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Best open-access journals for Genetics

The top Genetics journals open-access only, ranked by Scimago quartile then cites/paper, drawn from a 17,786-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded. These are field-wide rankings — for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, paste your title and abstract into the Journal Finder (a free account starts with 25 welcome credits).

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AllBest open-access journals
  1. 1
    Stem Cell Research & Therapy
    6.6 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  2. 2
    Genetics Selection Evolution
    4.5 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  3. 3
    Evolutionary Applications
    3.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  4. 4
    Human Genomics
    3.1 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  5. 5
    Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology
    3.0 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE Publishing
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  6. 6
    Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
    2.9 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  7. 7
    Applications in Plant Sciences
    2.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Botanical Society of America
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  8. 8
    Intestinal Research
    2.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Korean Association for the Study of Intestinal Diseases
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  9. 9
    EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS
    1.4 cites/paper · Q1
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  10. 10
    Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research
    1.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  11. 11
    Neuro-Oncology Advances
    1.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Oxford University Press
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  12. 12
    Regenerative Therapy
    4.3 cites/paper · Q2 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  13. 13
    Animal Biotechnology
    3.2 cites/paper · Q2 · Taylor & Francis
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  14. 14
    BMC Medical Genomics
    2.8 cites/paper · Q2 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  15. 15
    Neurology Genetics
    2.4 cites/paper · Q2 · Wolters Kluwer
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  16. 16
    The Journal of venomous animals and toxins including tropical diseases
    2.0 cites/paper · Q2 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  17. 17
    Stem Cells International
    1.9 cites/paper · Q2 · Hindawi Publishing Corporation
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  18. 18
    Public Health Genomics
    1.7 cites/paper · Q2 · Karger Publishers
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  19. 19
    Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology
    0.2 cites/paper · Q2 · Oxford University Press
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  20. 20
    Genetics in Medicine Open
    0.2 cites/paper · Q2 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusPubMed
  21. 21
    Annals of Human Biology
    2.0 cites/paper · Q3 · Informa
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  22. 22
    Croatian Medical Journal
    1.5 cites/paper · Q3 · Medicinska naklada, Zagreb
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  23. 23
    Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine
    1.4 cites/paper · Q3 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  24. 24
    Molecular Cytogenetics
    1.2 cites/paper · Q3 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  25. 25
    Problems of Particularly Dangerous Infections
    0.9 cites/paper · Q3
    Open AccessDOAJScopus
  26. 26
    Acta Arachnologica
    0.1 cites/paper · Q3 · Arachnological Society of Japan
    Open AccessScopus
  27. 27
    Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics
    1.5 cites/paper · Q4 · Springer Science+Business Media
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  28. 28
    Human Heredity
    0.5 cites/paper · Q4 · Karger Publishers
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  29. 29
    The Egyptian Journal of Histology
    0.1 cites/paper · Q4 · Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
    Open AccessDOAJScopus
  30. 30
    Genetics Research
    0.9 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Cambridge University Press
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  31. 31
    Genome Medicine
    10.6 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  32. 32
    Molecular Biology and Evolution
    8.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Oxford University Press
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  33. 33
    GigaScience
    7.2 cites/paper · Q1 · University of Oxford
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  34. 34
    Blood Cancer Journal
    7.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Nature
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  35. 35
    Molecular Therapy — Methods & Clinical Development
    5.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Cell Press
    Open AccessDOAJScopusPubMed
  36. 36
    Blood Advances
    4.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  37. 37
    Stem Cells Translational Medicine
    4.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  38. 38
    PLoS Genetics
    4.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Public Library of Science
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  39. 39
    BMC Genomics
    4.0 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  40. 40
    Journal of Bacteriology
    3.9 cites/paper · Q1 · American Society for Microbiology
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed

“Cites/paper” is the OpenAlex 2-year citation rate — a transparent signal, not a licensed Impact Factor. Many regional and open-access journals are strong but aren’t covered by Scimago, so they show “no Scimago quartile”; that’s a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.

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