Nature Genetics

*Nature Genetics*
Discipline	Genetics
Language	English
Edited by	Tiago Faial
Publication details
History	1992–present
Publisher	Nature Portfolio
Frequency	Monthly
Open access	Hybrid
Impact factor	31.7 (2023)
Standard abbreviations;
ISO 4	Nat. Genet.
Indexing;
CODEN	NGENEC
ISSN	1061-4036 (print); 1546-1718 (web);
OCLC no.	25302333
Links
	Journal homepage; Online archive;

Nature Genetics is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Nature Portfolio. It was established in 1992.^[1] It covers research in genetics. The chief editor is Tiago Faial.^[2]

The journal encompasses genetic and functional genomic studies on human traits and on other model organisms, including mouse, fly, nematode and yeast. 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.

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 31.7, ranking it 2nd out of 175 journals in the category "Genetics & Heredity".^[3] Further evaluation metrics from Scopus and Journal Citation Reports are outlined in the following table.

Journal ranking summary for *Nature Genetics* (2023) ^[4]
Source	Category	Rank	Percentile	Quartile
Scopus	Genetics in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology	4/347	98.85	Q1
IF (Web of Science)	GENETICS & HEREDITY	2/191	99.20	Q1
JCI (Web of Science)	GENETICS & HEREDITY	1/191	99.48	Q1