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Best Genetics (clinical) journals

100 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Genetics (clinical). The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 25 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Nature Reviews Genetics 74.8 99th Q1 SCIE No
2 Genome Medicine 18 98th Q1 SCIE Yes
3 Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics 15.1 97th Q1 SCIE No
4 American Journal of Human Genetics 12.5 96th Q1 SCIE No
5 MedComm 12.5 95th Q1 ESCI Yes
6 Genetics in Medicine 11.2 94th Q1 SCIE No
7 Genes and Diseases 10.4 93th Q1 SCIE Yes
8 Molecular Medicine 9.7 92th Q1 SCIE Yes
9 Autism Research 9.2 91th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
10 Genome Research 8.8 90th Q1 SCIE No
11 European Journal of Human Genetics 8.8 89th Q1 SCIE No
12 Human Mutation 8.7 88th Q1 SCIE No
13 Human Genetics 8.7 87th Q1 SCIE No
14 Journal of Molecular Medicine 8.6 86th Q1 SCIE No
15 Journal of Medical Genetics 8.2 85th Q1 SCIE No
16 Clinical Epigenetics 8.1 84th Q1 SCIE Yes
17 American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics 7.8 83th Q1 SCIE No
18 Mutagenesis 7.7 82th Q1 SCIE No
19 npj Genomic Medicine 7.7 81th Q1 SCIE Yes
20 Heredity 7.4 80th Q1 SCIE No
21 Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine 7.3 79th Q1 SCIE No
22 Human Molecular Genetics 7.2 78th Q1 SCIE No
23 Frontiers in Genetics 6.9 77th Q1 SCIE Yes
24 Current Gene Therapy 6.7 76th Q1 SCIE No
25 PLOS Genetics 6.6 75th Q1 SCIE Yes
26 Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease 6.4 74th Q2 SCIE Yes
27 Cytotherapy 6.4 73th Q2 SCIE No
28 Human Genetics and Genomics Advances 6.1 72th Q2 ESCI Yes
29 Environmental Epigenetics 6 71th Q2 ESCI Yes
30 Genes 5.9 70th Q2 SCIE No
31 Genes and Immunity 5.9 69th Q2 SCIE No
32 Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 5.5 68th Q2 SCIE Yes
33 Genetic Epidemiology 5.5 67th Q2 SCIE No
34 Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research 5.3 66th Q2 SCIE No
35 CONTINUUM Lifelong Learning in Neurology 5.3 65th Q2 No
36 World Journal of Stem Cells 5.3 64th Q2 SCIE No
37 Chromosoma 5.3 63th Q2 No
38 Journal of Human Genetics 5.1 62th Q2 SCIE No
39 Journal of Heredity 5.1 61th Q2 SCIE No
40 Advanced Therapeutics 4.9 60th Q2 SCIE No
41 Journal of Gene Medicine 4.8 59th Q2 SCIE No
42 Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics 4.8 58th Q2 SCIE No
43 Prenatal Diagnosis 4.7 57th Q2 SCIE No
44 Neuromuscular Disorders 4.6 56th Q2 SCIE No
45 Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 4.6 55th Q2 SCIE No
46 Neurology: Genetics 4.5 54th Q2 SCIE Yes
47 G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 4.5 53th Q2 SCIE Yes
48 Clinical Genetics 4.5 52th Q2 SCIE No
49 Haemophilia 4.4 51th Q2 SCIE No
50 European Journal of Medical Genetics 4.3 50th Q2 SCIE No
51 Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice 4.3 49th Q3 SCIE Yes
52 BMC Medical Genomics 4.2 48th Q3 SCIE Yes
53 Clinical Respiratory Journal 4.2 47th Q3 SCIE Yes
54 Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine 4.2 46th Q3 SCIE Yes
55 Behavior Genetics 4 45th Q3 SCIE, SSCI No
56 Current Genomics 3.7 44th Q3 SCIE No
57 Familial Cancer 3.7 43th Q3 SCIE No
58 Journal of Genetic Counseling 3.5 42th Q3 SCIE, SSCI No
59 Application of Clinical Genetics 3.4 41th Q3 ESCI Yes
60 American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A 3.4 40th Q3 SCIE No
61 Molecular Cytogenetics 3.3 39th Q3 SCIE Yes
62 Pharmacogenetics and Genomics 3.2 38th Q3 SCIE No
63 Journal of Community Genetics 3.1 37th Q3 ESCI No
64 Molecular Genetics and Genomic Medicine 3.1 36th Q3 SCIE Yes
65 International Journal of Immunogenetics 3 35th Q3 SCIE No
66 Cytogenetic and Genome Research 2.8 34th Q3 SCIE No
67 Annals of Human Genetics 2.7 33th Q3 SCIE No
68 Public Health Genomics 2.7 32th Q3 SCIE, SSCI Yes
69 American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics 2.6 31th Q3 SCIE No
70 Psychiatric Genetics 2.6 30th Q3 SCIE No
71 Journal of Translational Genetics and Genomics 2.5 29th Q3 ESCI No
72 Neurogenetics 2.4 28th Q3 SCIE No
73 Medizinische Genetik 2.3 27th Q3 SCIE No
74 Human Heredity 2.2 26th Q3 SCIE Yes
75 Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2.1 25th Q3 ESCI Yes
76 Ophthalmic Genetics 2.1 24th Q4 SCIE No
77 Rare Disease and Orphan Drugs Journal 2.1 23th Q4 ESCI No
78 Molecular Syndromology 1.9 22th Q4 SCIE No
79 Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers 1.9 21th Q4 SCIE No
80 Hemoglobin 1.8 20th Q4 SCIE No
81 Twin Research and Human Genetics 1.7 19th Q4 SCIE No
82 Human Gene 1.5 18th Q4 ESCI No
83 Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics 1.5 17th Q4 SCIE Yes
84 Passer Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences 1.5 16th Q4 Yes
85 Cardiogenetics 1.4 15th Q4 ESCI Yes
86 Ecological Genetics 1 14th Q4 No
87 Clinical Dysmorphology 1 13th Q4 SCIE No
88 Journal of Inborn Errors of Metabolism and Screening 0.7 12th Q4 Yes
89 Journal of Rare Diseases 0.6 11th Q4 Yes
90 Uspehi Molekularnoj Onkologii 0.6 10th Q4 Yes
91 Chinese Journal of Medical Genetics 0.5 9th Q4 No
92 Pathologia 0.5 8th Q4 ESCI Yes
93 Current Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine 0.5 7th Q4 No
94 Extreme Medicine 0.5 6th Q4 No
95 Turkish Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health 0.4 5th Q4 No
96 Experimed 0.4 4th Q4 ESCI Yes
97 Journal of Sickle Cell Disease 0.3 3th Q4 Yes
98 Chinese Journal of Reproduction and Contraception 0.3 2th Q4 No
99 Neonatology, Surgery and Perinatal Medicine 0.3 1th Q4 Yes
100 Rare Diseases of the Immune System 0.1 0th Q4 No

Rank and percentile are within the Genetics (clinical) Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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