Journal metric profile

JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS

Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor, five-year Impact Factor, quartile, category rank, publisher, identifiers and citation profile for the 2025 metric year.

JCR-based Impact Factor 3.700 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 4.100 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q2 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 51/191 Recorded category rank

JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS JCR impact factor overview

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Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 3.700, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q2.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 51 out of 191 journals in its listed category. A Q2 designation describes the journal’s position within its subject category; it should not be used as a direct measure of the quality of an individual article.

Citation profile

The record contains 12,038 total citations, 111 total articles, 117 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 4.100, which is 0.400 points above the listed standard Journal Impact Factor. These values use different citation windows and should be interpreted together rather than as a direct trend. The Journal Impact Factor without journal self-citations is recorded as 3.600. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 1.020.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 12.5 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 7.1 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS is identified in this record by print ISSN 0022-2593 and electronic ISSN 1468-6244. Use the ISSN when checking library catalogues, publisher records, indexing databases, or the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports entry.

Complete journal information

All values below come directly from the database record.

Journal nameJOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS
Abbreviated journalJ MED GENET
PublisherBMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
Metric year2025
Overall rank3,440
ISSN0022-2593
eISSN1468-6244
Total cites12,038
Total articles111
Citable items117
Cited half-life12.5 years
Citing half-life7.1 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor3.700
5-Year Impact Factor4.100
Impact Factor without journal self-cites3.600
Journal Citation Indicator1.020
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ2
JCR category rank51/191
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS is 3.700 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS?

JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS is listed in quartile Q2. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS?

JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS is listed as being published by BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP.

Can a JCR Journal Impact Factor be used to judge an individual article?

No. The Journal Impact Factor is a journal-level citation measure reported in Clarivate Journal Citation Reports. It does not measure the quality, reliability or influence of every individual article published by that journal.

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