agricultural genomics -Developmental genetics -Regulatory variation in gene expression -Strategies and technologies for extracting function from genomic data -Pharmacological genomics -Genome evolution -Nature Genetics

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	29
2024	31.70

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	16.586

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	660

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	29

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	16352

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 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.

• Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology

  Citation: 34358

  Authors: Michael, Catherine A., Judith A., David, Heather, J. Michael, Allan P., Kara, Selina S., Janan T., Midori A., David P., Laurie, Andrew, Suzanna, John C., Joel E., Martin, Gerald M., Gavin

• A framework for variation discovery and genotyping using next-generation DNA sequencing data

  Citation: 10109

  Authors: Mark A, Eric, Ryan, Kiran V, Jared R, Christopher, Anthony A, Guillermo, Manuel A, Matt, Aaron, Tim J, Andrew M, Andrey Y, Kristian, Stacey B, David, Mark J

• Principal components analysis corrects for stratification in genome-wide association studies

  Citation: 8766

  Authors: Alkes L, Nick J, Robert M, Michael E, Nancy A, David

• PGC-1α-responsive genes involved in oxidative phosphorylation are coordinately downregulated in human diabetes

  Citation: 8698

  Authors: Vamsi K, Cecilia M, Karl-Fredrik, Aravind, Smita, Joseph, Pere, Emma, Martin, Esa, Nicholas, Mark J, Nick, Jill P, Todd R, Pablo, Bruce, Eric S, Joel N, David, Leif C

• The Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) project

  Citation: 7825

  Authors: John, Jeffrey, Mike, Rebecca, Edmund, Saboor, Richard, Gary, Fernando, Nancy, Barbara, Mike, Ellen, Bryan, Kimberley, Susan, Jason, Harold, John, Johnelle, Laura, Heather, Maghboeba, Laura, Scott, Dan, Dan, Dana, Philip, Eddie, Bree, Lisa, Eric, Kristin, Leslie, James, Phillip, Greg, Charles, David, Liqun, Kevin, Sreenath, Steve, Angela, Anna, Robin, Karna, Kim, Deborah, Mark, Norma, Mary, Theresa, Penelope, Kenyon, Kristin, Wendy, Gad, David, Daniel, Manolis, Alexander, Taylor, Ellen, Molly, Yan, George, Deborah, Yvonne, Margaret, Jun, Jun, Zhidong, Nancy J, Dan L, Eric R, Hae Kyung, Anuar, Jonathan, Matthew, Timothèe, Xiaoquan, Emmanouil T, Tuuli, Roderic, Jean, Michael, Daphne, Alexis, Sara, Mark, Manual, Julian, Ivan, Andrew, Fred, Andrey, Mike, Nataliya, Anne, Justin, James M, Elizabeth L, Leslie K, Eric D, Jeffery P, Gary, Simona, Joy T, Elizabeth J, Mark S, Cathy, Assya, Deborah, Thomas R, Susan E, A Roger, Patrick K, Thomas, Yin, Carolyn C, Jimmie B, Sherilyn, Nicole C, Joanne, Helen F

• The Cancer Genome Atlas Pan-Cancer analysis project

  Citation: 7289

  Authors: John N, Eric A, Gordon B, Kenna R Mills, Brad A, Kyle, Ilya, Chris, Joshua M

• Detection of widespread horizontal pleiotropy in causal relationships inferred from Mendelian randomization between complex traits and diseases

  Citation: 6845

  Authors: Marie, Chia-Yen, Benjamin, Ron

• A general framework for estimating the relative pathogenicity of human genetic variants

  Citation: 5501

  Authors: Martin, Daniela M, Preti, Brian J, Gregory M, Jay

• LD Score regression distinguishes confounding from polygenicity in genome-wide association studies

  Citation: 5151

  Authors: Brendan K, Po-Ru, Hilary K, Stephan, Jian, Nick, Mark J, Alkes L, Benjamin M

• Epigenetic regulation of gene expression: how the genome integrates intrinsic and environmental signals

  Citation: 4934

  Authors: Rudolf, Adrian

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