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Nature Portfolio · ISSN 1061-4036 · 1546-1718

Nature Genetics impact factor, and the open numbers behind it.

Short answer

The Journal Impact Factor is a licensed Clarivate metric, so we do not reproduce it. The closest open equivalent is OpenAlex's two-year mean citedness: 19.35 citations per paper for Nature Genetics, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.

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Key metrics

Two-year mean citedness
19.35Citations per paper, papers from the two prior yearsSource: OpenAlex
h-index
776Across all yearsSource: OpenAlex
Papers in 2025
43711,891 in totalSource: OpenAlex
Access
SubscriptionAPC about $12,690Source: OpenAlex
Output

Papers per year.

How many works Nature Genetics published in each complete year, as indexed by OpenAlex.

1002003004005006002019202020212022202320242025437

Fig. 1 — Works per year from OpenAlex. Retrieved 23 Oct 2026.

Scope

What Nature Genetics publishes.

Mostly Genetics, Molecular Biology and Plant Science, within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation

Most frequent research topics in OpenAlex.

Alternatives

Journals with a similar citation profile.

JournalTwo-year mean citednessh-indexAccess
Nature Genetics19.35776Subscription
Cell Stem Cell19.73372Subscription
Nature Metabolism18.48147Subscription
Nature Microbiology17.56223Subscription
NAR17.49869Open
Questions

About Nature Genetics.

Comment 1What is the Nature Genetics impact factor?
Response

The Journal Impact Factor is a licensed Clarivate metric, so we do not reproduce it. The closest open equivalent is OpenAlex's two-year mean citedness: 19.35 citations per paper for Nature Genetics, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.

Comment 2Is Nature Genetics open access?
Response

Nature Genetics is not a fully open-access journal; check its author guidelines for open-access options and charges.

Comment 3How many papers does Nature Genetics publish a year?
Response

OpenAlex records 437 works in 2025, and 11,891 in total.

Sources

  1. 1. OpenAlex source record · retrieved 23 Oct 2026

The Journal Impact Factor is a Clarivate metric and is not reproduced here.

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